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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 ...
Down 6, Astros ride 8-run 6th to victory over Angels
Yainer Diaz and Jake Meyers had two RBIs each in an eight-run sixth inning for the Houston Astros, who rallied from a six-run hole to beat the visiting Los Angeles Angels 11-9 on Saturday in the finale of their three-game series.,The Astros scored all eight runs with two outs.,Isaac Paredes and Carl...
Hawks retain No. 6 seed with win over last-place Kings
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 27 points, Jalen Johnson added 26 points and 10 assists and the Atlanta Hawks held off the visiting Sacramento Kings for a 123-113 victory on Saturday.,CJ McCollum scored 22 points, while Jock Landale finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Hawks (42-33), who ...
Stewart Cink leads at Hoag after albatross on 18
Stewart Cink ended the Hoag Classic's second day with as great a flourish as possible, scoring a two-shot albatross on the par-5 18th, giving him a two-shot lead at 14 under at Newport Beach (Calif.) Country Club.,"It was a heck of a walk-off," Cink said.,Cink nailed a great drive, then sank a 205-y...
Marta Suarez scores 33 as TCU upends Virginia in Sweet 16
Marta Suarez scored a career-high 33 points, Olivia Miles added 28 points 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 in Sacramento on Saturday.,Miles had 10 rebounds and eight assists and Suarez had 10 rebounds as th...
Lakers star Luka Doncic suspended 1 game after 16th technical foul
The NBA suspended Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic for one game without pay on Saturday for receiving his 16th technical foul this season, and he will miss Monday's game against the visiting Washington Wizards.,Doncic, the league's leading scorer, was assessed a technical along with Brooklyn forw...
Warriors aim to take season series over peaking Nuggets
Riding their first three-game winning streak in more than two months, the Golden State Warriors will try to make it four in a row when they visit the surging Denver Nuggets on Sunday night.,Golden State (36-38) holds the 10th and final spot in the play-in, trailing Portland by half a game with eight...
Justin Allgaier wins at Martinsville for 3rd OAP victory of season
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Justin Allgaier ended the day where he started -- out front -- but it was a dramatic and challenging route to the trophy hoist in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts NFPA 250 at the historic half-mile Martinsville Speedway.,En route to his win, the 2024 series champion started...
Brewers promote C prospect Jeferson Quero, place IB Andrew Vaughn on IL
The Milwaukee Brewers recalled top catching prospect Jeferson Quero and placed first baseman Andrew Vaughn on the 10-day injured list prior to Saturday's game against the visiting Chicago White Sox. ,Vaughn fractured the hamate bone in his left hand on Opening Day and will undergo surgery on Monday,...
No. 3 Illinois outlasts conference rival Iowa to head back to Final Four
HOUSTON -- Freshman Keaton Wagler scored a game-high 25 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 17 off the bench, and third-seeded Illinois secured its first Final Four berth in 21 years with a 71-59 victory over Big Ten rival Iowa on Saturday in the South Region final of the NCAA Tournament.,Illinois (28-8...
Miko Rantanen, Stars double-up Penguins
Miko Rantanen scored in his first game in nearly two months, and the Dallas Stars tallied three unanswered second-period goals to end a four-game skid and defeat the host Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday.,Rantanen and Jason Robertson each had a goal and an assist for Dallas (44-18-11, 99 points),...
Rangers blow lead, rebound to beat Phillies in 10
Andrew McCutchen and the Texas Rangers rebounded after a late collapse to post a 5-4, 10-inning victory over the host Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.,Corey Seager and Jake Burger hit early home runs for Texas, which lost Thursday's season opener 5-3 but rallied in this one to give Skip Schumaker ...
Ilia Malinin 3-peats in world championships after disastrous Olympics
Ilia Malinin has 3-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 three co...
Top teams Natus Vincere, Team Vitality clinch sports in BLAST Open Spring grand final
Team Vitality continued its dominance while Natus Vincere held strong to set up a matchup of top-seeded teams in the best-of-five grand final after wins in the semifinals of the BLAST Open Spring on Saturday at Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Both teams received byes to the semifinals after undefeated runs ...
OpTic Texas, FaZe Vegas earn 3-0 wins in CDL Stage 2 Major
OpTic Texas dominated on Saturday, advancing to the Upper Bracket Final, as the Call of Duty League's Stage 2 Major continued in Marston Green, England.,Texas faced G2 Minnesota in their Saturday matchup. They opened play with a 250-107 win on Den Hardpoint. Then, Texas cruised to a 6-2 victory on R...
U.S. routed by Belgium in World Cup prep
With the 2026 World Cup just around the corner, the U.S. men's national team's debut this year began on a sour note after being routed 5-2 by Belgium in Atlanta on Saturday.,The U.S. had a 4-0-1 record in its final five matches last year and looked to be in form Saturday when Weston McKennie gave th...
NWSL roundup: Denver Summit held to goalless draw with Spirit in front of record crowd
Denver Summit FC's home opener in the franchise's inaugural season came with plenty of fanfare but no goals in a scoreless draw with the Washington Spirit in front of an NWSL record crowd Saturday at Denver., ,A turnout of 63,004 spectators at Empower Field at Mile High never saw a goal. The teams c...
Elite frontcourts clash as No. 1 Michigan faces No. 6 Tennessee in Elite Eight
CHICAGO -- Top-seeded Michigan and sixth-seeded Tennessee both feature playmaking guards who have shined along the path to Sunday's NCAA Tournament Midwest Region final.,Chicago remains the "City of the Big Shoulders," though, and the Elite Eight matchup between the Wolverines (34-3) and Volunteers ...
Lightning score two late goals in victory over Senators
Tampa Bay's Emil Lilleberg put in the tiebreaking goal at 8:51, and the Lightning rallied to earn points in their seventh straight game with a 4-2 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon.,Lilleberg, who posted a career-high three points, gave the Lightning (45-21-6, 96 points) th...
Raptors, Magic clash in game with major playoff implications
A pivotal matchup in the hotly contested Eastern Conference playoff race sees the Toronto Raptors welcome the Orlando Magic to Canada on Sunday.,Toronto (41-32) defeated New Orleans 119-106 on Friday. The Raptors hold the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference but are only 2.5 games ahead of the 10th-...