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Falcons promote T.J. Yates to passing game coordinator
The Atlanta Falcons promoted T.J. Yates to the role of passing game coordinator and D.J. Williams to quarterbacks coach on Thursday.,Yates, a former NFL quarterback, served as the team's primary position coach and Williams as an offensive assistant/assistant quarterbacks coach in the 2024 season. ,Y...
Bills RB James Cook shares contract wish: $15M a year
James Cook has given an inkling about the figure he wants in his next contract: $15 million.,The Buffalo Bills running back appeared on Instagram Live on Wednesday, then added his own comment that simply said "15 mill year.",Cook, 25, selected in the second round (No. 63 overall) of the 2022 NFL Dra...
Jazz pursue home sweep of Los Angeles teams
After an impressive home victory against a Los Angeles team on Wednesday, the Utah Jazz are hoping to beat another L.A. squad on Thursday to cap a back-to-back set in Salt Lake City.,Two nights after getting blown out by 19 points against the Lakers, the Jazz responded with their own one-sided victo...
Wolves get crack at slowing Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
The Oklahoma City Thunder have the NBA's best record entering the final day of action before the All-Star break.,They would like to keep it that way.,The Thunder will look to lock up the top record before the break when they tip off against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday in Minneapolis.,Okla...
Evolving Kings search for season sweep of Pelicans
The Sacramento Kings are making progress as the All-Star break looms.,The New Orleans Pelicans are in one their worst stretches of a very bad season.,The teams will meet for a second consecutive night in New Orleans on Thursday in their pre-break finale.,The Kings are making a modest move in the Wes...
New-look Mavs hope to enter break on high note
Max Christie is making a strong first impression with the Dallas Mavericks, who host the Miami Heat on Thursday in the final game before the All-Star break for both teams.,Christie was considered a throw-in by many when the Mavericks traded star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for a package hi...
Rockets hope roster experiments keep paying off
Having avoided playing Tari Eason and Steven Adams in back-to-back games, Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka utilized both against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, with Eason thriving in a 119-111 home victory ahead of a showdown against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday.,Both Eason and Adams will be...
Ohio State produces dominant win vs. Washington
Micah Parrish and John Mobley Jr. each had 21 points as hot-shooting Ohio State routed visiting Washington 93-69 on Wednesday in Columbus.,Parrish, who scored a career-high 30 points Sunday vs. Nebraska, had 14 points in the first half. The Buckeyes (15-10, 7-7 Big Ten) shot 58.2 percent (32 of 55) ...
Top 25 roundup: JT Toppin leads No. 12 Texas Tech to wild win
JT Toppin scored a career-high 41 points and secured a steal with 33 seconds remaining in the second overtime as No. 12 Texas Tech escaped with a wild 111-106 win over Arizona State on Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas.,Toppin logged a total of eight points in the OTs. He made 17 of 22 shots from the fiel...
NBA roundup: Jamal Murray's 55 lift Nuggets over Blazers
Jamal Murray poured in a career-best 55 points to lead the Nuggets to a 132-121 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, Denver's eighth straight victory., ,Murray's output is the third most in Nuggets' history. David Thompson scored a franchise-record 73 on the final day of th...
Kawhi Leonard's 25 points help Clippers handle Grizzlies
Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points in a season-high 34 minutes, James Harden added 18 points with 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers earned a 128-114 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday at Inglewood, Calif.,Norman Powell also scored 18 points and Ivica Zubac added 12 points wi...
Kyrie Irving's big night lifts Mavs past Warriors
Kyrie Irving made a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 of his 42 points in the second half as the Dallas Mavericks beat the visiting Golden State Warriors 111-107 on Wednesday.,Klay Thompson and Max Christie scored 17 apiece, Brandon Williams added 12 off the bench, and Naji Marshall had 10 ...
More Kawhi Leonard means another win for Clippers
Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points in a season-high 34 minutes, James Harden added 18 points with 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers earned a 128-114 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday at Inglewood, Calif.,Norman Powell also scored 18 points and Ivica Zubac added 12 points wi...
Reports: Padres land Nick Pivetta for 4 years, $55M
The San Diego Padres added a veteran starting pitcher on Wednesday, agreeing to a four-year, $55 million deal with right-hander Nick Pivetta, according to multiple media reports.,The backloaded contract reportedly gives Pivetta the opportunity to opt out following the 2026 and 2027 seasons.,Pivetta ...
Kings sign free agent G Markelle Fultz
The Sacramento Kings, in need of a point guard since trading away De'Aaron Fox last week, signed free agent Markelle Fultz on Wednesday.,The team confirmed that Fultz received a deal through the end of the season. No financial terms were announced.,Fultz tweeted a response to a report of the move be...
Kyrie Irving's big night lifts Mavs past Jazz
Kyrie Irving made a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 of his 42 points in the second half as the Dallas Mavericks beat the visiting Golden State Warriors 111-107 on Wednesday.,Klay Thompson and Max Christie scored 17 apiece, Brandon Williams added 12 off the bench, and Naji Marshall had 10 ...
ATP roundup: Diego Schwartzman postpones retirement another day
Diego Schwartzman isn't ready to say goodbye to his hometown fans just yet.,The 32-year-old Argentinian, playing in his final event before retiring, outlasted seventh-seeded Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-3 in the first round of the IEB+ Argentina Open in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.,Among the...
JT Toppin (41 points) leads No. 12 Texas Tech past ASU in 2 OTs
JT Toppin scored a career-high 41 points and secured a steal with 33 seconds remaining in the second overtime as No. 12 Texas Tech escaped with a wild 111-106 win over Arizona State on Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas.,Toppin logged a total of eight points in the OTs. He made 17 of 22 shots from the fiel...
Notre Dame rallies for 2OT win over Boston College
Markus Burton scored a career-high 32 points to help Notre Dame overcome a 14-point second-half deficit and earn a 97-94 double-overtime victory against Boston College on Wednesday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass., ,Notre Dame (11-13, 5-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) took the lead for good on a Kebba Nji...
Surging Nets hold on against struggling Sixers
D'Angelo Russell scored 22 points in one of his best games since returning to the Brooklyn Nets, who continued their surge by holding on in the final minute for a 100-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in New York.,After shooting 14 of 49 from the field in his previous four ga...