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Guard play will be key for Vanderbilt, Arkansas in SEC final
NASHVILLE -- No. 22 Vanderbilt will try to win its first Southeastern Conference tournament championship since 2012 when it meets 17th-ranked Arkansas on Sunday.,The Commodores (26-7), playing two miles from their campus, routed fourth-ranked Florida (the tournament's top seed) by a 91-74 score on S...
Natus Vincere, Aurora set to fight for title at ESL Pro League Season 23
Neither took the easy route, but Aurora Gaming and Natus Vincere are the last two teams standing at the ESL Pro League Season 23 Main Event at Stockholm.,Natus Vincere opened Saturday's semifinals with a 2-1 win over FUT Esports, with Aurora following with its own 2-1 win, against Astralis.,The eigh...
Carolina shake up CDL Major 2 qualifying standings with Minnesota sweep
The Carolina Royal Ravens moved into playoff position with four match days remaining thanks to a sweep of GS Minnesota as Week 5 of qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major continued on Saturday.,Minnesota entered the day in fourth while Carolina was in seventh, but the resounding loss d...
Team Yandex advances to grand final of PGL Wallachia Season 7
Team Yandex swept BetBoom Team in the upper-bracket final on Saturday to advance to grand final of the PGL Wallachia Season 7 at Bucharest, Romania.,BetBoom team dropped into Sunday's lower-bracket final against Team Liquid, with the winner taking on Team Yandex later in the day in the double-elimin...
D.C. United edge Fire on Tai Baribo PK in stoppage time
Tai Baribo scored on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to give visiting D.C. United a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.,Matti Peltola also scored a goal for D.C. (2-2-0, 6 points), which rallied from a late 1-0 deficit to snap a two-game losing streak and inch ah...
Texas Tech star G Christian Anderson available for NCAA Tournament
Texas Tech star guard Christian Anderson, injured during the team's loss Thursday in the Big 12 tournament, will be available for the NCAA Tournament, the school announced late Saturday.,The sophomore is an All-Big 12 first-team selection who leads the conference and is fourth nationally with 7.6 as...
DeMar DeRozan, Kings continue recent surge with win over Clippers
DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points and Precious Achiuwa added 25 with 13 rebounds as the Sacramento Kings turned a brief stop on the road into a 118-109 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif., ,Maxime Raynaud scored 23 points and Russell Westbrook added 12 points, 12 rebo...
Knights dominate Blackhawks behind efforts from Pavel Dorofeyev, Adin Hill
Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals and had an assist, and Adin Hill made 21 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Vegas Golden Knights moved into first place in the Pacific Division with a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,It was the second straight gam...
Mathieu Choiniere's brace propels LAFC past St. Louis City SC
Mathieu Choiniere's second-half brace lifted Los Angeles FC to a 2-0 victory over visiting St. Louis City SC on Saturday night.,Hugo Lloris made four saves for his fourth clean sheet as LAFC (4-0-0, 12 points) improved to 5-0-2 in seven all-time MLS matches against St. Louis.,Roman Burki made three ...
Wilyer Abreu's HR carries Venezuela into WBC semis over Japan
Wilyer Abreu hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning Saturday night for Venezuela, which eliminated defending champion Japan with an 8-5 win in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals in Miami.,Venezuela, the runner-up in Pool D with a 3-1 record, will face Italy in Monday night's semi...
Down 2 early, Penguins rally to keep Mammoth reeling
Noel Acciari scored with just less than 12 minutes left in regulation for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Utah Mammoth 4-3 Saturday in Salt Lake City.,Anthony Mantha recorded a goal and an assist for the Penguins, and Bryan Rust and Tommy Novak also li...
Lasse Johnsen's debut goal helps Kansas City earn 1st win at Galaxy
Dejan Joveljic scored a goal against his former team and Lasse Johnsen also scored in his MLS debut as Sporting Kansas City earned a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy for their first win of the season Saturday at Carson, Calif., ,John Pulskamp made four saves as Sporting KC (1-2-1, 4 points) d...
Kevin Vallejos makes statement with 1st-round TKO of Josh Emmett
Argentina's Kevin Vallejos officially established himself as a featherweight contender to watch, swarming Josh Emmett for a first-round TKO (strikes, 3:33) in the main event of UFC Vegas 114 from the Meta APEX Saturday night. ,Vallejos (18-1 MMA) remained unbeaten in the UFC at 4-0, sending a messag...
Dynamo top Timbers on goal minutes after going a man down
Mateusz Bogusz found the net with an unlikely, short-handed goal 15 minutes into second-half stoppage time as the host Houston Dynamo defeated the Portland Timbers 3-2 on Saturday in a wild, early-season Western Conference match.,Bogusz got loose on the counterattack with a run down the left side be...
Duke wins 2nd straight ACC title in thriller over Virginia
CHARLOTTE - Isaiah Evans scored 20 points and No. 1 Duke relied on various sources to beat No. 10 Virginia 74-70 and repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference tournament champion in a tense title game Saturday night.,Cayden Boozer, the twin brother of the ACC Player of the Year, matched his career high wi...
Petar Musa's third goal pulls Dallas into a tie with San Diego
Petar Musa scored his third goal of the match five minutes into second-half stoppage time to give FC Dallas a dramatic 3-3 draw with visiting San Diego FC on Saturday.,Bernard Kamungo earned the assist on Musa's goal after making a great run into the box. Kamungo carried the ball past three San Dieg...
D.C. United edges Fire on stoppage time Tai Baribo PK
Tai Baribo scored on a penalty kick in the 5th minute of stoppage time to give visiting D.C. United a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.,Matti Peltola also scored a goal for D.C. (2-2-0, 6 points), which rallied from a late 1-0 deficit to snap a two-game losing streak and inch ahea...
Thomas Harley's OT goal lifts streaking Stars past Red Wings
Defenseman Thomas Harley scored 2:06 into overtime to give the host Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.,Harley delivered on a shot from the left circle off the rush. Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist and Michael Bunting also scored for the Stars, who tied a fra...
Paolo Banchero, Magic stay hot, cool off rival Heat
Paolo Banchero posted 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the visiting Orlando Magic defeated the Miami Heat for the fifth straight time 121-117 on Saturday night.,Orlando led by as many as 22 but needed two Wendell Carter Jr. free throws with 11 seconds left to help put Miami away. Banch...
Orlando gets first win in first match with Martin Perelman as manager
Martin Ojeda scored the decisive goal in the 31st minute and Orlando City SC defeated visiting CF Montreal on Saturday night in Orlando's first match since the departure of manager Oscar Pareja.,Duncan McGuire also scored early for Orlando (1-3-0, 3 points), which broke through three days after Pare...