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Former Iowa State star Audi Crooks transferring to Oklahoma State
Former Iowa State star Audi Crooks, the nation's second-leading scorer in 2025-26, is transferring to Oklahoma State, she announced late Sunday on social media.,The 6-foot-3 center, who has one year of eligibility remaining, was a second-team All-American in 2025-26, when she averaged 25.8 points on...

Knights rally in Game 1, spoiling Mammoth's playoff debut
Nic Dowd scored the go-ahead goal 7:20 into the third period and Carter Hart made 31 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series on Sunday night in Las Vegas., ,Colton Sissons had a goal and ...

Victor Wembanyama makes history as Spurs outlast Blazers in Game 1
Victor Wembanyama hit for 35 points in his postseason debut as the host San Antonio Spurs used a third-quarter run to create separation in a 111-98 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series.,The Spurs took a 1-0 lead in the best-of...

Team Liquid remains unbeaten at LCS Spring
Team Liquid remained unbeaten with its third straight win while LYON swept for its second straight victory to wrap up Week 3 of the LCS Spring regular season on Sunday.,Liquid came away with a 2-1 victory over Dignitas, which is the only team without a win through three weeks. LYON swept Shopify Reb...

Hannah Green heats up late, wins in playoff for third LA title
Australia's Hannah Green stormed back from a six-shot deficit on the back nine and won a three-way playoff with a birdie putt to capture her third title in four years at the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday in Tarzana, Calif.,Green defeated South Koreans Jin Hee Im and Sei Young Kim when the trio ...

Top-seeded Pistons shocked in Game 1 as Magic never trail
Paolo Banchero had 23 points and nine rebounds as the visiting Orlando Magic upset the top-seeded Detroit Pistons, 112-101, in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference series on Sunday.,The visiting Magic never trailed as every starter scored at least 16 points. Franz Wagner supplied 19 points...

Spurs' Victor Wembanyama named 1st-time MVP finalist
Third-year San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is a first-time NBA Most Valuable Player candidate along with Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the league announced Sunday.,The league announced the MVP finalists, along with the finalists...

Jon Rahm leaves field in dust, wins LIV Golf Mexico City
Jon Rahm saved his best round of the week for last, firing a 7-under-par 64 Sunday to pull away to win the LIV Golf Mexico City title on Sunday in Naucalpan, Mexico.,Rahm, the tournament's leader since the second round, finished the week at Club de Golf Chapultepec at 21-under 263, six shots ahead o...

Diamondbacks OF Corbin Carroll (back) avoids scare after early exit
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll exited Sunday's game in Phoenix against the Toronto Blue Jays after four innings due to low back tightness.,But manager Torey Lovullo had a positive update on Carroll's status postgame, saying he expected the All-Star to be available for the D-backs' ne...

Jose Ramirez, Brayan Rocchio direct Guardians to series win over O's
Jose Ramirez produced his franchise-record 28th multi-homer game and Brayan Rocchio had three RBIs as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Baltimore Orioles 8-4 on Sunday afternoon.,Both of Ramirez's home runs came off Orioles starter Trevor Rogers (2-2), who struck out five in five innings. Th...

Scott Wedgewood, top-seeded Avalanche stave off Kings in Game 1
Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves in his first Stanley Cup playoffs start and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Game 1 of their best-of-seven first-round series Sunday in Denver.,Artturi Lehkonen and Logan O'Connor scored for the Avalanche, who had the league's best record to ...

Blue Jays score 8 runs in first in rout of Diamondbacks
Kazuma Okamoto homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Nathan Lukes had three hits and three RBIs, and the Toronto Blue Jays used an eight-run first inning to cruise to a 10-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Sunday.,Okamoto had a two-run double in the first and leadoff man Luke...

Ex-Belmont PF Drew Scharnowski transfers to Duke
Belmont forward Drew Scharnowski said Sunday that he is transferring to Duke.,Scharnowski posted a picture of himself in a Duke uniform on his Instagram page with the word "committed.",The 6-foot-9 Scharnowski averaged 10.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.3 blocks in 30 games (24 starts) whi...

Defense fuels Thunder's Game 1 blowout of Suns
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 119-84 blowout of the visiting Phoenix Suns on Sunday in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series.,Gilgeous-Alexander was just 5 of 18 from the field but went 15 of 17 from the free-throw line. He also finis...

Matt Fitzpatrick slips into playoff, beats Scottie Scheffler at RBC Heritage
England's Matt Fitzpatrick birdied the first playoff hole with a 13-foot putt to win the RBC Heritage after world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler forced the extra play Sunday in Hilton Head Island, S.C.,Fitzpatrick, whose bogey at No. 18 gave Scheffler new life, won for the second time this year to go with ...

Top-seeded Avalanche stave off Kings in Game 1
Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves in his first career playoff start and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in the opening game of their best-of-seven first-round series Sunday in Denver.,Artturi Lehkonen and Logan O'Connor scored for the Avalanche, who had the league's best record...

Mitch Keller directs Pirates over Rays to clinch series win
Mitch Keller pitched seven strong innings, allowing two runs to help the host Pittsburgh Pirates score a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon.,Coming off a 13-inning loss on Saturday where Pittsburgh used six relievers, Keller (2-1) preserved some arms for the Pirates bullpen and help...

Vitality blanks Spirit to win IEM Rio grand final
Team Vitality completed a spotless run through the playoff stage at the Intel Extreme Masters Rio event, defeating Team Spirit 3-0 in the grand final Sunday in Brazil.,Vitality followed 2-0 wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals with their latest shutout to claim the $125,000 first prize. Spirit s...

Aurora, Falcons, BetBoom, PARIVISION move to 2-0 at PGL Wallachia
Aurora Gaming, Team Falcons, BetBoom Team and PARIVISION improved to 2-0 at the PGL Wallachia Season 8 group stage on Sunday in Bucharest, Romania.,Those four teams are now one win away from gaining entry to the playoffs. They'll face off against one another Monday for the first two berths.,Aurora r...

Eury Perez leads Marlins over Brewers with strong outing
Eury Perez struck out seven batters over six strong innings, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 5-3 win over the Brewers on Sunday afternoon.,Perez (2-1) allowed just three hits, one walk and one run, none earned, and Pete Fairbanks pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save. Miami snapped its fo...