Seattle promoted top prospect Colt Emerson to its major-league roster Sunday, recalling him from Triple-A Tacoma and placing All-Star utilityman Brendan Donovan on the 10-day injured list with a left groin strain. Emerson, 20, was scratched from Tacoma's lineup shortly before the game and arrived in Seattle for Sunday’s nationally...
Athens, Georgia. Georgia softball (41-18) swept the NCAA Athens Regional on Sunday, defeating Clemson, UNC Greensboro and College of Charleston to secure a berth in the Super Regionals and the No. 10 overall seed. The Bulldogs will travel to Knoxville to face No. 7 Tennessee in a best-of-three Super Regional...
ATLANTA — Chelsea Gray sank a fadeaway jumper in the lane with 3.6 seconds remaining Sunday as the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Atlanta Dream 85-84 at State Farm Arena. Gray led Las Vegas with 21 points; A'ja Wilson and Chennedy Carter added 20 points each, and the sequence produced...
DOVER, Del. Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, leading the final 30 laps after starting from the pole to secure his second All-Star victory and the $1 million prize. Hamlin finished 0.887 seconds ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe and led...
Indianapolis — On Sunday, Felix Rosenqvist posted the fastest four-lap average (232.599 mph) in the first round of Indianapolis 500 qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, advancing to the semifinals scheduled later that day; heavy rain had earlier forced the cancellation of the initial qualification day, the first full-day loss since...
BUFFALO, N.Y. On Monday night the Buffalo Sabres will host Game 7 of the second-round NHL playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens at 7:30 p.m. EDT in Buffalo, after Montreal’s 8-3 victory in Game 6 extended the series to a winner-take-all contest and set the decisive matchup in Buffalo. The series...
ANAHEIM — Reliever Jack Dreyer was placed on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ injured list Sunday after reporting left shoulder discomfort; the team recalled right-handers Paul Gervase and Chayce McDermott and optioned left-hander Charlie Barnes to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Dreyer had worked 21 2/3 innings this season with a 2.08 ERA...
Oklahoma City — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named the NBA Most Valuable Player on Sunday, earning his second consecutive MVP award ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Western Conference finals home game against the San Antonio Spurs. Voters recognized his regular-season performance after a year in which he averaged 31.1 points...
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates placed right fielder/first baseman Ryan O'Hearn on the 10-day injured list on May 17 after he suffered a right quad strain during a 6-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at PNC Park on May 16 while attempting to field a pop-up. The team reinstated outfielder...
In Montreal on Saturday night, the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8-3 to level their Eastern Conference semifinal series at three games apiece and force a decisive Game 7. Buffalo rallied from a 3-1 deficit midway through the first period after replacing starting goaltender Alex Lyon with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen,...
