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Fever, Valkyries upping the intensity as playoff contenders
Expect a playoff atmosphere on Sunday when opponents jockeying for postseason positioning -- the visiting Indiana Fever and the Golden State Valkyries -- meet in San Francisco.,Sixth-place Indiana (21-18) and eighth-place Golden State (20-18) are separated by just a half-game following the Valkyries...
Cubs aim for three-game sweep against Rockies
The Chicago Cubs took advantage of the thin air in Colorado on Friday night for an 11-7 win and then grinded out a 4-3 victory Saturday night. ,Now the Cubs can sweep a three-game series from the Rockies when the teams play Sunday afternoon at Coors Field.,Chicago will send left-hander Matthew Boyd ...
Seeing a path to playoffs, Sparks host skidding Mystics
The Los Angeles Sparks are on the outside of the playoff race with seven games left in the regular season.,That means a home loss to the Washington Mystics on Sunday night would represent a major blow.,Los Angeles (17-20) stands 2 1/2 games behind the Golden State Valkyries for the eighth and final ...
Yankees aim for eighth straight win, sweep of White Sox
The New York Yankees stretched their winning streak to a season-high seven games with Saturday's 5-3, 11-inning victory against the host Chicago White Sox.,"A bunch of wins coming different ways," Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger said, "so that was a good one.",New York will aim to sweep a four-gam...
No. 23 Texas Tech QB Behren Morton hurt in rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Behren Morton threw four touchdown passes Saturday night before departing in the second quarter with an injury as No. 23 Texas Tech routed Arkansas-Pine Bluff 67-7 in each team's season opener in Lubbock, Texas.,Morton, who completed 16 of 18 attempts for 201 yards, left the game after linebacker Ta...
Athletics' Nick Kurtz undergoes MRI, avoids serious injury
Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz wasn't found to have a serious injury when he underwent an MRI exam on his right oblique, manager Mark Kotsay said before Saturday's game against the Texas Rangers.,Kotsay termed it good news that the American League Rookie of the Year avoided a serious ailment during Sa...
Kahleah Copper, Mercury pull away from Liberty
Kahleah Copper had 22 points with five 3-pointers, Alyssa Thomas tallied 14 points and nine assists, and the host Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 80-63 to remain ahead of the defending champion Liberty in the fight for home-court advantage in the playoffs.,Satou Sabally had 14 points and t...
Nneka Ogwumike nets 20 points to carry Storm past Sky
Nneka Ogwumike finished with 20 points and seven rebounds, leading the Seattle Storm to a wire-to-wire 79-69 victory at home over the Chicago Sky Saturday night.,Ezi Magbegor added 13 points for Seattle (22-19), which has won five of its last six and finishes with a 3-0 record against the struggling...
Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamondbacks stifle Dodgers' offense
Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez went six scoreless innings and Corbin Carroll hit a home run to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earned a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.,Gabriel Moreno had a sacrifice fly in a three-run sevent...
China's Miranda Wang closer to first tour win at TPC Boston
Rookie Miranda Wang of China moved closer to her first LPGA Tour victory on Saturday by taking a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the FM Championship in Norton, Mass.,Wang carded a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 to move to 18 under at the rain-softened TPC Boston course. She needed only 24 putts ...
Top of Cubs' order orchestrates another win over Rockies
Kyle Tucker had two hits and scored twice while Michael Busch, Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ each added two hits as the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday night in Denver.,Javier Assad (1-1) pitched six solid innings and Daniel Palencia got the final three outs for his 21st save. The...
Valkyries blow out Mystics, cushion playoff spot lead
The Golden State Valkyries wasted little time on Saturday setting the tone in the first game of a pivotal, five-game homestand with their 99-62 rout of Washington in San Francisco.,Golden State (20-18) gave up the game's first basket -- a Sug Sutton 3-pointer one minute in -- and it was the only tim...
No. 17 Kansas State escapes upset with late win over North Dakota
Avery Johnson's 6-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jackson with 42 seconds left helped No. 17 Kansas State win 38-35 to avoid an embarrassing loss to North Dakota of the FCS. ,The Fighting Hawks (0-1) were looking for the biggest upset in program history and their first victory over and FBS opponent since...
Austin FC handles San Jose to help playoff chances
Osman Bukari and Myrto Uzuni scored first-half goals for Austin FC, who defeated the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 on Saturday night.,Austin (10-9-8, 38 points) ended a three-match winless streak (0-1-2) with the win. Its last victory was a 4-2 win over D.C. United on July 26. Austin also conclu...
Yankees score three runs in 11th to down White Sox
Clay Bellinger blooped a go-ahead RBI single in the 11th inning and Aaron Judge and Austin Wells homered as the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Saturday for their seventh straight win.,The Yankees moved within two games of the American League East-leading Toronto Blue...
Gabriel Pirani's brace beats NYCFC, snaps D.C. United's winless streak
Gabriel Pirani scored a brace as visiting D.C. United snapped their 11-match MLS winless streak on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over New York City FC.,Pirani notched the game-winner in the 77th minute as D.C. United (5-15-9, 24 points) delivered new coach Rene Weiler his first win after draws in his ...
John Mateer sets record for No. 18 Oklahoma in rout of Illinois State
John Mateer threw for 392 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another as No. 18 Oklahoma opened the season with a 35-3 win over Illinois State on Saturday in Norman, Okla.,Mateer's passing yardage was the most by a Sooners quarterback in an opener, topping Baker Mayfield's 388-yard performance to...
Rocco Becht dazzles as No. 22 Iowa State trounces South Dakota
Rocco Becht completed 19 of 20 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 22 Iowa State cruised to a 55-7 win over South Dakota on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.,Becht set a school record by completing 95 percent of his passes and established another school mark with a TD pass in 20 conse...
No. 1 Jannik Sinner gets pushed before finishing off Denis Shapovalov
No. 1 player in the world Jannik Sinner of Italy dropped his first set Saturday, but he rallied in familiar dominating fashion to down Canadian Denis Shapovalov 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at the U.S. Open in New York.,Sinner, the defending champion, experienced little trouble in this tournament leading into...
Rocco Becht dazzles as Iowa State trounces South Dakota
Rocco Becht completed 19 of 20 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 22 Iowa State cruised to a 55-7 win over South Dakota on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.,Benjamin Brahmer caught seven passes for 47 yards and two touchdowns for Iowa State (2-0), which won its home opener one week a...