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ATP roundup: Led by Carlos Alcaraz, Team World grabs lead at Laver Cup
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and the Czech Republic's Jakub Mensik topped Americans Taylor Fritz and Alex Michelsen in the final match of the night and Team Europe took a 3-1 lead over Team World at the Laver Cup in San Francico on Friday.,The three-day hardcourt event features three singles matches and o...
MLB roundup: Dodgers down Giants, seal another playoff bid
Clayton Kershaw struck out six over 4 1/3 innings in the final regular-season home start of his accomplished career and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 6-3 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Friday, clinching their 13th consecutive playoff berth.,Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts ...
NWSL roundup: Courage earn key win over Pride
Shinomi Koyama recorded her first NWSL goal in the 89th minute to lift the North Carolina Courage over the host Orlando Pride 1-0 on Friday night.,The Courage (7-7-7, 28 points) drew within one point of the Pride (8-8-5, 29 points) in the playoff race. North Carolina passed Racing Louisville to occu...
ATP roundup: Alejandro Tabilo, Brandon Nakashima triumph in Chengdu
Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo advanced to the quarterfinals at the Chengdu Open by cruising past Italian No. 2 seed Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-3 on Friday in China.,Tabilo, who's fallen outside the top 100 in the world rankings after rising as high as No. 19, smashed 12 aces with only one double fa...
MLB roundup: Yankees continue climb up AL East standings
Max Fried struck out 13 batters across seven shutout innings and set a career high with his 18th win as the New York Yankees beat the host Baltimore Orioles 7-0 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.,The Yankees have won six of their last eight games as they continue to stay within s...
MLB roundup: Cubs top Pirates, clinch 1st playoff bid since 2020
Ian Happ homered as part of a three-RBI day for the Chicago Cubs, who clinched a playoff spot Wednesday with their 8-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates.,The Cubs celebrated their first postseason berth since the shortened 2020 campaign after Happ caught the final out in left field to sweep the t...
MLB roundup: Phillies edge Dodgers in 10, win NL East
J.T. Realmuto hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper each hit home runs and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies clinched the National League East title with a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.,Weston Wilson also hit a home run for the Philli...
MLB roundup: Jays edge Rays in 11th for 5th straight win
George Springer's two-strike, two-out, RBI single in the 11th inning lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to their fifth straight victory, a 2-1 decision over the host Tampa Bay Rays to open a four-game series on Monday.,After challenging for catcher's interference and failing, Toronto took its first lead w...
MLB roundup: Pete Alonso's HR in 10th helps Mets end 8-game skid
Pete Alonso hit a walk-off three-run homer with nobody out in the 10th inning as the New York Mets ended a season-worst eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon.,The Mets (77-73) avoided their first nine-game skid since an 11-game slide in 2004 ...
NWSL roundup: Thorns' Olivia Moultrie sets teenage scoring record
Olivia Moultrie scored a record-breaking free-kick goal, and the Portland Thorns went on to tie the Chicago Stars 1-1 on Sunday in Bridgeview, Ill.,Moultrie, three days shy of turning 20, took a free kick from just outside the box in the 12th minute and perfectly placed it inside the near post for h...
NFL roundup: Brandon Aubrey's buzzer field goals lift Cowboys past Giants in OT
Brandon Aubrey hit the game-winning field goal as time expired in overtime to give the Dallas Cowboys a dramatic 40-37 win over the New York Giants Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,Aubrey also sent the game into overtime by converting a 64-yard field goal -- tied for the third-longest in NFL hi...
WTA roundup: Teenagers cruise to titles in Guadalajara, Sao Paulo
Iva Jovic, a 17-year-old native of Southern California, secured her first WTA Tour title at the Guadalajara Open Akron by finishing off Colombia's Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday in Mexico.,Jovic received a favorable path at the WTA 500-level event, as she only faced one seeded player, the No. 8 ...
Olivia Moultrie sets teenage scoring record as Thorns tie Stars
Olivia Moultrie scored a record-breaking free-kick goal, and the Portland Thorns went on to tie the Chicago Stars 1-1 on Sunday in Bridgeview, Ill.,Moultrie, three days shy of turning 20, took a free kick from just outside the box in the 12th minute and perfectly placed it inside the near post for h...
Top 25 roundup: No. 16 Texas A&M rallies late to edge No. 8 Notre Dame
Nate Boerkircher caught a go-ahead 11-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds to go, and No. 16 Texas A&M held on for a 41-40 win over No. 8 Notre Dame in a Saturday night thriller in South Bend, Ind.,Marcel Reed completed 17 of 37 passes for 360 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for Texas A&M ...
MLB roundup: Brewers clinch playoff berth, then down Cards in 10
Caleb Durbin ripped a game-tying RBI double in the 10th inning, then scored the winner on Andruw Monasterio's single as the host Milwaukee Brewers topped the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Saturday.,The Brewers celebrated their 11th walk-off victory of the season hours after they officially clinched the...
WTA roundup: Janice Tjen, Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah reach Sao Paolo final
A pair of unseeded players, Indonesia's Janice Tjen and France's Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah, pulled off semifinal upsets at the SP Open Saturday in Sao Paolo and will meet in Sunday's final.,Tjen took down No. 6 seed Francesca Jones of Great Britain 7-6 (0), 6-3, and Rakotomanga Rajaonah upended ...
MLB roundup: Aaron Judge's latest milestone lifts Yanks past Red Sox
Aaron Judge took sole possession of fourth place on the New York Yankees' all-time home run list and Luis Gil pitched six no-hit innings in a 4-1 win over the host Boston Red Sox on Friday.,Judge crushed his 362nd career homer 468 feet out to deep center with one out in the top of the first, giving ...
WTA roundup: Four lower seeds triumph in Sao Paulo quarters
Friday was a day for the underdogs in Sao Paulo, as all four lower-seeded players vanquished their foes in the quarterfinal matches of the SP Open.,Mexican fifth seed Renata Zarazua, who sent Madison Keys home in first round of the U.S. Open last month, knocked off top-seeded Brazilian hopeful Beatr...
MLB roundup: M's win in 12, grab share of AL West lead
Pinch hitter Harry Ford's sacrifice fly with no outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th inning scored the winning run as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 7-6 on Thursday.,The Mariners won their sixth in a row and pulled even with the Houston Astros atop the A...
MLB roundup: Aaron Judge ties Joe DiMaggio on Yankees' HR list
Aaron Judge tied Joe DiMaggio for fourth place on the Yankees' all-time home run list on Thursday, going deep twice while leading New York to a 9-3 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers in the finale of a three-game series between American League playoff contenders.,Giancarlo Stanton also homered and...