Recap Page 45 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Jackie Young's season-best 32 points carry Aces past Mystics
Jackie Young pumped in a season-high 32 points with a stellar start and a clutch late-game stretch as the Las Vegas Aces fended off visiting Washington for an 83-76 victory on Thursday, topping the Mystics for the second time in three nights.,Young made 10 of 14 shots, including 5 of 8 from 3-point ...
Mariel Galdiano, ranked No. 383, on top at Portland Classic
Unheralded Epson Tour player Mariel Galdiano is sitting on a lead in an LPGA event, as she opened the Standard Portland Classic with a 7-under-par 65 on Thursday in Portland, Ore.,Galdiano made nine birdies at Columbia Edgewater Country Club as she posted her best round in an LPGA event since first ...
Sabrina Ionescu rescues Liberty against Sparks
Sabrina Ionescu scored 12 of her 20 points in a chaotic fourth quarter as the host New York Liberty held on to defeat the Los Angeles Sparks, 85-81, on Thursday night.,New York built a 28-point lead and withstood a 21-0 Sparks run in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles got as close as one point with 22 ...
Kyle Schwarber's 2 HRs helps Phillies top Twins in Field of Dreams game
Kyle Schwarber went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs, and the Philadelphia Phillies pulled away for a 7-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in the annual Field of Dreams game Thursday night in Dyersville, Iowa.,Brandon Marsh finished 2-for-2 with a homer and two RBIs for Philadelphia, which won ...
Rhyne Howard, Allisha Gray help Dream rip through Sun
Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray each had 29 points as the Atlanta Dream overwhelmed the Connecticut Sun 104-69 Thursday night in Uncasville, Conn.,It's the biggest margin of victory for the Dream this season.,Atlanta (21-12) has now won eight of its last 10 games and is now tied with Indiana in fourth...
Cameron Norrie advances to daunting Zverev match at rainy Cincinnati
Rain interrupted play on the first day of the Cincinnati Open, but it didn't stop Great Britain's Cameron Norrie, who on Thursday downed Croatia's Dino Prizmic 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in Mason, Ohio.,Norrie withstood a 25-14 disadvantage on winners, rallying from a first-set loss to take control in Set 2. Nor...
GamerLegion, G2, Falcons, FaZe advance in CS:GO World Cup event
GamerLegion, G2 Esports, Team Falcons and FaZe Clan were the first four teams to advance out of the group stage in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition at the Esports World Cup on Thursday in Paris.,Those four teams won their Group A and Group B upper-bracket semifinals to ensure their p...
Iga Swiatek wins first title of season, beats Elena Rybakina in Toronto
Seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek picked up her first tournament title of the season with a solid 6-2, 6-3 victory over second-seeded Elena Rybakina on Thursday in the National Bank Open at Toronto.,Swiatek needed just 75 minutes and had a first-serve percentage of 80% while slaying Rybakina for the sevent...
Jordan Spieth, on top-50 bubble, part of 5-way tie for St. Jude lead
Jordan Spieth posted a bogey-free, 5-under-par 65 Thursday to share the first-round lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs in Memphis.,Five players finished the day at 65, with Spieth joined by Michael Thorbjornsen, Kurt Kitayama, Michael Kim and ...
Cade Cavalli throws 8 sparkling innings, Nationals cruise past Cubs
Cade Cavalli carried a no-hit bid into the seventh before settling for a one-hit gem after eight innings, fueling the host Washington Nationals to a 7-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.,Washington rookie Abimelec Ortiz belted a three-run shot during a five-run fifth inning, marking his fou...
Payton Tolle, Caleb Durbin lead Red Sox in shut out of Blue Jays
Payton Tolle pitched a two-hitter over eight innings, Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam and the visiting Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Thursday afternoon.,Durbin's second career bases-loaded homer broke open a tight 1-0 game in the eighth inning to help the Red Sox salvage the fin...
Logan Gilbert, Mariners blank Yankees to end six-game slide
Logan Gilbert pitched six sharp innings to help the Seattle Mariners stop their six-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the host New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon.,The Mariners avoided getting swept for the second straight series and won for only the sixth time in their past 21 games tha...
Reds hold off White Sox to take series
Tyler Stephenson belted a three-run home run and Sal Stewart and Eugenio Suarez also homered as the visiting Cincinnati Reds edged the Chicago White Sox 9-8 on Thursday.,Cincinnati took two of three from American League Central-leading Chicago and has won six of its eight series since the All-Star b...
Braxton Ashcraft, Pirates overwhelm Marlins with 13-1 rout
Braxton Ashcraft pitched a complete game and struck out 10 batters as the Pirates ended Miami's four-game winning streak by defeating the host Marlins 13-1 on Thursday afternoon.,Owen Caissie spoiled Ashcraft's attempt at a shutout by homering to lead off the ninth inning.,Still, other than the home...
Eduardo Valencia, Keider Montero pace Tigers past Guardians
Eduardo Valencia homered and Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 strong innings, fueling the host Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday afternoon.,Montero (9-7) limited the Guardians to three hits and one walk. Tyler Holton got the next five outs, allowing one hit, and Ke...
TEAM VISION, BoomBoys start fast at The International
TEAM VISION and Boomboys got off to 2-0 starts Thursday as group stage action began at The International 2026 in Shanghai.,Sixteen teams are competing in the 15th annual Dota 2 tournament. The crowd-funded prize pool has a base of $1.6 million and a current vallue of $2.93 million. .,The Swiss-syste...
FaZe Clan rally for win in CS:GO Esports World Cup opener
FaZe Clan overcame a nine-point deficit to defeat BetBoom Team 13-11 on Nuke as the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition got underway on Wednesday at the Esports World Cup in Paris.,Denmark's Jason "JBOEN" Boe Nielsen recorded 19 kills and a plus-2 kill-death differential for FaZe Clan in a ...
Iga Swiatek will face Elena Rybakina for Toronto title
Iga Swiatek is headed to her first WTA final of the season after beating Elina Svitolina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at the National Bank Open on Wednesday in Toronto.,The seventh-seeded Polish player will oppose second-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan for the title on Thursday. Rybakina rallied past fourth-se...
Mike Trout's 3 hits help Angels' George Klassen get first career win
Mike Trout went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and George Klassen gave up two runs on five hits over six innings to pick up his first major league victory as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Jose Siri had a game-tying pinch-hit double and also scored...
Shohei Ohtani's blast sparks Dodgers to sweep-sealing win over Royals
Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run homer, Eric Lauer pitched into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep of the visiting Kansas City Royals with a 4-2 victory on Wednesday.,Mookie Betts and Hunter Feduccia added home runs as the Dodgers swept a series for the first t...