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Trail Blazers barely hold off Jazz's comeback bid
Anfernee Simons scored 28 points to help the Portland Trail Blazers kick off a seven-game road trip with a 114-112 win over the Utah Jazz on Monday night in Salt Lake City.,The Jazz, who trailed by 13 points at one point, made a late rally thanks to a pair of 3-pointers in the final 11.7 seconds by ...
Jets' Mark Scheifele becomes franchise goals leader with OT winner vs. Sharks
Mark Scheifele completed the 2-1 overtime comeback over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Monday night, becoming the Winnipeg Jets' all-time leader in goals while extending their win streak to 10 games. ,Scheifele left the puck for Nikolaj Ehlers in the high slot, went to the net, and knocked in the r...
Milos Uzan drills late 3 to lift No. 4 Houston over No. 10 Texas Tech
Milos Uzan scored a career-high 22 points, including a dagger 3-pointer inside the final minute, to lift No. 4 Houston to a 69-61 Big 12 Conference win over No. 10 Texas Tech on Monday.,The Cougars (24-4, 16-1 Big 12) remained unbeaten on the road in conference play and clinched at least a share of ...
Reports: Stanford AD Bernard Muir set to resign
Following a 13-year run as Stanford's athletic director, Bernard Muir is prepared to resign, according to multiple media reports on Monday.,The move comes in the midst of the school's first year as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference after the collapse of the Pac-12 Conference.,During Muir's t...
Ex-Penn State DE Abdul Carter (shoulder) to skip combine workouts
Penn State All-America edge rusher Abdul Carter, projected as one of the top selections in this year's NFL draft, will not work out this week at the NFL Scouting Combine because he is still recovering from a shoulder injury, his agents said Monday.,Carter was injured in the Nittany Lions' 31-14 vict...
Timberwolves rally from 16 back en route to OT win over Thunder
Anthony Edwards came up with a block in the closing seconds of overtime to help lift the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves to a stunning 131-128 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday.,The Timberwolves trailed by as much as 24 in the fourth quarter and by 16 with less than four minutes ...
Jets score late to force OT, win on Mark Scheifele goal over Sharks
Mark Scheifele scored at 1:33 of overtime to help the Winnipeg Jets complete the comeback over the visiting San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Monday for their 10th straight win.,Scheifele left the puck for Nikolaj Ehlers in the high slot, went to the net, and knocked in the rebound after Vitek Vanecek made the...
No. 15 Michigan edges Nebraska, climbs Big Ten standings
Roddy Gayle Jr. had 12 points and five rebounds to lead No. 15 Michigan to a 49-46 win over Nebraska on Monday in a Big Ten contest in Lincoln, Neb. ,Tre Donaldson scored 11 points, Danny Wolf had a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double and Vladislav Goldin had eight points and 10 rebounds for Michigan...
Jordan Poole guides Wizards to skid-ending win over Nets
Jordan Poole scored 26 points, Bilal Coulibaly added 20 points and the Washington Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak with a 107-99 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday.,Washington closed the game on an 11-2 run and held Brooklyn without a field goal for the final 4:45. That stretch included a ...
Trae Young, Hawks down off-target Heat
Trae Young posted his 34th double-double of the season and the Atlanta Hawks ended a three-game losing streak with a 98-86 win over the visiting Miami Heat on Monday night.,The Hawks have won the first two games in the four-game season series against Miami. The teams play each other again on Wednesd...
ATP roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas wins opener in Dubai
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas won points on 81 percent of his first serves in his 7-6 (4), 6-3 defeat of Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday.,Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut came from behind to defeat Hungary's Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-3, ...
Pistons top Clippers to match longest win streak since 2014-15
Cade Cunningham had 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the host Detroit Pistons won their seventh straight by downing the Los Angeles Clippers, 106-97, on Monday night.,The Pistons matched their longest winning streak since the 2014-15 season.,Tobias Harris contributed 20 points, Jalen Du...
Women's Top 25 roundup: New No. 1 Texas trounces Georgia
On the same day it rose to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2004, the Texas women's basketball team crushed Georgia 57-26 on Monday in Athens, Ga., for its 11th consecutive win.,Taylor Jones recorded 17 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and five blocked shots for the Longh...
Josh Giddey, Bulls blast 76ers
Josh Giddey recorded 25 points, 16 rebounds and six assists as the Chicago Bulls snapped a six-game losing streak with an emphatic 142-110 road victory over the tumbling Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.,Kevin Huerter chipped in 23 points and Zach Collins notched 19 for Chicago, which shot splendi...
High-scoring North Carolina rolls over Florida State
After scoring 80 points just twice in its first 13 Atlantic Coast Conference games, North Carolina rolled over Florida State 96-85 on Monday in Tallahassee, Fla., for its fourth straight 80-plus-point effort.,Senior RJ Davis led the Tar Heels with 20 points and added five assists on a night when Nor...
NFL could consider ‘tush push’ ban after team proposal
The "tush push" is set to come under the microscope this offseason after an NFL team -- identified as the Green Bay Packers in an NFL Network report -- proposed a rule banning the play.,Troy Vincent, executive vice president of football operations for the NFL, told NFL Network and the Washington Pos...
Nuggets use balanced attack to beat Pacers
Aaron Gordon scored 25 points, Michael Porter Jr. had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Nikola Jokic added 18 points, nine rebounds and a career-high 19 assists as the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 125-116 on Monday in Indianapolis.,Christian Braun had 17 points for Denver, which bounced back a...
West Virginia welcomes TCU crew that excels in close games
After winning at least 21 games and playing in the NCAA Tournament each of the last three seasons, TCU is a longshot to replicate that feat this year.,It hasn't been for a lack of success in the clutch. In conference games decided by five or fewer points, the Horned Frogs are 7-0. In the rest of the...
After Duke debacle, Illinois returns to Big Ten refuge versus Iowa
Illinois made program history Saturday night in Madison Square Garden. Just not the kind of program history a team wants to achieve.,A weakened, short-handed version of the Fighting Illini was mauled 110-67 by No. 3 Duke, breaking the school's 51-year-old record for most lopsided defeat. The old mar...
Mavericks face Luka Doncic for first time since trading star to LA
After their front offices put on a show at the trade deadline, the visiting Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers will try to rise to the occasion on the court Tuesday and settle their differences.,Their league-shaking trade that leaked late on Feb. 1 made Luka Doncic the Lakers' star of the futur...