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NWSL roundup: Boston sets attendance mark but loses in league debut
Boston Legacy FC set an NWSL attendance record for an inaugural game with 30,207 fans filling Gillette Stadium, but Gotham FC played spoiler by notching a 1-0 win over the expansion club Saturday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass.,Esther Gonzalez broke a scoreless draw in the 55th minute when teammate L...
Spring training roundup: Tarik Skubal, Max Scherzer excel for Tigers, Blue Jays
Tarik Skubal racked up seven strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in his return to spring training as the Detroit Tigers rolled to a 6-1 victory over the host Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon in Dunedin, Fla.,Skubal allowed three hits and one run with no walks as he fired 61 pitches in his first out...
Tournament finals roundup: UMBC tops Vermont to win America East
DJ Armstrong Jr. scored 33 points as top-seeded UMBC beat second-seeded Vermont 74-59 on Saturday in Baltimore to earn its first America East Conference tournament title since 2018 and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.,UMBC (24-8) ended the contest on a 26-8 run to post the third conference...
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scores late, as Red Bulls draw Toronto FC
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting beat the buzzer by scoring in the eighth minute of stoppage time as the New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw with host Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon.,Officials originally put five minutes of stoppage time on the clock, but the game was extended and New York (2-1-1, 7...
NWSL roundup: Gotham FC beats Legacy in historic opener
Boston Legacy FC set an NWSL attendance record for an inaugural game with 30,207 fans filling Gillette Stadium, but Gotham FC played spoiler by notching a 1-0 win over the expansion club Saturday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass., ,Esther Gonzalez broke a scoreless draw in the 55th minute when teammate...
NBA roundup: Jalen Brunson, Knicks hand Pacers 12th straight loss
Jalen Brunson scored 29 points and handed out nine assists on Friday to help the New York Knicks post a 101-92 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, handing the hosts their 12th straight loss.,OG Anunoby added 25 points while Mitchell Robinson had 12 points and 22 rebounds for New York, w...
SEC tournament roundup: Ole Miss nips Alabama for 3rd straight upset
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine had 14 of his 16 points in the second half and 15th-seeded Ole Miss still has never trailed in the Southeastern Conference tournament after an 80-79 victory over second-seeded Alabama in the quarterfinals in Nashville on Friday.,Malik Dia added 14 points an...
Big Ten tournament roundup: UCLA gets big win but Tyler Bilodeau hurt
Donovan Dent had 23 points and 12 assists and Trent Perry scored 22 points to boost UCLA to an 88-84 victory against No. 8 Michigan State in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal Friday in Chicago.,The sixth-seeded Bruins (23-10) advanced to face No. 7 seed Purdue in a semifinal on Saturday.,UCLA held o...
Spring training roundup: A's prospect Tommy White drives in 7 more
Athletics prospect Tommy White continued his tear through spring pitching, going 3-for-5 with a double, home run and seven RBIs Friday in a 13-4 blowout of the Milwaukee Brewers in Phoenix.,White, a second-round pick of the Athletics in 2024, now has four home runs and 13 RBIs this spring, the latte...
Mexico MF Marcel Ruiz tears ACL, will miss World Cup
Toluca's 3-2 loss Wednesday to San Diego FC in the CONCACAF Champions Cup put the Mexican side a goal down in the two-match aggregate round.,The ramifications for the Mexican national team may be much, much bigger.,Star midfielder Marcel Ruiz left the pitch in tears after being substituted out in th...
USMNT's James Sands (ankle surgery) in doubt for World Cup
The U.S. men's national team might not have the services of defender James Sands in the World Cup after a left ankle injury ended his Bundesliga season last weekend.,Sands, 25, was scheduled to have surgery on his ankle Friday in Munich, Germany, according to his club, FC St. Pauli.,The club offered...
'Heartbroken' Keegan Bradley would be open to 2nd Ryder Cup captaincy
Keegan Bradley has gotten back into his usual rhythm on the PGA Tour, but he admitted this week that the Ryder Cup loss at Bethpage still lingers and hasn't been easy to move on from.,"It has been a little difficult," Bradley, who served as U.S. captain, said of the 15-13 loss to Europe last year. "...
Winless drivers look to change their luck in Las Vegas
The NASCAR Cup Series stays out West this weekend for Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and if last year's spring race was an indication, perhaps a first-time winner is in order at the 1.5-mile desert track.,After Tyler Reddick swept the season's first three races, Ryan Blaney was a...
NHL roundup: Stars stomp Oilers, run point streak to 14
Jason Robertson had two goals and two assists to lead red-hot Dallas to a 7-2 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, extending the Stars' point streak to 14 games (13-0-1).,The club record is a 15-game point streak.,Dallas' Wyatt Johnston had a goal and two assists, and Miro Heiskanen ha...
NBA roundup: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander breaks Wilt's mark in Thunder win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, setting the NBA record for consecutive games with 20-plus points while lifting the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-102 home win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.,The reigning MVP put up at least 20 points for the 127th consecutive time, surpassing Wilt Cha...
Big Ten tournament roundup: Donovan Dent's triple-double lifts UCLA
Tyler Bilodeau scored 21 points and Donovan Dent recorded the first triple-double in Big Ten tournament history, leading sixth-seeded UCLA to a 72-59 victory over 14th-seeded Rutgers in the third round of the Big Ten Conference tournament at Chicago on Thursday.,Dent finished with 12 points, 12 assi...
Big 12 tournament roundup: Arizona crushes UCF to move into semis
Brayden Burries scored 21 points and top-seeded Arizona never trailed while cruising to an 81-59 victory over eighth-seeded UCF on Thursday afternoon in Kansas City to reach the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament.,Tobe Awaka had 12 points and 12 rebounds in the quarterfinal matchup and Koa Peat als...
SEC tournament roundup: Georgia latest victim of upset-minded Ole Miss
A.J. Storr scored 19 points, Malik Dia added 17 and 15th-seeded Ole Miss weathered a scare for its second straight wire-to-wire upset with a 76-72 victory over Georgia in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville on Thursday.,Travis Perry had 16 points and four 3-pointe...
ACC tournament roundup: No. 1 Duke barely holds off Florida State
Isaiah Evans scored a career-high 32 points as top-seeded Duke held off eighth-seeded Florida State's upset bid to win 80-79 Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Charlotte.,The Blue Devils (30-2) move on to a semifinal against Clemson and are eyeing what...
Big East tournament roundup: Georgetown stuns Villanova, gets UConn next
Julius Halaifonua collected 21 points and a career-high 10 rebounds for his first career double-double as 11th-seeded Georgetown pulled away late in the second half for a decisive 78-64 victory over third-seeded Villanova on Thursday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.,The Hoyas (16-17) advanc...