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No. 13 Illinois fends off Ohio State in Big Ten opener
Keaton Wagler led four scorers in double figures with 23 points for No. 13 Illinois in an 88-80 Big Ten win against Ohio State in Columbus on Tuesday.,Fellow freshman David Mirkovic scored 22, Andrej Stojakovic 17 and Zvonimir Ivisic added 13 for the Illini (8-2, 1-0) in their conference opener.,The...

Beckett Sennecke ties in final second as Ducks top Penguins in shootout
Beckett Sennecke scored with one-tenth of a second left in regulation to tie the game, and Ville Husso stopped all three shootout attempts after making 45 saves, helping the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.,Anaheim was short-handed, and Husso had...

Jamier Jones, Jaylin Sellers lead Providence past cross-town foe Brown
Key runs on both sides of the halftime break and another late in regulation helped Providence hold off visiting cross-town foe Brown 86-79 on Tuesday night.,Jamier Jones and Jaylin Sellers each scored 16 points to lead the Friars (7-4), who have won three straight entering Big East play. Jason Edwar...

Devils halt five-game slide with win over Senators
Cody Glass scored the go-ahead goal with 7:36 remaining in the third period to lift the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,New Jersey's Arseny Gritsyuk collected a goal and two assists, Glass had one of each and Paul Cotter and defenseman Simon Nemec als...

Giants favored to land Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman
Will the lure of the NFL and the Big Apple be enough to pry Marcus Freeman away from Notre Dame?,Despite Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua vowing to keep Freeman among the highest-paid coaches in college football as NFL rumors gained steam this week, at least one sportsbook has moved Freema...

Women's Top 25 roundup: Taliah Scott, No. 13 Baylor rout Alabama St.
Taliah Scott scored 30 points and Jana Van Gytenbeek recorded a triple-double to power No. 13 Baylor to a 90-36 victory over Alabama State on Tuesday afternoon in Waco, Texas.,Scott sank 7 of 11 shots from the floor -- including 5 of 7 from 3-point range -- and made all 11 of her free-throw attempts...

Flyers score 4 unanswered goals to down Sharks
Dan Vladar made 17 saves and Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist to guide the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 home victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.,Christian Dvorak, Carl Grundstrom and Noah Cates also scored for Philadelphia, which has won five of its last seven games. Vladar's highlig...

Darren Raddysh scores twice, Lightning smash Canadiens
Darren Raddysh scored two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning offense erupted in a 6-1 win against the Canadiens in Montreal to snap a four-game losing streak.,Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who had been shut out in consecutive games. Jonas Johansson...

Report: LHP Gregory Soto to sign with Pirates on 1-year, $7.75M deal
Left-handed reliever Gregory Soto has reached an agreement with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a one-year, $7.75 million contract, ESPN reported on Tuesday.,Soto, 30, finished with a 1-5 record, one save, a 4.18 ERA, 24 walks and 70 strikeouts in 60 1/3 innings over 70 relief appearances in 2025 for the ...

AJ Dybantsa, Robert Wright III fuel No. 10 BYU's big comeback over Clemson
AJ Dybantsa tallied 28 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Robert Wright III hit the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to rally No. 10 BYU to a 67-64 victory over Clemson at the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday in New York.,Wright finished 17 points and redeemed himself from missing a free thro...

Kyle Schwarber remains with Phillies on 5-year contract
Ending his brief free agency, slugger Kyle Schwarber signed a five-year contract on Tuesday to stay with the Philadelphia Phillies.,The team confirmed the length of the deal but not the finances. According to multiple media reports, the contract is worth $150 million.,Also on Tuesday, the Phillies e...

Honor Huff drills 8 3-pointers as West Virginia blasts Little Rock
Honor Huff scored a game-high 24 points as West Virginia rolled to a 90-58 win over Little Rock on Tuesday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Huff connected on 8 of 11 3-point attempts for the Mountaineers (8-3). Treysen Eaglestaff tallied 23 points as he shot 8 of 14 from the field and 5-for-10 from beyond the ...

No. 24 Virginia uses early 3-point barrage to bury UMES
Sam Lewis scored 15 points and contributed to a long-distance barrage as No. 24 Virginia rolled to an 84-60 victory over Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday in Charlottesville, Va.,Chance Mallory delivered 10 points, five assists and six steals as the Cavaliers (9-1) won a day after crashing the AP To...

No. 4 Iowa State brimming with confidence ahead of Iowa game
Fresh off one of the biggest upsets of all time, No. 4 Iowa State hosts its biggest rival on Thursday when Iowa visits Ames.,The Cyclones (9-0) rolled to an 81-58 win at then-No. 1 Purdue on Saturday. The 23-point margin matched the worst home loss for a No. 1 team in AP Poll history.,In shooting 54...

Big 12 commish Brett Yormark calls Notre Dame AD’s remarks ‘egregious’
Big 12 Conference commissioner Brett Yormark said Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua was "totally out of bounds" for how he's gone about criticizing the Atlantic Coast Conference this week.,Notre Dame has a football scheduling alliance with the ACC and is a full member of the conference in o...

Newly unranked Kentucky steamrolls North Carolina Central
Jasper Johnson had the best night of his young career with 22 points, Otega Oweh scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Kentucky rolled to a 103-67 home victory over North Carolina Central on Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky.,It was the first victory of December for the Wildcats (6-4) as they...

Desmond Bane, Magic upend Heat, make NBA Cup semis
Desmond Bane made six 3-pointers and matched his season high with 37 points as the Orlando Magic beat the visiting Miami Heat 117-108 on Tuesday to advance to the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas.,Jalen Suggs had 20 points and Paolo Banchero added 18 for No. 1 seed Orlando, which will face either the...

NASCAR CEO Jim France: ‘I have not’ changed stance on permanent charters
NASCAR chairman and CEO Jim France testified on Tuesday, the seventh day of an antitrust trial in Charlotte, that he has not budged from his position on granting racing teams permanent charters.,Front Row Motorsports and 23XI Racing filed the federal antitrust lawsuit, with the latter team co-owned ...

No. 2 Michigan blasts Villanova for another lopsided win
Elliot Cadeau had 18 points and four assists as No. 2 Michigan overwhelmed Villanova 89-61 in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Tuesday night.,Michigan (9-0) came up just two points shy of a fifth consecutive victory by a margin of 30 or more points. The Wolverines, who led by 30 at halftime, had eight players w...

Chris Paul feeling at peace after being dumped by Clippers
Chris Paul was stunned to be released by the Los Angeles Clippers in the wee hours of the morning in Atlanta last Wednesday.,But he's become more surprised that he's experiencing calmness about the situation as he waits to see if he will continue his 21-season NBA career.,"I'm actually at peace with...