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LEBANON, Tenn. -- After multiple brilliant and exhilarating door-to-door battles -- veteran against rookie -- in the closing portion of Saturday night

Victor Wembanyama had 22 points and seven rebounds to lift the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA Finals with a 111-103 road win over the Oklahoma City Thun

Megan Gustafson scored a season-high 22 points in her first start of the year, Emily Engstler and Carla Leite had double-doubles, and the host Portlan

Pete Crow-Armstrong busted out of his slump with a season-high four hits to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 victory over the host St. Louis Cardinals o

Dennis Hull, a five-time All-Star forward for the Chicago Blackhawks and the younger brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, died on Saturday, the

Ronald Acuna Jr. launched a pair of home runs on Saturday night to help the visiting Atlanta Braves post a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.,Acuna

Marlie Giles set the tone with a three-run homer to lift Alabama into the Women's College World Series semifinals with a 5-1 defeat of Nebraska Saturd

Soo Bin Joo takes a four-stroke lead into the final round of the ShopRite LPGA after another strong showing Saturday in Galloway, N.J.,Joo, who was th

Oklahoma City star Jalen Williams might be available for the NBA Finals should the Thunder advance, coach Mark Daigneault said prior to Saturday's Gam

Kansas City third baseman Maikel Garcia left in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers with a right hamstring strain sustained Saturday at Arlin

San Diego's long nightmare is finally over.,Fernando Tatis Jr. has homered.,The 27-year-old Padres slugger, who led the National League with 42 home r

Aneesah Morrow collected game highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun hung on down the stretch for an 84-81 victory over the Los Ang

Eric Cole shot 7-under-par 63 for the best score in the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge, taking the lead Saturday at Fort Worth, Texas.,Co

The Athletics placed right-hander Luis Severino on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with a right shoulder strain.,In a corresponding move, the club

Team Yandex and Aurora Gaming each earned their way through the last-chance qualifier and into the playoffs of BLAST Slam VII on Saturday, with a pair

Unheralded American Zachary Svajda continued his surprise French Open run on Saturday by posting a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 victory over No. 25 Francis

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders earned a record $17.7 million in group licensing income, according to an annual report filed by the NFL P

Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi hit home runs, as the host Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 7-1 Saturday.,White Sox

The defending-champion Las Vegas Aces find themselves looking up in the standings at the second-year Golden State Valkyries as the clubs prepare to me

Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford is set to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday.,The 24-year-old landed on the injured

The rebuilding Chicago Bulls reportedly have expressed interest in BYU head coach Kevin Young for their head coaching vacancy.,ESPN reported Friday th

Chile's Joaquin Niemann carded a 4-under 66 in the third round on Saturday to catch Talor Gooch for the lead at the LIV Golf Korea tournament.,Niemann

J.P. Crawford's contract will be up after this season, and the young phenom expected to take his spot -- Colt Emerson -- already has arrived in the ma

The Colorado Rockies can conclude a rough May with their first series win in more than a month as they continue their three-game series against the Sa

Riding his best three-start stretch of the season, Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo will be put to the test Saturday in the middle game

The St. Louis Cardinals homered for the first time this week, going deep three times in the opener Friday of their three-game series against the Chica

Arch Manning, Jeremiah Smith and Dante Moore headline this way-too-early 2027 NFL Mock Draft. See who lands in the top 10 picks.

Ben Rice's batting average plummeted 67 points during an 18-game stretch in May in which hits were hard to come by.,Suddenly, getting Rice out is a ma

The AL Central may still be MLB's weakest division, but Bobby Witt Jr., Colson Montgomery and a wave of young stars are changing the narrative.

The Indiana Fever and host Portland Fire will look to rebound after streak-breaking losses when they meet for the second time this season on Saturday.

The last-place New York Mets are in no position to be picky about how they win games -- no matter how chaotic, exhausting and impossible to replicate

Erica Wheeler and Nneka Ogwumike helped the Los Angeles Sparks continue their recent surge and survive the first game without Kelsey Plum.,The Sparks

In search of their major league-leading 40th win, the visiting Atlanta Braves will look to post another series win on Saturday against the Cincinnati

With their four-game losing streak over, the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays will use the heart of their rotation Saturday afternoon when

Milwaukee reliever Abner Uribe made news for the right reasons Friday night in the Brewers' 5-4 win against the Houston Astros.,In the opener of a thr

San Diego right-hander Michael King will look for a bounce-back outing when the Padres visit the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon.,King (4-3

Bryan Reynolds is on a torrid hitting stretch as the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon.,Reynolds' two-run walk-off hom

Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer and Ryan McMahon and Ben Rice added solo blasts as the New York Yankees rolled to an easy 8-2 victory over the

Angel Reese had 18 points and 12 rebounds for her fourth double-double, Rhyne Howard 14 points and four 3-pointers, and the Atlanta Dream pulled away

Justin Wrobleski gave up one run on one hit over seven innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers increased their winning streak to six games with a 4-2 victo

UCLA blasted four home runs en route to an 11-0, five-inning run rule victory over Arkansas in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series

Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar homered in a five-run ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to stun the San Francisco Giants 8-6 in Denver

Brice Turang produced a sacrifice fly that scored Christian Yelich in the top of the 10th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the Houston A

Taylor Hall and Logan Stankoven each posted one-goal, two-assist performances to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-1 victory over the Montreal Canad

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams won't play in Game 7 against the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night after making a brief appearan

MacKenzie Gore allowed four hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, and Ezequel Duran's two-run single highlighted a four-run first, as the Texas Rangers s

Taylor Hall and Logan Stankoven each posted one-goal, two-assist performances to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-1 victory over the Montreal Canad

Right-hander Luis Severino exited the Athletics' Friday game against the New York Yankees in West Sacramento, Calif., before the top of the second inn

Right-hander Luis Severino exited the Athletics' Friday game against the New York Yankees in West Sacramento, Calif., before the top of the second inn

MJ Melendez hit the first walk-off homer of his career Friday night, when the New York Mets squandered a trio of four-run leads before outlasting the