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LAFC eye Round 1 sweep of Whitecaps in Vancouver
The Vancouver Whitecaps will try to avoid a second Round 1 series sweep at the hands of LAFC in as many seasons when they host Game 2 on Sunday evening.,The eighth-seeded Whitecaps have played top-seeded LAFC more than any other opponent during the past two seasons, with nine fixtures in total acros...
Week 9 NFL Capsules
WEEK 9 NFL CAPSULES,Denver Broncos (5-3) at Baltimore Ravens (5-3), 1 p.m. ET,The Week 9 Broncos-Ravens capsule will move at 4 p.m. ET Friday due to uncertainty around the status of QB Lamar Jackson.,Dallas Cowboys (3-4) at Atlanta Falcons (5-3), 1 p.m. ET,The first-place Falcons are running toward ...
Denis Bouanga scores 8th playoff goal as LAFC top Whitecaps in Game 1
Denis Bouanga scored his eighth career MLS Cup Playoff goal on a first-half penalty kick, and LAFC defeated the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Sunday evening in Game 1 of their Round 1 Western Conference series.,Cristian Olivera doubled the lead after halftime for top West seed LAFC, which is s...
LAFC may have Carlos Vela for playoff rematch vs. Whitecaps
Los Angeles FC will begin their 2024 MLS Cup playoff run the same way they began their 2023 postseason, as they are set to face the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday evening in the opener of a first-round series. ,And just maybe, Carlos Vela will once again be involved for the Western Conferenc...
Week 8 NFL Capsules
Philadelphia Eagles (4-2) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-4), 1 p.m. ET,If Saquon Barkley's mission was to prove the value of the running back position, he's on the right path. He had 176 yards rushing on 17 carries with a touchdown in a 28-3 rout of his former team, the New York Giants, last weekend in Ne...
Ryan Gauld's hat trick fuels Whitecaps' rout of Timbers
Ryan Gauld scored a hat trick for the first MLS Cup playoff goals of his career and the eighth-seeded Vancouver Whitecaps romped to a 5-0 victory over the ninth-seeded Portland Timbers on Wednesday night in the Western Conference wild-card game.,The match was held in Portland because Vancouver's sta...
Whitecaps, Timbers scuffling ahead of do-or-die wild-card match
The Vancouver Whitecaps will try to reverse their late-season slide in Wednesday's Western Conference wild-card match when they visit a Portland Timbers side coming off one of its most dramatic results of the season.,Vancouver limps into the postseason having lost four in a row and is winless in its...
NBA season-preview capsules: Northwest Division
1. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER,Predicted 2024-25 record: 62-20,Last season: 57-25, 1st in NBA Western Conference. Lost 4-2 to Dallas Mavericks in conference semifinals.,Last time ... the Thunder won 60 games in a season was 2012-13, when Kevin Durant helped Oklahoma City post a 60-22 record. The franchise...
NBA season-preview capsules: Southeast Division
Orlando Magic,Predicted 2024 record: 50-32,Last season: 47-35, 5th in NBA Eastern Conference. Lost 4-3 to Cleveland Cavaliers in first round of playoffs.,Last time: That Orlando advanced past the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs it was 2009-10. The Magic have made the postseason just f...
NBA season-preview capsules: Southwest Division
San Antonio Spurs,Predicted 2024-25 record: 38-44,Last season: 22-60, 14th in NBA Western Conference.,Last time ... ,The Spurs had a head coach not named Gregg Popovich it was Bob Hill, who held the job from 1994-96. Popovich's 29-year run on the bench currently stands at 2,209 games.,FanDuel champi...
NBA season-preview capsules: Central Division
1. MILWAUKEE BUCKS,Predicted 2024-25 record: 57-25,Last season: 49-33, 3rd in Eastern Conference,Last time ...,The Bucks reached the second round of the playoffs was 2022, settling for a pair of disappointing first-round exits since then. Milwaukee is also just four seasons removed from a championsh...
NBA season-preview capsules: Pacific Division
1. SACRAMENTO KINGS,Predicted 2024-25 record: 53-29,Last season: 46-36, T-9th in Western Conference,Last time...,The Kings won a playoff series, it was in the 2004 first round against the Mavericks, the same team that had ended Arvydas Sabonis' career in the postseason a year earlier. Arvydas had 23...
NBA season-preview capsules: Atlantic Division
1. BOSTON CELTICS,Predicted 2024-25 record: 60-22,Last season: 64-18, 1st in Eastern Conference,Last time...,The Celtics came off a title run was the 2008-09 campaign. They went 62-20 but got bounced in the Eastern Conference semifinals.,FanDuel championship odds: +310,Roster roll call,Draft Picks:,...
Real Salt Lake top Whitecaps on own goal, secure 3rd seed in West
Diego Luna scored a brilliant second-half equalizer before Real Salt Lake took the lead thanks to a bizarre own goal en route to a 2-1 win over the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in both teams' regular-season finale.,Alexandros Katranis' cross from the left in the direction of Anders...
Whitecaps aim to improve playoff positioning vs. RSL
The Vancouver Whitecaps can potentially improve their playoff seeding and circumstance with a win in their regular-season finale at Real Salt Lake on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah.,But more important for the Whitecaps (13-12-8, 47 points) may be establishing some momentum after a nasty six-match win...
Week 7 NFL Capsules
New England Patriots (1-5) at Jacksonville Jaguars (1-5), 9:30 a.m. ET in London,Jacksonville stays in London but shifts to Wembley Stadium for a second consecutive regular-season game in Europe. The Patriots are 8-1 against the Jaguars and appeared to find new energy in a quarterback change from Ja...
Whitecaps' goal vs. LAFC: Avoid wild-card game
For the Vancouver Whitecaps, the stakes of Sunday's match against visiting LAFC are pretty straightforward.,"It's very important," manager Vanni Sartini said. "Unfortunately we didn't do well in the last couple of games. So now this game became a game that can make us get back in the top seven and a...
Week 6 NFL Capsules
Jacksonville Jaguars (1-4) at Chicago Bears (3-2) in London, 9:30 a.m. ET,A two-week installment in London awaits the Jaguars following their first win of the season, which was also QB Trevor Lawrence's first victory in 10 starts. The former No. 1 pick said he's "comfortable" in England, where he le...
NHL season-preview capsules: Pacific Division
ANAHEIM DUCKS,Head coach: Greg Cronin (second season),Last season: 27-50-5, 59 points, seventh place in Pacific Division,This season: After bottoming out in 2021-22, the Ducks will continue to climb out of the throes of a rebuild, albeit likely with baby steps. Last season was a disaster in part due...
Minnesota United record fourth straight shutout in 1-0 victory over Whitecaps
Dayne St. Clair recorded his fourth consecutive clean sheet and Hassani Dotson converted a penalty kick in the 24th minute, lifting visiting Minnesota United to a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night.,St. Clair made two saves to preserve his seventh shutout of the season. He ha...