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Kelsey Plum’s career night lifts Sparks past Mercury in OT
Plum scores a career-high 43 points, offsetting Kahleah Copper’s career-best 41, as the Sparks beats Phoenix, 111-102, for its third straight win and improves to 3-2 in Commissioner’s Cup play.
José Soriano, Angels shut down AL-leading Rays for 4th straight win
Soriano pitches five innings and the offense erupts for 15 hits in an 8-0 victory over Tampa Bay, which owns the American League’s best record. The Angels have won five…
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Juan Hernandez bags 2 stakes, 4 wins at Santa Anita
The jockey gets favorite Mizumi home in the Summertime Oaks and 5-1 Freedom's Not Free up late in the Daytona Stakes.
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Jalen Brunson, Knicks rally past Spurs to end 53-year title drought
Brunson scores 45 points as New York overcomes a 16-point deficit in Game 5 to beat San Antonio and clinch the NBA championship.
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Stanley Cup Final: Golden Knights stick with Carter Hart in must-win Game 6
Vegas coach John Tortorella doubles down on the embattled goalie, already a target of 'no means no' chants, as Carolina arrives with a 3-2 series lead.
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Scotland defeats Haiti in its first World Cup match since 1998
John McGinn’s deflected goal in the 28th minute gives Scotland a 1-0 victory in its first World Cup match since 1998 and puts the Scots atop Group C.
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Vinícius Júnior helps Brazil salvage draw with Morocco in its World Cup opener
Brazil is outplayed early before Vinícius Júnior’s 32nd-minute goal helps the five-time champions escape with a 1-1 draw in Group C.
Anxiety over roster spot pushes Angels’ Logan O’Hoppe to change
O’Hoppe says a few weeks ago he worried every day that he was going to lose his spot on the roster, so he decided to spend as much time as…
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Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto loses perfect game, then no-hitter in 7-1 victory
A Mookie Betts error in the 8th and a White Sox homer to lead off the 9th cost the right-hander, who flirts with history for the second straight year.
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Family, community celebrate the life of longtime Long Beach Grand Prix chief Jim Michaelian
Michaelian, high-profile helmsman of the Grand Prix of Long Beach for a quarter-century, died on Saturday, March 21, just a few weeks away from the final event he planned to…