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Cade Cunningham's all-around effort lifts Pistons over Raptors
Cade Cunningham scored 18 of his 28 points in the second quarter Wednesday night and the visiting Detroit Pistons defeated the Toronto Raptors 113-95.,Cunningham, who hit 6 of 11 3-point attempts, added seven rebounds, nine assists and three steals for the Pistons, who have won three straight and ei...
Jose Alvarado hits 8 3-pointers as Knicks crush 76ers
Jose Alvarado made eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points as the visiting New York Knicks rolled to a 138-89 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday in both teams' final game before the All-Star break.,Mikal Bridges added 22 points for New York, which led by as many as 52 in cl...
Payton Pritchard, Celtics extend Bulls' woes with runaway win
Payton Pritchard came off the bench to score a game-high 26 points and Nikola Vucevic added 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 124-105 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.,Vucevic was traded to Boston last week in a deal that sent Anfernee Simons from th...
No. 6 UConn bounces back, fends off pesky Butler
Solo Ball scored 24 points to lead No. 6 UConn to a hard-fought 80-70 Big East victory over Butler in Indianapolis on Wednesday night., ,Tarris Reed Jr. added 16 points along with 10 boards and seven assists for UConn (23-2, 13-1 Big East), who bounced back from its first loss in nearly three months...
Bucks punish missed dunk, top Magic in final minutes
Cam Thomas scored 34 points off the bench as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Orlando Magic's three-game winning streak with a 116-108 victory on Wednesday.,Thomas hit 4 of 6 from 3-point range in just 25 minutes. Kevin Porter Jr. paired 18 points with 11 assists, Ousmane Dieng contributed 1...
Hornets hold off Hawks' late comeback attempt
Brandon Miller scored 31 points and the short-handed Charlotte Hornets defeated the visiting Atlanta Hawks 110-107 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams prior to the All-Star break.,LaMelo Ball provided 24 points and six assists as the Hornets won for the 10th time in 11 games.,Charlot...
Adam "Budd" Clark helps Seton Hall snap skid, beat Providence
Adam "Budd" Clark racked up a season-high 31 points and eight assists, AJ Staton-McCray added 18 points and Seton Hall clawed past Providence 87-80 on Wednesday in Newark, N.J., ,Twenty-one of Clark's points came in the second half as the Pirates (17-8, 7-7 Big East) ended the Friars' two-game winni...
Cavaliers thump Wizards behind Sam Merrill's career high
Sam Merrill scored a career-high 32 points and made nine 3-pointers, and Donovan Mitchell had 30 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers led from wire to wire in a 138-113 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.,James Harden posted 13 points and 11 assists in his home debut for Cl...
Virginia Tech fends off No. 20 Clemson for statement win
Jailen Bedford had 23 points and four 3-pointers and Virginia Tech took a big step off the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 76-66 win on the road at No. 20 Clemson on Wednesday night.,The Hokies (17-8, 6-6 ACC) shot 52% from the floor and racked up the second-most points Clemson has allowed in ACC play...
Alabama rolls Ole Miss with second-half surge
Latrell Wrightsell Jr. made six 3-pointers in the second half, helping Alabama secure a 93-74 Southeastern Conference win over Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss.,Wrightsell Jr. finished with a team-high 21 points, hitting 7 of 13 from behind the arc, tying a career-high for made threes. Labaron Philon Jr. fi...
American Chloe Kim flies into halfpipe final on the hunt for 3rd gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, -- American snowboarder Chloe Kim cruised into the halfpipe finals at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday, showing off high-altitude tricks to easily lead the field as she moved a step closer to claiming a third straight gold medal.,Kim, one of the greatest snowboarders in history, burs...
No. 14 Florida stays hot, completes season sweep of rival Georgia
Led by Xaivian Lee's 18 points, No. 14 Florida put five players in double figures and rolled to an 86-66 win over Georgia on Wednesday in Athens, Ga. ,Florida retained first place in the Southeastern Conference with its fourth straight victory. The Gators have won five straight road conference games...
LIV Golf CEO: World rankings 'nice nod'; 4 majors the focus
LIV Golf accomplished a feat years in the making when the Official World Golf Ranking governing body announced earlier this month that LIV's competitors will begin receiving OWGR points for competing in the league's events.,It wasn't a full win for LIV, as OWGR points will be given out only to top-1...
Bruce Thornton’s hot hand leads Ohio State over Southern California
Bruce Thornton scored 21 points to lead four Ohio State scorers in double figures as the Buckeyes defeated Southern California 89-82 in Columbus on Wednesday.,Thornton had 13 points in the second half as the Buckeyes (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten) overcame a three-point halftime deficit to avoid losing consecu...
Lakers chase bounce-back vs. slumping Mavericks
After taking the court with a skeleton crew Tuesday, the Los Angeles Lakers will aim to assemble a more competitive lineup when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.,Both teams will be playing their final game before the extended All-Star break.,The Lakers were essentially missing all of their...
Hot-shooting Maryland halts Iowa's 6-game Big Ten win streak
Freshman Andre Mills scored a career-high 24 points to propel Maryland to a 77-70 Big Ten victory over Iowa on Wednesday in College Park, Md.,David Coit scored 19 points off the bench and Solomon Washington put up 10 points and eight rebounds for the Terrapins (10-14, 3-10), who won their second str...
Report: Dolphins hire ex-Eagles OC Kevin Patullo as assistant
The Miami Dolphins are adding another piece to their new offensive staff, hiring Kevin Patullo as passing game coordinator after his one-season stint running the Philadelphia Eagles offense ended with a staff reset, according to an NFL Network report.,Patullo will work under first-year head coach Je...
Rory McIlroy starts search for consistent excellence at Pebble Beach
The start of the PGA Tour's signature event schedule attracts the likes of Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and more to make their season debuts stateside at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, beginning Thursday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,The tour usually kicks off each season with the Sentry (formerly Sentry ...
IOC 'begs' defiant Ukrainian to race without war dead helmet
MILAN/CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The International Olympic Committee pleaded on Wednesday with skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych to compete without his banned helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia's invasion and avoid potential disqualification.,The athlete, however, remained d...
F Jeremy Sochan waived by Spurs, becomes free agent
The San Antonio Spurs waived Jeremy Sochan on Wednesday to permit the 22-year-old power forward to seek a fresh start as a free agent.,A frequent starter in past seasons, Sochan slipped out of coach Mitch Johnson's rotation and played a grand total of eight minutes over the Spurs' last dozen games.,...