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NWSL roundup: Boston sets attendance mark but loses in league debut
Boston Legacy FC set an NWSL attendance record for an inaugural game with 30,207 fans filling Gillette Stadium, but Gotham FC played spoiler by notching a 1-0 win over the expansion club Saturday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass.,Esther Gonzalez broke a scoreless draw in the 55th minute when teammate L...
Spring training roundup: Tarik Skubal, Max Scherzer excel for Tigers, Blue Jays
Tarik Skubal racked up seven strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in his return to spring training as the Detroit Tigers rolled to a 6-1 victory over the host Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon in Dunedin, Fla.,Skubal allowed three hits and one run with no walks as he fired 61 pitches in his first out...
NBA roundup: Jalen Brunson, Knicks hand Pacers 12th straight loss
Jalen Brunson scored 29 points and handed out nine assists on Friday to help the New York Knicks post a 101-92 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, handing the hosts their 12th straight loss.,OG Anunoby added 25 points while Mitchell Robinson had 12 points and 22 rebounds for New York, w...
SEC tournament roundup: Ole Miss nips Alabama for 3rd straight upset
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 on Friday.,Malik Dia added 14 points an...
Big Ten tournament roundup: UCLA gets big win but Tyler Bilodeau hurt
Donovan Dent had 23 points and 12 assists and Trent Perry scored 22 points to boost UCLA to an 88-84 victory against No. 8 Michigan State in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal Friday in Chicago.,The sixth-seeded Bruins (23-10) advanced to face No. 7 seed Purdue in a semifinal on Saturday.,UCLA held o...
Spring training roundup: A's prospect Tommy White drives in 7 more
Athletics prospect Tommy White continued his tear through spring pitching, going 3-for-5 with a double, home run and seven RBIs Friday in a 13-4 blowout of the Milwaukee Brewers in Phoenix.,White, a second-round pick of the Athletics in 2024, now has four home runs and 13 RBIs this spring, the latte...
NHL roundup: Stars stomp Oilers, run point streak to 14
Jason Robertson had two goals and two assists to lead red-hot Dallas to a 7-2 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, extending the Stars' point streak to 14 games (13-0-1).,The club record is a 15-game point streak.,Dallas' Wyatt Johnston had a goal and two assists, and Miro Heiskanen ha...
NBA roundup: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander breaks Wilt's mark in Thunder win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, setting the NBA record for consecutive games with 20-plus points while lifting the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-102 home win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.,The reigning MVP put up at least 20 points for the 127th consecutive time, surpassing Wilt Cha...
Big Ten tournament roundup: Donovan Dent's triple-double lifts UCLA
Tyler Bilodeau scored 21 points and Donovan Dent recorded the first triple-double in Big Ten tournament history, leading sixth-seeded UCLA to a 72-59 victory over 14th-seeded Rutgers in the third round of the Big Ten Conference tournament at Chicago on Thursday.,Dent finished with 12 points, 12 assi...
Big 12 tournament roundup: Arizona crushes UCF to move into semis
Brayden Burries scored 21 points and top-seeded Arizona never trailed while cruising to an 81-59 victory over eighth-seeded UCF on Thursday afternoon in Kansas City to reach the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament.,Tobe Awaka had 12 points and 12 rebounds in the quarterfinal matchup and Koa Peat als...
SEC tournament roundup: Georgia latest victim of upset-minded Ole Miss
A.J. Storr scored 19 points, Malik Dia added 17 and 15th-seeded Ole Miss weathered a scare for its second straight wire-to-wire upset with a 76-72 victory over Georgia in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville on Thursday.,Travis Perry had 16 points and four 3-pointe...
Big East tournament roundup: Georgetown stuns Villanova, gets UConn next
Julius Halaifonua collected 21 points and a career-high 10 rebounds for his first career double-double as 11th-seeded Georgetown pulled away late in the second half for a decisive 78-64 victory over third-seeded Villanova on Thursday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.,The Hoyas (16-17) advanc...
NBA roundup: Kawhi Leonard nets 45 as hot Clippers win, move over .500
Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points and Bennedict Mathurin added 22 as the Los Angeles Clippers remained red-hot in March with a 153-128 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Inglewood, Calif.,Darius Garland scored 21 points and Jordan Miller had 14 as the play-in-tournament eligible Clippers improv...
Big 12 roundup: Iowa State's 49-point win largest in conference tourney history
Milan Momcilovic scored 21 points and Joshua Jefferson added 20 points and 12 rebounds as No. 7 Iowa State walloped Arizona State 91-42 on Wednesday in a Big 12 Conference tournament second-round game in Kansas City, Mo.,The fifth-seeded Cyclones (26-6) advance to play fourth-seeded Texas Tech, No. ...
ACC tournament roundup: Ryan Conwell plays hero, Louisville beats SMU
Ryan Conwell scored five of his 16 points in the final 77 seconds as No. 24 Louisville overcame SMU for a 62-58 victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament's second round Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C.,The Cardinals, playing without freshman standout Mikel Brown Jr., received lifts f...
Big East roundup: Xavier gets by Marquette late in tourney opener
Jovan Milicevic scored 21 points and hit the tiebreaking layup with 1:14 remaining as 10th-seeded Xavier outlasted seventh-seeded Marquette for an 89-87 victory in the opening round of the Big East tournament in New York on Wednesday. ,Milicevic made 7 of 11 shots and 4 of 7 3-pointers as he finishe...
SEC tournament roundup: Ole Miss dents Texas' NCAA tourney hopes
Malik Dia scored 23 points and Ole Miss never trailed in its 76-66 victory over Texas in Wednesday's first-round game of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, leaving the Longhorns to sweat out the next three-plus days.,AJ Storr added 18 points and Ilias Kamardine chipped in 16 for th...
Big Ten tournament roundup: Northwestern tops Indiana, into 3rd round
Nick Martinelli scored a game-high 28 points and freshman Jake West added 18 to match a career high as Northwestern advanced to the third round of the Big Ten tournament with a 74-61 victory over Indiana on Wednesday night in Chicago.,Tre Singleton scored eight points and Jayden Reid added six assis...
World Baseball Classic roundup: Canada beats Cuba to advance
Abraham Toro homered, Otto Lopez hit a two-run single and Canada defeated Cuba 7-2 to advance out of Pool A at the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.,Canada won Pool A after tying Puerto Rico at the top of the standings with a 3-1 record and holding the head-to-head tiebre...
Canada beats Cuba to advance at World Baseball Classic
Abraham Toro homered, Otto Lopez hit a two-run single and Canada defeated Cuba 7-2 to advance out of Pool A at the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.,Canada won Pool A after tying Puerto Rico at the top of the standings with a 3-1 record and holding the head-to-head tiebre...