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NHL roundup: Jets all but wrap up No. 1 seed in West
Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 25 shots, earning his league-leading eighth shutout of the season as the visiting Winnipeg Jets blanked the Dallas Stars 4-0 on Thursday, tightening their grip on home-ice advantage.,Kyle Connor scored twice in the third period for the first-place Jets, who vaulted six...
NBA roundup: Pacers seal top-4 spot in East
The Indiana Pacers secured home-court advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 114-112 win over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in Indianapolis.,With the New York Knicks' loss to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday, the Pacers could still earn the No. 3 see...
MLB roundup: Angels' Jo Adell homers twice in inning
Jo Adell homered twice in the same inning, Taylor Ward and Mike Trout also hit a pair of homers and the visiting Los Angeles Angels claimed their fourth straight series to open the season with an 11-1 pounding of the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.,Adell went 2-for-4 with four RBIs in an eight-run fifth...
Kazakhstan beats Australia to open Billie Jean King Cup qualifying
World No. 10 Elena Rybakina helped her Kazakhstan team defeat Australia 2-1 on the first day of Billie Jean King Cup qualifying Thursday in Brisbane, Australia.,After Yulia Putintseva beat Maya Joint 6-2, 6-1, Rybakina ensured Kazakhstan clinched a point in Group D by taking down Kimberly Birrell 6-...
NHL roundup: Joel Eriksson Ek scores 4, Wild top Sharks 8-7 in OT
Kirill Kaprizov scored 1:01 into overtime, Joel Eriksson Ek netted four goals and the Minnesota Wild escaped with an 8-7 win over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Both players celebrated remarkable returns from prolonged lower-body-injury absences for Minnesota (43-29-7, 9...
NBA roundup: Luka Doncic puts up 45 amid cheers in Dallas
Luka Doncic scored 31 of his 45 points in the first half of his highly anticipated Dallas homecoming as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Mavericks 112-97 on Wednesday.,LeBron James posted 27 points and seven boards, and Rui Hachimura added 15 points as the Lakers bolstered their grip on ...
MLB roundup: Pirates get past Cardinals in 13
Joey Bart's walk-off single with the bases loaded in the 13th inning lifted the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.,Bart's deep fly ball off reliever Chris Roycroft (0-2) landed just out of the reach of left fielder Lars Nootbaar and allowed Alexander Canario to score ...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Lionel Messi lifts Inter Miami to semis
Lionel Messi's second goal of the night, an 84th-minute penalty kick, capped Inter Miami's 3-1 win over Los Angeles FC on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sending the Herons to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.,Inter Miami won the two-leg, total-goal semifinal series 3-2, rallying aft...
MLB roundup: A's pound Padres to get first home win
JJ Bleday homered and knocked in three runs while Gio Urshela added three hits and three RBIs as the Athletics got their first win in their temporary home in West Sacramento, Calif., stopping the San Diego Padres 10-4 on Tuesday night.,The Athletics battered San Diego with 13 hits, with the bottom f...
NBA roundup: Celtics top Knicks in OT for 9th straight road win
Kristaps Porzingis scored 34 points and tied a career high with eight 3-pointers as the visiting Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 119-117 in overtime Tuesday.,With their ninth straight win on the road, the Celtics secured their first four-game regular-season sweep of the Knicks since the 2019...
NHL roundup: Historic comeback lifts Canucks over Stars
The Vancouver Canucks became the first team in NHL history to overcome a three-goal deficit in the final minute of regulation to stun the host Dallas Stars 6-5 in overtime on Tuesday night.,After Pius Suter recorded the final two goals of regulation to cap a five-goal third period, Kiefer Sherwood s...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Tigres KO Galaxy
Goals by Nicolas Ibanez and Uriel Antuna in the first 10 minutes sparked Tigres UANL to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Tuesday at San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico, sending the hosts to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals.,The contest was the second leg of a two-game, total-goal series. T...
NHL roundup: Jets end Blues' record win streak
Alex Iafallo broke a tie in the third period and the host Winnipeg Jets snapped the St. Louis Blues' franchise-record 12-game winning streak with a 3-1 decision on Monday.,Morgan Barron and Adam Lowry also scored for the Jets, who have the NHL's best record and have won five of their past seven. Con...
MLB roundup: Casey Mize, Tigers shut down Yankees
Andy Ibanez hit a three-run homer, Casey Mize pitched six strong innings and the host Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to four games with a 6-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday.,Justyn-Henry Malloy supplied a two-run single for Detroit, which has won six of its last seven game...
NCAA championship game: Houston leads Florida 31-28 at half
Houston and 69-year-old head coach Kelvin Sampson are 20 minutes from their first NCAA championship.,Despite white-hot shooting from Florida senior Will Richard, the Cougars built a 31-28 halftime lead over the Gators in the national title game Monday night in San Antonio behind seven points from ba...
NBA roundup: Pacers overcome monster game by Nikola Jokic
Myles Turner had 24 points, Obi Toppin added 22 and the Indiana Pacers withstood another massive Nikola Jokic triple-double to beat the host Denver Nuggets 125-120 on Sunday.,Andrew Nembhard had 19 points and six assists for the Pacers, who picked up their fourth straight win to stay in the top four...
MLB roundup: Pirates walk off Yankees after blowing lead
After watching their three-run lead evaporate in the top of the ninth inning, the Pittsburgh Pirates salvaged a walk-off win in the 11th as Tommy Pham delivered a run-scoring single to give the hosts a 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.,In the top of the ninth and trailing 4-1, New Yor...
NHL roundup: Caps' Alexander Ovechkin tops Gretzky's goals mark
Despite Alexander Ovechkin scoring career goal No. 895 to surpass Wayne Gretzky and become the all-time goals leader in NHL history, the New York Islanders came away with the 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday in Elmont, N.Y.,Marc Gatcomb collected the first two-goal game of his career w...
WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula continues tear, wins Charleston title
One of the hottest players on the WTA Tour continued to roll along on Sunday as top-seeded Jessica Pegula defeated fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 7-5 to win the Charleston Open in Charleston, S.C.,The title is Pegula's second of the season (she also lost in the finals of the Miami Open to World No...
ATP roundup: Luciano Darderi wins Marrakech title in an upset
Luciano Darderi of Italy upset top seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) to win the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, Morocco, on Sunday.,Griekspoor was competing in his first ATP Tour championship final since 2023, when he won two tournaments. Instead, it was the second win fo...