LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A one-year break for LeBron James and a nine-year hiatus for his franchise came to an end on Saturday: James and the Los Angeles Lakers are back in the conference finals. James poured in 29 points to go along with 11 ...
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Alan Bowman threw for 430 yards and two touchdowns and Texas Tech stopped FCS team Houston Baptist on a 2-point conversion attempt late in the fourth quarter, hanging on for a 35-33 victory Saturday night. SaRodorick Thompson ...
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley confirmed after the No. 5 Sooners' opening victory over Missouri State that the game Saturday night had been jeopardy of being postponed or canceled because of the Sooners' COVID-19 cases.
Anton Khudobin kept reading the play, kept coming out of the blue paint to challenge, kept making saves, kept building the Dallas Stars' confidence as they protected a one-goal lead late in the third period. "He's competitive out there," Stars forward Joe ...
The A's received terrible news early on Saturday. Matt Chapman, who left last Sunday's game with a hip injury, will miss the remainder of 2020 due to hip surgery. The injury is obviously a huge blow to the likely playoff-bound A's. Chapman has won the Gold ...
CHICAGO -- Jose Abreu hit a pair of three-run home runs and matched a career high with seven RBI, and the Chicago White Sox beat Detroit 14-0 on Saturday night for their eighth straight win against the Tigers. Abreu scored five times and went 4 for 4 a day ...
BRADENTON, Fla. -- A'ja Wilson scored 19 points with eight rebounds and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Los Angeles Sparks 84-70 on Saturday to clinch a top-two finish and a double-bye into the playoff semifinals that comes with it. The Aces (17-4) take on ...
Saturday's Michelle Waterson vs. Angela Hill bout wasn't originally scheduled to be the Fight Night main event, but a positive COVID test scrapped the original headliner and pushed the strawweight fight to the top spot. And it delivered. The veterans put on a ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Byron Buxton homered for the second straight night, Rich Hill got his first win since July and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4 on Saturday. More Twins Coverage. Twins club five home runs, top Cleveland 8-4 · Twins' ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Steve Stricker and Miguel Angel Jimenez shared the lead going into the final round of the Sanford International, with Fred Couples, Darren Clarke and Kevin Sutherland a shot behind after a low-scoring day. The only player at ...
The nitpicking started when Trevor Lawrence took a sack on third down for a 16-yard loss and a three-and-out on Clemson's first possession Saturday night against Wake Forest. The junior quarterback left little to overscrutinize after that. He backed his billing ...
MOBILE, Ala. — Tulane dropped the ball in its season opener at South Alabama. And dropped it and dropped it and dropped it, making its dramatic second-half comeback even more remarkable. In a road game added to the schedule last month to replace a ...
Mohamed Salah has set another Premier League record, with the Liverpool forward snatching one from Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney in his latest outing for the Reds. The Egyptian forward has made a habit of re-writing the history books during ...
Suggested motto for this extremely odd college football season: Embrace the Chaos. The masters of chaos Saturday? The Group of Five's Louisiana Lafayette and Arkansas State. Poor Big 12. Ragin' Cajuns: Louisiana Lafayette (1-0) had gone 0-26 against ...
For Vikings running back Dalvin Cook, the bird in the hand was worth two in the bush. Primarily because it's unclear whether two are even in the bush. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Vikings and running back Dalvin Cook have agreed to ...
Miles Sanders' second season won't start until at least the second game. The Philadelphia Eagles' burgeoning back is out for Sunday's season opener against the host Washington Football Team due to a hamstring injury, the team announced. Sanders was ...
The New York Islanders are gaining confidence in their series with Tampa Bay. Coach Barry Trotz understands this is still an uphill battle. "We're going to get their best game tomorrow, and we've got to have our best game," Trotz said Saturday. "You're in a ...
A look at what's happening around the majors Sunday: ___. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. STILL ON. The Giants and Padres are scheduled to play the finale of a three-game series even after the first two games were postponed when a member of ...
