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CONCACAF Champions Cup: Cruz Azul, LAFC advance
Cruz Azul scored three goals in the final 19 minutes and emerged with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Sounders on Tuesday in Mexico City to prevail in their CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 series.,The contest was the second leg of a two-game, total-goal series. The teams played to a scoreless draw las...
Conference finals roundup: UNCW edges 12th-seeded Delaware
Donovan Newby scored 17 points, including four clinching free throws in the final seconds, as UNC Wilmington held off Delaware 76-72 on Tuesday in the Coastal Athletic Association final in Washington.,The second-seeded Seahawks (27-7) won their sixth game in a row to clinch their first NCAA Tourname...
Spring training roundup: Phillies drub Red Sox in high-scoring affair
Buddy Kennedy homered and drove in three runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies outlast the host Boston Red Sox 18-8 on Tuesday afternoon in Fort Myers, Fla.,Josh Breaux also homered while Alec Bohm and Otto Kemp each drove in two runs for the Phillies, who racked up 13 hits.,Ceddanne Rafaela had tw...
Eagles to celebrate Super Bowl win at White House
Eagles are welcome in the White House, and Philadelphia accepted an invitation to celebrate its Super Bowl LIX win on April 28. ,Two days after the completion of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Eagles are scheduled to attend a ceremony at the White House honoring the 2024 champions for their win over the Ka...
NFL signing roundup: Cowboys add DT Solomon Thomas
Defensive tackle Solomon Thomas agreed to a two-year, $8 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday. ,Thomas, 29, spent the past three seasons with the New York Jets. He had nine total sacks as a 3-4 defensive end in New York playing for defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton, a new additio...
NBA roundup: Nets upend Lakers to halt 7-game slide
Cameron Johnson scored 18 points, including a clutch foul-line jumper over Luka Doncic with 59.6 seconds remaining as the Brooklyn Nets snapped a seven-game losing streak by holding on for a 111-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday in New York.,Johnson made 6 of 14 shots, none bigger th...
NHL roundup: Nathan MacKinnon hits 1,000 points in Avs' win
Nathan MacKinnon had two assists to reach 1,000 points for his career and the Colorado Avalanche scored twice early in the third period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Monday in Denver.,Scott Wedgewood made 20 saves for his second shutout of the season and the eighth of his career as the Avala...
Conference tournament roundup: Wofford, Troy earn NCAA bids
Jackson Sivills scored 20 points for Wofford, which erased a six-point second-half deficit to beat Furman 92-85 on Friday in the Southern Conference championship game at Asheville, N.C.,All five starters scored in double figures for the Terriers (19-15), who are heading to the NCAA Tournament for th...
Spring training roundup: Marlins rally to tie Nationals 9-9
Michael Snyder hit a solo home run deep to left with one out in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Miami Marlins to come back from six runs down to tie the visiting Washington Nationals 9-9 in a spring training shootout Monday in Jupiter, Fla.,Stone Garrett hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the fourt...
NBA roundup: Thunder rout Nuggets for 7th straight win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to their seventh consecutive victory, a 127-103 rout over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Sunday.,It was the first of back-to-back games in Oklahoma City for the teams that entered the day in the top two spots in the Western C...
Conference finals roundup: Lipscomb, High Point, Drake, Omaha reach NCAAs
Lipscomb defeated North Alabama 76-65 in the Atlantic Sun Conference championship game on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., to secure its second title in program history.,Led by 23 points from Joe Anderson, 17 from Will Pruitt and 16 from Gyasi Powell, the top-seeded Bisons (25-9, 14-4 ASUN) drained 40.4 ...
NHL roundup: Adam Fantilli's hat trick carries Jackets past Rangers
Adam Fantilli registered his second career hat trick and Mathieu Olivier and Dante Fabbro each added a goal and an assist as the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets pulled away for a 7-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.,The win sent the Blue Jackets into the first wild-card playoff spot...
Conference finals roundup: Lipscomb, High Point, Drake reach NCAAs
Lipscomb defeated North Alabama 76-65 in the Atlantic Sun Conference championship game on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., to secure its second title in program history.,Led by 23 points from Joe Anderson, 17 from Will Pruitt and 16 from Gyasi Powell, the top-seeded Bisons (25-9, 14-4 ASUN) drained 40.4 ...
Big East tournament roundup: No. 3 UConn routs Villanova, will face Creighton in final
Paige Bueckers scored 23 points to help No. 3 UConn advance to the Big East tournament championship game with an 82-54 victory over Villanova on Sunday in Uncasville, Conn.,Sarah Strong paired 20 points with 16 rebounds and Azzi Fudd chipped in 14 points for the top-seed Huskies (30-3), who are seek...
Spring training roundup: Tarik Skubal gains first win as Tigers top Pirates
Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal earned his first victory of spring training on Sunday as the host Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 in Lakeland, Fla.,Skubal (1-0) gave up two runs and four hits over the first 3 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking one. ...
Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Alabama stuns No. 1 Auburn at OT buzzer
Mark Sears connected on a 15-foot floater as time expired in overtime to give No. 7 Alabama a dramatic 93-91 victory over top-ranked Auburn in Southeastern Conference play on Saturday afternoon.,Sears had a quiet game with nine points but hit the big shot to give the Crimson Tide (24-7, 13-5 SEC) a ...
NHL roundup: Steven Stamkos finishes hat trick in OT to lift Preds
Steven Stamkos completed a hat trick in overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.,Stamkos fired a one-timer from the left circle at 2:39 of the extra frame for his 14th career hat trick.,Justus Annunen made 17 saves for the Predators, ...
NBA roundup: Celtics top Lakers to extend win streak
Jayson Tatum had 40 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday night.,It was Tatum's fourth game with at least 40 points this season. He was 12 of 28 from the field and play...
Big 12 tournament roundup: TCU, Baylor advance to title game
Top-seeded TCU advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament with a 71-65 victory over fourth-seeded West Virginia on Saturday in Kansas City, Mo.,The No. 8 Horned Frogs on Sunday will face second-seeded and No. 17 Baylor, which worked overtime to knock off No. 21 Okl...
SEC tournament roundup: No. 5 South Carolina beats No. 10 Oklahoma to reach final
Joyce Edwards scored 21 points to lead a balanced scoring effort and No. 5 South Carolina never trailed in defeating No. 10 Oklahoma 93-75 in the SEC tournament semifinals Saturday in Greenville, S.C.,MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 19, Sania Feagin had 14, Tessa Johnson scored 11 and Chloe Kitts added 10 ...