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LOS ANGELES — Led by Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, the Dallas Mavericks bounced back to take away home-court advantage from the Los Angeles Clippers and newly returned and rusty Kawhi Leonard.
CHICAGO — Mike Tauchman hit his first two homers of the season, and the Chicago Cubs took a five-run first-inning lead in a 7-2 win over Houston on Tuesday night that dropped the Astros 10 games under .500 for the first time since 2016.
ARLINGTON — Logan Gilbert allowed only two hits pitching into the seventh inning, Julio Rodríguez hit his first homer and the Seattle Mariners beat Texas 4-0 on Tuesday night, knocking the World Series champion Rangers out of first place for the first time this season.
LINDALE — Jackson Parker and Isaac Rodgers combined on a two-hitter, helping the Lindale Eagles to a 4-0 win over Van in a matchup of District 16-4A leaders on Tuesday at Robbie Surratt Field.
UT Tyler's baseball series with Arkansas-Fort Smith has been moved from Fort Smith, Arkansas to the Rose City, school officials announced.
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BULLARD — Kolt Larsen hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning and that held up as No. 10 Hudson took a 2-1 win over No. 12 Bullard for the District 18-4A title on Tuesday night at the new Panther Athletic Complex.
Isabel Buchanan and Sadie Arriola each had three hits in leading the Grace Community Lady Cougars to a 28-0 win over the Dallas Bishop Dunne Lady Falcons on Senior Night Tuesday.
Christin Haygood and Genesis Armendariz were in control in the circle, leading No. 4 UT Tyler to a softball doubleheader sweep of St. Mary’s on Tuesday at Irwin Field.
The No. 18 TJC Apaches begin their final Region XIV baseball series on Wednesday, hosting Panola at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Mike Carter Field.
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Harmony’s Tucker Tittle and Rains’ Shawn Robertson have earned Tyler Morning Telegraph Baseball Player of the Week honors for games played April 15-20.
Brook Hill’s Karmen Miller and Maddie Matheney have earned Tyler Morning Telegraph Softball Player of the Week honors for games played April 15-20.
WHITEHOUSE — Whitehouse had two student-athletes sign to play their respective sports at the college level on Monday.
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DALLAS — Vegas captain Mark Stone scored quickly after missing two months and his first-time linemate Tomas Hertl had a nifty goal in his playoff debut for the Golden Knights.
The Bullard Lady Panthers are headed to the UIL Class 4A Girls Golf State Golf Tournament.
The UT Tyler Patriots swept Texas A&M International on Sunday in a Lone Star Conference softball doubleheader, giving head coach Mike Reed his 900th career victory.
WHITEHOUSE — Several area athletes punched their ticket to the UIL Track and Field State Meet during the Class 3A Region II Track and Field Championships Friday and Monday at Wildcat Stadium.
BULLARD — Several East Texas athletes punched their ticket to the UIL Track and Field State Meet during the Class 4A Region III Track and Field Championships Friday and Monday at Panther Stadium.
Texas A&M, Arkansas and Tennessee are the consensus top three teams, according to D1Baseball.com and Baseball America.
In their final regular season home game and the team’s only non-conference contest of the season, UT Tyler baseball will celebrate Youth Day on Tuesday at Irwin Field.
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LOS ANGELES — James Harden spent the season developing a pick-and-roll chemistry with big man Ivica Zubac. The future Hall of Famer in his first season in Los Angeles is schooling the longest-tenured Clipper.
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tyler Reddick stole a NASCAR Cup victory at Talladega Superspeedway when front-runner Michael McDowell, swerving up and down the track trying to block Brad Keselowski, wound up crashing with the finish line in sight Sunday.
Nikola Jokic is one step closer to winning a third MVP award in the last four seasons. Victor Wembanyama is surely on his way to a trophy — or maybe two. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander might get a couple of his own as well.
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WASHINGTON — Left-hander Mitchell Parker threw seven shutout innings, and Luis Garcia Jr. had three singles and two RBIs and the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-0 on Sunday.
BOSTON — The Celtics spent the days leading up to their playoff matchup with Miami talking about wanting to match the physicality of a team that would be looking for an edge without star Jimmy Butler, the former Tyler Junior College star.
DALLAS — The Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights are meeting much earlier in the NHL playoffs this time.
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