Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

UCLA claimed the first of a three-game series over Central Florida with a 9-1 run-rule win Friday at Easton Stadium, putting the Bruins one win away from reaching the Women's College World Series. Freshman infielder Bri Alejandre squared up and smashed a home run over the center field wall to give UCLA the lead in the second inning. She tied the Big Ten freshman home-run record with her 23rd bomb of the season.

There was a very different feel when Leinster last came to Bilbao for a Champions Cup final. In 2018 it was wet, grey and could have passed for Ballsbridge in March. Not so this time with temperatures in the mid-30s and another baking afternoon in store for their rendezvous with the warm in every sense favourites Bordeaux-Begles.

Magnus Carlsen, making a rare return to classical chess this week at the annual TePe Sigeman tournament in Malmo, Sweden, squeezed through to a blitz playoff in Thursday's final round after Turkey's 14-year-old talent Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus blundered fatally in the late stages after reaching a drawn position. Carlsen tied on 5/7 with India's Arjun Erigaisi and won the blitz playoff 2-1. This was the final sudden death game.

Iamaleava arrived in Knoxville, Tenn., with more hype than any quarterback since Peyton Manning. The 6-foot-6 Long Beach native, with an outside hitter's rocket arm and the gazelle-like gait, was considered the nation's No. 2 overall recruit out of Warren High in Downey.