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Well-rested Dynamo welcome struggling Timbers
The Houston Dynamo will look to get back on track after an unexpected week without a game when it hosts the Portland Timbers on Saturday in an early season Western Conference match.,The Dynamo (1-1-0, 3 points) return to action for its third straight home game, with their most recent match a 2-0 los...
Orlando City hopes to stop downward spiral vs. CF Montreal
Orlando City SC will begin life without manager Oscar Pareja on Saturday when they host a CF Montreal side coming off a surprising victory in New York.,Pareja and the club mutually parted ways on Wednesday after Orlando (0-3-0, 0 points) began the 2026 season in the same bad form in which it ended 2...
San Diego FC hope to maintain dominance of FC Dallas
San Diego FC look to maintain their perfect start to the MLS season when they visit FC Dallas on Saturday.,One of four clubs with a 3-0-0 record, San Diego FC is atop the league table due to the goal differential tiebreaker. San Diego has scored eight times and has yet to concede a goal during MLS p...
Golden Knights, boosted by Mark Stone's return, take aim at Blackhawks
Although Mark Stone failed to get on the scoresheet, the return of the Golden Knights captain to the lineup prompted several Vegas teammates to credit him for the team's offensive breakout in a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.,Vegas, which hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturda...
Kawhi Leonard pours in 28 as rolling Clippers handle Bulls
Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points and matched a franchise scoring record as the Los Angeles Clippers continued their run of success in March with a 119-108 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday in Inglewood, Calif.,Leonard reached 20 points for the 44th consecutive game to match Bob McAdoo's single-...
Darius Acuff Jr. (37 points), Arkansas get past Oklahoma
Darius Acuff Jr. hit five 3-pointers among his 37 points, including a key 3 down the stretch, and No. 15 Arkansas held off 11th-seeded Oklahoma 82-79 in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday.,Acuff beat the shot clock on a 3-pointer for a 79-75 edge with...
Timberwolves snap losing streak vs. undermanned Warriors
Anthony Edwards had 42 points to lead seven Minnesota players in double figures as the Timberwolves snapped a three-game losing streak with a 127-117 win over the Golden State Warriors on Friday in San Francisco.,Rudy Gobert scored 18 points, Jaden McDaniels added 15, and Naz Reid and Ayo Dosunmu ad...
Second-quarter turnaround sparks Blazers past Jazz
Jrue Holiday recorded 25 points and seven assists and backup Scoot Henderson also scored 25 points as the Portland Trail Blazers notched a 124-114 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Friday night.,Donovan Clingan registered 21 points and 15 rebounds as the Trail Blazers completed a four-game seas...
Boozer twins guide Duke past Clemson, into ACC final
CHARLOTTE -- Cameron Boozer scored 24 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and received a boost from his twin brother Cayden Boozer and others as No. 1 Duke beat Clemson 73-61 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals Friday night.,Top-seeded Duke will have a chance to repeat as tournament champ...
Aryna Sabalenka gets rematch with Elena Rybakina in Indian Wells final
Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina and Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka are set for a rematch of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open final after both earned semifinal wins on Friday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Rybakina, the third seed this year and the 2023 champion, defeated ninth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 7-5, 6-4 on ...
Robert Thomas tallies deep in OT as Blues overtake Oilers
Robert Thomas scored with nine seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 comeback win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Friday.,Down 2-0 with less than eight minutes remaining in the third period, the Blues equalized on goals from Pius Suter and Cam Fowler. Thomas then added the ...
Rockets steal win after Pelicans' late collapse
Kevin Durant scored a team-high 32 points, Amen Thompson flirted with a triple-double and the Houston Rockets survived a late rally from the visiting New Orleans Pelicans to claim a 107-105 win on Friday.,Behind Dejounte Murray, who tallied a season-high 35 points, and Zion Williamson (21 points), t...
Dominican Republic mercy-rules South Korea 10-0 in WBC quarterfinal
The Dominican Republic quickly turned its World Baseball Classic quarterfinal into a blowout, routing South Korea 10-0 on Friday night in Miami, with the mercy rule ending the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.,The Dominicans piled up 10 runs on nine hits, building a lead so quickly that Sout...
Mexico MF Marcel Ruiz tears ACL, will miss World Cup
Toluca's 3-2 loss Wednesday to San Diego FC in the CONCACAF Champions Cup put the Mexican side a goal down in the two-match aggregate round.,The ramifications for the Mexican national team may be much, much bigger.,Star midfielder Marcel Ruiz left the pitch in tears after being substituted out in th...
Lionel Messi seeks 900th goal as Inter Miami face Charlotte FC
Lionel Messi will try to add another milestone to the long list of accomplishments in his legendary career Saturday when he leads Inter Miami against host Charlotte FC.,Messi will be seeking his 900th career goal, which would join him with Cristiano Ronaldo as the only players to achieve the feat.,M...
Ole Miss shocks No. 15 Alabama to reach SEC tournament semifinals
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine had 14 of his 16 points in the second half and 15th-seeded Ole Miss still has never trailed in the Southeastern Conference tournament after an 80-79 victory over second-seeded Alabama in the quarterfinals in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday.,Malik Dia added 14 p...
Evan Mobley scores 23 in first half as Cavs crush Mavs
Evan Mobley scored 23 of his season-high-tying 29 points in the first half and Donovan Mitchell posted 24 points and eight assists, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 138-105 win over the host Dallas Mavericks in the first game of a home-and-home set Friday.,James Harden had 17 points, seven rebou...
Jalen Duren's monster day gets Pistons past Grizzlies
Jalen Duren powered for 30 points and 13 rebounds and the host Detroit Pistons rolled past the injury-riddled Memphis Grizzlies, 126-110, on Friday night., ,Cade Cunningham had 17 points and 15 assists, while Marcus Sasser supplied 16 points and Duncan Robinson added 14. Ronald Holland tossed in 12 ...
USMNT's James Sands (ankle surgery) in doubt for World Cup
The U.S. men's national team might not have the services of defender James Sands in the World Cup after a left ankle injury ended his Bundesliga season last weekend.,Sands, 25, was scheduled to have surgery on his ankle Friday in Munich, Germany, according to his club, FC St. Pauli.,The club offered...
Anze Kopitar on cusp of history as Kings hold off Isles
Anze Kopitar inched closer to the Kings' all-time scoring record, notching the second goal in a three-goal first-period flurry that carried Los Angeles to a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Friday in Elmont, N.Y.,Kopitar, who has spent his entire 20-year career with the Kings and plans to reti...