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Bidding to reach .500, Blazers take aim at Domantas Sabonis, Kings
The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to have a big obstacle standing in their way of reaching the .500 mark when they visit the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.,Portland got within one game of .500 for just the second time since mid-November on Saturday night when they rolled past the Luka Donci...
LaMelo Ball, Hornets strive to end western trip with win vs. Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets hit a softer spot in their home schedule this weekend that projected as back-to-back wins, but that potential outcome nearly hit a snag Saturday night against the struggling Washington Wizards.,Less than 24 hours later, the Nuggets will face another Eastern Conference team with a ...
Without Leon Draisaitl, Oilers open 8-game homestand vs. Blues
Leon Draisaitl will miss his second straight game when the Edmonton Oilers host the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night.,The former Hart Trophy recipient has taken a leave of absence and returned home to Germany due to an illness in his family.,"Obviously, we're going to miss Leon, and hopefully, it's n...
Red Wings on playoff quest; Senators trying to 'turn around'
The Detroit Red Wings will have a big opportunity to help their playoff push and strike a blow to a rival's chances when they host the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.,The Red Wings, winners of five of six outings, sit second in the Atlantic Division. Ottawa is seven points out of a playoff position and a...
Aryna Sabalenka wins opener on day of upsets in Australia
Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Turkish qualifier Zeynep Sonmez and France's Elsa Jacquemot pulled off upsets as the Australian Open got underway on Sunday in Melbourne.,World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Russia avoided any hint of an upset, handling France's Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6-4, 6-1. Sabal...
FaZe Vegas keeps rolling at CDL Stage 1 Major qualifiers
FaZe Vegas continued its impressive rebound from an opening-day loss, sweeping Cloud9 New York 3-0 on Saturday as Week 4 of Call of Duty League Stage 1 qualifying continued.,The win was FaZe's fourth straight to move them to 4-1, tied atop the standings with OpTic Texas. Saturday's other winners wer...
NBA roundup: Spurs hold off Anthony Edwards (55 points), Timberwolves
Victor Wembanyama stood tall with 39 points and a crucial rebound in the final seconds as the host San Antonio Spurs held on for a 126-123 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday.,San Antonio snapped a five-game losing streak against Minnesota and won despite a career-high 55-point showing b...
NHL roundup: Hat trick for Mika Zibanejad as Rangers ground Flyers
Mika Zibanejad notched a hat trick to lift the visiting New York Rangers to a much-needed 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon.,Artemi Panarin contributed two goals and an assist for New York and Brennan Othmann scored his first NHL goal. Rangers goaltender Spencer Martin finis...
Pistons rout depleted Pacers in dominant victory
Cade Cunningham, Duncan Robinson and Javonte Green had 16 points apiece, and the host Detroit Pistons thumped the undermanned Indiana Pacers from the jump in a 121-78 win on Saturday night.,Jalen Duren supplied 15 points, eight rebounds and four assists for the Pistons during their fifth victory in ...
Top 25 roundup: Cincinnati knocks off No. 2 Iowa State, loser of 2 straight
Day Day Thomas scored 19 points while Jalen Celestine had four 3-pointers and 12 points off the bench to help host Cincinnati shock No. 2 Iowa State 79-70 in a Big 12 game on Saturday afternoon.,Baba Miller grabbed 12 rebounds while adding eight points, and Jizzle James scored 15 points as Cincinnat...
Blue Jackets keep new coach unbeaten with shootout win over Penguins
Charlie Coyle scored the winning goal in the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets kept new coach Rick Bowness' record perfect by edging the host Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Saturday night.,With the shootout knotted 1-1 on goals by Columbus' Kent Johnson and Pittsburgh's Egor Chinakhov, Coyle deked ...
Ducks beat rival Kings for 2nd straight night in extra time
Mikael Granlund scored with 58 seconds remaining in overtime and the Anaheim Ducks extended their winning streak to three games with a 2-1 overtime victory at home over the rival Los Angeles Kings on Saturday., ,Granlund scored on a breakaway after rookie Beckett Sennecke forced a turnover as the Du...
Mark Stone extends streak as Vegas throttles Nashville
Mark Stone extended his point streak to a career-best 11 games with his 10th goal in those 11 games and the Vegas Golden Knights scored five goals in the third period to rout the Nashville Predators, 7-2, on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Shea Theodore, Mitch Marner, Alexander Holtz, Cole Reinhardt an...
Oilers ride 6-goal period, goalie Tristan Jarry to shutout win over Canucks
Kasperi Kapanen and Jack Roslovic had two goals each in a six-goal second period to give the Edmonton Oilers a 6-0 blowout victory on Saturday over the host Vancouver Canucks, who are still looking for their first win of 2026.,Zach Hyman and Vasily Podkolzin also scored, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two ...
Shaedon Sharpe leads Trail Blazers past depleted Lakers
Shaedon Sharpe scored 25 points to help the Portland Trail Blazers roll to an easy 132-116 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night.,Jerami Grant added 22 points and fellow reserve Caleb Love had 22 points and seven assists for Portland, which won for the seventh time in the pa...
Late foul, clutch free throws help Oklahoma State survive Kansas State
Vyctorius Miller hit three free throws with 2.8 seconds left to give Oklahoma State an 84-83 Big 12 win over Kansas State in Stillwater, Okla. on Saturday.,The Cowboys (14-4, 2-3 Big 12) were down by two when they inbounded the ball with four seconds left.,Miller was trapped in the corner and had to...
No. 9 Gonzaga short-handed but still potent, routs Seattle
No. 9 Gonzaga, missing its two leading scorers, dominated host Seattle in the second half and produced 45 bench points in a 71-50 victory on Saturday night.,After losing Braden Huff (17.8 points per game) to an injury earlier this week, leading scorer Graham Ike (18.1) showed up courtside in a boot ...
Elena Gabriela Ruse pulls off first upset as Aussie Open begins
Romanian Elena Gabriela Ruse swept 26th-seeded Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday, pulling off the first upset of a seeded player as the Australian Open got underway in Melbourne.,After failing to convert three break points in the third game of the opening set, Ruse got it done on her n...
Qualifier Arthur Fery upsets No. 20 Flavio Cobolli in Aussie opening round
British qualifier Arthur Fery delivered the first upset in the men's singles bracket of this year's Australian Open when he knocked off No. 20 seed Flavio Cobolli in straight sets, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-1, on Sunday in opening-day action at Melbourne.,It's just Fery's third tour-level win, but two of them...
Broncos QB Bo Nix sustains broken ankle, out for playoffs
Shortly after Denver beat the visiting Buffalo Bills 33-30 in overtime of the AFC divisional playoffs on Sunday, the Broncos received devastating news that could derail their Super Bowl hopes.,Broncos starting quarterback Bo Nix sustained a broken bone in his ankle and will miss the remainder of the...