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Michigan vs Tennessee Prediction: Why Wolverines Are the Elite 8 Best Bet
Michigan’s offense and depth give them the edge over Tennessee in the Elite 8. Here’s why Wolverines -7.5 is the best bet....
Top NBA Bets Today: Expert Picks for March 29 Slate
Best NBA bets for March 29 including Celtics-Hornets Over, Blazers vs Wizards and Magic vs Raptors with expert analysis....
JJ Wetherholt, Cardinals on a roll as they look to sweep Rays
JJ Wetherholt could not have asked for a better start to his major league career.,The rookie second baseman homered in the St. Louis Cardinals' 9-7 season-opening win and then singled in two runs in the 10th Saturday for his first walkoff hit as the Cardinals won again, 6-5 in 10 innings. For good m...
Rising pitchers take center stage as Reds, Red Sox conclude series
A pair of rising pitching stars will square off in the rubber game of the season-opening series as the Cincinnati Reds host the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.,The two teams played a thrilling game on Saturday, with plenty of controversy and clutch pitching. The Reds prevailed 6-5 in 11 innings after Bost...
Phillies' Jesus Luzardo, Rangers' MacKenzie Gore finding their happy places
Left-hander Jesus Luzardo joined the Philadelphia Phillies in a trade prior to last season and enjoyed plenty of success in his first year with the team.,MacKenzie Gore hopes to author a similar story in his first season with the Texas Rangers, who will turn to the left-hander in their rubber match ...
Tundra Esports awaits foe in grand final at ESL One Birmingham
Tundra Esports swept Team Yandex to advance to the grand final on Sunday at the ESL One Birmingham event in England.,Team Yandex, with the loss on Saturday, dropped to the lower-bracket final on Sunday against Xtreme Gaming, which had eliminated PARIVISION on Saturday in the lower-bracket semifinal....
MLB roundup: Dominic Smith's walk-off slam caps Braves' 6-run 9th
Dominic Smith hit a walk-off grand slam in the ninth inning to help the Atlanta Braves overcome a two-run deficit and beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Saturday night.,Smith's home run, a 386-foot shot to right-center field, came with one out against Royals closer Carlos Estevez (0-1), who...
NHL roundup: Caps storm back, hand Knights shootout loss
Dylan Strome scored the tying goal in the third period and the game-winner in the shootout to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night in Las Vegas., ,Strome, who hit the post on the first shot of the game, tied it at 4-all midway through the period ...
Dylan Strome's heroics help Caps nip Knights in shootout
Dylan Strome scored the tying goal in the third period and the game-winner in the shootout to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night in Las Vegas., ,Strome, who hit the post on the first shot of the game, tied it at 4-all midway through the period ...
NBA roundup: Fortified 76ers cool off Hornets
Joel Embiid had 29 points and made a big block in the final seconds as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied from 15 points down to edge the host Charlotte Hornets 118-114 on Saturday.,Philadelphia stopped Charlotte's five-game winning streak and won the season series 2-1, giving them the tiebreaker in the...
Guardians outslug Mariners in 10th inning, hold on for win
Chase DeLauter homered for a third consecutive game, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Cleveland Guardians defeated the host Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Saturday night.,The Guardians broke a 3-3 tie on Seattle third baseman Brendon Donovan's throwing error on Steven Kwan's bunt. That scored Bray...
Women's NCAA roundup: TCU knocks off Virginia, next faces South Carolina
Marta Suarez scored a career-high 33 points, Olivia Miles added 28 in a near triple-double and third-seeded TCU ended Virginia's magical NCAA Tournament run with a 79-69 victory in the Sweet 16 on Saturday in Sacramento, Calif.,Miles had 10 rebounds and eight assists and Suarez had 10 rebounds for t...
Dodgers sweep D-backs on Will Smith's late 2-run HR
Will Smith hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning as the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers posted a three-game, season-opening sweep with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday., ,Freddie Freeman had three hits, including an RBI double, starter T...
Joe Pyfer stops former champ Israel Adesanya in 2nd round of UFC Seattle
Joe Pyfer (16-3 MMA) sent former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-6 MMA) back to the drawing board in Saturday night's UFC Fight Night headliner in Seattle, stopping Adesanya at 4:18 of the second round to cap the night.,Before the TKO finish, both fighters exchanged their best punches ...
Padres stymie Tigers for first win of season
Randy Vasquez fired six shutout innings Saturday night as the San Diego Padres avoided a season-opening, three-game sweep at the visiting Detroit Tigers' hands with a 3-0 victory.,Vasquez allowed just two hits, both to third baseman Cole Keith, while walking three and striking out eight, one shy of ...
Flyers gain ground on Red Wings as Owen Tippett gets hat trick
Owen Tippett notched his third career hat trick and fourth career four-point night as the Philadelphia Flyers survived a late scare to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 to match their franchise record with eight straight road wins.,Noah Cates and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers (35-24-12, 82 ...
Ilia Malinin three-peats in world championships after disastrous Olympics
Ilia Malinin has three-peated.,The 21-year-old U.S. figure skater won his third straight world championship Saturday in Prague, scoring 329.40 points to win gold by a margin of 22.73 over Japan's Yuma Kagiyama. Shun Sato also secured Japan a bronze medal.,Malinin becomes the first skater to win thre...
Hyo Joo Kim sets 54-hole record in taking control of Ford Championship
South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim took an emphatic step toward defending her title at the Ford Championship on Saturday, setting an LPGA 54-hole record to build a four-stroke lead in Chandler, Ariz.,Despite that hot start, Kim is focused on keeping her approach consistent on Sunday.,"This course, anyone is ...
Arizona erupts after halftime, knocks off Purdue to return to Final Four
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Koa Peat scored 20 points and fellow freshman Ivan Kharchenkov added 18 as top-seeded Arizona beat No. 2 Purdue 79-64 in the West Region finals on Saturday night, earning their first trip to the Final Four since 2001.,The Wildcats (36-2) won their 13th straight game by erasing a ...
White Sox acquire C Boston Smith, ship INF Curtis Mead to Nats
The White Sox and Nationals completed a trade Saturday, with Chicago acquiring former second-team All-American catcher Boston Smith and sending infielder Curtis Mead to Washington.,Smith, 23, was a sixth-round pick of the Nationals in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft, but has not yet played in the m...