Roundup Page 131 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
NBA free agency roundup: Klay Thompson to Mavs, Paul George to 76ers
Four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson agreed to a sign-and-trade deal to join the Dallas Mavericks, several reports said Monday, closing the historic championship chapter of his career with the Golden State Warriors.,Thompson is signing a three-year, $50 million contract to join the Mavericks and tea...
MLB roundup: Surging Astros cool off Mets in 11th
Trey Cabbage's two-run double capped a five-run 11th inning for the visiting Houston Astros, who moved over .500 for the first time this season with a 10-5 win over the New York Mets on Sunday in the rubber match of a three-game series.,Matt Festa (0-1) intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez to open th...
NBA moves roundup: Kings reportedly in talks to acquire Brandon Ingram
The Sacramento Kings are reportedly in talks with the New Orleans Pelicans toward acquiring high-scoring forward Brandon Ingram.,Ingram, who averaged 20.8 points per game and a 49.2 percent field goal percentage, just off his career high, won't be offered a full four-year maximum contract. The Pelic...
MLB roundup: Manny Machado homers twice as Padres rip Red Sox
Manny Machado homered twice Saturday to help the San Diego Padres stretch their winning streak to five games with an 11-1 victory over the host Boston Red Sox.,Machado hit a two-run home run in the third inning and added a three-run homer in the fifth. He has 10 home runs this season. San Diego also...
NWSL roundup: Asisat Oshoala's PK lifts Bay FC over Racing Louisville
Asisat Oshoala scored on a penalty kick in the 76th minute as Bay FC won back-to-back matches for the first time this season, topping host Racing Louisville FC 1-0 on Saturday in hot late-afternoon conditions in Louisville, Ky.,It was the first penalty kick converted for Bay (6-9-0, 18 points), whic...
WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina rolls to title at Eastbourne
The second time was the charm for Daria Kasatkina of Russia, who won the Rothesay International final Saturday at Eastbourne, England, with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Leylah Fernandez of Canada for her first career title on grass.,Kasatkina reached the final at Eastbourne last year, losing to Madison K...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz wins third title in Eastbourne
Top seed Taylor Fritz defeated Australia's Max Purcell 6-4, 6-3 to win his third Rothesay International championship on Saturday in Eastbourne, England.,He is the first three-time titlist in the tournament's 29-year history.,He did not lose a set throughout the tournament, and on Saturday, he struck...
MLB roundup: Giants, mourning Orlando Cepeda, beat Dodgers
Brett Wisely launched a two-run, walk-off home run with no outs in the ninth inning Friday night, giving the San Francisco Giants a 5-3 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series.,The game concluded after the Giants announced the death of franchise legend Orla...
ATP roundup: Alejandro Tabilo in third final of season in Mallorca
No. 4 seed Alejandro Tabilo of Chile rallied past French sixth seed Gael Monfils 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the semifinals of the Mallorca Championships on Friday in Spain.,Tabilo reached his third final of the season, one on each surface -- hard court, clay and grass. After he absorbed Monfils' 12 aces a...
WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina back in Eastbourne final
No. 6 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia reached the Rothesay International final for the second straight year, rallying Friday for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win against No. 3 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy.,Kasatkina, who fell to Madison Keys in last year's final, won six of the final seven games to finish the ma...
MLB roundup: O's beat Rangers, tie for AL East lead
Corbin Burnes pitched seven strong innings and the Baltimore Orioles used early offense and four home runs to beat the visiting Texas Rangers 11-2 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series., ,Heston Kjerstad, Cedric Mullins, Adley Rutschman and Colton Cowser homered for Baltimore, which ...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz takes aim at third Rothesay International
Top seed Taylor Fritz continued his pursuit of a third Rothesay International title, downing Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals Thursday in Eastbourne, England.,Fritz, who captured the event in 2019 and 2022, won 50 of 54 first-serve points (92.6 percent), racked ...
WTA roundup: Leylah Fernandez makes first grass semifinal
Canada's Leylah Fernandez reached her first grass-court semifinal with a 6-2, 6-1 win over England's Harriet Dart on Thursday at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England.,Fernandez, seeking her first title since Hong Kong in 2023, will face defending champion Madison Keys on Friday. The fou...
MLB roundup: Dodgers rookie Gavin Stone blanks White Sox
Rookie Gavin Stone pitched a four-hit, complete-game shutout and Shohei Ohtani smacked his National League-best 25th home run as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.,Stone stymied the White Sox on a career night. He never had pi...
MLB roundup: Rookie Gavin Stone, Dodgers blank White Sox
Rookie Gavin Stone pitched a four-hit, complete-game shutout and Shohei Ohtani smacked his National League-best 25th home run as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.,Stone stymied the White Sox on a career night. He never had pi...
ATP roundup: Aleksandar Vukic sinks No. 3 seed at Rothesay International
Australian lucky loser Aleksandar Vukic pulled off a 6-4, 6-4 upset of No. 3 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan on Wednesday in the second round of the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England. ,Vukic won 26 of 29 first-serve points and saved 3 of 3 break points to punch his ticket to the quar...
WTA roundup: Emma Raducanu ousts Jessica Pegula in England
Home-country favorite Emma Raducanu stunned No. 2 seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5 to move into the quarterfinals of the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England, on Wednesday.,For Raducanu, who won the 2021 U.S. Open, it was the first victory over a top 10 player in her career. Pegula, ra...
MLB roundup: Guardians top O's for 7th straight win
Jose Ramirez smacked a three-run home run to fuel an early offensive outburst and the Cleveland Guardians held on to win their seventh game in a row, edging the host Baltimore Orioles 10-8 on Tuesday night.,Gunnar Henderson blasted his 25th homer of the season for the first of the Orioles' four long...
WTA roundup: Caroline Wozniacki pulls upset in Bad Homburg
In the continuation of a first-round match suspended on Monday due to darkness, Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki upset No. 7 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5 on Tuesday at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.,In her first victory on a grass court since 2019 at Wimbledon, Wozniacki -- a form...
ATP roundup: Roberto Bautista Agut upsets Ugo Humbert at Mallorca
Unseeded Roberto Bautista Agut, playing in his home country, upset No. 2 seed Ugo Humbert of France 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Mallorca Championships in Mallorca, Spain.,In a 2 1/2-hour match, Humbert had 34 winners to 18 for Bautista Agut and 12 aces to three for his...