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Luis Suarez (goal, 3 assists) leads Inter Miami past Dynamo
Luis Suarez scored a goal and assisted on three others to lead Inter Miami to a dominant 4-1 victory over the host Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.,Inter Miami (1-0-1, 4 points) picked up its first victory of the MLS season despite the absence of superstar Lionel Messi, who remained in South Florida ...
Christopher Bell surges late at Austin for back-to-back wins
The NASCAR Cup Series schedule just moved to March, but Christopher Bell finds himself streaking early in 2025.,The Joe Gibbs Racing driver finally found his way around Kyle Busch with five laps to go and went back-to-back with wins, capturing Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Serie...
Christopher Bell closes late at Austin for back-to-back wins
Christopher Bell finally found his way around Kyle Busch with five laps to go and went back-to-back with wins, capturing Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.,In a restart with 14 circuits left on the first road course of 2025, Be...
UCLA refocused on defense in road game against Northwestern
UCLA looks to salvage its final road trip of its inaugural Big Ten Conference season on Monday when the Bruins face recently surging Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.,UCLA (20-9, 11-7 Big Ten) suffered a major blow to its pursuit of a top-four seed and bye into the quarterfinals of the upcoming confere...
No. 4 Houston squares off with Kansas following Big 12 title
Roughly one month before the Big 12 schedule opened, and after Houston absorbed a pair of overtime losses during a tournament in Las Vegas, another conference title did not appear to be guaranteed.,With their 73-64 home victory over Cincinnati on Saturday, the fourth-ranked Cougars (25-4, 17-1 Big 1...
Jessica Pegula wins Austin final for seventh career title
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula defeated fellow American and No. 5 seed McCartney Kessler 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday to win the ATX Open final in Austin, Texas and record the seventh singles title of her career.,Pegula converted 6 of 10 break points while downing Kessler in 83 minutes. Kessler committed four doub...
Alex Palou claims first St. Petersburg GP title to begin 2025
Spain's Alex Palou kicked off his pursuit of a fourth IndyCar championship with a victory at the 2025 season-opening Firestone Grand Prix on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,It was the 12th career IndyCar victory for the 27-year-old Palou, who is seeking his third consecutive title. He needed to get p...
Agent: Wizards' Justin Champagnie signing 4-year deal
Enjoying the best season of his young career, Washington Wizards forward Justin Champagnie landed a four-year, $10 million contract, his agent told ESPN on Sunday.,Champagnie, 23, in his second season in Washington, is averaging career highs in points (7.5), field goal percentage (50.4), 3-point per...
Meteor helps T1 outlast G2 Esports at Valorant Masters Bangkok
T1 overcame a pair of one-map deficits to record a 3-2 victory over G2 Esports on Sunday in the grand final of the Valorant Masters Bangkok 2025.,Tae-o "Meteor" Kim of South Korea was named the MVP.,T1 followed up their 3-1 win over EDward Gaming in the lower-bracket final by outlasting G2 Esports. ...
Duke ready to show its depth against Wake Forest
No. 2 Duke has established that next-man up mentality, and the Blue Devils might need it again Monday night in their home finale against Wake Forest in Durham, N.C.,The Blue Devils used various lineup combinations the past couple of games as injuries have struck. But there's no room for a misstep if...
Reports: Commissioner weighs removing Pete Rose from MLB ineligible list
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing whether to reinstate the late Pete Rose from baseball's ineligible list, multiple outlets reported.,The move comes after President Donald Trump blasted MLB in a social media post late Friday for Rose's lifetime ban in 1989 for gambling. Tru...
Wild look to halt skid, slow David Pastrnak, Bruins
The Minnesota Wild know that time is running short with 22 games left in the regular season.,The Wild also know that they are playing shorthanded without several prominent players, including top scorer Kirill Kaprizov and steady veteran Joel Eriksson Ek.,"We have no choice," forward Mats Zuccarello ...
Spacestation, Team Liquid advance in OWCS NA Stage 1 playoffs
Spacestation Gaming and Team Liquid made it clear who is the class of the field Saturday as the playoffs got underway at the North American Stage 1 of the Overwatch Champions Series.,After finishing with the No. 1 overall seed after going 6-1 in the regular season, Spacestation opted to face Timeles...
Pistons bounce back from loss, blow out Nets
Jalen Duren powered for 18 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high six blocks and the host Detroit Pistons won for the ninth time in 10 games, downing the Brooklyn Nets 115-94 on Saturday night.,Detroit bounced back from a 15-point loss to Denver on Friday as Tobias Harris had 18 points and nine rebou...
Timbers top Austin FC 1-0 on late free-kick goal
David Da Costa's free kick in the 89th minute surprisingly went into the net and helped the Portland Timbers notch a 1-0 victory over visiting Austin FC on Saturday night.,Da Costa was on the left flank when he directed his right-footed boot toward the net. It was beyond the heads of any of the Timb...
No. 25 BYU pulls away after half to down West Virginia
Fousseyni Traore scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds off the bench Saturday night as No. 25 BYU exploded in the second half to rout visiting West Virginia 77-56 in a Big 12 Conference game in Provo, Utah.,Egor Demin added 15 points for the Cougars (21-8, 12-6), which tied No. 9 Iowa State for f...
Cal handles Boston College, qualifies for ACC tournament
Mady Sissoko had 21 points and 15 rebounds in California's 82-71 victory Saturday night over Boston College at Berkeley, Calif.,California (13-16, 6-12 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back after losing five straight overall and three of its previous four home games.,In their first season in the c...
Baylor eventually gets going, downs Oklahoma State
Jeremy Roach and Robert Wright III combined for 37 points as the Baylor Bears shrugged off a terrible start to snap a three-game losing streak, toppling the Oklahoma State Cowboys 71-61 on Saturday night in Waco, Texas.,The Bears (17-12, 9-9 Big 12) made just 8 of 34 field goals (23.5 percent) in th...
Dylan Holloway, Blues get better of Kings
Dylan Holloway scored a goal and earned an assist as the St. Louis Blues defeated the visiting Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday.,Colton Parayko, Pavel Buchnevich and Zack Bolduc also scored for the Blues, who extended their season-best winning streak to four games.,Jordan Binnington made 25 saves t...
Balanced scoring pushes Kings past Rockets
DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine combined for 41 points as the visiting Sacramento Kings rode a balanced offensive attack to a 113-103 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.,Six Kings players scored in double figures as the team completed a sweep of the three-game season series with Houston. The...