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Pitt takes control late in first half, never looks back vs. Stanford

NCAA Basketball: California at PittsburghJan 1, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers head coach Jeff Capel reacts on the sidelines against the California Golden Bears during the second half at the Petersen Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

Ishmael Leggett scored 21 points on Saturday night and Pitt stayed undefeated in Atlantic Coast Conference play with an 83-68 win over visiting Stanford.

Leggett added six rebounds for the Panthers (12-2, 3-0 ACC), who canned 56.4 percent of their field-goal attempts. Jaland Lowe added 16 points, five assists and four steals and Guillermo Diaz Graham tallied 12 points as Pitt earned a 34-23 advantage on the boards.

Maxime Raynaud scored 21 points for the Cardinal (9-5, 1-2) but didn’t get enough help. Chisom Okpara came off the bench to add 14 points, but the rest of the Stanford starters outside of Raynaud combined for just 18. The Cardinal made just 35.3 percent of their shots overall, including 9 of 28 3-point attempts.

The key spurt for Pitt came late in the first half and spilled over into the first four minutes of the second half. Raynaud canned a 3-pointer with 5:11 left before the break for a 28-26 Stanford edge, but the Panthers went on a 12-2 run to close the opening half. Lowe hit a triple with four seconds remaining in the first period for a 38-30 advantage at the break.

Pitt wasted little time blowing the game open in the second half. An 11-2 burst, capped by a 3-pointer by Diaz Graham, upped the hosts’ advantage to 49-32 with 16:07 left. The Panthers pushed the margin as high as 21 on two occasions in the last five-plus minutes.

Zack Austin netted 11 points for Pitt, which travels to No. 4 Duke on Tuesday for a showdown in the ACC. The Panthers have won five consecutive games, scoring at least 83 points in four straight.

The Cardinal were able to hang with Pitt for most of the first half behind Raynaud. He scored nine of his team’s first 11 points, and Stanford led 18-9 after Jaylen Blakes drilled a long 3-pointer at the 12:16 mark of the first half.

Stanford still led by nine with 8:02 remaining before the Panthers took control over the first half’s remainder.

–Field Level Media

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Nashville SC stays atop East with draw against Union

MLS: Nashville SC at Philadelphia UnionMay 2, 2026; Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Union defender Olwethu Makhanya (29) dives against Nashville SC midfielder Patrick Yazbek (8) in the first half at Subaru Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

Nashville SC and the Philadelphia Union played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night in Chester, Pa.

Nashville (7-1-2, 23 points) stayed atop the Eastern Conference table while extending its MLS unbeaten streak to four matches. Keeper Brian Schwake made five saves for the clean sheet as Nashville moved to 3-1-2 on the road.

Philadelphia (1-7-3, 6 points) remained last in the Eastern Conference while pushing its home record to 0-3-2. The Union only lost once at home last season (12-1-4) when they won the Supporters’ Shield. Philadelphia is winless in four straight (0-1-3). Keeper Andre Blake stopped two shots to preserve the clean sheet.

Both teams hit the post early in the second half.

In the 52nd minute, Nashville defender Josh Bauer redirected Warren Madrigal’s free kick off the post.

A minute later, Union midfielder Indiana Vassilev hit the right post with his strike from outside the box.

Philadelphia hit the post a second time in the 72nd minute as Agustin Anello curled his right-footed strike off the far post.

Blake made a glorious save in the 74th minute to keep the match scoreless, diving to get his hand on Ahmed Qasem’s left-footed strike.

Nashville controlled first-half possession, but it was Philadelphia with the lone two shots on target.

The Union’s first quality chance came in the 11th minute as Jovan Lukic put his strike from the middle of the box over the woodwork.

In the 29th minute, Cavan Sullivan forced Schwake to make a save on his left-footed shot from the left side of the area.

Philadelphia defender Japhet Sery Larsen left the match in the 15th minute with an apparent injury and was replaced by Geiner Martinez.

Sam Surridge, who leads Nashville with nine goals through seven MLS appearances this season, missed the match with a back injury.

Saturday was the first of two meetings this season between the two clubs. Nashville hosts Philadelphia on Oct. 28 to conclude the season series.

Up next, Nashville hosts D.C. United next Saturday, while Philadelphia travels to New England.

–Field Level Media

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FC Dallas finally win against host Red Bulls after 20-year drought

MLS: FC Dallas at Red Bull New YorkMay 2, 2026; Harrison, New Jersey, USA; Red Bull New York forward Cade Cowell (7) and FC Dallas midfielder Ran Binyamin (6) battle for the ball during the first half at Sports Illustrated Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

Peter Musa scored in the 54th minute and FC Dallas snapped an 11-game road winless skid in all competitions against the New York Red Bulls with a 2-0 victory on Saturday night in Harrison, N.J.

Dallas (4-3-4, 16 points) earned its first road win in the series since its 2-1 win on May 24, 2006, in a game that was played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Dallas had been 0-9-2 in the previous 11 visits to the Red Bulls, including a loss in penalty kicks during U.S. Open Cup competition on May 21, 2025.

Musa scored his league-leading 10th goal by capitalizing on a breakdown by New York’s defense.

Left unattended near the left side of the net by Red Bulls defender Matthew Dos Santos, Musa waited for a pass from Ran Binyamin and put a right-footed shot past goalie Ethan Horvath.

Musa scored after missing last week’s 2-1 loss at the Seattle Sounders due to injury. His goal also helped Dallas end a four-game winless skid.

Samuel Sarver scored on a header in the 88th minute on an assist from Logan Farrington. The goal came two minutes after midfielder Ramiro Benetti blocked an attempt by New York’s Rafael Mosquera.

Besides getting another goal from Musa, FC Dallas clamped down defensively. Despite allowing New York to hold possession for 61.2% of the contest, Dallas allowed only seven shot attempts, and Michael Collodi earned the shutout without facing a shot.

New York (3-5-2, 12 points) was blanked for the second straight league game and third time overall as its winless skid reached four games (0-3-1). The Red Bulls also fell to 1-5-2 after winning their first two contests.

Horvath finished with four saves and kept the Red Bulls in it by denying Musa’s header in the 11th minute along with a pair of shots by Binyamin in the opening half.

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Cadillac Championship final round moved up due to forecast

PGA: Cadillac Championship - Second RoundMay 1, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Cameron Young plays his tee shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Romance-Imagn Images

The final round of the Cadillac Championship was moved up to a 7:30 a.m. ET start with groups teeing off from the Nos. 1 and 10 holes due to Sunday’s forecast in Miami calling for heavy thunderstorms and rain.

Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix also moved up the start of its race from 4 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Cameron Young holds a six-shot lead entering the final round at Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster Course following a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday that put him at 15 under for the tournament. The fifth elevated event of the season features a $20 million purse.

Young will tee off in the final group at 9:42 a.m. along with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and South Korea’s Si Wo Kim, who are tied for second along with Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan at 9 under.

“I think I tend to play well at difficult golf courses, difficult setups, difficult conditions,” Young said after completing a third round that featured significantly more wind than the first 36 holes. “This is all of those things. I think it plays into my hands a little bit.”

Young will be looking for his second victory of the season and the third of his career on the PGA Tour during Sunday’s final round.

“I’m sure it will not be as easy as I want it to be,” Young said. “Sounds like the weather is not going to be great. It will be a fight from the beginning and just looking to execute the way that I did for the most part today.”

Scheffler shot 69 to move to second place by the time he finished the third round.

“The tournament’s in (Young’s) hands right now,” Scheffler said. “I can go out and have a really good round, and if he has another really good round he’s going to be a tough guy to catch.”

–Field Level Media

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