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Angel Yin, Ariya Jutanugarn make semis at Match Play
Angel Yin maintained her steady play, knocking out Japan's Mao Saigo and Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul on Saturday to advance to the semifinals at the T-Mobile Match Play on Friday in North Las Vegas, Nev.,"I mean, this golf course anything can happen," Yin said about the challenge of playing at Shadow ...
Matt Mervis homers twice as Marlins shut out Braves
Cal Quantrill pitched five shutout innings and Matt Mervis hit a pair of home runs to help the visiting Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Saturday and even their three-game series at a game apiece.,Quantrill (1-1) allowed four hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out four to earn his fir...
Dejan Joveljic scores twice as Sporting KC blanks St. Louis City to earn first win of season
Dejan Joveljic scored a brace in the final 19 minutes Saturday night as Sporting Kansas City snapped a 13-match winless streak that dated back to last year with a 2-0 verdict over visiting St. Louis City SC.,The outcome gave Sporting KC (1-5-1, 4 points) a victory in Kerry Zavagnin's first game as t...
Jays' George Springer leaves game after crashing into wall
Toronto Blue Jays right fielder George Springer exited Saturday's game against the host New York Mets in the eighth inning after crashing face-first into the fence.,With runners on first and second, Springer raced back to the warning track in an attempt to field a triple on Jesse Winker and hit the ...
Portland Timbers, Austin FC battle to scoreless draw
The Portland Timbers and Austin FC were forced to split the points after a defensive-minded scoreless draw Saturday in a Western Conference match played in damp, cool and windy conditions in Texas' capital city.,Brad Stuver of Austin garnered his fourth clean sheet of the season by recording six sav...
Utah Hockey Club uses power play to down Jets
Clayton Keller, Barrett Hayton, and Kevin Stenlund each had a goal and an assist as the Utah Hockey Club defeated the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Saturday night.,Nick Bjugstad also scored for Utah, while Nick Schmaltz, Dylan Guenther, Mikhail Sergachev, John Marino, and Olli Maatta provided assist...
Sabres rally, upend playoff-bound Lightning in shootout
Tage Thompson scored his 40th goal and James Reimer made 22 saves and stopped both shootout attempts to lead the host Buffalo Sabres to their third straight win, 3-2, over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday., ,Jason Zucker also scored for Buffalo (33-36-6, 72 points), which extended its ho...
Cal Quantrill homers twice as Marlins shut out Braves
Cal Quantrill pitched five shutout innings and Matt Mervis hit a pair of home runs to help the visiting Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Saturday and even their three-game series at a game apiece.,Quantrill (1-1) allowed four hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out four to earn his fir...
FC Cincinnati keeps Revolution at bay in rainy win
CINCINNATI -- Sergio Santos picked up his first goal of the season in the 65th minute and Roman Celentano made three saves in goal to lead FC Cincinnati past the visiting New England Revolution, 1-0, Saturday night in an Eastern Conference match.,One week after earning their first road win of the se...
David Pastrnak's hat trick, 5-point night carry Bruins past Hurricanes
David Pastrnak recorded a hat trick and season-high five points as the Boston Bruins ended their 10-game losing streak with an emphatic 5-1 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.,Pastrnak finished off the trick when he took Morgan Geekie's cross-ice pass and slithered to the fr...
Reports: 5-time Pro Bowl OT Terron Armstead retires
Offensive tackle Terron Armstead is retiring from the NFL, according to multiple media reports.,Armstead is a five-time Pro Bowl selection and was a second-team All-Pro in 2018.,The New Orleans Saints selected him in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played nine seasons for the franchise, st...
As playoffs near, Nuggets looking to cut back turnovers as they host Pacers
The Denver Nuggets will be desperate to arrest their potentially terminal form slide when they host the surging Indiana Pacers on Sunday.,After spending much of this season vying for the second position in the Western Conference, Denver (47-31) has slipped below the Los Angeles Lakers into the fourt...
Cavs aim to clinch No. 1 seed against hungry Kings
Cleveland can clinch the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since the 2015-16 season when it hosts the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night at Rocket Arena.,The Cavaliers (62-15) will have to beat a Kings team that is in a three-way dogfight for the last two spots in the play-in tourn...
Ice legends: Alex Ovechkin, Wayne Gretzky had different paths to 894
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has finally caught up to Wayne Gretzky, tying him for the most goals scored in an NHL career.,While they each have 894 goals, the eras in which they played were far from equal.,Ovechkin tied Gretzky's 31-year-old record by scoring twice in a 5-3 win against t...
Kings blank Oilers in pivotal Pacific Division matchup
The host Los Angeles Kings increased their chances of securing home-ice advantage in the playoffs after blanking the undermanned Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.,Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves to earn his fifth shutout of the season as the Kings (44-23-9, 97 points) moved four points ahead of...
USC star JuJu Watkins wins Wooden Award
Southern California star guard JuJu Watkins became only the third underclassman to win the Wooden Award, presented to the most outstanding player in women's basketball, on Saturday.,Watkins, who is also the Naismith Women's College Player of the Year and Associated Press Player of the Year, won the ...
Sidney Crosby's hat trick lifts Penguins over Stars
Sidney Crosby recorded his 14th career hat trick, and Blaze Lizotte scored the go-ahead goal with 1:43 remaining in the third period, lifting the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday.,Crosby's heroics allowed the Penguins to overcome the second career hat t...
With 6-run 4th, Twins pick up win over Astros
Jose Miranda hit a three-run home run during a decisive six-run fourth inning, and the Minnesota Twins went on to defeat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Matt Wallner doubled in a run and scored for Minnesota, which bounced back from a loss in the series opener and has ...
William Byron sets blazing pace to win Darlington pole
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Hendrick Motorsports' William Byron won pole position for Sunday's Goodyear 400 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (3 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) -- yet another supreme performance for his NASCAR Cup Series championship-leading No. 24 team., ,Byron's lap of 170.904 mph ar...
NCAA notebook: Title game about more than Paige Bueckers' legacy
All-American guard Paige Bueckers will leave UConn having already made a considerable mark on college basketball's most decorated program.,Sunday's national championship game in Tampa, Fla., against defending champion South Carolina is Bueckers' final opportunity to add her signature to the program'...