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WTA roundup: Alycia Parks cruises in Prague opener
No. 8 seed Alycia Parks cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Japan's Mai Hontama in the first round of the Livesport Prague Open on Monday in the Czech Republic.,Parks was inconsistent with her serve in the 77-minute match, offsetting 10 aces with eight double faults, but she saved five of six brea...

Keegan Bradley: Bryson DeChambeau already on U.S. Ryder Cup roster
Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley committed to Bryson DeChambeau being part of the U.S. roster at Bethpage Black in September. ,In a text message to Sports Illustrated, Bradley confirmed there was a spot reserved for DeChambeau regardless of whether he remains in the top six in points to earn an auto...

Youth teams representing Texans, Jags capture NFL flag football titles
Youth football teams representing the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars won the High School Girls and 14-Under Boys divisions on Sunday at the second annual NFL Flag Championships in Canton, Ohio.,The Texas Fury Texans shut out the Bad Rabbits Cowboys 19-0 in the girls final after falling in t...

MLB roundup: White Sox down Pirates for first series sweep this season
Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back home runs to spark a four-run first inning, which propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.,Vargas and Tauchman each finished with two hits and three RBIs to help the White Sox earn their fi...

Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia hoping for ‘special’ Ryder Cup pairing
Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia made for an unstoppable team at the 2021 Ryder Cup. The Spaniards are not shy about wanting to recreate that magic this fall at Bethpage Black.,They're now both members of LIV Golf, but unlike with the 2023 team, Team Europe is not prohibiting any LIV players from competin...

WTA roundup: Lois Boisson tops Anna Bondar in Hamburg for first career title
Fifth-seeded Lois Boisson of France recovered from a large first-set deficit to notch a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Hungary's Anna Bondar on Sunday to win the championship match of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open in Germany.,It marks the first career WTA singles victory for Boisson, who stunningly reached the...

Bryson DeChambeau finishes strong at Open, eyes Ryder Cup
Bryson DeChambeau's response to a disastrous first round at the Open Championship likely will be good enough for him to punch his ticket to the United States Ryder Cup team.,DeChambeau followed up a brutal 7-over-par 78 on Thursday in which he was tied for 144th place with three consecutive rounds u...

Gen.G outlast AG.AL, win grand final at Esports World Cup
Gen.G Esports overcame squandering a two-map lead to post a 3-2 victory over AG.AL International on Sunday in the grand final at the Esports World Cup League of Legends event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Gen.G raced out to an early advantage after recording a 30-minute win on blue and a 28-minute victor...

ATP roundup: Alexander Bublik wins in Gstaad for first title on clay
Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan won his first tournament on clay Sunday, topping Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad.,Bublik, the second seed, won his sixth tour title at the ATP 250 event in the Swiss Alps, in his first final on clay courts. It also was his first meeting...

MLB roundup: Brewers beat Dodgers again, win 9th straight
Isaac Collins and Joey Ortiz hit home runs, William Contreras added a two-run double, and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers extended their winning streak to a season-best nine games while remaining perfect against the Los Angeles Dodgers with an 8-7 victory on Saturday.,The Brewers won even as All-Star...

Chase Elliott earns pole position at rainy Dover
Practice and Busch Light Pole Qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway was canceled due to inclement weather Saturday afternoon.,Through a metric established by NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports' Chase Elliott was awarded pole position fo...

WTA roundup: Lois Boisson makes first final in Hamburg
No. 5 seed Lois Boisson of France and No. 7 Anna Bondar of Hungary will both play in their first WTA Tour final on Sunday in the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open in Germany.,Boisson eliminated No. 2 seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 6-1, 7-6 (5) in Saturday's semifinals. She converted three of five break cha...

Team Spirit sweep Falcons to win Esports World Cup
Team Spirit won the Dota 2 Esports World Cup 2025 championship Saturday with a 3-0 sweep of Team Falcons in the grand final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Spirit collected $1 million and 1,000 EWC club points with three straight wins on green in 40 minutes, 40 minutes and 35 minutes. Falcons pocketed $500...

ATP roundup: Alexander Bublik breezes into Gstaad final
No. 2 seed Alexander Bublik and unseeded Juan Manuel Cerundolo advanced to the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad final with straight-sets victories Saturday in Switzerland.,Kazakhstan's Bublik defeated Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-1, 7-5 in 73 minutes. He hammered 12 aces, posted a 35-11 edge in winners and never ...

Fly, Eagles fly: Super Bowl rings feature pop-out wings
The Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl LIX championship rings include a hidden button that extends a pair of wings when pressed.,The Eagles received their diamond-draped jewelry in a team ceremony on Friday night honoring their 40-22 win against the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.,"Our Sup...

Gen.G, AG.AL advance to Esports World Cup final
Gen.G Esports and AG.AL will meet in the Sunday's best-of-five grand final at the Esports World Cup League of Legends event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The winning team will take home $600,000 and 1,000 EWC club points.,Gen.G beat G2 Esports 2-1 and AG.AL swept T1 in Saturday's semifinals. G2 and T1 wi...

MLB roundup: Kyle Stowers leads Marlins to walk-off win over Royals
All-Star Kyle Stowers drove in five runs and hit a pair of home runs -- including a walk-off two-run blast in the 10th inning -- to lead the host Miami Marlins to an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.,The Marlins raced out to a five-run lead by the third inning, bolstered by a Stow...

Road courses in rearview, drivers tackle Dover's 'Monster Mile'
Fans of other NASCAR drivers can settle down and find solace that Shane van Gisbergen, who has traveled halfway around the world to dominate the Cup Series for three of the past five weeks, likely won't make it four of six.,That's because the drivers are heading to Dover Motor Speedway for Sunday's ...

NASCAR puts brakes on 2026 Chicago Street Race
The Chicago Street Race will not be on the NASCAR calendar in 2026, officials announced Friday.,NASCAR and city officials are working toward a return to the Windy City in 2027.,"Following the success of the first three years, the Chicago Street Race will hit pause in 2026 to afford us the time neces...

WTA roundup: Anna Bondar serves way into Hamburg semis
Anna Bondar racked up 12 aces while outlasting top-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-7 (1), 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Friday to reach the semifinals of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open.,The 28-year-old Hungarian committed just one double fault while Alexandrova had six against just one ace. It is the second c...