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Avalanche blank Kraken, set franchise record for points
Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, Parker Kelly and Nick Blankenburg each scored a goal and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 2-0 in Denver on Thursday night.,Valeri Nichushkin had two assists for Colorado (55-16-11, 121 points), which set the franchise ...
NHL roundup: Oilers clobber Canucks, claim 2nd in Pacific
Matt Savoie finished the regular season with his first NHL hat trick, helping host Edmonton steam to a 6-1 win over Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, giving the Oilers home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.,With the victory in the regular-season finale, Edmonton clinched second place in...
MLB roundup: Guardians' Parker Messick loses no-hit bid in 9th, beats O's
Guardians rookie Parker Messick carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning before Leody Taveras led off with a single to begin a two-run rally, but Cleveland held on for a 4-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.,Messick (3-0), making his 11th major league appearance, only ...
Flames' Arsenii Sergeev shines in NHL debut; Kings get 2nd wild card
Arsenii Sergeev made 27 saves, several of the spectacular variety, in his NHL debut to backstop the host Calgary Flames to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night in the teams' final game of the regular season.,Morgan Frost, defenseman Zayne Parekh and Joel Farabee scored and defensem...
Behind Matt Savoie's hat trick, Oilers wrap up 2nd in Pacific
Matt Savoie finished the regular season with his first NHL hat trick, helping host Edmonton steam to a 6-1 win over Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, giving the Oilers home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.,With the victory in the regular-season finale, Edmonton (41-30-11, 93 points) cl...
Padres' winning streak at 8 after sweep of Mariners
Fernando Tatis Jr. knocked in two runs Thursday and Walker Buehler pitched into the sixth inning for his first win with the San Diego Padres as they stretched their winning streak to eight games with a 5-2 verdict over the visiting Seattle Mariners.,Buehler (1-1) took a 4-0 lead into the sixth befor...
Chase Dollander's stellar relief work guides Rockies past Astros
Chase Dollander recorded a career-high nine strikeouts out of the bullpen while Hunter Goodman hit his third home run of the series as the visiting Colorado Rockies salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague set against the Houston Astros with a 3-2 win on Thursday.,Dollander (2-1) allowed one ...
Report: Lynx re-signing Napheesa Collier to 1-year supermax deal
Two-time WNBA MVP runner-up Napheesa Collier is sticking with the Minnesota Lynx, who are signing the veteran forward to a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract, ESPN reported on Thursday.,When the deal is official, Collier will join the Indiana Fever's Kelsey Mitchell (one-year deal) and Las Veg...
Troy Terry, Ducks eke out victory over Predators
Anaheim's Troy Terry drew a high-sticking penalty on Nashville and scored tiebreaking goal on the ensuing power play with 2:54 left, lifting the visiting Ducks to a 5-4 win against the Predators in the regular-season finale for both teams on Thursday.,Cutter Gauthier, Jackson LaCombe, Alex Killorn a...
Macklin Celebrini breaks Sharks' season points record in win over Jets
Macklin Celebrini tallied one goal and two assists to become the Sharks' franchise leader for points in a single season, guiding San Jose to a 6-1 win against the host Winnipeg Jets on Thursday in the season finale for both teams.,Celebrini, 19, reached 115 points (45 goals, 70 assists) to break Joe...
Robert Thomas' hat trick propels Blues past playoff-bound Mammoth
Robert Thomas recorded his second career hat trick, lifting the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 win over the Utah Mammoth in the regular-season finale for both teams on Thursday in Salt Lake City.,Rookie defenseman Logan Mailloux, who celebrated his 23rd birthday on Wednesday, scored the go-ahead goal with...
MLB roundup: Guardians' Parker Messick loses no-hit bid in 9th vs. Orioles
Guardians rookie Parker Messick carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning before Leody Taveras led off with a single to begin a two-run rally, but Cleveland held on for a 4-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.,Messick (3-0), making his 11th major league appearance, only ...
Chizzy Iwai ties course record, leads by 2 at LA Championship
Japan's Chizzy Iwai posted a bogey-free 9-under-par round of 63 on Thursday to grab a two-stroke lead at the LA Championship in Tarzana, Calif.,Iwai tied the course record in pristine conditions at the El Caballero Country Club. Sweden's Ingrid Lindblad and South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai each carded ...
FBS committee proposal: Move up start of season, lose ‘Week 0’
The NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee has recommended a standardized start to the college football season one week earlier than it currently does.,Instead of most teams opening their seasons in Week 1 and a handful receiving exceptions to play a week earlier, known as "...
Victor Perez fires 9-under 62 to lead LIV Golf Mexico City
Victor Perez of France posted a career-best 9-under 62 to take a three-shot lead after the opening round of LIV Golf Mexico City on Thursday in Naucalpan, Mexico.,Perez, a rookie on the LIV Tour, sank 11 birdies and birdied his last four holes at Club de Golf Chapultepec to fend off Jon Rahm of Spai...
Parker Messick loses no-hitter in ninth as Guardians beat Orioles
Guardians rookie Parker Messick carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning before Leody Taveras led off with a single to begin a two-run rally, but Cleveland held on for a 4-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.,Messick (3-0), making his 11th major league appearance, only ...
Bernhard Langer, 68, fires 66 to share lead at Senior PGA
Bernhard Langer continued to defy Father Time, beating his age by two strokes to earn a share of the first-round lead at the Senior PGA Championship on Thursday in Bradenton, Fla.,The World Golf Hall of Famer from Germany, 68, posted his 6-under-par 66 in the morning wave and erased a back-nine doub...
Nuggets, Pacers set to face off in Mexico City in November
The Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers will face off in next season's Mexico City game at the Arena CDMX on Saturday, Nov. 7, the NBA announced Thursday.,The game will be the league's 35th played in Mexico since 1992. For the third straight year, it will be played during the week of Mexico's annual D...
Giants shut down Reds as tempers rise in late innings
Landen Roupp carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits with an RBI and the San Francisco Giants snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory over the host Cincinnati Reds on Thursday afternoon., ,Roupp (3-1) allowed just a line-drive single to left to P.J. Higgin...
Hornets seek 1st playoff berth in 10 years in play-in game at Magic
For the Charlotte Hornets, winning Friday night's play-in game and earning the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference would cement the 2025-26 season as one of the most successful campaigns in recent franchise history.,Even with a win Friday, the Orlando Magic will have a lot more work to do ...