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Nolan Traore's career day helps Nets put away Wizards
Rookie Nolan Traore scored a career-high 23 points and added a game-high seven assists as the Brooklyn Nets held off the visiting Washington Wizards 121-115 in an Eastern Conference basement battle Sunday in New York.,Jalen Wilson added 19 points and five rebounds, while Josh Minott and E.J. Liddell...
WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula sails to second straight Charleston title
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula repeated as Charleston Open champion with a solid 6-2, 6-2 victory in 82 minutes over Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine on Sunday.,Pegula saved 7 of 8 break points while converting 5 of 6 of her own break point opportunities. This is her second title of the season and 11th of...
Bucks beat Grizzlies, but Giannis Antetokounmpo remains out
Ryan Rollins scored 24 points, Cormac Ryan added 21 and Myles Turner finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 131-115 victory Sunday over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies. ,The Bucks (31-47), who snapped a two-game skid, also got 19 points from Taurean Prince, who was 7...
UCLA dominates South Carolina for first NCAA women's hoops title
PHOENIX -- Gabriela Jaquez scored 21 points, Lauren Betts posted her 15th double-double of the season and UCLA won its first women's basketball national championship in the NCAA era with a suffocating 79-51 victory over South Carolina in the final Sunday afternoon.,Betts had 14 points and 11 rebound...
Mickey Moniak cracks two long homers to lead Rockies past Phillies
Mickey Moniak hit two home runs and TJ Rumfield also went deep as the Colorado Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Sunday in Denver.,Hunter Goodman had two hits and Tomoyuki Sugano pitched six strong innings to earn his first win for Colorado. Victor Vodnik got the last three outs to earn ...
Gary Sanchez HR helps Brewers take series at Royals
Gary Sanchez hit a two-run home run and William Contreras had two hits and two RBIs in the visiting Milwaukee Brewers' 8-5 series-clinching win over the Kansas City Royals.,Brewers starting pitcher Kyle Harrison (1-0) picked up the win as he scattered three hits, gave up two runs, walked two and str...
Knicks, Hawks meet in potential playoff preview
In a potential Eastern Conference first-round playoff preview, the visiting New York Knicks look to slow down the streaking Atlanta Hawks on Monday night., ,New York (50-28) owns a 1 1/2-game lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers for the No. 3 spot in the East entering Sunday's play. Atlanta (45-33) cur...
Jets, Kraken both hope for late playoff push
Two teams going in different directions, but still outside the Western Conference playoff picture, meet Monday when the Seattle Kraken visit the Winnipeg Jets., ,Winnipeg (33-31-12, 78 points) sits three points behind the Nashville Predators for the final West wild card slot while the Kraken (32-32-...
Islanders fire Patrick Roy, tab Pete DeBoer as coach
The New York Islanders fired Hall of Famer Patrick Roy as the team's head coach Sunday and replaced him with Peter DeBoer.,The Islanders (42-31-5, 89 points) have lost a season-high four in a row and reside in third place in the Metropolitan Division, one point ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers and C...
Dodgers put SS Mookie Betts (oblique) on injured list
The Los Angeles Dodgers put Mookie Betts on the 10-day injured list on Sunday after an MRI verified an oblique strain.,Manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Betts could be sidelined four to six weeks, but he anticipated time missed being on the lower side.,Betts exited in the middle of the first inn...
Amaka Agugua-Hamilton no longer coach at Virginia
Virginia parted ways with Amaka Agugua-Hamilton as its head women's basketball coach after four seasons.,The university announced the news Saturday about Agugua-Hamilton, who helped the Cavaliers become the initial First Four team to advance to the Sweet 16 of the Women's NCAA Tournament after defea...
Capitals look to keep climbing, visit rookie-fueled Rangers
Suddenly the scoreboard is showing an abundance of favorable results for the Washington Capitals.,A late season surge is also helping their cause and the Capitals attempt to keep gaining ground in a crowded Eastern Conference playoff race Sunday night when they visit the New York Rangers.,Washington...
Braves face D-backs, seeking third straight series win
The visiting Atlanta Braves can begin the season with three straight series wins for the first time since 2018 when they face the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,Atlanta took two of three from both the Kansas City Royals and the Athletics and will finish a four-game set on Sunda...
Oklahoma, West Virginia see momentum opportunity in Crown championship
This time last year, Nebraska took home the inaugural College Basketball Crown trophy. The winner of Sunday's championship game in Las Vegas between Oklahoma and West Virginia will hope to carry similar momentum into next season.,Oklahoma (21-15) endured a nine-game losing streak in the heart of Sou...
Phillies, Taijuan Walker shoot for road sweep of Rockies
The Philadelphia Phillies started their first road trip of the season with a pair of impressive wins over the Colorado Rockies. They will go for the sweep when the teams wrap up the three-game series in Denver on Sunday.,Philadelphia, which squeaked out a 2-1 win Saturday night, will send Taijuan Wa...
Wizards, Nets clash while draft lottery positioning looms large
Sunday marks the fourth and final time the Washington Wizards and the Brooklyn Nets face off in the regular season, and despite their places in the standings, the implications are large.,Draft positioning will loom large as the Wizards (17-60) face the host Nets (18-59) in New York. The Indiana Pace...
On a roll, Yankees to send Max Fried up against Marlins
Max Fried lived up to his billing as a frontline starter in the first season of an eight-year contract signed before the New York Yankees knew just how important he would be because of an injury to Gerrit Cole.,Fried is off to a stellar start to his second campaign in pinstripes and will be on the m...
Tyson Jost facilitates Predators' key win over Sharks
Tyson Jost set up the game winner, the insurance marker and added an empty-netter in the third period as the visiting Nashville Predators doubled up the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Saturday night.,Filip Forsberg scored twice and added an assist, while Steven Stamkos, Ryan O'Reilly and Erik Haula also sco...
Niko Tsakiris nets a brace in San Jose's shutout over San Diego
Niko Tsakiris scored his second and third career MLS goals and the San Jose Earthquakes eased to a 3-0 victory over 10-man San Diego FC Saturday night to continue their best-ever start in club history.,Preston Judd added his team-leading third goal of the season and also provided an assist as San Jo...
Kraken suffer damaging loss to spoiler Blackhawks
Sacha Boisvert scored his first NHL goal as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated host Seattle 4-2 Saturday night, further damaging the Kraken's dwindling playoff hopes.,Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and an assist, Teuvo Teravainen and Tyler Bertuzzi also tallied and Wyatt Kaiser had two assists for the Blackh...