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ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev rallies to reach Munich semis
Home favorite Alexander Zverev rallied for a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3), 6-4 quarterfinal win Friday against Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor at the BMW Open in Munich, Germany.,Griekspoor served for the match at 5-4 in the second set before the top-seeded Zverev dug deep to finish in 3 hours and 14 minutes. Closin...
MLB roundup: Kumar Rocker gets first career win for streaking Rangers
Kumar Rocker put together a solid outing to earn his first career win as the Texas Rangers downed the slumping Los Angeles Angels 5-3 to finish a three-game sweep in Arlington, Texas.,The former No. 3 overall draft pick allowed three runs on five hits over seven innings to improve to 1-2 on the seas...
NHL roundup: Sabres coach Lindy Ruff logs 900th win
Ryan McLeod collected a goal and two assists to help lift Buffalo to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, giving Sabres coach Lindy Ruff his 900th career win. ,With the result in the regular-season finale for both teams, Ruff became the fifth NHL coach to achieve the mile...
WTA roundup: Ekaterina Alexandrova knocks off Mirra Andreeva in Stuttgart
Ekaterina Alexandrova upset fellow Russian and No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-2 in 65 minutes to reach the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix quarterfinals on Thursday in Stuttgart, Germany.,Alexandrova, 30, recorded her fourth Top 10 win of the season. She had 19 winners and eight aces while the 17-year-o...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz reaches Barcelona quarterfinals
Top-seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz defeated Serbia's Laslo Djere 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Spain.,Alcaraz, who won the tournament in 2022 and 2023, needed only 71 minutes to finish Djere and sets up a meeting with No. 5 seed Alex De Minaur...
MLB roundup: Twins blow lead, edge Mets in 10
Ty France led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a run-scoring single that lifted Minnesota to a 4-3 walk-off win over the New York Mets in Minneapolis on Wednesday, helping the Twins make up for blowing a three-run lead two innings earlier.,Minnesota picked up its second straight win, marking j...
NHL roundup: Canadiens claim last playoff berth
Kaiden Guhle scored twice for the Montreal Canadiens, who clinched the final berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-2 win against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday.,Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist and Sam Montembeault made 27 saves for the Canadiens (40-31-11, 91 points), who cl...
WTA roundup: Linda Noskova dodges upset with late rally
Linda Noskova avoided a round-of-16 upset at the hands of American Bernarda Pera on Wednesday, rallying for a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 win to advance to the quarterfinals of the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole in Rouen, France.,Noskova, the No. 2 seed from the Czech Republic, bounced back from a first-set...
ATP roundup: Holger Rune rallies, reaches Barcelona quarters
No. 6 seed Holger Rune of Denmark rebounded to put away unseeded Argentine Sebastian Baez 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Spain.,Rune, ranked No. 13 in the world, committed 15 unforced errors in the first set as he fell behind 2-0 and coul...
MLB roundup: Cubs end Padres' perfect home start
Nico Hoerner tripled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning on Tuesday and the visiting Chicago Cubs handed the San Diego Padres their first home loss, 2-1.,With Dansby Swanson placed at second base as the automatic runner, Hoerner lined a 2-0 fastball from Yuki Matsui (0-1) to the gap in...
NHL roundup: Blues, Wild clinch playoff berths
Pavel Buchnevich celebrated his 30th birthday two days early as his three-point performance helped the St. Louis Blues secure a playoff spot on Tuesday with a 6-1 win over the visiting Utah Hockey Club.,Buchnevich made sure the Blues (44-30-8, 96 points) would not miss out on the playoffs for a thir...
WTA roundup: Camilla Rosatello upends Alycia Parks in Rouen
Camilla Rosatello, ranked No. 288 in the world, pulled off an opening-round upset of sixth-seeded American Alycia Parks 6-2, 6-3 at the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole on Tuesday in Rouen, France.,Rosatello saved all eight of her break points and converted four of her five chances to break Parks, w...
ATP roundup: Three top 10 seeds fall in Munich
Unseeded Mariano Navone of Argentina pulled off the biggest upset of the day, taking down No. 3 seed Felix Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the BMW Open on Tuesday in Munich, Germany.,Navone, ranked No. 70 in the world, battled back and broke Auger-Aliassime in...
MLB roundup: Rays pound out 16 hits, rout Red Sox 16-1
Kameron Misner went 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs, leading a 16-hit attack as the Tampa Bay Rays plated 14 runs in the first three innings and walloped the visiting Boston Red Sox 16-1 on Monday night.,Christopher Morel was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs as every Rays batter s...
WTA roundup: Two seeded players upset in Rouen first round
France's Fiona Ferro took down No. 4 seed McCartney Kessler 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5 in a nearly three-hour opening match at the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole on Monday in Rouen, France.,After each player saved a set point in the first-set tiebreaker, Kessler came out on top, but it was all Ferro from t...
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton saves 3 match points, survives in Munich
American No. 2 seed Ben Shelton saved three match points in order to rally past Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3) in the first round of the BMW Open on Monday in Munich, Germany.,After Shelton dropped the first set, neither player broke serve until the second-set tiebreaker, where ...
NHL roundup: Jets earn Presidents' Trophy despite setback
Corey Perry finished with a goal and an assist to help lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 road victory Sunday over the first-place Winnipeg Jets, who despite the loss secured their first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history.,The Jets were pursued for the best overall league record by the Washingto...
MLB roundup: Padres make history with three-shutout sweep
Michael King allowed just two hits and one walk in his first career complete game Sunday as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Colorado Rockies 6-0, becoming the first team in eight years to sweep a three-game series with shutouts., ,King retired the first 13 men he faced before Michael Togli...
MLB roundup: Cubs pound Dodgers 16-0 to end skid
Carson Kelly homered twice, singled and walked twice for the visiting Chicago Cubs in a 16-0 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle game of their three-game series on Saturday night.,Michael Busch singled, doubled twice, homered, drove in three runs and scored four times for the Cubs, who...
NWSL roundup: Kansas City Current, Orlando Pride, Angel City remain unbeaten
Lo'eau LaBonta converted a penalty kick and the Kansas City Current remained unbeaten with a 2-0 blanking of the host San Diego Wave on Saturday night.,Debinha scored her 50th career NWSL goal for the Current. Debinha's tally came on a right-footer in the 16th minute and gave the Current a 1-0 lead....