Fumio Nishimura and Tyler Stone sparked the Chiba Jets in the decisive fourth quarter on Saturday with a combined 18 points (nine apiece), and the visitors finished strong to earn an 84-77 victory over the Tochigi Brex. A Brex victory would have clinched the East Division title. Instead, Tochigi (44-12) goes back to the drawing […]
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Anthony Joshua wasn’t wrong when he raised his hands in victory after knocking down Wladimir Klitschko in the fifth round of what looked like a one-sided heavyweight title fight. He was just celebrating too early. The rookie mistake allowed Klitschko to rally, nearly taking the lead as the two 198-cm men went to the 11th […]
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Harukyo Nomura of Japan still had fun on another windy day on the LPGA Tour in North Texas. Despite a 1-over par 72 with a late double bogey in the third round, she actually doubled her lead Saturday at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout. “I had fun, yeah,” said Nomura, who at 8-under 205 […]
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Jean-Gabriel Pageau might not have seen the goal that capped his “legendary game” for the Senators. Pageau scored a career-high four goals, including the winner 2:54 into the second overtime to lift the Senators to a 6-5 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday, giving Ottawa a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. “I […]
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Maria Sharapova’s first tournament since her controversial return to tennis ended Saturday after losing to Kristina Mladenovic of France in the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals. Mladenovic beat former top-ranked Sharapova 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. In her fourth match following a 15-month doping ban, the Russian was left to rue missing 13 of her 16 break-point opportunities. […]
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Maya Yoshida played his 100th game in the English Premier League on Saturday during Southampton’s scoreless home draw with Hull City, winning a late penalty which was not converted. He played the full 90 minutes for the 16th straight league game and looked to have handed his team three points when he was brought down […]
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