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Team Spirit win grand final of BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2
Team Spirit recorded their third sweep in four matches of the playoffs with a 3-0 victory over Eternal Fire on Sunday in the grand final of the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event in Serbia.,Spirit dispatched Eternal Fire and pocketed the $250,000 first-place prize after posting a 13-7 win on Nuke, 13-8...

Sean Manaea, Mets aim to brush off woeful White Sox
Thanks to a win over the worst team in baseball and some help from their rivals, the New York Mets have a chance to arrive home Monday closer to a playoff spot than they were upon departing for a potentially season-defining road trip.,The visiting Mets (72-64) will look to do their part to improve t...

Team Liquid advance to LCS Summer Split final
In a back-and-forth battle that went the distance, Team Liquid outlasted FlyQuest 3-2 on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the League Championship Series Summer Split playoffs.,Playing in the day's only matchup, Liquid took the first map in 40 minutes but FlyQuest answered with a 37-minute w...

Bongokuhle Hlongwane, Minnesota United nip Quakes 2-1
Bongokuhle Hlongwane scored a brace and Robin Lod dished off his 12th assist of the season to help lead visiting Minnesota United to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night., ,Dayne St. Clair finished with one save for the Loons (10-11-6, 36 points) who snapped a seven-match ro...

Pedro Vite scores as Whitecaps blank Austin FC 1-0
Pedro Vite scored the only goal Vancouver needed as the visiting Whitecaps FC defeated offense-challenged Austin FC 1-0 on Saturday in a Western Conference match., ,Vite used a nifty give-and-go play with Ryan Gauld to beat the Verde defense and besieged Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver low to the righ...

Pete Alonso cracks 30th HR as Mets top White Sox to continue surge
Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker hit back-to-back homers in the first inning Saturday night for the visiting New York Mets, who continued a timely surge with a 5-3 win over the lowly Chicago White Sox in the middle game of a three-game series.,The Mets won their third in a row to improve to 6-3 on a 10-...

Orlando City prolongs Nashville SC's misery
Facundo Torres scored a brace to lead Orlando City to a 3-0 win over visiting Nashville SC on Saturday in Florida.,Orlando City are 5-1-1 in their last seven matches, including a pair of victories over Nashville (6-13-8, 26 points) during that hot stretch. Orlando (10-10-7, 37 points) earned another...

Ajani Fortune's 1st MLS goal powers Atlanta United past Charlotte FC
Ajani Fortune scored a second-half goal for his first career MLS tally to give Atlanta United a much-needed victory over host Charlotte FC 1-0 on Saturday night., ,Goalkeeper Brad Guzan made six saves for Atlanta (8-12-7, 31 points) and has five clean sheets this year., ,The United are in a 2-4-1 st...

D.C. United downs Toronto FC with two late goals
Dominique Badji's late goal broke a 1-1 deadlock as visiting D.C. United defeated host Toronto FC 3-1 on Saturday evening.,Martin Rodriguez and Gabriel Pirani also scored for D.C. (7-12-8, 29 points), which has now won three of its last four matches. ,Toronto (10-15-3, 33 points) saw its brief two-m...

Sahith Theegala third in Atlanta despite self-reported penalty
ATLANTA -- Sahith Theegala is 98 or 99 percent sure he moved some sand while taking a swing out of a bunker at East Lake Golf Club.,Unsure of the precise rule in question, Theegala let playing partner Xander Schauffele and PGA Tour rules officials know. He ended up accepting a two-stroke penalty for...
Is Russell Wilson Cooked? Pittsburgh Steelers Set to Find Out
Many people around the NFL think Russell Wilson is no longer good. And the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to be the team that finds out....

Drew Allar, No. 8 Penn State have little trouble dispatching West Virginia
Drew Allar threw for three second quarter touchdowns and 216 yards Saturday as No. 8 Penn State opened its season with a 34-12 road drilling of West Virginia in Morgantown.,Allar was 11 of 17 for the Nittany Lions, which shrugged off a slow start to outgain the Mountaineers 457-246. Not even a storm...

No. 17 Oklahoma State ends South Dakota State winning streak with ease
Ollie Gordon II ran for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass as No. 17 Oklahoma State beat South Dakota State 44-20 on Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.,The loss snapped the Jackrabbits' 29-game winning streak. South Dakota State has won back-to-back FCS championships.,Gordon, last season's Do...

Red-hot Galaxy to meet scorching temps vs. St. Louis City
The Los Angeles Galaxy were thriving before the arrival of Marco Reus, but adding the German star has increased the club's firepower.,Reus was involved in both goals in his Galaxy debut and now looks to supply similar aid in his second match when Los Angeles visits St. Louis City on Sunday afternoon...

Desmond Reid, Eli Holstein power Pitt past Kent State
Freshman quarterback Eli Holstein threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns and Desmond Reid added a pair of scores, lifting Pitt to a 55-24 victory over visiting Kent State on Saturday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.,Holstein completed 29 of 39 passes in his first collegiate game befo...

Improving Wings brace for battle vs. Caitlin Clark, Fever
If it was not already, Sunday afternoon's clash between the host Dallas Wings and the Caitlin Clark-led Indiana Fever has ventured into must-watch territory at Arlington, Texas.,While the Fever have been one of the WNBA's top draws in 2024, Dallas' late-season move from the cellar into contention fo...

Johnny Gaudreau's widow: 'You were perfect'
The widow of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau paid tribute to him in a pair of social media posts on Saturday, calling him her "forever" and praising him as the "best dad" to their young children.,Meredith Gaudreau also shared family photos of her late husband celebrating his 31st birth...

White Sox out to upend Mets, avoid franchise-record-tying loss
A pair of former Mets relayed some sympathy for the reeling White Sox during New York's broadcast of Friday's 5-1 road win over Chicago.,At 31-105, Chicago is fast approaching the 1962 Mets' major league record for single-season losses (120) in the modern era. For their part, Jay Hook and Craig Ande...

100 Thieves stay alive in LCS Summer Split playoffs
100 Thieves came from behind to beat Dignitas 3-2 on Friday at the League Championship Series Summer Split playoffs in Los Angeles.,The result sends 100 Thieves to the lower-bracket semifinal, where they will oppose Cloud9 on Sunday.,Dignitas won the first map on red before 100 Thieves responded wit...

Team Spirit reach grand final at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2
Team Spirit pulled off a 2-1 victory over MOUZ in the upper-bracket final of the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event on Friday in Serbia.,With the win, Team Spirit advance to the grand final on Sunday. In the lower-bracket quarterfinals on Friday, Eternal Fire topped FURIA Esports 2-1 and paiN Gaming de...