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Zach Dezenzo, Astros eye series win over Jays
Opportunities have been few and far between for Astros utility man Zach Dezenzo, whose breakout performance on Monday helped pace Houston to a 7-0 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.,The Astros will try to clinch the three-game series in the middle contest on Tuesday.,Making his fifth start...
Hunter Brown stars again as Astros blank Jays
Hunter Brown extended his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 24 and the Houston Astros parlayed a four-run fifth inning into a 7-0 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.,Brown (3-1) surrendered two hits and issued one walk while recording a season-high nine strikeouts over seven...
Pistons halt playoff skid in Game 2, knot series vs. Knicks
Cade Cunningham scored 33 points and Dennis Schroder hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 55.7 seconds left as the visiting Detroit Pistons evened their Eastern Conference first-round series, escaping with a physical 100-94 Game 2 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night.,Game 3 is Thursday in...
Mariners look to continue power surge vs. Red Sox
The visiting Seattle Mariners will attempt to outmuscle the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday when the teams begin a three-game series.,Seattle has homered 13 times during its last six games and has 32 homers this season, good for fifth among MLB teams entering Monday. Cal Raleigh has homered a team-high ni...
Falcons sign QB Easton Stick
The Atlanta Falcons signed free agent quarterback Easton Stick on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.,Stick, 29, spent the past six seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers after they selected him in the fifth round of the 2019 draft.,Stick has gotten into six career games and made four start...
Rams OT Rob Havenstein (shoulders) expects to be set for camp
Los Angeles Rams right tackle Rob Havenstein told reporters Monday that he had two procedures to clean up his injured shoulders in the offseason but expects to be ready for training camp this summer.,The veteran lineman said he will be limited in organized team activities, which began Monday for the...
Jelena Ostapenko topples No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in Stuttgart final
Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko completed her first run to the winner's circle since February 2024 when the Latvia native took down No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Monday in Stuttgart, Germany.,With the upset, Ostapenko improved to 3-1 in her...
Kenyans sweep Boston Marathon; Sharon Lokedi sets new women's record
Kenya's John Korir lost his footing at the start of the Boston Marathon on Monday morning but recovered to sprint into history, following in the footsteps of his older brother on the same track.,Korir won the Boston Marathon in 2:04:45, 13 years after his older brother, Wesley, won in 2012. They sha...
Texans re-sign veteran TE Irv Smith Jr.
The Houston Texans re-signed veteran tight end Irv Smith Jr. on Monday. Terms were not disclosed.,Smith, 26, signed with Houston last September and appeared in five games with one start.,He has 109 catches for 973 yards and 10 touchdowns in 54 games (22 starts) with the Minnesota Vikings (2019-20, 2...
Eagles WR A.J. Brown asks thief to return stolen car
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown made an unusual offer to a suspected car thief Monday: Return his ride and he won't press charges.,The three-time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl LIX champion posted his plea on social media after his vehicle disappeared on Sunday night.,"Dear Philly, T...
Action underway at Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne
MOUZ and The MongolZ staged successful comebacks Monday to kick off the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne 2025 in Australia.,Sixteen teams are competing in the Counter-Strike 2 tournament, culminating with a top prize of $125,000 in Sunday's grand final.,MOUZ and The MongolZ both rallied for ...
Blue Jays bid to ignite power surge vs. Astros
The Toronto Blue Jays have been in a power drought this season.,Toronto hitters will attempt to drive some balls on Monday night when they open a three-game road series against the Houston Astros.,The Blue Jays have just 12 homers in 22 games. Only the Kansas City Royals (11) have fewer.,"That will ...
Cloud9 forge tie in North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase
Cloud9 used a head-to-head victory to move into a tie with FlyQuest atop the standings of the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles on Sunday.,Cloud9 (5-1) played on blue and won the match against FlyQuest in 28 minutes. Lee "Loki" Sang-min of So...
Boston Breach, LA Thieves make statements at CDL Stage 3 qualifying
Boston Breach rallied from down 2-0 for a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Falcons on Sunday, the final day of Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying.,The Los Angeles Thieves also won on Sunday to finish atop the standings at 4-1 with a plus-11 map differential. Boston, the Vancouver Surge, the Miam...
Fernando Tatis Jr. powers Padres past Astros
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and scored all three San Diego runs as the visiting Padres recorded a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday night to salvage the finale of a three-game series.,Tatis also tripled while joining Xander Bogaerts and Martin Maldona...
Padres' Luis Arraez carted off field after vicious collision
San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez was carted off the field in the first inning of Sunday night's game against the host Houston Astros after being involved in a fierce collision.,The incident featuring the three-time batting champion led to an 11-minute delay before the resumption of pla...
Justin Thomas wins RBC Heritage in playoff to end drought
Justin Thomas made a birdie putt from 21 feet out on the first playoff hole to win the RBC Heritage on Sunday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C., winning a tournament for the first time in nearly three years.,Thomas and Andrew Novak, who was seeking his first victory on the PGA T...
White Sox rally past Red Sox for first road win this season
Edgar Quero and Andrew Vaughn each drove in two runs as the visiting Chicago White Sox scored six runs over the final three innings to rally for an 8-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.,Vaughn highlighted his 2-for-5 performance with a two-run home run in the eighth, helping the White...
Oscar Piastri wins at Saudi Arabia, leads drivers' standings
McLaren's Oscar Piastri cruised to the victory in the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday to move atop the driver's championship after five races on the season.,While becoming the first driver this season to win while not starting on the pole, Piastri was well ahead of runner-up Max Verstap...
As Knicks soar into Game 2, Pistons hope lessons were learned
With the New York Knicks facing an eight-point deficit to the upstart Detroit Pistons entering the fourth quarter on Saturday, Jalen Brunson returned to the locker room to change his sneakers and watched the first few minutes from the bench.,After the fleet-footed Brunson helped the Knicks rally to ...