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WTA roundup: Defending champ loses opener in Austin
Australia's Kimberly Birrell delivered in two tiebreakers, beating defending champion Yuan Yue of China 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the ATX Open on Monday in Austin, Texas.,Each player broke serve twice in the first set and three times in the second before Birrell closed each set on her f...
ATP roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas wins opener in Dubai
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas won points on 81 percent of his first serves in his 7-6 (4), 6-3 defeat of Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday.,Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut came from behind to defeat Hungary's Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-3, ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: New No. 1 Texas trounces Georgia
On the same day it rose to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2004, the Texas women's basketball team crushed Georgia 57-26 on Monday in Athens, Ga., for its 11th consecutive win.,Taylor Jones recorded 17 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and five blocked shots for the Longh...
Spring training roundup: Rangers hammer White Sox with 9-run first
Josh Smith went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs, and Joc Pederson ended a nine-run outburst in the first inning with a three-run homer to left center as the visiting Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 11-3 in spring training action Monday in Phoenix.,Adolis Garcia singled home Smith for the f...
Stefanos Tsitsipas wins opener in Dubai
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas won points on 81 percent of his first serves in his 7-6 (4), 6-3 defeat of Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday.,Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut came from behind to defeat Hungary's Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-3, ...
Anna Nordqvist named European captain for '26 Solheim Cup
Anna Nordqvist will captain the 2026 European Solheim Cup team, the Ladies European Tour announced Monday.,At 37, the Sweden native becomes the second-youngest European skipper since the event's inception in 1990.,Nordqvist served as a vice captain for Europe at the September 2024 Solheim Cup in Vir...
NBA roundup: Celtics rout Knicks for 5th straight win
Jayson Tatum had 25 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to five games with a 118-105 victory over the visiting New York Knicks on Sunday., ,Jaylen Brown added 24 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics, who have also won nine of their past 10. B...
NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin (hat trick) 13 from all-time goal mark
Alex Ovechkin continued his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's goal-scoring record with his 32nd career hat trick as the Washington Capitals cruised to a 7-3 victory over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Sunday afternoon.,Ovechkin netted the 880th, 881st and 882nd goals of his career to close within 13 of pa...
Spring training roundup: Alex Bregman homers in Red Sox debut
In his Boston Red Sox spring training debut after signing a three-year, $120 million last week, Alex Bregman went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer while playing third base, but the visiting Toronto Blue Jays rallied with a six-run ninth inning in an 8-7 win Sunday in Fort Myers, Fla.,Josh Kasevich's two...
USWNT defeats Australia to reach SheBelieves Cup final
The depth of the U.S. women's national depth was on display in a 2-1 win over Australia in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday that puts the American in position for a sixth straight SheBelieves Cup title.,Despite replacing all 11 starters from a 2-0 victory against Colombia in the tournament opener on Thurs...
Top 25 roundup: Indiana rallies past struggling No. 13 Purdue
Malik Reneau and Trey Galloway led five players in double figures with 15 points apiece and Indiana overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to stretch No. 13 Purdue's losing streak to four games with a 73-58 Big Ten Conference victory Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.,Myles Rice and reserve Oumar Ballo score...
Spring training roundup: Blue Jays rally past Red Sox in 9th
Josh Kasevich's two-run single capped a six-run uprising in the top of the ninth and provided the Toronto Blue Jays with the winning run as they held on to beat the host Boston Red Sox 8-7 on Sunday in spring training action in Fort Myers, Fla.,Devonte Brown (two-run single), Dasan Brown (bases-load...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 13 NC State downs No. 1 Notre Dame in 2OT
Zoe Brooks poured in a career-high 33 points and Aziaha James scored 20 points as No. 13 North Carolina State defeated No. 1 Notre Dame 104-95 in double overtime in a classic back-and-forth battle Sunday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,The Wolfpack scored the first 10 points of the second overtime until ...
Mikaela Shiffrin extends World Cup record with 100th win
Mikaela Shiffrin won her milestone 100th Alpine skiing World Cup race on Sunday, just weeks after returning from a major injury.,Her record-extending victory came in the slalom, 61 hundredths of a second over Zrinka Ljutic of Crotia in Sestriere, Italy. Paula Moltzan of Minnesota took third.,"My fee...
Top 25 roundup: Oregon chases down No. 11 Wisconsin in OT
Nate Bittle scored 23 points and Oregon erased a 17-point deficit to upset No. 11 Wisconsin 77-73 in overtime Saturday in Madison, Wis.,The Ducks (20-8, 9-8 Big Ten) also got 14 points from Keeshawn Barthelemy and 13 from Jackson Shelstad. Oregon trailed 38-21 late in the first half but rallied to s...
NBA roundup: Stars shine as Lakers halt Nuggets' win streak
Luka Doncic had 32 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James scored 25 points and the visiting Los Angeles Lakers beat the Nuggets 123-100 on Saturday night to end Denver's nine-game winning streak.,Doncic logged 31 minutes in his fourth game since being traded to Los Angeles, which won for just the seco...
NHL roundup: Jets top Blues in shootout, win 9th straight
Gabriel Vilardi scored twice as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the host St. Louis Blues 4-3 in a shootout Saturday night to extend their winning streak to nine games.,Nikolaj Ehlers also scored and Cole Perfetti earned two assists for the Jets. Kyle Connor decided the shootout as the only scorer and Eri...
Spring training roundup: Juan Soto homers in first Mets at-bat
After signing a record $765 million 15-year contract with the New York Mets this offseason, Juan Soto hit a solo shot in his first spring training at-bat, helping the hosts defeat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Saturday in Port St. Lucie, Fla.,Soto, who had an RBI on a fielder's choice in the second, too...
ATP roundup: Andrey Rublev tops Jack Draper for second Doha title
Andrey Rublev won the title at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the second time on Saturday, defeating Great Britain's Jack Draper 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 in Doha.,The fifth-seeded Russian hit 34 winners, including 10 aces, in winning his 17th ATP Tour title but his first since last May at the ATP Masters 1000 i...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Stailee Heard fuels big win for No. 22 Oklahoma St.
Stailee Heard collected 26 points and seven rebounds as No. 24 Oklahoma State trounced Colorado 82-65 in a Big 12 matchup in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday.,Heard scored eight points in the second quarter as the Cowgirls (22-5, 12-4 Big 12) expanded a tied game into a 46-32 lead at the break. Micah ...