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Golf Glance: Marquee players seek drought-busters at Valspar Championship
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: The Players Championship (Rory McIlroy),THIS WEEK: Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, Fla., March 20-23,Course: Innisbrook Resort, Copperhead Course (Par 71...
Baylor Scheierman's big night boosts Celtics past Nets
Rookie Baylor Scheierman came off the bench to toss in a career-high 20 points and Kristaps Porzingis finished with a team-high 25 to help the short-handed Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Brooklyn Nets 104-96 on Tuesday.,Scheierman made 7 of 8 shots from the field, including 6 of 7 attempts from ...
4-goal third lifts Islanders over Penguins
Pierre Engvall scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:52 left Tuesday night for the New York Islanders, who mounted a multi-goal third-period comeback for the second straight game and boosted their wild card hopes with a 4-2 win over the host Pittsburgh Penguins.,With the Islanders down 2-0 after two pe...
Canadiens pour it on late to down Senators
Nick Suzuki's tiebreaker with 4:37 remaining in regulation highlighted a five-goal third period for the Montreal Canadiens, who cooled off the visiting Ottawa Senators with a 6-3 victory on Tuesday night.,Lane Hutson and Josh Anderson scored tying goals in the third, before Suzuki was in the right s...
Flames bounce back with low-scoring win over Rangers
Matt Coronato scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 1:57 remaining in the first period as the Calgary Flames dominated play throughout Tuesday night and earned a 2-1 victory over the host New York Rangers.,A New York native, Coronato scored nearly eight minutes after Nazem Kadri scored the tyi...
Reports: Packers signing veteran WR/KR Mecole Hardman
The Green Bay Packers are signing free agent wide receiver and return specialist Mecole Hardman to a one-year contract, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday night.,Hardman, who turned 27 on March 12, played for the Kansas City Chiefs last season. He had 12 catches for 90 yards as well as five rushes...
Big third period lifts sizzling Capitals past Red Wings
The Washington Capitals scored three times in the third period to break a tie and defeated the visiting Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Tuesday night.,Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist and Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael also scored for the Capitals (45-15-8), who lead the Eastern Co...
Trae Young, Hawks overwhelm Hornets from long range
Trae Young poured in 31 points and the Atlanta Hawks took control early and fired away from 3-point range in a 134-102 romp past the host Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday.,Atlanta's Dyson Daniels shot 10-for-12 from the field while compiling 22 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Zaccharie Risache...
Suns plotting a rise at red-hot Bulls' expense
Phoenix superstar Devin Booker isn't wishing ill fortune on any of the teams that lie in the Suns' path for a Western Conference play-in berth.,But he's not exactly wishing them the best of luck, either, as Booker and his squad prepare for a home tilt against the in-form Chicago Bulls on Wednesday.,...
Atlanta Drive beat The Bay, advance to face NYGC in TGL finals
Justin Thomas rode his luck to win the 10th hole and give his Atlanta Drive GC a three-point buffer en route to a dominant 9-3 TGL playoff victory over The Bay Golf Club on Tuesday night in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Atlanta will play the Xander Schauffele-led New York Golf Club in the inaugural best-...
Australian GP scores record ratings for ESPN
The Australian Grand Prix was watched by more than 1.1 million viewers on ESPN, setting a record for Formula 1's season-opening event, according to the network.,It beat the previous mark of 659,000 viewers in 2019, and was up 541,000 from last year's race broadcast on ESPN2. The 2025 race, which beg...
Jacksonville State routs host Georgia Tech in NIT opener
Jaron Pierre Jr. led the way with 30 points as Jacksonville State went into Atlanta and dominated No. 4 seed Georgia Tech 81-64 on Tuesday in the opening round of the NIT.,Marcellus Brigham Jr. chipped in 16 points and Jao Ituka had 14 for Jacksonville State (23-12), which will face either No. 1 see...
Alabama State stuns Saint Francis for last-second First Four victory
DAYTON, Ohio -- Amarr Knox grabbed a loose ball on a length-of-the-court heave and put in the game-winning layup with one second remaining to lift Alabama State to a thrilling 70-68 win over Saint Francis Tuesday night in the First Four.,Knox scored a team-high 16 points and TJ Madlock, son of head ...
Nuggets bringing healthier bunch to Lakers showdown
While both the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers won their most recent games with impact players missing, only one is expected to have its stars back when the teams meet Wednesday in Los Angeles.,The Lakers still are expected to be without LeBron James (groin) and Rui Hachimura (knee), but the N...
Missouri hires ex-Vols coach Kellie Harper
Missouri hired Kellie Harper, most recently the head coach at Tennessee, to take over its women's basketball program Tuesday.,Harper replaces Robin Pingeton, who stepped down at the end of the Tigers' 2024-25 season.,Harper, 47, was out of coaching this season after five seasons at her alma mater, T...
Naomi Osaka grabs first win since Australia in Miami opener
Naomi Osaka of Japan earned a much-needed win in the opening round of the Miami Open on Tuesday, defeating Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in nearly two and a half hours.,It was Osaka's first victory since winning her second-round match at the Australian Open in January -- and a step in...
Call it March sadness: NBA bottom two to meet in Utah
Before the cherished basketball traditions of March Madness and the NBA playoffs arrive with all their tantalizing fanfare, the hoops world must first endure an entirely different matchup.,Far on the other end of the anticipation spectrum, the Washington Wizards take on the Utah Jazz on Wednesday ni...
Knicks finding their way without star; Spurs striving to do the same
It will be a clash between the haves and the have-nots when the New York Knicks travel to San Antonio to face the Spurs on Wednesday in a late-season interconference game.,Both teams will be without star players for the foreseeable future. However, the Knicks are proving to be one of the league's de...
Rising Thunder and sliding Sixers to collide in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma City Thunder have all but shifted their attention toward the postseason.,The Philadelphia 76ers, meanwhile, already are staring at next season and beyond.,On Wednesday, their gazes will meet just long enough to play a game Wednesday in Oklahoma City.,The Thunder hold a 12.5-game lead in...
Chargers sign former Raiders C Andre James
The Los Angeles Chargers signed former Las Vegas Raiders center Andre James on Tuesday.,James, 27, started 11 of the 13 games he played last season for the Raiders, appearing in 81 percent of the offensive snaps. He had spent his entire NFL career with the franchise, beginning in 2019 as an undrafte...