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Justin Allgaier holds off teenager Brent Crews to win at Nashville
LEBANON, Tenn. -- After multiple brilliant and exhilarating door-to-door battles -- veteran against rookie -- in the closing portion of Saturday night's Sports Illustrated Resorts 250, the old man emerged victorious.,And after JR Motorsports' Justin Allgaier held off 18-year-old rookie Brent Crews a...
Spurs end Thunder's title defense, reach first NBA Finals since 2014
Victor Wembanyama had 22 points and seven rebounds to lift the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Finals with a 111-103 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Saturday.,The Spurs will take on the New York Knicks in the Finals beginning Wednesday in San Antoni...
Fire explode offensively in runaway defeat of Fever
Megan Gustafson scored a season-high 22 points in her first start of the year, Emily Engstler and Carla Leite had double-doubles, and the host Portland Fire had a season-high in points in a runaway 100-84 defeat of the Indiana Fever on Saturday.,Leite had 18 points and a career-high 12 assists, Engs...
Pete Crow-Armstrong erupts out of slump as Cubs top Cards
Pete Crow-Armstrong busted out of his slump with a season-high four hits to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 victory over the host St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.,The Cubs centerfielder entered with a modest four-game hitting streak, but he was hitting just .154 (10 for 65) in his last 19 games...
Blackhawks great Dennis Hull dies at 81
Dennis Hull, a five-time All-Star forward for the Chicago Blackhawks and the younger brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, died on Saturday, the team announced. He was 81.,No other details were given with the announcement from Blackhawks owner and CEO Danny Wirtz.,"The Chicago Blackhawks are d...
Red-hot Ronald Acuna Jr. homers twice to lead Braves past Reds
Ronald Acuna Jr. launched a pair of home runs on Saturday night to help the visiting Atlanta Braves post a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.,Acuna tallied his first multi-homer game of the year, hitting his third and fourth home runs in the last three games after he had just two in his first 42 ...
Jocelyn Briski shuts down Nebraska, leads Alabama to WCWS semifinals
Marlie Giles set the tone with a three-run homer to lift Alabama into the Women's College World Series semifinals with a 5-1 defeat of Nebraska Saturday night in Oklahoma City.,That alone proved to be enough for Alabama pitcher Jocelyn Briski, who threw a complete-game one-hitter to move the Crimson...
Soo Bin Joo, unbothered by wind, surges 4 strokes clear at ShopRite LPGA
Soo Bin Joo takes a four-stroke lead into the final round of the ShopRite LPGA after another strong showing Saturday in Galloway, N.J.,Joo, who was three strokes back after Friday's opening round, maintained her momentum on a day where the scores were much higher, shooting a 3-under-par 68 to surge ...
Jalen Williams could be available for NBA Finals if Thunder advance
Oklahoma City star Jalen Williams might be available for the NBA Finals should the Thunder advance, coach Mark Daigneault said prior to Saturday's Game 7 at home against the San Antonio Spurs.,Williams is out with a left hamstring injury for the finale of the Western Conference showdown. The series ...
Royals 3B Maikel Garcia exits with hamstring injury
Kansas City third baseman Maikel Garcia left in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers with a right hamstring strain sustained Saturday at Arlington, Texas.,The 2025 All-Star was injured going from first to third base on Vinnie Pasquantino's tiebreaking double. Garcia was 1-for-4 with an RBI i...
Fernando Tatis Jr. finally hits first HR of 2026
San Diego's long nightmare is finally over.,Fernando Tatis Jr. has homered.,The 27-year-old Padres slugger, who led the National League with 42 home runs in 2021 and entered this season with 152 career dingers, ended his well-publicized home run drought with a solo shot in the fifth inning of San Di...
Aneesah Morrow, Sun earn first home win at Sparks' expense
Aneesah Morrow collected game highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun hung on down the stretch for an 84-81 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday night in Hartford, Conn.,Playing the first of two games in Hartford this season before the team moves to Houston for next seas...
Rain washes out qualifying, Denny Hamlin to start on Nashville pole
LEBANON, Tenn. -- Intermittent light rain showers forced the cancellation of Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Pole Qualifying at Nashville Superspeedway, resulting in Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin starting from pole position in Sunday night's Cracker Barrel 400 (7 p.m. ET, Amazon Prim...
Emma Clarke homer powers Tennessee past Texas Tech in WCWS
Emma Clarke's home run in the bottom of the ninth inning ended a deadlock and gave Tennessee a walk-off 2-1 win over Texas Tech Saturday in a winner's bracket game at the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.,Clarke, who had been 0-for-3 when she stepped up to bat lead-off in the ninth, lif...
Wade Meckler's slam helps Angels throttle Rays
Rookie Wade Meckler slugged his first career grand slam in the first inning, and the Los Angeles Angels evened their series with Tampa Bay by pummeling the Rays 14-3 on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Meckler went 2-for-4 with two runs and a stolen base and staked his club to a 4-0 lead b...
Connor Wong boosts Red Sox to comfortable win vs. Guardians
Jarren Duran had a three-run homer and Connor Wong singled home a pair in a six-run ninth inning, lifting the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 9-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday afternoon.,Wong gave the Red Sox a 2-1 lead in the sixth with an RBI double off Matt Festa (1-1), scoring pi...
Jake Mangum, Nick Gonzales help Pirates outlast Twins
Jake Mangum and Nick Gonzales each totaled three hits and two RBIs to lead the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a wild 10-9 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon.,Mangum's second-inning solo home run to right center off Twins starter Bailey Ober (6-3) was his first as a Pirate, and ignited a ...
Royals stunned by Rangers, suffer fifth straight loss
Ezequiel Duran dropped a walk-off, RBI single into right field, and the Texas Rangers rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to win 7-6 over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.,Texas trailed 6-4 entering the ninth, when Joc Pederson led off with an opposite-field ho...
Christian Scott gets first win as Mets control Marlins
Christian Scott pitched five effective innings for his first career win, and the New York Mets scored three runs in the fourth inning of their 6-1 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins on Saturday.,Following a pregame ceremony when former outfielder Lee Mazzilli and former manager Bobby Valentine ...
Astros use active bats to cool down Brewers
Jeremy Pena and Isaac Paredes capped three-run uprisings with two-run, extra-base hits to help the Houston Astros claim a 9-2 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.,Pena finished 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs, while Paredes went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk. Yordan Alvar...