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G2 Esports tops Team Vitality to win IEM Dallas title
G2 Esports dropped its first game of the weekend but defeated Team Vitality 2-1 in the finals of the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event on Sunday.,G2 receives $100,000, 1,400 BLAST Premier points and a spot in the 2024 IEM Cologne event in Germany, scheduled for Aug. 7-18.,Sixteen teams compete...

DeWanna Bonner's big day helps Sun dominate Dream
DeWanna Bonner produced a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun stayed perfect with a 69-50 road victory over the Atlanta Dream Sunday.,DiJonai Carrington poured in 15 points for the Sun (8-0), who have won their first eight games, a franchise record.,Tyasha Harris scored...

AHL MVP Mavrik Bourque to play for Stars in Game 6 vs. Oilers
American Hockey League MVP Mavrik Bourque will draw into the lineup for the Dallas Stars on Sunday when they visit the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the Western Conference final. ,Coach Peter DeBoer told reporters Sunday morning that Bourque will make his NHL playoff debut in place of fellow forward ...

Falcons, Raccoon step into upper-bracket final at OWCS Major Dallas
Team Falcons and Crazy Raccoon swept into the upper-bracket final on Saturday at the Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Major in Dallas.,The Falcons dispatched Spacestation in three maps, and the Raccoon did likewise to the Toronto Defiant. Those winners will meet Sunday for a berth in the grand final ...

Vitality, G2 to face off in finals at IEM Dallas
G2 Esports and Team Vitality swept their way into the finals of the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event on Saturday.,G2 beat 9z Team 2-0 to advance, while Vitality topped Team Spirit 2-0.,Sixteen teams competed in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament's double-elimination group stage. ...

OpTic, Ultra pull off sweeps in Stage 4 Major qualifying
OpTic Texas and the Toronto Ultra won their matches via sweeps in the second day of qualifying on the Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major on Saturday.,The Los Angeles Thieves and New York Subliners also won their matches, each going to five maps.,All 12 teams taking part in qualifying will make the Ma...

Cristian Arango scores hat trick in RSL's win over Austin
Cristian Arango scored his second hat trick of the season and third of his MLS career to take control of the league's scoring race as Real Salt Lake extended its unbeaten run to 13 league games with a 5-1 romp over Austin FC on Saturday night.,Arango's 14th, 15th and 16th goals pushed the Colombian ...

CF Montreal, Union play to 2-2 draw after pair of ejections
The Philadelphia Union and CF Montreal each ended Saturday night with 10 men as they played to an entertaining 2-2 draw in their final match until June 15 due to the FIFA international break.,Montreal (4-7-5, 17 points), which took a 1-0 lead through Sunusi Ibrahim inside of a minute, saw Ariel Lass...

Minjee Lee, Andrea Lee forge 3-way tie atop U.S. Women’s Open leaderboard
Minjee Lee made up a three-stroke deficit, while Andrea Lee overcame being two shots back to catch leader Wichanee Meechai on Saturday, forging a three-way tie and setting up what could be a drama-filled Sunday at the U.S. Women's Open at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club.,The Australian-born Minjee Lee ...

Mallory Swanson, Tierna Davidson star as USWNT beats South Korea
Mallory Swanson scored twice and had an assist and Tierna Davidson added a pair of goals as the Emma Hayes era got off to a successful start for the U.S. women's national team in a 4-0 rout of South Korea in Commerce City, Colo., on Saturday.,Hayes was hired Nov. 14 to replace Vlatko Andonovski, who...

Mariners place LHP Gabe Speier (rotator cuff) on 15-day IL
The Seattle Mariners placed left-hander Gabe Speier on the 15-day injured list on Saturday because of a left rotator cuff strain.,The move is retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Mariners recalled right-hander Collin Snider from Triple-A Tacoma.,Speier, 29, last pitched on Wednesday...

Dream chemistry to get major test from Sun
If there is one thing the Atlanta Dream are still working on in this early part of the WNBA season, it's forging that connection that will carry them to a successful year.,"Chemistry. We are still working through chemistry," Atlanta coach Tanisha Wright said. "We're trying to figure out one another ...

Four teams sweep to upper-bracket semis at OWCS Major Dallas
Spacestation, Team Falcons, Crazy Raccoon and Toronto Defiant all posted 3-0 victories in the upper-bracket quarterfinals on Friday at the Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Major in Dallas.,In Round 1 of the lower bracket, M80 earned a 3-0 victory and ENCE advanced with a 3-1 win. ,All matches in the ...

Close matches dominate early qualifying for CDL Stage 4 Major
The Seattle Surge, Minnesota Rokkr and Los Angeles Guerrillas all opened with 3-2 victories on the first day of qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major on Friday.,The Surge defeated the Toronto Ultra, the Rokkr edged the Boston Breach and the Guerrillas knocked off the Carolina Royal Ra...

Warriors Gaming move to 3-0, hand Kings Gaming 1st loss at The Turn
Warriors Gaming Squad continue to build off their 2K League's title at The Tipoff, improving to 3-0 thanks to a 64-50 win over Kings Gaming Guard on Friday in the third day of group play for The Turn.,Charlie "CB13" Bostic scored a game-high 22 points to help the Warriors hand the Kings (2-1) their ...

G2, Vitality advance to semifinals at IEM Dallas
G2 Esports and Team Vitality swept their way through the quarterfinals of the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event on Friday.,G2 beat FaZe Clan 2-0 to advance to the semifinals, where they will face 9z Team. Vitality topped HEROIC 2-0 and will meet Team Spirit in the semis.,Sixteen teams competed...

Dream recover from 12-point deficit, knock off Aces
Allisha Gray hit 6 of her 7 attempts from 3-point range and scored a team-high 24 points, leading the Atlanta Dream to a 78-74 comeback win over the visiting Las Vegas Aces on Friday.,Rhyne Howard added 16 points for Atlanta (4-2), which won its second straight game. Cheyenne Parker-Tyus and Tina Ch...

Wichanee Meechai leads U.S. Women's Open as Nelly Korda misses cut
Wichanee Meechai of Thailand kicked off her round with four straight birdies before signing for a 3-under 67 and taking a two-shot lead into the weekend at the U.S. Women's Open on Friday at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club.,Meechai is 4-under 136 at the midway point of the major championship, one of on...

Facing Austin FC, RSL aim to extend unbeaten streak to 13
Real Salt Lake will look to extend their 12-match unbeaten run on Saturday when they host an Austin FC side that recently had its own winning streak snapped.,Salt Lake (8-2-6, 30 points) have used very late drama to extend that streak in their last two matches and maintain their hold of the Western ...

Orioles starters John Means, Tyler Wells out for season
The Baltimore Orioles will be without starters John Means and Tyler Wells for the rest of the season.,Baltimore general manager Mike Elias told reporters Friday that Means and Wells need surgery to repair damage to their ulnar collateral ligaments and will miss the remainder of the 2024 campaign.,Me...