Earthquakes beat Wizards 2-0 in first leg of playoff series
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Dwayne De Rosario and Craig Waibel each scored, and Landon Donovan had an assist to lead the San Jose Earthquakes over the Kansas City Wizards 2-0 Sunday night in the first game of their first-round playoff series.
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Lauren Jackson scored 14 points to lead the visiting Seattle Storm over the Minnesota Lynx 70-58 Saturday, marking the Storm&#39;s first playoff win in franchise history.
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The San Jose Earthquakes clinched the final playoff spot in the Western Conference by tying the Burn, 2-2, last night in Dallas in the season finale for both teams.
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Raul Lopez had a career-high 11 assists and matched his best scoring total with 20 points as the Utah Jazz avoided being swept by Seattle for the first time in 22 years by beating the SuperSonics 109-100 Wednesday night.
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Four players scored in double figures for the Mystics, whose defense stymied the Connecticut Sun for a 67-59 victory yesterday in Washington in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
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The frequency and strength of small earthquakes occurring near Washington state&#39;s Mount St. Helens accelerated for a second day, raising expectations that the volcano may erupt for the first time in almost 20 years.
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Brian Ching scored in the first half and Landon Donovan became the U.S. career points leader when he fed Eddie Johnson for a second-half goal Saturday as the United States advanced to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.
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Josh Wolff scored in the 71st minute to lift the Kansas City Wizards to a 2-2 tie with the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday night.
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Two in a row was just too much for the Earthquakes, without the likes of forwards Brian Ching, Landon Donovan, Dwayne De Rosario and goalkeeper Pat Onstad.
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Patrick Ianni's  headed goal off a corner kick by teammate Stuart Holden in the 81st minute gives the Dynamo a 1-0 victory over the Wizards on Sunday.
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Caron Butler scores 33 points and Antawn Jamison adds 21 points and 12 rebounds, leading the Wizards to a 108-86 win over visiting Seattle on Sunday.
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Newcomer Antawn Jamison and five other players scored 11 points each to lead the Washington Wizards to a 92-83 preseason win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
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Hedo Turkoglu matched his career high with 31 points &#151; 17 in the second quarter &#151; and the Orlando Magic beat Washington 108-101 on Friday night to snap the Wizards' four-game winning streak.
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Patrick Ianni picked a good time to score his first Major League Soccer goal. Ianni's headed goal off a corner kick by teammate Stuart Holden in the 81st minute provided the Houston Dynamo a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Wizards on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.
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Brian Ching scored in the first half and the Houston Dynamo earned their fifth straight shutout in a 1-0 victory over D.C. United on Sunday. The win enabled Houston to tie FC Dallas for first in the Western Conference.
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Gilbert Arenas set a franchise record with 60 points, 16 of them in overtime, to lead the Washington Wizards to a 147-141 victory over Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
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Gilbert Arenas scored 38 points to  lead the Washington Wizards to their first road win of the  season, a 113-102 victory over the New York Knicks at Madison  Square Garden on Wednesday.