fieldlevelmedia Page 320 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Conner Weigman (4 TDs), No. 21 Houston top LSU in Texas Bowl
Conner Weigman set a program bowl record with four touchdown passes, leading No. 21 Houston to a 38-35 victory over LSU in the Texas Bowl in Houston on Saturday evening.,After Houston took the lead on a 25-yard Ethan Sanchez field goal with 7:42 left, the Cougars (10-3) extended the lead to 38-28 on...

MacKinnon's clutch effort lifts Avs to shootout win over Knights
Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading 31st goal to go with two assists and also scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche edged the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,MacKinnon skated down the slot and ripped a wrist shot past the...

Macklin Celebrini (goal, assist), Sharks double up Canucks
Igor Chernyshov scored his first NHL goal, Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist and the visiting San Jose Sharks finally beat Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko in a 6-3 victory on Saturday night. ,Chernyshov and William Eklund recorded a goal and an assist. Ryan Reaves, John Klingber...

ECHL, players reach tentative deal to end strike; unclear when play will resume
One day after ECHL players initiated a midseason strike, the league and the Professional Hockey Players' Association agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement Saturday to halt the strike.,The tentative deal, which requires ratification from the league's board of governors and full player membe...

Flames keep rolling on home ice, down rival Oilers
Blake Coleman scored the eventual game-winner as the Calgary Flames edged the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night.,Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored for the Flames, who split the home-and-home with the Oilers. Edmonton thumped Calgary 5-1 on Tuesday.,With the victory, Calgar...

Bowl roundup: BYU heats up late at Pop-Tarts Bowl, edges Georgia Tech
Jovesa Damuni scored the go-ahead touchdown with two minutes remaining as No. 12 BYU overcame an 11-point deficit to beat No. 12 Georgia Tech 25-21 on Saturday at the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Fla.,Damuni's 4-yard run capped a 15-point fourth-quarter flurry for the Cougars (12-2), which earned thei...

NBA roundup: Magic pull escape act, upend Nuggets
Anthony Black scored a career-high 38 points, Desmond Bane tallied 24 including two free throws with 6.9 seconds left, and the host Orlando Magic beat the Denver Nuggets 127-126 on Saturday night, overcoming another triple-double by Nikola Jokic.,Black knocked down seven 3-pointers, also a career hi...

Cam Thomas' 30-point return boosts Nets over Wolves
Cam Thomas scored 30 points off the bench in an impressive return from a hamstring injury and the surging Brooklyn Nets earned a 123-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in Minneapolis.,Thomas was the first reserve to enter the game after being out since the first quarter of...

Alex Laferriere nets hat trick as Kings pound Ducks
Alex Laferriere notched his first career hat trick for the Los Angeles Kings in a 6-1 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.,Quinton Byfield had a goal and an assist, Anze Kopitar had the secondary assist on each of Laferriere goals and Anton Forsberg made 24 saves for the Kings, ...

Derrick Henry rushes for 4 TD's, 216 yards as Ravens outslug Packers
Derrick Henry rushed for season highs of 216 yards and four touchdowns and the Baltimore Ravens remained alive in the AFC North with a 41-24 victory over the host Green Bay Packers on Saturday night.,Henry set an NFL record with his seventh career 200-yard game, breaking a tie with O.J. Simpson and ...

Blackhawks score 2 shootout goals to defeat Stars
Nick Lardis and Ryan Donato scored in the shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the host Dallas Stars on Saturday night.,Tyler Bertuzzi had two goals and Jason Dickinson scored for the Blackhawks, who snapped their six-game losing streak. Defenseman Alex Vlasic had two assists and A...

Knicks extend hot stretch, sneak past free-falling Hawks
OG Anunoby scored 15 points and hit four free throws in the final 30 seconds to help the visiting New York Knicks hang on for a 128-125 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.,Atlanta erased a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and took the lead on a 3-pointer by Onyeka Okongwu with 2:01 remaining. Aft...

No. 19 Virginia throttles Missouri to capture Gator Bowl
No. 19 Virginia held off Missouri and reached 11 wins for the first time in school history with a 13-7 victory in the Gator Bowl on Saturday night in Jacksonville, Fla.,Chandler Morris completed 25 of 38 passes for 198 yards, Harrison Waylee rushed for the go-ahead touchdown and the Cavaliers (11-3)...

Lauri Markkanen helps carry Jazz to road win over Spurs
Lauri Markkanen poured in 29 points and Keyonte George added 28 as the visiting Utah Jazz made all the winning plays in the final minutes to beat the San Antonio Spurs 127-114 on Saturday.,The Jazz led by 10 points at the half, by 17 early in the third quarter and by 11 heading into the final period...

Pavel Buchnevich, Blues snap Predators' 3-game winning streak
Pavel Buchnevich scored two goals and Joel Hofer made 30 saves to lead the host St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,It was the 22nd multi-goal game of Buchnevich's career and the first since Oct. 11, 2024. Robert Thomas had two assists and Brayden Schenn ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo returns to lead Bucks past Bulls
In a return from injury, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a game-high 29 points to help the visiting Milwaukee Bucks earn a 112-103 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.,Antetokounmpo had missed eight straight games with a right calf strain for Milwaukee, which had dropped four of its last five ga...

Cam Thomas' big return boosts Nets to win over Timberwolves
Cam Thomas scored 30 points off the bench in an impressive return from a hamstring injury and the surging Brooklyn Nets earned a 123-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in Minneapolis.,Thomas was the first reserve to enter the game after being out since the first quarter of...

Heat set team mark with 83-point 2nd half, rout Pacers
Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Andrew Wiggins scored 28 points apiece as the Miami Heat pulled away with a dominant fourth quarter to beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 140-116 on Saturday.,Norman Powell had 23 points, Nikola Jovic scored 19 and Pelle Larsson added 16 for Miami, which led 98-94 at the end of th...

Ebuka Okorie nets 30 as Stanford edges pesky Cal State Northridge
Ebuka Okorie contributed eight of his game-high 30 points to a 13-0 flurry to begin the second half and Stanford completed an 11-win nonconference schedule with an 88-80 victory over visiting Cal State Northridge in men's basketball Saturday night.,Chisom Okpara aided the Stanford cause with 20 poin...

Kevin Durant comes up big in Rockets win over Cavaliers
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points, while Reed Sheppard added 18 off the bench as the host Houston Rockets rolled to a 117-100 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.,Durant shot 11 for 17 from the floor and added seven assists to pace Houston in the absence of Alperen Sengun (calf), th...