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Reports: Canucks send Carson Soucy to Rangers for 3rd-round pick
The Vancouver Canucks have moved defenseman Carson Soucy to the New York Rangers ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline.,Soucy was traded to the Rangers for a third-round draft pick, TSN and Sportsnet reported Thursday.,The pick originally belonged to the San Jose Sharks. It was acquired earlier in th...

Kings look to stay in playoff hunt as they host Spurs
The Sacramento Kings will look to get back on the winning track and move closer to solidifying a spot in the postseason when they host the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night in a late-season Western Conference matchup., ,At 32-29, the new look Kings sit in ninth place -- just 1 1/2 game out of avoidi...

Report: Stephen A. Smith’s $100M ESPN deal allows more political talk
ESPN and Stephen A. Smith have agreed on a new five-year contract worth at least $100 million, The Athletic reported Thursday.,The deal allows the prolific opinionist to reduce some of his duties while remaining a regular fixture on "First Take" -- which could allow him to spend more time talking po...

Wyndham Clark takes Arnold Palmer lead in tough scoring conditions
Wyndham Clark birdied three of his last six holes to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday in Orlando, Fla.,Clark's 5-under-par 67 at Bay Hill Club & Lodge was one of just 14 rounds under par out of the 72-man field. The four-way tie for second at 3...

Red-hot Blues look to maintain momentum in meeting with Ducks
The St. Louis Blues will continue pursuing a playoff spot on their road trip in a Friday night meeting with the Anaheim Ducks.,The Blues are coming off a comeback 3-2 shootout victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday -- their final clash before the trade deadline -- and are on a 6-1-1 run to ...

Wild look to continue road success in battle with Canucks
The NHL's top road team faces a club finally starting to make some noise on home ice when the Minnesota Wild visit the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.,Minnesota is 22-9-3 in away games this season, with an NHL-leading 47 road points. This success has kept the Wild in third place in the Central Division...

Kevin Roy shoots 62, leads Puerto Rico Open by one
Kevin Roy fired a 10-under-par 62, the lowest round of his career, to capture the first-round lead at the Puerto Rico Open on Thursday at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande.,Roy holds just a one-stroke advantage over Chris Gotterup, who stood at 10 under himself before his only bogey of the day c...

Bengals grant DE Trey Hendrickson permission to seek trade
Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson received permission to seek a trade one year after the Cincinnati front office shot down the same request. ,Hendrickson, 30, led the NFL with 17.5 sacks in 2024 and has one year remaining on a contract extension he signed in 2023 with a base salaary of $15.8 mi...

Teams reportedly ring Bengals to talk Tee Higgins trade
Multiple teams inquired about the availability of franchise-tagged Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, but Cincinnati's appetite for parting with the No. 2 receiver remains unclear, according to reports. ,Given the franchise tag for the second year in a row, Higgins would lock in a one-year salary wo...

Struggling Suns need wins, Nuggets next team in way
With five weeks left in the regular season, the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets are battling for playoff positioning. While Denver is jockeying for the second overall seed in the Western Conference, Phoenix is fighting for its postseason life.,The Suns sit outside the play-in tournament with 20 game...

Reports: Texans acquire WR Christian Kirk from Jaguars
The Houston Texans have acquired wide receiver Christian Kirk from the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 2026 seventh-round draft pick, ESPN and The Athletic reported on Thursday.,The pick originally belonged to the Los Angeles Rams.,On Wednesday, the Jaguars announced they would release Kirk when the NFL ...

Spring training roundup: Rays rally past Phillies with four-run ninth
Johnny DeLuca worked a bases-loaded walk and Tampa Bay scored four runs in the top of the ninth as the Rays defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Thursday in Clearwater, Fla.,Rays prospect Brock Jones hit home runs in this first two at-bats of the spring, tying the game at 4 in the top of the ni...

Big 12 tournament roundup: Kansas State rolls past UCF
Serena Sundell poured in 21 points and No. 20 Kansas State easily handled UCF 80-65 to open the second round of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.,The fifth-seeded Wildcats led 41-30 at halftime, and the No. 13 seed Knights got to within seven points in the four...

Big Ten tournament roundup: Indiana, Michigan advance to quarters
Ninth-seeded Indiana scored 10 straight points in the first quarter and 13 in a row down the stretch to earn a 78-62 upset of eighth-seeded Oregon in Big Ten tournament second-round action Thursday in Indianapolis.,Yarden Garzon paced the Hoosiers (19-11) with 18 points that included 4-of-7 shooting...

Atlanta tries to shake off tough loss when Red Bulls visit
Back home after last week's disappointing showing against Charlotte FC, Atlanta United will host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday in hopes of earning a win over its Eastern Conference foe.,Atlanta (1-1-0, 3 points) followed its 3-2 season-opening win over CF Montreal with a 2-0 defeat in Charlotte...

Stubbs: Kyle Busch’s latest near miss proof young guns have sped by
It's a story as old as time.,At some point in every athlete's life, they start to slow down. Their younger counterparts begin to take charge. The once venerable legends become vulnerable to the point that any success is no longer booed and ridiculed, but cheered and celebrated.,That's where two-time...

SEC tournament roundup: Vanderbilt knocks off No. 18 Tennessee
Mikayla Blakes scored 24 points, Khamil Pierre had a double-double and Vanderbilt defeated No. 18 Tennessee 84-76 in the second round of the SEC women's tournament Thursday afternoon in Greenville, S.C.,Pierre had 16 points and 15 rebounds before fouling out, and Iyana Moore added 23 points for the ...

ACC tournament roundup: Lexi Donarski propels North Carolina past BC
Lexi Donarski scored 20 points and 14th-ranked North Carolina rallied from a nine-point, fourth-quarter deficit to defeat upset-minded Boston College 78-71 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament's second round Thursday at Greensboro, N.C.,Indya Nivar had 14 points for the Tar Heels. Aylssa Ustb...

Bills release veteran punter Sam Martin after 3 seasons
The Buffalo Bills released veteran punter Sam Martin on Thursday with one year left on his contract.,Martin, 35, spent the past three seasons with the Bills, and in 2024 he averaged 46.7 yards per punt with a long of 65 yards, five touchbacks (9.3 percent of 54 punts) with 25 inside the opponents' 2...

Reports: Golden Knights reacquire Reilly Smith from Rangers
The Vegas Golden Knights acquired forward Reilly Smith from the New York Rangers on Thursday in exchange for forward Brendan Brisson and a third-round draft pick in 2025, according to multiple reports.,Smith previously played six seasons (2017-23) for Vegas and was part of the team that won the 2023...