Major League Baseball is investing in Athletes Unlimited to support its softball league that will debut next month, marking the first time MLB will have a comprehensive partnership with a professional women’s sports league.
Vancouver’s Yohei Takaoka saved the only shot he faced in a scoreless duel with Minnesota United’s Dayne St. Clair as the Whitecaps upped their unbeaten run to 10.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-94 to win the Western Conference finals series 4-1 and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012.
Paige Bueckers scored a season-best 21 points in her return to Connecticut to earn her first win as a pro in Dallas' 109-87 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night.
Kody Clemens hit his fifth home run of the season, with father Roger Clemens watching from the stands, and the Minnesota Twins beat Tampa Bay 4-2 to stop the Rays’ season-high, six-game winning streak.
Courtney Williams scored 23 points, Napheesa Collier had 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx held on to beat the Seattle Storm 82-77 on Tuesday night in a matchup of early season leaders in the Western Conference.
Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can pile up at water spots.
Lewis Pugh wants to change public perceptions and encourage protections for sharks — which he said the film maligned as “villains, as cold-blooded killers.”
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a steely performance befitting the NBA MVP, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped back from a 42-point loss by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-126 in Game 4 to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.
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