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Bo Groulx breaks out with 2-goal game as Maple Leafs beat Wild
Bo Groulx scored a pair of goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday evening in Saint Paul, Minn.,Morgan Rielly and Matthew Knies scored one goal apiece for Toronto, which improved to 2-0-1 in its past three games after going eight games in a row witho...
Auburn, New Mexico, Wake Forest, Tulsa earn No. 1 seeds in NIT
Auburn, the second team left out of this year's NCAA Tournament, has accepted a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, serving as one of four No. 1 seeds for the 32-team tournament which begins on Tuesday.,New Mexico (23-10), Wake Forest (17-16) and Tulsa (26-7) are the other No. 1 seeds, joinin...
Ducks blow lead, battle back to top Canadiens
Cutter Gauthier's goal with 2:30 left broke a tie and the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 4-3 win over the host Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night.,Leo Carlsson had two goals and an assist and Troy Terry a goal and two assists in his return after missing nine games with an upper-body injury for the Duck...
Angel City pour it on in 4-0 win over Stars
Angel City FC poured it on in the second half to produce a 4-0 win over the Chicago Stars in both teams' NWSL season opener on Sunday in Los Angeles.,Kennedy Fuller opened the scoring in the 33rd minute before Evelyn Shores, Ary Borges and Maiara Niehues added goals after halftime for Angel City (1-...
Miami (Ohio) has 'home game' in Dayton as First Four slate set
The First Four that opens the NCAA Tournament this week in Dayton, Ohio includes a program famous for knocking off a top seed, one team that has never won in the Big Dance, another which is approaching a 40-year NCAA Tournament win drought and one school that practically has a home game.,That latter...
Brittany Ratcliffe's late header gets Reign past Pride
Brittany Ratcliffe scored the tiebreaking goal on a header in the 82nd minute as the Seattle Reign opened the NWSL season with a 2-1 victory against the host Orlando Pride in a weather-delayed match Sunday., ,Jess Fishlock also scored for Seattle and Nerilia Mondesir had two assists., ,Barbra Banda ...
Another big night by Quentin Grimes lifts 76ers over Blazers
Quentin Grimes scored a season-high 31 points as the Philadelphia 76ers notched a 109-103 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.,After tying his season high with 28 points in Saturday's win over the Brooklyn Nets, Grimes stepped up again Sunday with his team once again playing w...
Spring training roundup: Tyler Tolve's homer lifts Braves over Phillies
Reliever JR Ritchie pitched a shutout over the final four innings and Tyler Tolve homered in the ninth as visiting Atlanta improved to an MLB-best 15-5 this spring with a 1-0 victory Sunday afternoon over Philadelphia in Clearwater, Fla.,Ritchie (1-1) permitted no hits and struck out six. He walked ...
Injured Clippers prepare to host Spurs machine
With four weeks remaining in the regular season, the San Antonio Spurs will be out to continue their methodical push up the Western Conference standings when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday in Inglewood, Calif.,Once six games behind the conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder and in f...
Ahead of Dallas duel, Avalanche can't overlook Penguins
The Colorado Avalanche are in a tight battle with Dallas for first place in the Central Division, so every point matters. They can pick up two more when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.,Colorado has been atop the NHL standings for most of the season, but the Stars' 14-0-1 surge has...
Miami (Ohio) not last team in NCAA field, but treated like it with First Four trip
According to NCAA Tournament committee chair Keith Gill, Miami (Ohio) was not on the edge of being excluded from the 2026 NCAA Tournament field.,Gill, the Sun Belt Conference commissioner, asserted that the RedHawks received the 34th of 37 at-large invites into the 68-team field.,But when it came ti...
Duke takes lessons from ACC tourney to Big Dance with No. 1 overall seed
Among the goals for top-ranked Duke was to learn as much as possible from a restructured lineup during the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.,Then the Blue Devils learned Sunday that they'll have a challenging route to negotiate through the NCAA Tournament.,Duke is the overall No. 1 seed and occu...
NCAA Tournament: Names to know before the Dance begins
While filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket, it's valuable to know the names most likely to deliver in big games ahead. ,From Duke's Boozers, to Purdue's Kaufman-Renn all the way to Uzan in Houston, we're helping you identify the difference makers setting the tone in the Big Dance. ,Darius Acuff,...
Cameron Young wins Players Championship by 1 shot in wild finish
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Cameron Young clinched his second PGA Tour title and the biggest win of his career with a sensational one-shot victory at The Players Championship on Sunday after a drama-laden afternoon at TPC Sawgrass.,One stroke behind England's Matt Fitzpatrick with two holes to play, ...
Denny Hamlin overcomes penalty to secure 1st 2026 win at Las Vegas
Denny Hamlin overcame an early speeding penalty and later beat Chase Elliott in a 50-lap final run Sunday to become the third different winner in the NASCAR Cup Series season, capturing the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev. ,The Joe Gibbs Racing driv...
Lakers, Rockets ready for important pre-playoff showdowns
With the stakes escalating seemingly with each game, the Los Angeles Lakers did not squander an opportunity against the Denver Nuggets to continue climbing the Western Conference standings., ,The Lakers' 127-125 overtime win over the Nuggets on Saturday not only clinched the season series between th...
Brian White nets brace as Whitecaps pound Minnesota United
Brian White scored a brace and Sebastian Berhalter added a goal and had two assists as the Vancouver Whitecaps cruised to a 6-0 victory over visiting Minnesota United on Sunday afternoon, spoiling the MLS debut of James Rodriguez.,Emmanuel Sabbi and Mathias Laborda each had a goal and an assist and ...
Miami (Ohio) gets last NCAA Tournament spot, sent to First Four
Miami (Ohio) was the final team in the 2026 NCAA Tournament field revealed Sunday night, but the RedHawks have work to do before advancing to the 64-team bracket.,Miami (Ohio) is a No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region and the last team in the field but must defeat SMU in the First Four in Dayton, Ohio....
Aryna Sabalenka edges Elena Rybakina to capture Indian Wells title
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka and Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina are approaching the Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner stratosphere of tennis.,The world's No. 1 and soon-to-be No. 2 players have dominated the WTA Tour for the past several months and played a championship final befitting their lofty status at...
Brandon Ingram goes off as Raptors beat Pistons
Brandon Ingram scored 34 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Detroit Pistons 119-108 on Sunday afternoon.,RJ Barrett added 27 points and Jakob Poeltl had 21 points and a season-best 18 rebounds for the Raptors, who have won two in a row. Scottie Barnes tallied 14 points, 10 rebounds...