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Kevin Yu wins Sanderson in playoff for maiden tour title
Kevin Yu of Taiwan birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Beau Hossler and win his first title on the PGA Tour at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday in Jackson, Miss.,Yu shot a 5-under-par 67 to match Hossler (68) at 23-under 265. They returned to the tee at the par-4 18th hole at the Coun...

DJ Moore, Bears blow past Panthers
DJ Moore caught two touchdowns against his former team as the Chicago Bears blasted the visiting Carolina Panthers 36-10 on Sunday afternoon.,Caleb Williams threw both TD passes to Moore and finished with 304 yards on 20-for-29 passing as the Bears (3-2) improved to 3-0 in home games.,Moore, in his ...

Falcons, HEROIC are first to reach PGL Wallachia Season 2 playoffs
Team Falcons and HEROIC became the first two teams to punch their tickets to the playoffs at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 when they finished their group stage runs at 3-0 Sunday in Bucharest, Romania.,Two matches in Sunday's Round 3 pitted 2-0 teams against each other. Team Falcons swept AVULUS in two...

No. 8 Miami comes back from 25 down to stun Cal
Cam Ward threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Arroyo with 26 seconds left and No. 8 Miami recovered from a 25-point, third-quarter deficit to register a 39-38 victory over Cal in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday night at Berkley, Calif.,Ward completed 35 of 53 passes for a season-best 4...

Diego Luna scores in 2nd half to lead RSL past Earthquakes
Diego Luna's second-half goal led Real Salt Lake to a 1-0 victory over the host San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night., ,With the victory, Real Salt Lake (15-7-11, 56 points) secured a top-four spot in the Western Conference and extended their unbeaten streak to five matches. Salt Lake has nine poi...

Ashton Jeanty's 186 yards help No. 21 Boise State blow out Utah State
Boise State's Ashton Jeanty scored the first of his three touchdowns on his first touch en route to his fifth straight 100-yard game, carrying the No. 21 Broncos to a conference-opening 62-30 blowout of the Utah State Aggies in Boise, Idaho.,Playing in only the first half, Jeanty, a junior, totaled ...

Ashton Jeanty's 186 yards on 13 carries help No. 21 Boise State blow out Utah State
Boise State's Ashton Jeanty scored the first of his three touchdowns on his first touch en route to his fifth straight 100-yard game, carrying the No. 21 Broncos to a conference-opening 62-30 blowout of the Utah State Aggies in Boise, Idaho.,Playing in only the first half, Jeanty, a junior, totaled ...

Karol Swiderski keeps rolling as Charlotte FC blank CF Montreal
Karol Swiderski maintained his impressive late-season form by scoring in the first half and host Charlotte FC extended their unbeaten run, topping CF Montreal 2-0 on Saturday night.,Patrick Agyemang also scored for Charlotte (13-11-9, 48 points), which has not lost in its past four matches (3-0-1). ...

Demond Claiborne (3 TDs), Wake Forest rally past NC State
Demond Claiborne's third touchdown of the game came on a 3-yard run with 1:01 remaining and Wake Forest rallied from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat host North Carolina State 34-30 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Saturday afternoon at Raleigh, N.C., ,Wake Forest (2-3, 1-1 ACC) conver...

AVULUS, HEROIC continue ascent at PGL Wallachia Season 2
AVULUS and HEROIC each recorded a 2-0 sweep on Saturday to win their second straight match at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 - Group Stage in Bucharest, Romania.,The $1 million Dota 2 event opened with 16 teams in a modified Swiss-system group stage. The top eight teams will advance to the double-elimin...

NHL season-preview capsules: Atlantic Division
BOSTON BRUINS,Head coach: Jim Montgomery (third season),Last season: 47-20-15, 109 points, second place in Atlantic Division,This season: The Bruins should be in the playoff mix led by forwards David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Charlie Coyle and defensemen Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm and Brandon...

Without star rookie Malik Nabers, Giants press on vs. Seahawks
The New York Giants had a couple of extra days to prepare for their Sunday road game against the Seattle Seahawks.,But that still will not be enough for Malik Nabers.,The rookie, who leads the NFL in receptions, missed practice this week because of a concussion sustained late in a 20-15 loss against...

Surging Real Salt Lake bid for better result vs. Earthquakes
Real Salt Lake will aim to extend its unbeaten streak to five matches when it visits the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday., ,Real Salt Lake (14-7-11, 53 points) enters the match tied with the Seattle Sounders for third in the Western Conference and sits two points behind Los Angeles FC for the secon...

CF Montreal charging toward playoff spot vs. Charlotte FC
A spot in the playoffs is in view for CF Montreal when they travel to face Charlotte FC on Saturday night.,CF Montreal (10-12-10, 40 points) is on a three-match winning streak and a five-match unbeaten stretch, with four victories in that time, and can clinch a spot in the postseason with a win, cou...

Storm G Nika Muhl tears ACL playing in Turkey
Seattle Storm guard Nika Muhl tore her ACL on Thursday while making her debut for the club Besiktas in Turkey.,Muhl, a native of Croatia, saw limited action during her rookie season with the Storm, playing in 16 games off the bench. The 23-year-old was limited to 0.1 points per game and 0.4 assists ...

Golden Knights sign F Tanner Pearson to 1-year deal
Forward Tanner Pearson signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday.,Pearson, 32, recorded two goals, an assist and a plus-4 rating in four games during the preseason. He had been participating in the team's training camp on a professional tryout agreement.,Pearson ha...

Lakers to play LeBron James, Anthony Davis in preseason action
LeBron James may be pushing 40 years old, but his new coach thinks some preseason would be good for him.,JJ Redick told reporters Thursday that he will play James and Anthony Davis at some point early in the Lakers' preseason slate.,Redick didn't divulge when or how much he'd play his stars in the e...

Pelicans F Trey Murphy III (hamstring) to miss at least three weeks
New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III strained his right hamstring during Wednesday night's practice session, the team announced Thursday.,An MRI taken on Thursday confirmed the injury, the Pelicans said. He will be re-examined in about three weeks. New Orleans opens its preseason schedule on...

Lightning F Conor Geekie suspended 1 preseason game after fight
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Conor Geekie was suspended for one preseason game Thursday over his role in a fight during a preseason game with the Florida Panthers.,According to NHL Player Safety, the 2022 first-round pick (11th overall) violated Rule 70.2 on Wednesday when he left the bench on a lega...

Caitlin Clark named WNBA Rookie of the Year
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark was named the near-unanimous 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year on Thursday.,She received 66 of 67 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, with Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese drawing one vote.,Clark, 22, is the second consecutive recipient of the a...