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Red Bulls blank hobbled D.C. United to earn first road win
Cameron Harper scored a goal in the 42nd minute to fuel the New York Red Bulls to a 2-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night in Washington, D.C.,New York's Mohammed Sofo scored in second-half stoppage time and Wiki Carmona and Emil Forsberg each notched an assist.,Carlos Coronel finished with ...

William Byron stages comeback win overtime at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. - William Byron's long rally from a speeding penalty put the driver of the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in Victory Lane - and left reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier heartbroken.,Fresh from the announcement of a four-year contract extension with HMS, Byron...

White Sox win second straight against Rangers
Lenyn Sosa went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Joshua Palacios had a two-run home run, helping lead the Chicago White Sox to a 10-5 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Saturday.,Mike Tauchman also homered and drove in two and Andrew Benintendi slashed a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth for t...

East powerhouse FC Cincinnati visits slumping Atlanta United
Teams on opposite ends of the Eastern Conference table will meet on Sunday night when Atlanta United hosts FC Cincinnati.,Cincinnati (9-3-2, 29 points) has picked up points in nine of its last 10 games and is tied with Philadelphia for first place in the East ahead of the Union's match on Saturday a...

White Sox P Jonathan Cannon scratched prior to start vs. Rangers
Chicago White Sox right-hander Jonathan Cannon has been scratched from Saturday's start against the visiting Texas Rangers due to lower back tightness.,Right-hander Bryse Wilson (0-2, 6.00 ERA) will get the nod in favor of Cannon (2-5, 3.76), who is listed as day-to-day by the team.,Wilson, 27, has ...

With confidence growing, White Sox take on Rangers
The Chicago White Sox are showing signs of life despite sitting in the cellar of the American League Central and will look to build momentum when they host the slumping Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon in the middle game of a three-game set., ,The contest will be a clash of right-handers as the R...

Ashley Hatch's goal the difference as Spirit defeat Reign
Ashley Hatch scored her sixth goal of the season as the Washington Spirit defeated the host Seattle Reign 2-1 Friday night in a National Women's Soccer League match.,Croix Bethune also scored for the Spirit (6-3-1, 19 points), who improved to 5-0-0 on the road.,Shae Holmes tallied for Seattle (4-4-2...

White Sox solve Tyler Mahle, beat slumping Rangers
Luis Robert Jr. drove in a run and scored another and Sean Burke allowed just one run in six innings as the Chicago White Sox defeated the slumping Texas Rangers 4-1 on Friday in the opener of a three-game set.,Burke (3-5) scattered three hits, walked three and struck out six as the White Sox won fo...

Whitecaps aim to continue streak, face Real Salt Lake
The Vancouver Whitecaps look to stretch their unbeaten run to 14 matches across all competitions when they play a third consecutive away match on Saturday night, this time with a game against Real Salt Lake at Sandy, Utah.,Vancouver (8-1-4, 28 points) has been the surprise team of MLS this season, s...

St. Louis City hope to end losing streak at Colorado
Before a May 17 match at Minnesota United, St. Louis City SC defender Henry Kessler said the team needed to put together a complete 90 minutes in order to break a long winless streak.,The search continues into another week after a 3-0 loss that extended the team's winless streak to 10 matches. St. L...

Sporting KC possess heavy hearts as they battle Revolution
The 250th MLS match in the history of Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan., will feature two of the league's original clubs as the New England Revolution face Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.,Both clubs sit outside the current playoff line, but the Revolution (5-4-3, 18 points) are closer tha...

Minnesota seeks season sweep of Austin after U.S. Open Cup wins
Minnesota United will try to continue a torrid month of matches and post a season sweep of Austin FC when the teams square off on Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn.,Both sides come into Saturday's contest off wins Wednesday in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16.,The Loons (7-3-4, 25 points) have won three of ...

Red Bulls, winless on road, get another crack at D.C. United
D.C. United will target their second victory over the New York Red Bulls this season when the teams meet on Saturday night in Washington.,Joao Peglow scored both of his team's goals in D.C. United's 2-1 victory over the Red Bulls on April 19 in Harrison, N.J.,Unfortunately for D.C. United (3-6-5, 14...

White Sox reinstate OFs Andrew Benintendi, Mike Tauchman from IL
The Chicago White Sox reinstated outfielders Andrew Benintendi and Mike Tauchman from the 10-day injured list on Friday following their rehabilitation assignments.,Both players returned to the lineup for Friday's opener of a three-game home series against the Texas Rangers. Tauchman was second in th...

Martin Ojeda leads Orlando City into clash vs. Timbers
The Portland Timbers and Orlando City will both look to rebound from midweek defeats in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16 when they return to league play on Saturday night in Central Florida.,Orlando (6-2-6, 24 points) sustained a 3-2 loss at home on Wednesday night to Nashville SC in a match in which O...

Stars' Jim Nill finalist for Jim Gregory GM of Year Award
Jim Nill, Kevin Cheveldayoff and Bill Zito have been named finalists for the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award, the NHL announced Friday.,The voting for the award was conducted between league general managers, a panel of executives and media members following the conclusion of the second...

Scuffling offenses clash as Rangers oppose White Sox
A pair of teams looking for jolts from their offenses will square off in Chicago on Friday when the White Sox host the Texas Rangers in the opener of a three-game series.,Chicago has dropped six of its past seven games, including a 6-5 setback against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday. The White Sox...

Thunder roll again at home, grab 2-0 lead on Wolves
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points and Jalen Williams added 26 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-103 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday.,The Thunder lead the best-of-seven series 2-0 going into Game 3 on Saturday in Minneapo...

Ex-major-leaguer Darin Ruf sues Reds for career-ending injury
Nearly two years after his final game, former major leaguer Darin Ruf filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds for an injury at Great American Ball Park that he claims ended his career.,According to the lawsuit filed in Hamilton County (Ohio) Common Pleas, Ruf injured himself on a tar...

Australia's Cameron Percy seizes Senior PGA first-round lead
Cameron Percy didn't get a full practice round before the Senior PGA Championship began, but he didn't look as if he needed it during the opening round on Thursday at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.,The 51-year-old Australian fired a 5-under-par 67 to claim a one-shot lead over South Afr...