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Thieves, Liquid to play for title in Championship of The Americas Cross-Conference
100 Thieves and Team Liquid posted victories on Saturday to earn berths in the grand final of the Championship of The Americas 2025 Cross-Conference event in Sao Paulo, Brazil.,The Thieves and Liquid won their matches in three maps and will meet on Sunday, with the winner qualifying for the First St...
Tai Baribo's brace in opener lifts Union over Orlando City
Tai Baribo scored two goals -- one in each half -- as the visiting Philadelphia Union opened the 2025 MLS season with a 4-2 win over Orlando City on Saturday.,Daniel Gazdag and Mikael Uhre added a goal each for Philadelphia (1-0-0, 3 points), making a winner of Bradley Carnell in his first match as ...
Spring training notebook: Justin Ishbia to increase stake in White Sox, per report
The Chicago White Sox might have found a successor for longtime owner Jerry Reinsdorf, although the team has cautioned against jumping to conclusions.,Billionaire Justin Ishbia no longer will pursue buying the Minnesota Twins, shifting his focus to increasing his minority share of the White Sox, The...
Tai Baribo brace lifts Philadelphia to win in opener
Tai Baribo scored two goals -- one in each half -- as the visiting Philadelphia Union opened the 2025 MLS season with a 4-2 win over Orlando City on Saturday.,Daniel Gazdag and Mikael Uhre added a goal each for Philadelphia (1-0-0, 3 points), making a winner of Bradley Carnell in his first match as ...
Defensive breakdowns doom Fire in 4-2 loss to Rossi, Crew
Diego Rossi scored twice in a span of six minutes in the middle of the match as the host Columbus Crew defeated the Chicago Fire 4-2 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.,Most of the talk about Columbus in the offseason centered on who would score goals for the Crew, but that was dispatch...
Payton Sandfort, Iowa storm back to upend Washington
Payton Sandfort scored 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Iowa rallied from a double-digit deficit to defeat Washington 85-79 in a Big Ten Conference game Saturday in Iowa City.,Josh Dix added 15 points and Brock Harding had 11 points and five assists for the Hawkeyes (15-12, 6-10 Big Ten), who ...
Former All-Star pitcher Eddie Fisher dies at 88
Former All-Star knuckleballer Eddie Fisher died after a brief illness. He was 88.,The right-handed Fisher died on Monday in Altus, Okla.,Fisher pitched 15 seasons (1959-73) with six teams and went 85-70 with a 3.41 ERA and 82 saves in 690 games (63 starts).,His best season came in 1965 for the Chica...
Ohio State faces UCLA while in 'must-win' mode
With two straight losses and three defeats in the past four games, crunch time has arrived if Ohio State aspires to reach the NCAA Tournament.,The next test for the Buckeyes (15-12, 7-9 Big Ten) is the start of a two-game trip to California on Sunday against UCLA (19-8, 10-6 Big Ten) at Los Angeles....
Brewers OF Blake Perkins (shin) to miss start of season
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Blake Perkins fractured his right shin in batting practice and likely will miss the first month of the season, manager Pat Murphy said Saturday.,The injury occurred after Perkins fouled a ball off himself, Murphy said, offering May as a best-case scenario for his return....
Mirra Andreeva, 17, becomes youngest WTA 1000 champ
No. 12 seed Mirra Andreeva became the youngest WTA 1000 champion since the format began in 2009 after defeating Clara Tauson on Saturday in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships.,Andreeva, who is 17 years and 299 days old, recorded six aces to post a 7-6 (1), 6-1 win over the Denmark native in...
Report: Billionaire Justin Ishbia seeking to increase share of White Sox
Billionaire Justin Ishbia no longer will pursue buying the Minnesota Twins, shifting his focus to increasing his minority share of the Chicago White Sox, The Athletic reported.,Ishbia, who founded a private equity firm in Chicago, has offered to buy shares from other limited partners with the intent...
Whitecaps, Timbers open with wild-card rematch
The Portland Timbers will open the Major League Soccer season the same way they finished 2024, by playing host to the Vancouver Whitecaps.,The Timbers can only hope the Sunday match goes better.,The Whitecaps cruised to a 5-0 victory in a Western Conference wild-card game on Oct. 23 behind Ryan Gaul...
No. 22 Memphis, FAU look to shake off loss to same foe
Despite their impressive record and first-place standing in the American Athletic Conference, the Memphis Tigers find their NCAA Tournament resume weakening in the eyes of many prognosticators.,The 22nd-ranked Tigers will try to get back on track when they host Florida Atlantic on Sunday in Memphis....
No. 14 Michigan State tops No. 12 Michigan, leads Big Ten
Jase Richardson scored 21 points to lead No. 14 Michigan State to a 75-62 win over No. 12 Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday in a battle for first place in the Big Ten.,The Spartans (22-5, 13-3) moved a half-game ahead of the Wolverines (20-6, 12-3) for first place in the conference and snapped Michiga...
Michigan coach Dusty May signs new contract amid Indiana rumors
Less than a year after hiring him, Michigan awarded coach Dusty May with a multi-year contract extension to stave off any chance that his alma mater might pursue him this offseason.,Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel announced the contract Friday before the 12th-ranked Wolverines hosted No. 14 ...
U.S.-Canada final of 4 Nations Face-Off draws huge ratings
The 4 Nations Face-Off championship game between the United States and Canada on Thursday drew the largest audience for a hockey game ever on ESPN, the network announced on Friday.,The game, in which Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 in an overtime thriller, garnered 9.3 million viewers, with 10.4 million wa...
Union, Orlando City enter opener boasting high-priced newcomers
Orlando City and the visiting Philadelphia Union break the seal on their 2025 MLS seasons on Saturday.,Orlando City, who came within one win of their first MLS Cup final in 2024, will need to adjust to life without club icon Facundo Torres. After scoring 47 goals in an Orlando City jersey, Torres wa...
Toronto FC's rebuilding project collides with D.C. United's reboot
D.C. United haven't made the MLS playoffs in five years. For Toronto FC, it's been four years without an appearance in the postseason.,When the teams open a new season Saturday night in Washington, it will be a matchup of rebuilding squads looking to recapture past glory.,To that end, Toronto has tu...
Record ratings for U.S.-Canada final of 4 Nations Face-Off
Thursday's 4 Nations Face-Off championship game between the United States and Canada marked the largest audience for a hockey game ever on ESPN, the network announced Friday.,The game, in which Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 in an overtime thriller, garnered 9.3 million viewers, with 10.4 million viewers ...
Iowa, Washington duel with Big Ten tourney in mind
When the Big Ten expanded to 18 teams this season, with the addition of four West Coast schools, it decided to create a 15-team conference tournament.,That has added some drama for the schools at the bottom of the standings, vying for the last berths to next month's conference tourney in Indianapoli...