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Providence stuns No. 8 Creighton in Big East quarters
NEW YORK — Big East Player of the Year Devin Carter had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead seventh-seeded Providence to a 78-73 victory over No. 8-ranked Creighton on Thursday in the Big East quarterfinals....
NC State stays hot, knocks off No. 11 Duke
DJ Horne scored 18 points and 10th-seeded North Carolina State continued its surprising run with a 74-69 victory over No. 11 Duke on Thursday night to reach the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at Washington....
Brother of Raptors wing RJ Barrett dies
The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday that the younger brother of wing RJ Barrett died Tuesday....
Quin Snyder returns to Utah as Hawks take on Jazz
Friday's game between the Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks will be a homecoming for Quin Snyder. It will be the first game in Salt Lake City for the former Jazz coach, who spent eight seasons as head coach in Utah....
Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffle, Wyndham Clark share lead at The Players
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy, No. 5 Wyndham Clark and No. 6 Xander Schauffele shared the lead at 7-under par when the first round of The Players Championship was suspended by darkness Thursday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla....
Jamison Battle's big second half carries Ohio State past Iowa
Jamison Battle scored all of his 23 points in the second half when surging No. 10 seed Ohio State defeated seven-seed Iowa 90-78 in a second-round game of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday in Minneapolis, Minn....
N’Faly Dante scores late as Oregon holds off UCLA
LAS VEGAS — N'Faly Dante's basket and free throws by Jermaine Couisnard and Jackson Shelstad in the final 36 seconds of Thursday's Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal helped fourth-seeded Oregon survive a UCLA comeback attempt with a 68-66 win....
Report: Texans sign new RB Joe Mixon to contract extension
The Houston Texans have locked in new running back Joe Mixon with a three-year, $27 million contract extension, including $13 million guaranteed, ESPN reported Thursday....
After long climb to top of West, Nuggets take on Spurs
It's taken a while but the Denver Nuggets have regained the top spot in the Western Conference standings and look to stay there when they take on the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Austin, Texas....
Focused on playoff push, Kings face suddenly hot Blackhawks
The Los Angeles Kings' identity "is to play well defensively and break them down," according to defenseman Jordan Spence....
Fresno State's Justin Hutson says he's done as coach
Fresno State coach Justin Hutson said his six-year coaching stint at the school is over after the Bulldogs lost 87-75 in overtime to No. 18 Utah State on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament....
Winners, losers in free agency: Cheers to Commanders, ode to OGs
Two short years ago when the confetti flew at the start of the 2022 NFL league year, lines formed to congratulate the biggest winners of the early transaction period....
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek advances to Indian Wells semis
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland reached the BNP Paribas Open semifinals when former World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark retired in the second set of their quarterfinal match Thursday in Indian Wells, Calif....
Reports: Florida coach Todd Golden extended through 2029-30 season
Florida coach Todd Golden agreed to a two-year extension that keeps him under contract through the 2029-30 season, according to multiple reports on Thursday....
DePaul hires former Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann
DePaul has hired former Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann as its new men's basketball coach, the university announced on Thursday afternoon....
No. 1 Houston uses defense to roll past TCU and reach Big 12 semis
Emanuel Sharp scored 14 points and Jamal Shead added 12 as top-ranked Houston put on a defensive display in a 60-45 win over TCU on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City. Mo....
South Carolina ousts Arkansas with strong second half
Collin Murray-Boyles scored 24 points on 11-for-15 shooting and No. 15 South Carolina pulled away for an 80-66 win over Arkansas on Thursday afternoon in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn....
Utah State survives scare from Fresno State, wins in OT
Great Osobor had 29 points and 17 rebounds to help top-seeded Utah State post a 87-75 overtime win against ninth-seeded Fresno State in a Mountain West Conference quarterfinal Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas....
Top-seeded Arizona takes down USC in Pac-12 tourney
LAS VEGAS — Oumar Ballo had a double-double, KJ Lewis scored a team-high 15 points off the bench and No. 6 Arizona put on an impressive defensive display in a 70-49 victory over Southern California in a Pac-12 tournament quarterfinal game on Thursday....
Pitt puts Wake Forest away, takes on UNC in ACC quarters
Ishmael Leggett poured in 30 points off the bench and Pitt fended off hard-charging Wake Forest to win 81-69 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at Washington, D.C....