National Sports
Duplantis sets a pole vault world record in the opening Diamond League meet of the season
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Armand Duplantis has broken his own world record in the pole vault when he cleared 6.24 meters at the season-opening Diamond League meet in China
Verstappen takes pole for Chinese GP to extend F1 dominance. Hamilton 18th
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Max Verstappen of Red Bull has completed the Formula 1 double
Things to know about the NBA playoffs, which start Saturday
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The Boston Celtics had almost no trouble at all with the 14 teams that didn’t make the playoffs this season, going 35-4 against those squads
Jordan Montgomery wins in debut, Diamondbacks get 22 hits in 17-1 win over Giants
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Jordan Montgomery pitched six strong innings in his season debut, Blaze Alexander hit a grand slam and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 17-1
WADA confirms it cleared Chinese swimmers to compete at Tokyo Games citing contaminated samples
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The world’s top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that their samples had been contami...
Justin Turner's homer, RBI single highlight Blue Jays' 5-1 win over the Padres
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Justin Turner hit a solo homer and drove in another run with a single as the Toronto Blue Jays won for the fifth time in six games, beating the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Friday night
Ingram, Valanciunas lift Zion-less Pelicans past Kings and into the playoffs
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Brandon Ingram scored 24 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans booked a spot in the NBA playoffs with a 105-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings in a play-in tournament elimination game
New NHL team marks coming-of-age moment for Salt Lake City as a pro sports hub
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It may look like an NHL team has just fallen into Salt Lake City’s lap
Soar, slide, splash? It’s skiers’ choice as spring’s wacky pond skimming tradition returns
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The wacky spring tradition of pond skimming is happening this month at ski resorts across the country
Verstappen wins again. This time he takes first Formula 1 sprint race of the season
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Max Verstappen has continued his dominance in Formula 1 and took the first sprint race of the season — the prelude to the full-blown Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday
William Contreras drives in 2 runs for Brewers in a 2-1 win over Cardinals in 10 innings
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William Contreras drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and finished with two RBIs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Friday night
Tigers hand Twins season-worst 5th straight loss. Wenceel Pérez hits go-ahead single in 9th
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Rookie Wenceel Pérez hit a go-ahead two-out single in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers handed the Minnesota Twins their season-worst fifth straight loss, 5-4
Two-time world champ J’den Cox retires at US Olympic wrestling trials; 44-year-old reaches finals
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J’den Cox walked off the mat after dropping a 2-2 decision to Kollin Moore at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials on Friday night, leaving his shoes behind to a standing ovation
Pasquantino, Melendez homer as Royals win 9-4 and stop Orioles' 4-game winning streak
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Vinnie Pasquantino and MJ Melendez homered to help the Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore 9-4 and stop the Orioles’ four-game winning streak
Juan Soto's 3-run homer in 5-run 7th inning lifts Yankees over Rays 5-3
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Juan Soto hit a three-run homer into the right field second deck to cap a five-run seventh inning and the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3
Braves' Travis d'Arnaud hits first 3 HRs of season, including go-ahead slam, in 8-3 win over Rangers
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Travis d’Arnaud hit a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning for a three-homer game and the Braves beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 for their fifth straight win
Justin Verlander allows 2 runs over 6 innings in season debut for Astros in 5-3 win over Nats
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Justin Verlander allowed two runs and four hits over six innings to win his season debut for the Houston Astros 5-3 over the Washington Nationals
Tyler Freeman hits a 2-run homer to help power the Guardians past the Athletics 10-2
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Tyler Freeman hit a two-run homer and Steven Kwan and Andrés Giménez each drove in a pair, sending the Cleveland Guardians to a 10-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics
The Heat are headed to Boston after ousting the Bulls 112-91 in East play-in finale
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Tyler Herro scored 24 points and was an assist shy of a triple-double, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 21 points and the Miami Heat grabbed the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, running away from the Chicago Bulls 112-91 in a play-in tourname...
Turnbull takes no-hit bid into 7th, Bohm hits pair of 3-run homers, Phillies beat White Sox 7-0
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Spencer Turnbull carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Alex Bohm hit a pair of three-run homers and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago White Sox 7-0 to extend their winning streak to four
Brayan Bello allows 1 hit in 6 innings as Red Sox breeze past Pirates 8-1
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Brayan Bello allowed one hit in six innings as the Boston Red Sox breezed past the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1
Elly De La Cruz slugs 3-run HR and Nick Lodolo works 6 strong innings as Reds beat Angels 7-1
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Elly De La Cruz hit a three-run homer, Nick Lodolo pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball for his second quality start since coming off the injured list and the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game skid with a 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels
Nelly Korda 1 shot back through 36 holes at Chevron Championship as she chases 5th straight victory
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Nelly Korda is one shot off the lead through 36 holes at the Chevron Championship as she seeks to tie an LPGA Tour record with her fifth straight win
Phillies' Turnbull loses no-hit bid when Sheets singles for White Sox in 7th inning
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Philadelphia’s Spencer Turnbull lost his bid for a second career no-hitter when he allowed a one-out single in the seventh inning to Gavin Sheets of the Chicago White Sox
Rockies' Kyle Freeland out up to 6 weeks with elbow injury. He says pitch clock may have been factor
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Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland is expected to miss between one month and six weeks because of a strained left elbow and says the pitch clock may have been a factor