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FC Cincinnati shut out FC Dallas, now 8-1-1 on road
Luca Orellano scored early in the second half and Roman Celentano stopped two shots as FC Cincinnati did just enough to beat slumping FC Dallas 1-0 on Saturday in Frisco, Texas, in only the teams' second meeting.,The Orange and Blue (13-4-3, 42 points) have won three of their past four contests afte...
Sporting KC blank Austin FC, halt three-game skid
Tim Leibold notched a first-half goal and Stephen Afrifa tallied one in the second half as Sporting Kansas City ended a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over visiting Austin FC on Saturday night., ,Sporting KC (4-12-5, 17 points) snapped a club-record 17-match streak without a clean sheet...
Lautaro Martinez scores twice vs. Peru as Argentina wins Group A
Argentina, without Lionel Messi, got two goals from Lautaro Martinez to defeat Peru 2-0 in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Saturday to win Group A at Copa America.,Martinez started for the first time in the tourney and scored for the third straight match -- the first two came as a substitute in the 88th min...
Frederick Richard prevails at gymnastics trials, named to Olympic team
Frederick Richard finished with an all-around score of 170.500 as gymnastics team trials for the U.S. Men's Olympic Team wrapped up on Saturday in Minneapolis. ,Richard will be heading to the Olympics for the first time. Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Brody Malone and Stephen Nedoroscik will be joining him ...
Crew fall behind Revs early, then score five straight
Diego Rossi scored and had two assists and Cucho Hernandez scored and contributed an assist for the Columbus Crew in a 5-1 win, snapping the host Revolution's four-match winning streak on Saturday.,Christian Ramirez added two assists for the Crew, who fell behind when Emmanuel Boateng put New Englan...
Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai keep lead at tight Rocket Mortgage Classic
Akshay Bhatia and England's Aaron Rai shot 4-under par 68s to remain co-leaders through the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Saturday in Detroit.,Bhatia and Rai began the round sharing the lead, but the overall leaderboard has tightened. Rai had five birdies and a bogey, while Bahatia n...
No Coney Island for Joey Chestnut
Joey Chestnut will be taking his talents to El Paso, Texas, on Thursday. ,Instead of devouring hot dogs at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York this Fourth of July, Chestnut will be headed to the Lone Star State to participate in "Pop Goes the Fort" at Fort Bliss. ,Chestnut, 4...
Nationals end four-game skid, roll over Rays
CJ Abrams set the tone by leading off the game with a home run, Washington scored six times in the seventh, and the Nationals broke a four-game losing streak Saturday afternoon with an 8-1 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Before leaving after seven innings, Abrams went 2-for-3 with...
Diamondbacks' Zac Gallen dominates Athletics
Zac Gallen returned from the injured list to throw six brilliant innings, and Ketel Marte, Jake McCarthy and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had run-scoring hits as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the visiting Oakland Athletics 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.,One day after the A's had put up nine runs on the hosts in ...
Jonathan India continues hot hitting as Reds defeat Cardinals
Stuart Fairchild, Will Benson and Jonathan India drove in two runs each to propel the visiting Cincinnati Reds past the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Saturday.,India extended his hitting streak to 11 games with two doubles. He hit a double for the seventh straight game, setting a Reds record, and he ra...
Aces rally to defeat Mystics, extend win streak to four
Jackie Young scored 26 points as the visiting Las Vegas Aces overcame an 11-point deficit to push their season-high win streak to four games, beating the Washington Mystics 88-77 on Saturday.,Chelsea Gray added 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting and Tiffany Hayes delivered 17 off the bench for the Aces (1...
Wild lands F Jakub Lauko from Bruins for F Vinni Lettieri
The Minnesota Wild acquired forward Jakub Lauko and the No. 122 overall pick in this year's draft from the Boston Bruins on Saturday, in exchange for forward Vinni Lettieri and the No. 110 overall draft selection.,Lauko. 24, was a third-round draft pick by the Bruins in 2018. He made his NHL debut d...
Austin FC sign F Jimmy Farkarlun to first team
Austin FC signed winger Jimmy Farkarlun to an MLS contract Saturday, four months after he was selected by the club in the MLS SuperDraft.,Farkarlun, 22, has made 12 appearances with Austin FC II in MLS NEXT Pro and had two goals with three assists. His promotion to the top team is through the end of...
Report: Russell Westbrook picking up $4M option with Clippers
Guard Russell Westbook plans to pick up his $4 million option and return to the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2024-25 season, ESPN reported Saturday.,Westbrook, a former league MVP and two-time scoring champion, was a key contributor off the bench for the Clippers last season. He averaged 11.1 points,...
Report: Magic to decline Joe Ingles' $11M contract option
The Orlando Magic intend to decline the $11 million contract option of forward Joe Ingles but could bring him back in free agency, ESPN reported Saturday.,Ingles, 36, and the team are expected to talk about a free-agent deal, per the report.,In his first season with the Magic in 2023-24, Ingles play...
Saturday June 29 Best Sports Betting Picks For MLB, WNBA
These are our best sports betting picks and predictions for the MLB and WNBA on June 29th, 2024....
Jose Siri, Rays take on skidding Nats again
With their offense seemingly revitalized, the Tampa Bay Rays started the season's second half the right way on Friday.,After a 3-1 series-opening win over Washington, the Rays will attempt to win their fourth consecutive series when they meet the Nationals on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fl...
Struggling D-backs staff gets Zac Gallen back to face A's
Zac Gallen returns from a 30-day absence when the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Oakland Athletics on Saturday in the middle contest of a three-game set at Phoenix.,Gallen has been sidelined since injuring his right hamstring against the New York Mets on May 30. He said he sustained the injury on his...
Warriors, Celtics set to battle for NBA 2K League's 5v5 title
Warriors Gaming Squad moved within one victory of a second consecutive NBA 2K League 5v5 championship, sweeping Pistons GT 2-0 on Friday in the Western Conference finals in Washington.,Standing in the way of the top-seeded Warriors, who also won The Tipoff and The Turn events earlier this season, wi...
A's hit four homers to roll past D-backs, end road skid
Zack Gelof went 3-for-4, including a tiebreaking triple, and scored twice and the Oakland Athletics hit four homers during a 9-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix.,Shea Langeliers went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs and Tyler Soderstrom hit a solo homer as Oakland s...