Hudson (3-2) pitched six innings of one-run ball, allowing a hit and four walks while striking out four in a win over the Reds on Saturday. Hudson was excellent in the start, outside of allowing a run via three walks and a fielder's choice in the third inning.
The Liberty's second and final matchup of the season against the Mystics looked nothing like the first time. The Liberty fell to the Mystics 75-58 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. Saturday afternoon. It was the 19th loss of the season for the rebuilding team, ...
What started out as Pirates Homerfest turned into Royals BucsDeniedFest as Kansas City took the second game of this series from the Bucs, 7-4, at Kauffman Stadium. Actually, the Homerfest was started by the first Royals batter, Whit Merrifield, who deposited ...
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Retired former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor was arrested in Corsica recently and questioned about allegations of attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibition. The AFP news in France reported that authorities informed them McGregor was ...
Strengths: Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, armed with 10-year contract extension, leads one of NFL's most dynamic offenses. Plenty of weapons in TE Travis Kelce and WRs Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins, but Chiefs also used first-round draft pick on RB ...
Jose Abreu's enormous season managed to get even bigger Saturday night. A night after seeing his 22-game hitting streak snapped, the White Sox first baseman went 4-for-4 with a pair of three-run homers, drove in seven runs and scored five runs in a 14-0 ...
AUSTIN, Texas – Sam Ehlinger opened the season with a record-setting first half, establishing Texas records for a single half with 429 passing yards and five passing touchdowns to lead No. 14 Texas (1-0, 0-0) to a 59-3 win over UTEP at Darrell K Royal ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dax McCarty had a goal and three assists and Nashville SC stretched its unbeaten streak to four with a 4-2 victory over Atlanta United on Saturday night. Expansion Nashville (3-4-3) beat Atlanta (3-6-2) for the first time in three ...
United States women's national team star Alex Morgan will join FA Women's Super League side Tottenham Hotspur on loan from the NWSL's Orlando Pride for the upcoming FA Women's Super League campaign, Spurs announced Saturday morning.
Will Power said his dominance in Race 1 of the NTT IndyCar Series double-header at Mid-Ohio was a result of a straightforward race where they decided to go flat-out from the start. Power took his fifth Mid-Ohio pole, and 60th of his career, earlier in the ...
It was a scene you might expect to see straight out of a movie but for one Alabama high school football team, it was the game-winning play. The Hillcrest Patriots were trailing the Wetumpka Indians in Friday night's home game with under 3 seconds left and the ...
If the Braves have had a 2020 game this year, meaning kind of crazy and typical for this calendar year, Friday might have been it. They lost to the Washington Nationals 8-7 in 12 innings. The loss was tough to take since they again rebounded from an early ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kenny Pickett threw a touchdown pass and ran for another as Pittsburgh scored on each of its first six offensive possessions and raced to a 55-0 victory over Austin Peay at Heinz Field on Saturday. With Pittsburgh up 42-0 halftime, the ...
Receiver Cooper Kupp has agreed to a three-year contract extension through 2023 with the Los Angeles Rams. Neither the team nor Kupp's management immediately disclosed the financial terms of the deal reached Saturday, a day before the Rams' season ...
LYON: After seven Tour de France victories in eight years, the Ineos reign is being challenged by a powerful Jumbo team that holds the overall lead and most of the aces with seven of 21 stages remaining. The relentless form of Jumbo's powerhouse leader ...
Minnesota forward Nick Bjugstad keeps the puck from Wisconsin forward Nic Kerdiles on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Soldier Field in Chicago. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter. Share via Email. Print. Former Gophers center Nick Bjugstad has had one hell ...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Rachel Banham made seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points, both career highs, and the Minnesota Lynx completed their regular season with a 98-86 victory over the Indiana Fever on Saturday. Banham, averaging 5.7 points, ...
The Hurricanes traded Edmundson's (undisclosed) rights to the Canadiens on Saturday in exchange for a 2020 fifth-round pick. Edmundson is a pending unrestricted free agent, but Montreal will be the only club that can engage in contract negotiations with ...