Jon Rahm clinched the LIV Golf Mexico City title on Sunday amid rumours the tour is on the verge of collapse.
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Jon Rahm clinches the LIV Golf Mexico City title on Sunday amid rumours the breakaway tour is on the verge of collapse.

BBC News

Jon Rahm wins LIV Mexico City event amid rumours of tour collapse - BBC

BEIJING A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps.
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The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, running faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps.

A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing race - NPR

Tage Thompsons first and second career playoff goals ignited a furious comeback by the Buffalo Sabres, who stormed to a 4-3 win in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Boston Bruins at KeyB… [+673 chars]

Tage Thompson and Mattias Samuelsson engineered a furious comeback to win Game 1.

NHL News

At the Horn | Sabres 4 - Bruins 3 - NHL.com

The 2026 NBA playoffs continued Sunday with four Game 1s: 76ers-Celtics, Suns-Thunder, Magic-Pistons and Trail Blazers-Spurs. Here are the key takeaways from each game.
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Let's break down the key elements from all of Sunday's Game 1s.

Yahoo Entertainment

NBA playoffs 2026 takeaways: Pistons disappear against Magic; Wemby dominates; Thunder roll to begin title defense; Jayson Tatum stars in Celtics' big win - Yahoo Sports UK

Playoff basketball is finally here. Game 1 of each first-round series is in the rearview, so you know what that means: Each series is already decided.
Just kidding.
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A look back at the first weekend of playoff hoops as the higher seeded teams held serve across Game 1s. For the most part, at least.

Sports Illustrated

NBA Playoffs: Winners And Losers From the First Weekend of Games - Sports Illustrated

Dianna Russini, the top NFL insider for The Athletic, resigned from her position on Tuesday night, amid the ongoing scandal with Mike Vrabel.
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Dianna Russini, the top NFL insider for The Athletic, resigned from her position on Tuesday night, amid the ongoing scandal with Mike Vrabel. The former ESPN...

The Spun

Dianna Russini Makes Accusation After Losing NFL Insider Job - Yahoo Sports

MLSsoccer.com

Messi's Mile High magic, San Jose's surge & more from Matchday 8 - MLSsoccer.com

On an afternoon Brandt Clarke, Adrian Kempe and Drew Doughty took turns trying to bully the Avalanche, Colorado reached around and gave the Kings a Wedgie.
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If Scott Wedgewood keeps playing like he did Sunday, the Kings have only two paths for pulling off an upset: Either boring the Avalanche to death while hoping goalie Anton Forsberg can somehow steal a win; or goading multiple Colorado stars…

The Denver Post

Keeler: Avalanche goalie Scott Wedgewood helps Colorado beat dirty Kings at their own game - The Denver Post

CHICAGO Its getting late early for these defeat-a-day Mets. The shocking 11th straight loss for baseballs second-highest-paid team moved them close to something akin to a final stage of grief.
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Realistically, the uber-popular (in the clubhouse, anyway) Carlos Mendoza may need some help soon. With plenty of April left, the Mets aren’t all that far from playing their way out of it.

New York Post

The Mets and Carlos Mendoza are entering dangerous territory - New York Post

Championship leader Tyler Reddick was in the wall and running on fumes with two laps to go, but a surprise caution opened the door for him to have another go at the win.
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"This kid is on fire," said Michael Jordan as Reddick handed him the checkered flag

Motorsport.com

Tyler Reddick stuns with last-lap pass to win Kansas NASCAR Cup race - Motorsport.com

The finalists for seven awards honoring top performers from the 2025-26 NBA regular season have been announced.
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The finalists for the 7 major regular-season awards are revealed, including the 2025-26 Kia Most Valuable Player.

Heat.com

2025-26 NBA Awards: Finalists for league accolades announced - NBA

OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s always been more about the Phoenix Suns themselves than their opponent, and that even held true against the defending-champion Oklahoma City Thunder in a 119-84 Game 1 loss of th… [+7829 chars]

It's always been more about the Phoenix Suns themselves than their opponent, and that even held true against the defending-champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

Arizona Sports

Suns expectedly overmatched in Game 1 loss to Thunder - Arizona Sports

Cup of Joe: Starkey on sports in 400 words or less (sometimes more)
It’s one thing to move Evgeni Malkin to the wing. It’s quite another to move him to defense — yet that is where Malkin found himse… [+3136 chars]

Cup of Joe: Starkey on sports in 400 words or less (sometimes more) It&rsquo;s one thing to move Evgeni Malkin to the wing. It&rsquo;s quite another to move him to defense &mdash; yet that is where Malkin found himself too many times in the Penguins&rsquo; Ga…

TribLIVE

Cup of Joe (Starkey): Flyers looked like 2016 Penguins in Game 1, as Rick Tocchet outcoached Dan Muse. Time to simplify - TribLIVE.com

In his first two at-bats Sunday, and a pitch into his third, Munetaka Murakami did not look like he was ever going to figure out the slider of A's starter Jeffrey Springs.
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In his first two at-bats Sunday, and a pitch into his third, Munetaka Murakami did not look like he was ever going to figure out the slider of A’s starter Jeffrey Springs. There are worse failings to have. The man can’t be expected to homer in every game, and…

Soxmachine.com

White Sox 7, Athletics 4: Bombs away - Sox Machine

WIR SIND DEUTSCHER MEISTER!
In a match where Bayern Munich had the opportunity to seal the deal and become Bundesliga champions, Kompany opted for significant rotation and there were some solid perf… [+1577 chars]

FC Bayern are German champions for the 13th time in the past 14 seasons!

Bavarian Football Works

Four Observations from Bayern Munich’s 4-2 win over VfB Stuttgart - Bavarian Football Works

The week ended how it began, with a Kansas City loss. That is also how the entire middle went. Kansas Citys losing streak has extended to seven games and they will go home after an 0-6 road trip.
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The Mets have lost 11 in a row, so the Royals are not on the worst stretch in baseball, I guess.

Royals Review

Royals lose to Yankees 7-0 in uninspired fashion - Royals Review

England's Matt Fitzpatrick beat world number one Scottie Scheffler in a play-off to win the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.
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England's Matt Fitzpatrick beats world number one Scottie Scheffler in a play-off to win the RBC Heritage and claim his second PGA Tour title in the space of a month.

RBC Heritage: Matt Fitzpatrick beats Scottie Scheffler in play-off to win title - BBC

Nebraska recorded its first ranked sweep since 2015 with a 16-6 run-rule victory over No. 12 USC in front of a crowd of 7,510 fans on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
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Huskers.com

Huskers Complete Dominant Sweep of No. 12 USC - University of Nebraska - Official Athletics Website - huskers.com

CHICAGO Nico Hoerner hit a sacrifice fly off Craig Kimbrel in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs sent the New York Mets to their 11th consecutive loss by rallying for a 2-1 victory Sunday.
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Nico Hoerner hit a sacrifice fly off Craig Kimbrel in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs sent the New York Mets to their 11th consecutive loss by rallying for a 2-1 victory Sunday.

NBCSports.com

Cubs hand Mets their 11th straight loss by rallying for 2-1 win in 10 innings - NBC Sports

The Bengals traded the 10th overall pick to the Giants for Dexter Lawrence and then signed the defensive tackle to a one-year, $28 million extension.
The Bengals are happy, and Lawrence is happy.
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The Bengals traded the 10th overall pick and signed the defensive tackle to a one-year extension.