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Spring training roundup: Paul Skenes wows in spring debut
Reigning National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes was solid in his spring training debut on Saturday, striking out four over three innings to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-2 win over the host Baltimore Orioles in a Grapefruit League game at Sarasota, Fla.,The 22-year-old Skenes, who went ...
Timbers top Austin FC 1-0 on late free-kick goal
David Da Costa's free kick in the 89th minute surprisingly went into the net and helped the Portland Timbers notch a 1-0 victory over visiting Austin FC on Saturday night.,Da Costa was on the left flank when he directed his right-footed boot toward the net. It was beyond the heads of any of the Timb...
No. 25 BYU pulls away after half to down West Virginia
Fousseyni Traore scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds off the bench Saturday night as No. 25 BYU exploded in the second half to rout visiting West Virginia 77-56 in a Big 12 Conference game in Provo, Utah.,Egor Demin added 15 points for the Cougars (21-8, 12-6), which tied No. 9 Iowa State for f...
Augustas Marciulionis nets 25 as No. 23 Saint Mary's tops Oregon St.
Augustas Marciulionis recorded 25 points and seven assists to lead No. 23 Saint Mary's to a 74-64 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night in West Coast Conference play at Moraga, Calif.,Fellow seniors Lake Barrett (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Mitchell Saxen (12 points, 11 rebounds) made key cont...
Suns set to host Timberwolves in a matchup of underachievers
Two disappointing squads match up when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night.,Minnesota has dropped six of its past eight games while falling to ninth place in the Western Conference. Phoenix has lost 10 of 13 games and is in 11th place, outside the final play-in berth.,T...
Minnesota United gets first win, shuts out CF Montreal
Kelvin Yeboah scored his first goal of the season midway through the second half to lift Minnesota United to a 1-0 victory over visiting CF Montreal on Saturday night.,Yeboah's tally in the 69th minute came at the end of the most consistent stretch of pressure for Minnesota, which rebounded in its h...
Dylan Holloway, Blues get better of Kings
Dylan Holloway scored a goal and earned an assist as the St. Louis Blues defeated the visiting Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday.,Colton Parayko, Pavel Buchnevich and Zack Bolduc also scored for the Blues, who extended their season-best winning streak to four games.,Jordan Binnington made 25 saves t...
Balanced scoring pushes Kings past Rockets
DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine combined for 41 points as the visiting Sacramento Kings rode a balanced offensive attack to a 113-103 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.,Six Kings players scored in double figures as the team completed a sweep of the three-game season series with Houston. The...
Connor Zilisch again proves road-course mastery at COTA
AUSTIN, Texas -- It's hard to put Connor Zilisch off his game as the 18-year-old road-course prodigy proved once again in winning Saturday's Focused Health 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Circuit of The Americas.,A commitment line violation couldn't do it. Sent to the rear for pitting when pit roa...
Tai Baribo hat trick carries Philadelphia over Cincinnati
Tai Baribo notched a hat trick Saturday night and the Philadelphia Union made it two wins in as many matches with a 4-1 decision over Cincinnati FC in Chester, Pa.,Baribo, who scored twice on Feb. 22 in Philadelphia's season-opening 4-2 win at Orlando, took advantage of frequent defensive breakdowns...
Late goal lifts Jackets over Wings in Stadium Series
Justin Danforth scored the go-ahead goal with 2:17 left and Elvis Merzlikins made 43 saves to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 in the Stadium Series on Saturday night at chilly Ohio Stadium in Columbus., ,Denton Mateychuk, Dmitri Voronkov, Mathieu Olivier and Adam Fantil...
Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace sweep front row for 23XI Racing
AUSTIN, Texas --Tyler Reddick led 23XI Racing to a front row lockout for Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,Chased by teammate Bubba Wallace during the Group 2 session of time trials, Reddick turned a lap in 98.076...
Indiana adds to late-season success, beats Washington
Malik Reneau scored a season-high 22 points and grabbed six rebounds as Indiana defeated Washington 78-62 in a Big Ten Conference game Saturday afternoon in Seattle.,Luke Goode scored 18 points, making five 3-pointers, and Mackenzie Mgbako and Myles Rice added 10 points apiece for the Hoosiers (18-1...
Jessica Pegula, McCartney Kessler to meet in All-American final at Austin
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula recorded 31 winners while posting a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic on Saturday to advance to the championship match of the ATX Open at Austin, Texas.,Pegula took advantage of the serving issues of Tomljanovic (11 double faults) and controlled the th...
Timberwolves G Anthony Edwards fined following ejection
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Saturday that star Anthony Edwards has been fined $35,000 for his behavior following his ejection after receiving a technical foul against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.,The three-time All-Star guard received his second technical foul and was ejected w...
L.J. Cryer helps No. 4 Houston sail past Cincinnati
L.J. Cryer scored 20 points to lead a balanced attack as No. 4 Houston topped visiting Cincinnati, 73-64, to capture its second straight Big 12 outright regular-season title.,Terrance Arceneaux contributed 10 points off the bench for the Cougars (25-4, 17-1) who beat the Bearcats for the 12th straig...
Kentucky G Jaxson Robinson (wrist) to miss rest of season
No. 17 Kentucky guard Jaxson Robinson will undergo surgery on his right wrist on Wednesday and miss the rest of the season, Wildcats coach Mark Pope said Saturday.,Robinson sat out Saturday's 94-78 home loss to No. 1 Auburn, his fifth missed game in the last six. He played the first half of Wednesda...
David Pastrnak helps slumping Bruins dispatch Penguins
David Pastrnak extended his NHL-leading point streak to 17 games with a goal and an assist, and the Boston Bruins held off the host Pittsburgh Penguins to win 3-2 on Saturday.,Pastrnak scored Boston's opening goal and assisted on a Mason Lohrei power-play tally that extended the lead to 2-0 after on...
Georgia Tech blasts NC State
Baye Ndongo scored a career-high 29 points and added 18 rebounds on Saturday, as Georgia Tech posted an 87-62 win over visiting North Carolina State in Atlanta in Atlantic Coast Conference play.,Duncan Powell had 23 points and 10 boards, while Lance Terry scored 15 and Jaeden Mustaf chipped in 13 po...
Bruins captain Brad Marchand leaves Penguins game with injury
Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is unlikely to return to Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins after suffering an upper-body injury in the first period.,Just 5:56 in, Marchand collided awkwardly with the Penguins' P.O Joseph. He came up slowly after being hit shoulder-first into the co...