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Texas A&M emerges with win over Oklahoma as offenses struggle
Feb 11, 2026; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Bucky McMillan looks on during the second half against the Missouri Tigers at Reed Arena. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images Rashaun Agee scored 18 points to lead Texas A&M to a 75-71 win over Oklahoma on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference game in Norman, Okla.
The Aggies won despite missing nine of their last 10 shots.
The Sooners trailed by nine, their largest deficit of the game, with just more than six minutes remaining.
But Oklahoma’s Dayton Forsythe made it a one-possession game with a hard, driving layup to the basket for a 70-67 deficit with 3:39 remaining.
After a defensive rebound, the Sooners’ Kirill Elatontsev and Jadon Jones each had 3-point looks to tie it, but both shots bounced away.
Oklahoma missed another layup and had a possession cut short by a turnover before Texas A&M’s Rylan Griffen gave the Aggies some breathing room with a jumper with 1:25 left for the Aggies’ first field goal in nearly six minutes.
Texas A&M had missed eight consecutive shots.
Forsythe immediately answered with a jumper to once again make it a three-point game at 72-69 with 1:05 on the clock.
He then hit a pair of free throws to trim the A&M lead to one with 26 seconds remaining.
Forsythe had a chance to tie it, but his 3-pointer hit off the front of the rim with 11 seconds left.
Griffen hit one of two free throws with 8 seconds remaining to make it a two-possession game once again and the Sooners didn’t get another chance to tie or take the lead.
The Sooners hit just two of their last 13 shots.
Texas A&M led for the entire first half, scoring the game’s first eight points.
The Sooners twice fought back to tie it later in the half, and the Aggies took a 43-41 lead into the break.
Oklahoma took its first lead of the home two minutes into the second half on Nijel Pack’s 3-pointer, but Texas A&M quickly answered.
Griffen hit a 3-pointer on the other end moments after Pack’s go-ahead shot, kicking off a 7-0 Aggies’ run that put them ahead for good.
After Pack’s 3-pointer — his first points of the game — the Sooners went more than four minutes without a field goal and missed eight of their next nine shots.
Griffen added 14 for the Aggies (19-8, 9-5 SEC), who shot 43.5% from the floor (27 of 62), including 10 of 25 (40%) from 3-point range.
Forsythe led Oklahoma with 14 points off the bench while starter Mohamed Wague had 12 points and 13 rebounds. The team shot 32.8% (20 of 61) from the field, including 11 of 30 (36.7%) from distance.
Texas A&M has won back-to-back games after losing their previous four.
The Sooners (13-14, 3-11) have dropped consecutive games and 11 of their last 13.
In a halftime ceremony, Oklahoma retired Buddy Hield’s No. 24 and honored the 2016 Final Four team led by Hield.
–Field Level Media
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Cards grab early 3-run lead, add on to put away Dodgers
May 1, 2026; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Gorman (16) hits a solo home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Puetz-Imagn Images Nolan Gorman and Alec Burleson each hit home runs, Jordan Walker had four hits and the host St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to five games with a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.
Matthew Liberatore (1-1) gave up two runs on five hits and two walks over 5 2/3 innings as the Cardinals returned from a four-game sweep at Pittsburgh to win in the opener of a three-game series and six-game homestand.
Walker capped his third career four-hit game with a two-run double in the seventh inning as St. Louis improved to 11-5 since April 14. Relievers George Soriano, Gordon Graceffo and Matt Svanson held Los Angeles scoreless over the final 3 1/3 innings.
Max Muncy had an RBI double and Kyle Tucker brought home a run on a sacrifice fly as the Dodgers lost their third consecutive game and fell to 5-8 since April 18.
Emmet Sheehan (2-1) gave up four runs on eight hits with eight strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings as he pitched at St. Louis for the first time.
Trouble arrived early for the Dodgers as Sheehan balked in a run during the first inning when he failed to inform umpires that he was switching from the windup to the stretch position during the same at-bat.
Six pitches later, Sheehan gave up the two-run home run to Gorman, his fifth of the season, as the Cardinals took a 3-0 lead.
The Dodgers got a run back in the second when Muncy’s double to the wall in left-center scored Andy Pages from first base.
St. Louis made it 4-1 in the third when Burleson hit a home run to right field, his fifth.
Los Angeles cut the deficit in half on Tucker’s sacrifice fly in the sixth.
The Cardinals took complete control in the seventh, getting Walker’s two-run double and a run-scoring ground ball by Nathan Church to take a 7-2 advantage.
The 12-hit game from the Cardinals came after they had 14 hits in a 10-5 victory over the Pirates on Thursday.
–Field Level Media
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Braves rally from 6-run hole, defeat Rockies on late HR
May 1, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. (13) and infielder Ozzie Albies (1) celebrate after scoring during the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images Michael Harris II blasted a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Atlanta Braves rallied late to beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 in Denver on Friday night.
Matt Olson also went deep, while Austin Riley, Mauricio Dubon and Ronald Acuna had two hits each. Didier Fuentes (1-0) got the win in relief for Atlanta, which erased a six-run deficit and won for the fourth time in its last five.
Mickey Moniak homered among his two hits and Tyler Johnston also had two hits for Colorado, which has lost three of its last four.
The Braves, who trailed 6-1 after six innings, got a run in the seventh and then tied it in the eighth when Zach Agnos and Jaden Hill walked the bases loaded with one out.
Dubon tripled down the right field line to make it 6-5. Then came home with the tying run on Riley’s sacrifice fly.
Juan Mejia (0-3) walked Jonah Heim to lead off the ninth and Harris followed with his seventh homer of the season to give Atlanta the lead.
Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
The first six Rockies batters reached in the first inning against Grant Holmes, and 10 went to the plate in the frame. Edouard Julien led off with a walk, Moniak singled and Hunter Goodman drove in the first run with a double.
TJ Rumfield followed with an RBI single and Tyler Freeman’s bunt single brought home Goodman to make it 3-0. Johnston’s single loaded the bases, and Willi Castro grounded out to first base to score Rumfield. Freeman came home on Olson’s errant throw to the plate.
Moniak led off the second with his ninth home run of the season to make it 6-0 but Holmes settled down after that. He allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits and struck out four in his five innings.
Colorado starter Jose Quintana was sharp. He allowed just one hit until Olson’s homer in the fourth and scattered five hits over six innings.
–Field Level Media
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USL, players' union reach tentative CBA deal
May 4, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; General view of BMO Field before an MLS game between FC Dallas and Toronto FC at BMO Field. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images The United Soccer League is set for at least four years of labor peace after coming to a tentative agreement with the players’ union on a collective bargaining agreement.
The league and the USL Players Association wrote in a statement that the agreement represents “a significant step forward for the league and its players, reflecting a shared commitment to the continued growth of the game and the advancement of professional standards.”
The deal would run through 2030, with an option to make it go an extra year depending upon talks surrounding health insurance.
The minimum salary for players in the USL Championship, currently the league’s top tier, will rise to $42,000, an increase of $11,000. The USL will start a new higher level, USL Premier, to compete on par with Major League Soccer in 2028. The minimum wage in that league will be $67,500.
Entry-level deals will be worth $34,000 in the USL Championship (a hike of $8,000) and $50,000 in the USL Premier.
–Field Level Media
Cards grab early 3-run lead, add on to put away Dodgers
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