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Top 25 roundup: UCLA earns 1st win, stuns No. 7 Penn State
Nico Iamaleava accounted for five touchdowns as host UCLA stunned No. 7 Penn State 42-37 on Saturday to earn its first win of the season.,Iamaleava went 17 of 24 for 166 yards with two touchdowns and ran 16 times for 128 yards and three more scores. Kwazi Gilmer recorded team highs of five catches f...
MLB roundup: Cam Schlittler (12 K's) pitches Yankees past Red Sox
Rookie Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight innings during a stellar postseason debut as the New York Yankees eliminated the Boston Red Sox with a 4-0 victory in Game 3 of the American League wild-card series on Thursday night.,The Yankees, who won the final two games of the best-of-three set, adva...
MLB roundup: Mookie Betts powers Dodgers to sweep of Reds
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched into the seventh inning, Mookie Betts produced four hits and three RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday to advance to the National League Division Series.,After sweeping the best-of-three NL wild-card series, Los...
MLB roundup: Yankees edge Red Sox to force Game 3
Austin Wells hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees avoided elimination with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of their American League wild-card series on Wednesday night.,Game 3 of the best-of-three set will be played Thursday in New York...
ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner cruises to title in Beijing
Jannik Sinner schooled Learner Tien and clinched his third title of the season with a 6-2, 6-2 victory in Wednesday's final of the China Open in Beijing.,The top-seeded Italian needed only 72 minutes to finish off the 19-year-old American, who was competing in his first tour-level final. Sinner also...
MLB roundup: Tarik Skubal fans 14 as Tigers edge Guardians
Tarik Skubal struck out a record-setting 14 over 7 2/3 innings and Riley Greene scored the go-ahead run in the seventh on Zach McKinstry's safety squeeze to give the visiting Detroit Tigers a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday in Game 1 of their American League wild-card series.,Sku...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz reach Tokyo final
No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 2 Taylor Fritz will meet in the Japan Open final on Tuesday in Tokyo.,Alcaraz rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 4 Casper Ruud of Norway and 2022 Tokyo champion Fritz booked his spot in the ATP 500 final with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of fellow American J...
Top 25 roundup: No. 6 Oregon edges No. 3 Penn State in double OT
Dante Moore tossed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Gary Bryant Jr. in the second overtime and Dillon Thieneman recorded a game-ending interception as No. 6 Oregon produced a 30-24 victory over No. 3 Penn State on Saturday night in Big Ten play at University Park, Pa.,Moore completed 29 of 39 passes for ...
MLB roundup: Red Sox clinch wild-card berth with walk-off win
Ceddanne Rafaela hit a walk-off triple off the center-field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Red Sox a 4-3 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers and clinching a playoff berth for Boston on Friday night.,The Red Sox (88-72) scored in each of the last three innings while overcoming a ...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz, Sebastian Korda meet in American battle in Tokyo
Taylor Fritz came back from a break down in both sets to defeat Nuno Borges of Portugal 7-5, 7-6 (4) and advance to the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo on Friday.,Fritz counted 15 aces among his 29 winners in the match, which lasted one hour, 54 minutes. For Fritz, the second seed, it was hi...
MLB roundup: Dodgers blank D-backs, seal NL West title
Freddie Freeman homered twice, Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to their 12th National League West title in 13 seasons with an 8-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday afternoon in Phoenix.,The Dodgers clinched home-field advantage for a bes...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz avoids injury in Tokyo win
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz weathered a rain delay and an injury scare to defeat Argentina's Sebastian Baez 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Japan Open on Thursday in Tokyo.,The top-seeded Spaniard stumbled to the court in the first set, clutching his left leg. After having his heel and ankle taped...
MLB roundup: Cal Raleigh hits 60th homer as Mariners clinch AL West
Cal Raleigh hit two home runs, giving him a major-league-leading 60 this season, as the Seattle Mariners clinched their first American League West title since 2001 with a 9-2 victory against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.,Julio Rodriguez, Jorge Polanco and Eugenio Suarez also went...
MLB roundup: Mariners, Yankees clinch playoff berths
Josh Naylor's three-run double with two outs in the eighth inning helped the Seattle Mariners beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 4-3 Tuesday night, clinching a playoff berth in the process.,Dominic Canzone hit a solo homer for the Mariners, who won their fifth in a row and prevailed for the 15th tim...
ATP roundup: Alejandro Tabilo, Alexander Bublik win titles in China
Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo saved two championship points and defeated top-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) to win the Chengdu Open on Tuesday in China.,It is the third ATP Tour title and first of the season for Tabilo, who fought off a pair of championship points while servi...
MLB roundup: Padres clinch playoff spot with walk-off win in 11th
Freddy Fermin's one-out single in the bottom of the 11th inning Monday night lifted the San Diego Padres to a 5-4 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers, sealing a spot in the National League playoffs., ,Bryce Johnson was placed at second to start the inning and Jose Iglesias bunted him to third. F...
ATP roundup: Top seed Lorenzo Musetti into Chengdu final
Top-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy will seek his third ATP Tour title in the Chengdu Open final against Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo.,Musetti crushed Kazakhstan's Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-1 and Tabilo eliminated No. 4 seed Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 7-6 (0) in Monday's semifinals in China.,Mus...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz's clutch wins propel Team World to Laver Cup
Taylor Fritz clinched the Laver Cup for Team World on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Germany's Alexander Zverev of Team Europe on the final day in San Francisco.,Team World won 15-9 to claim its third Laver Cup title in four years. The three-day hardcourt event featured three singles matche...
ATP roundup: Italy's Lorenzo Musetti cruises in Chengdu
Top seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy had little trouble Sunday dispatching qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia 6-3, 6-3 at the Chengdu Open in Chengdu, China.,Musetti, the ninth-ranked player in the world, took advantage of 15 unforced errors by his opponent and hit 66 percent on first serves wit...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz tops Carlos Alcaraz at Laver Cup
Taylor Fritz stunned top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 as Team World swept Saturday's four matches to take a 9-3 lead over Team Europe at the Laver Cup in San Francisco,Fritz, ranked No. 5, beat Spain's Alcaraz for the first time in four ATP singles matches and defeated a reigning World No. 1 for a...