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Team Falcons, Team Spirit advance in group stage at BLAST Open Spring
Team Falcons, FURIA, Team Spirit and The MongolZ each recorded wins on Sunday to stay alive in the BLAST Open Spring event in Copenhagen, Denmark and Rotterdam, Netherlands.,The Group A lower-bracket final on Monday is set between Team Falcons and FURIA, while Aurora Gaming and Natus Vincere previou...
Defending champion Arnya Sabalenka sails through third round at Miami Open
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka won 10 of the last 12 games in dispatching Caty McNally 6-4, 6-2 in one hour, 25 minutes in a third-round match on Sunday night at the Miami Open.,Sabalenka of Belarus, coming off the BNP Paribas Open championship at Indian Wells, Calif., is defending her title in Miami G...
Bucks, Clippers still hoping to make playoff runs
The Los Angeles Clippers will welcome an old friend back into town Monday when former head coach Doc Rivers and his current team, the Milwaukee Bucks, make a visit to Inglewood, Calif.,As the Clippers try to nail down a favorable spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament, the Bucks are makin...
Sebastian Korda stuns No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in Miami Open third round
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz took a surprising defeat to 32nd-seeded American Sebastian Korda, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in third-round action of the Miami Open on Sunday in Miami Gardens Fla.,Korda, who was 1-4 all-time against Alcaraz with the win coming in 2022 before the Spaniard won his first grand slam, was...
Mammoth's Nick Schmaltz scores twice, including in OT to edge Kings
Nick Schmaltz scored his second goal of the game 1:46 into overtime and the Utah Mammoth beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Sunday night in Salt Lake City.,Schmaltz entered the zone 2-on-1, kept the puck and beat Darcy Kuemper with a wrist shot.,Lawson Crouse had two goals and an assist for the Mammo...
Saint Joseph's makes 19-point comeback to overcome Cal
Jaiden Glover-Toscano had 24 points and a game-ending blocked shot to cap a 19-point comeback as visiting Saint Joseph's nipped Cal 76-75 on Sunday night in the second round of the NIT in Berkeley, Calif.,The Hawks (24-11) advance to play New Mexico in the NIT quarterfinals.,Cal (22-12) was in compl...
Kenyon Giles pours in 28 points as Wichita State rolls over Oklahoma State
Kenyon Giles put on a show as he connected on eight 3-pointers and scored 28 points, leading Wichita State to a dominant 96-70 victory over Oklahoma State in the second round of the NIT Sunday night in Stillwater, Okla.,Giles shot 8-of-16 from long range while four others finished in double figures....
Hyo Joo Kim never loses grip on lead, captures Fortinet Founders Cup
South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim went wire to wire, holding off Nelly Korda to win the Fortinet Founders Cup by one stroke Sunday in Menlo Park, Calif.,Kim became an eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour, including this event in 2015 in Phoenix, with a 1-over-par 73 for a total of 16-under 272 at Sharon Heigh...
Ryan Strome's OT game-winner gives Flames win over Lightning
Ryan Strome scored the winning goal in overtime to give the host Calgary Flames a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.,Victor Olofsson, Morgan Frost and Mickael Backlund also scored for the Flames (29-34-7, 65 points), who have won three straight games.,Goaltender Devin Cooley made 32...
Arizona holds off Utah State's surge to reach 3rd consecutive Sweet 16
SAN DIEGO -- Jaden Bradley scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half as the catalyst for West Region No. 1 seed Arizona holding off a wild comeback from No. 9 seed Utah State for a 78-66 win Sunday in NCAA Tournament second-round play. ,With its win, Arizona advances to its third consecutive Swe...
NHL mourns death of Minnesota reporter, 3 children in house fire
Jessi Pierce, who covered the Minnesota Wild as a correspondent for NHL.com, and her three children were killed in a house fire, the league announced Sunday.,Pierce and her three children, Hudson, Caden and Avery, were found deceased in the wake of a fire at their home in White Bear Lake, Minn., on ...
Timberwolves shut down Celtics to get 1st win in Boston since 2005
Bones Hyland scored 23 points and Jaden McDaniels finished with 19 to lead the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves to a 102-92 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday night.,Rudy Gobert added nine points and 14 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who won in Boston for the first time since 2005. Minnesota a...
Surging Hawks look to take advantage of short-handed Grizzlies
The streaking Atlanta Hawks will try to enhance their push for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference when they host the struggling Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.,Atlanta (39-32) has won 12 of its last 13 games and won its 10th straight home game Saturday by defeating the Golden State Warriors ...
Iowa advances to first Sweet 16 since 1999 after massive upset over Florida
Alvaro Folgueiras drained a wide-open 3-pointer from the right corner with 4.5 seconds left to give Iowa a dramatic 73-72 victory over defending national champion Florida in a South Region second-round game at Tampa, Fla.,Tavian Banks had 20 points and six rebounds, and Folgueiras added 14 points as...
Karl-Anthony Towns leads Knicks offensive explosion past Wizards
Karl-Anthony Towns posted a 26-point, 16-rebound double-double and seven Knicks scored in double-figures as New York rolled to its sixth straight win with a 145-113 rout of sputtering Washington on Sunday.,The Knicks (47-25) rebounded from an anemic offensive effort their last time out in a 93-92 wi...
Reilly Smith's late goal lifts Golden Knights past Stars
Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal with 3:38 remaining as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the host Dallas Stars on Sunday night.,Smith, a healthy scratch the previous five games, swatted in a rebound of Mitch Marner shot from the right side of t...
Real Salt Lake score late, earn tie with unbeaten San Diego
Victor Olatunji scored the tying goal late in the second half as Real Salt Lake claimed a 2-2 tie with host San Diego FC on Sunday night.,Sergi Solans also scored for Salt Lake (3-1-1, 10 points), which extended its unbeaten stretch to four matches (3-0-1).,Marcus Ingvartsen and Anders Dreyer scored...
Malik Monk (32 points), Kings hold off Nets
Malik Monk scored 32 points, Maxime Raynaud paired 22 points with 10 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings snapped a two-game losing streak with a 126-122 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.,Monk, as a reserve, also had six assists and knocked down 7 of 13 from 3-point range.,Devin Carter add...
Ja’Kobi Gillespie propels No. 6 Tennessee offense in win over No. 3 Virginia
PHILADELPHIA -- Tennessee may be known for its defense, but a balanced and efficient offense has led the Volunteers to their fourth straight Sweet 16.,Ja'Kobi Gillespie put up 21 points and six assists, Bishop Boswell had 13 points and nine assists and the sixth-seeded Volunteers took down third-see...
Warriors can eliminate Mavericks with win as play-in race tightens
The Golden State Warriors can boost their playoff chances and officially eliminate the Dallas Mavericks from postseason contention when the teams face off Monday night in Texas.,The Warriors (33-38) have lost eight of nine but have maintained a sizable lead over the competition for the 10th and fina...