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Tyler Soderstrom homers twice as Athletics defeat Mets
Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes each homered during a five-run third inning Saturday for the surging Athletics, who held off a rally by the host New York Mets to earn an 11-6 victory.,Soderstrom, who hit a two-run homer in the third, added a three-run round-tripper in the eighth for the Athletics...
Raptors strive to secure top-six playoff spot in clash vs. Nets
The Toronto Raptors can clinch a top-six playoff spot with a win on Sunday night against the visiting Brooklyn Nets in the teams' regular-season finale.,The Raptors (45-36) dropped to sixth -- the final guaranteed playoff spot -- in the Eastern Conference on Friday night with a 112-95 road loss to t...
Hornets aim to bounce back in season finale vs. Knicks
After clinching the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks are expected to sit a number of key players in their regular-season finale against the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Sunday.,New York (53-28) has won five straight games and 12 of its past 15, including a 112-95 victory ov...
Mets call up veteran closer Craig Kimbrel
The New York Mets called up nine-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel on Saturday.,Kimbrel, 37, signed a minor league deal with the Mets in January.,Kimbrel ranks fifth all-time with 440 career saves. He led the National League in saves in four straight seasons with the Atlanta Braves, starting with...
Young PGA Tour star laments countrymen joining LIV Golf
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Aldrich Potgieter's name surfaced late last year in the annual rumors of young players who might be negotiating with LIV Golf, but it doesn't sound like the PGA Tour has to worry about one of its emerging stars bolting for the rival league any time soon.,Potgeiter, 21, was a PGA Tour...
Reports: Mets calling up veteran closer Craig Kimbrel
The New York Mets are calling up nine-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel, multiple outlets reported on Saturday.,Kimbrel, 37, signed a minor league deal with the Mets in January.,Kimbrel ranks fifth all-time with 440 career saves. He led the National League in saves in four straight seasons with t...
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Jacob Lopez looks to continue Athletics' torrid pitching vs. Mets
The matchup of the Athletics' stingy pitching staff and the New York Mets' suddenly punchless offense went as one might expect on Friday.,The A's will look to continue suffocating opponents Saturday afternoon when they visit the Mets in the middle contest of a three-game interleague series.,Left-han...
Donte DiVincenzo, Wolves end Rockets winning streak
Donte DiVincenzo scored 11 of his 18 points to spark a fourth-quarter rally, and Terrrence Shannon Jr. chipped in 23 points off the bench as the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves snapped the host Houston Rockets' eight-game winning streak with a 136-132 victory on Friday.,Anthony Edwards scored 22...
Nuggets win 11th straight as reserves outlast Thunder counterparts
Jonas Valanciunas amassed 23 points and 17 rebounds, both season highs, and Julian Strawther added 22 points as the host Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 127-107 in a matchup of benches on Friday night.,Denver (53-28) clinched at least the fourth seed in the Western Conference with its ...
Bucks AJ Green buries 11 treys to wrap home slate with victory over Nets
AJ Green scored a career-high 35 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 125-108 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets in Milwaukee's final home game of the season.,Milwaukee snapped a two-game losing skid as Green also became just the third Buck ever to make 10 or more 3-pointers in a game (11-fo...
Five Athletics' hurlers combine to blank Mets
A quintet of pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout Friday night for the visiting Athletics, who continued surging with a 4-0 win over the slumping New York Mets.,Shea Langeliers laced a third-inning run-scoring single in the third before Jeff McNeil (single) and Denzel Clarke (two-run single) added...
Jalen Duren, Pistons relegate Hornets to East's play-in tournament
Jalen Duren scored 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting from the field and the Detroit Pistons rode a strong stretch early the fourth quarter to a 118-110 win over the host Charlotte Hornets on Friday.,Duncan Robinson racked up 19 points, Cade Cunningham had 14 points, Ronald Holland II posted 13 points a...
Keider Montero, Tigers blank Marlins with 2-hitter
Keider Montero tossed six strong innings and three relievers completed the shutout as the host Detroit Tigers snapped a five-game losing streak by blanking the Miami Marlins 2-0 on Friday.,Montero (1-1), who was called up from Triple-A Toledo last weekend, allowed just two hits and a walk while reco...
Flyers, Jets face off with playoff implications on the line
Playoff implications will be in focus when the Winnipeg Jets host the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday in Winnipeg.,Philadelphia (40-27-12, 92 points) holds the third and final playoff spot in the Metropolitan Division, sitting one point ahead of the Islanders, two ahead of Columbus and three clear o...
Scorching-hot Habs look to squash Blue Jackets' playoff hopes
The free-falling Columbus Blue Jackets face a tall task to keep their playoff dreams alive during a road date with the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.,Columbus' hiring of coach Rick Bowness on Jan. 12 provided immediate dividends for the squad that was sitting in the bottom spot of the Metropolitan ...
Tigers place Parker Meadows (arm) on injured list following outfield collision
The Detroit Tigers placed center fielder Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list on Friday with a broken bone in his left arm sustained in a scary collision with a teammate during a loss at Minnesota on Thursday.,Meadows, 26, fractured the radius bone in his left arm as well as suffering a concuss...
FIFA's latest World Cup ticket category tops $4k per seat
It just got more expensive to sit in prime seats at the 2026 World Cup.,Already facing backlash for ticket prices, FIFA has added "front category" admission to its sales website. What FIFA is calling a front category 1 seat to see the United States play Paraguay on June 12 in Inglewood, Calif., is a...