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Spring training roundup: Late HR lifts Blue Jays over Canada
Riley Tirotta belted a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning to propel the Toronto Blue Jays to a 10-7 victory over Canada's national team on Tuesday in a World Baseball Classic tune-up game in Dunedin, Fla.,Jesus Sanchez had two hits and drove in three runs, and Nathan Lukes added a two-run...
NHL roundup: Stars top Canucks for team-record 9th straight win
Lian Bichsel scored twice, including the eventual game-winner, as the visiting Dallas Stars extended their win streak to a franchise-record nine games with a 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.,Colin Blackwell, Matt Duchene and Jason Robertson each added a goal and an assist for the ...
NBA roundup: Giannis Antetokounmpo returns but Bucks fall to Celtics
Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to the court after missing 15 games with a strained right calf, but his Milwaukee Bucks fell 108-81 to the visiting Boston Celtics on Monday night.,Payton Pritchard had a team-high 25 points and nine assists for the Celtics, who received 18 points and 16 rebounds, both...
Spring training roundup: Framber Valdez makes impressive debut for Tigers
Framber Valdez, this season's prized free agent pitching acquisition, made an impressive spring debut for the Detroit Tigers in a 5-2 loss to the visiting Atlanta Braves in Lakeland, Fla.,Valdez pitched three scoreless innings, fanning three and allowing just a pair of hits. He threw 30 of 43 pitche...
NBA roundup: Knicks halt Spurs' 11-game winning streak
Mikal Bridges scored 25 points and Jalen Brunson added 24, helping the host New York Knicks halt the San Antonio Spurs' 11-game winning streak with a 114-89 victory on Sunday afternoon.,Bridges made 10 of 17 shots from the floor and 5 of 9 from 3-point range. He also contributed five rebounds and fi...
NHL roundup: Surging Ducks edge Flames in shootout win
Mason McTavish scored the shootout-winning goal to give the host Anaheim Ducks an entertaining 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday to run their winning streak to five games.,Cutter Gauthier scored twice for the Ducks, who have won 12 of 14 games and moved within one point of the Vegas Gold...
WTA roundup: Peyton Stearns saves three set points, wins ATX Open
No. 4 seed Peyton Stearns captured her second career singles title by taking down fellow American Taylor Townsend in the ATX Open final, 7-6 (8), 7-5 on Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas.,In a grueling two-hour, 22-minute match, Stearns was able to outlast Townsend by hitting eight aces and saving f...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Elina Aarnisalo helps No. 21 UNC beat No. 12 Duke
Elina Aarnisalo set a career high for the second straight game with 22 points, and No. 21 North Carolina completed the regular season by handing No. 12 Duke its second loss in three games in a 74-69 victory Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C., ,The Tar Heels (25-6, 14-4 ACC) trailed by two at halftime, but ...
Spring training roundup: Top prospect Konnor Griffin homers again for Pirates
Konnor Griffin, the No. 1 overall prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline, homered once again Sunday to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-1 spring-training victory over the host St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, Fla.,Griffin, who turns 20 on April 24, is making a strong case to be the Pirates'...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Elina Aarnisalo helps No. 21 North Carolina beat No. 12 Duke
Elina Aarnisalo set a career high for the second straight game with 22 points, and No. 21 North Carolina completed the regular season by handing No. 12 Duke its second loss in three games in a 74-69 victory Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C., ,The Tar Heels (25-6, 14-4 ACC) trailed by two at halftime, but ...
NHL roundup: Stars sink Predators in OT, win 8th straight
Jason Robertson's goal 1:47 into overtime capped a comeback and gave the host Dallas Stars a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist and Nathan Bastian also scored for the Stars, who trailed 2-0 with less than four minutes left in the second pe...
Top 25 roundup: No. 2 Arizona avenges 1st loss, beats No. 14 Kansas
Jaden Bradley scored six of his 10 points in a 16-0 scoring run as No. 2 Arizona took charge to deliver an 84-61 victory over No. 14 Kansas on Saturday at Tucson, Ariz.,The Wildcats (27-2, 14-2 Big 12) avenged their loss at Kansas on Feb. 9, which was their first of the season after a program-record...
Peyton Stearns, Taylor Townsend in all-American Austin final
For the second consecutive year, an American will win the ATX Open, as Peyton Stearns and Taylor Townsend won their respective semifinal matches Saturday in Austin, Texas, and will face off Sunday for the title. ,The fourth-seeded Stearns, who was an All-American and national singles champion and pa...
NBA roundup: Luka Doncic's birthday gift is a Lakers victory
Luka Doncic celebrated his 27th birthday with 26 points, eight assists and six rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 129-101 rout of the Golden State Warriors on Saturday in San Francisco.,Los Angeles came into the Bay Area on a three-game losing skid but rebounded emphatically. The Lakers su...
Spring training roundup: Royals blowout Rockies in offensive explosion
Lane Thomas recorded two hits, including a triple, and five RBIs, as the Kansas City Royals cruised to 16-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies in Scottsdale, Ariz.,As a team, the Royals racked up 13 hits and 15 walks; 11 different players contributed a hit.,Rockies starter Michael Lorenzen allowed fi...
NBA roundup: Thunder emerge with scrappy OT win over Nuggets
Chet Holmgren produced 15 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points in his return from injury, lifting the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 127-121 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Friday.,Gilgeous-Alexander, playing his first game since sustaining an abd...
NHL roundup: Ducks top Jets on Chris Kreider's OT goal
Chris Kreider scored with 13 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 5-4 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday.,Pavel Mintyukov had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who are on a four-game winning streak. Jacob Trouba, Leo Carlsson and Ryan Poehling collected Anaheim's ot...
WTA roundup: Ex-Longhorn Peyton Stearns makes Austin semis
Former University of Texas star Peyton Stearns is enjoying her return to Austin, Texas, as the fourth-seeded player advanced to the semifinals of the ATX Open with a 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 victory over Russia's Oksana Selekhmeteva on Friday.,In a match that featured 14 service breaks (eight by Stearns), the ...
ATP roundup: Daniil Medvedev charges into Dubai final
Third-seeded Daniil Medvedev will shoot for his second Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title after beating top-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals on Friday in the United Arab Emirates.,Standing in the way of the Russian will be the Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor, who topped...
Spring training roundup: Mike Yastrzemski, Braves blitz Red Sox
Mike Yastrzemski homered twice and Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam to power the Atlanta Braves to a 15-8 spring-training smashing of the Boston Red Sox on Friday in North Port, Fla.,Yastrzemski, whose grandfather Carl is a Hall of Famer who played his entire career with the Red Sox, went yard in t...