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Luka Doncic returns to carry Lakers past Grizzlies in NBA Cup
Luka Doncic returned after a three-game injury absence to lead the visiting Los Angeles Lakers to a 117-112 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies Friday during the first night of NBA Cup play. ,Doncic finished with 44 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in 39 minutes. Austin Reaves added 21 for the Lak...
Corey Heim shakes off pressure to win NASCAR Truck Series title
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- The best man won on Friday night, but it was far from a foregone conclusion.,The statistics might suggest otherwise. In winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, Corey Heim swept the first and second stages, led a race-high 100 of 161 laps and...
Line-drive DP seals Dodgers' win, sends World Series to Game 7
TORONTO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers produced a three-run third inning on Friday, then held on thanks to a game-ending double play, forcing Game 7 in the World Series with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.,Mookie Betts keyed the third-inning rally with a two-run single to help the Dodgers main...
UNC shuts down Syracuse's offense, earns first ACC win
Gio Lopez threw for two touchdowns and North Carolina scored TDs on its first three possessions of the second half to collect the first Atlantic Coast Conference victory under first-year coach Bill Belichick, defeating host Syracuse 27-10 on Friday night.,North Carolina (3-5, 1-3 ACC) was dominant o...
Josh Giddey's career night keeps Bulls unbeaten vs. Knicks
Josh Giddey scored a career-high 32 points and Nikola Vucevic added 26 as the Chicago Bulls remained unbeaten with a 135-125 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Friday in the NBA Cup opener for both squads.,At 5-0, the Bulls are off to their best start since the 1996-97 campaign. Chicago is one...
No. 25 Memphis runs all over Rice in road rout
Frank Peasant tallied three of Memphis' five rushing scores, the defense held Rice to 212 yards, and the No. 25 Tigers kept their College Football Playoff hopes alive Friday with a 38-14 Halloween night rout of the Owls in Houston. ,Peasant, who entered with three total touchdowns on the year, found...
Balanced-scoring Raptors end skid with win over Cavaliers
Brandon Ingram collected 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists while RJ Barrett and Jamison Battle also had 20 points apiece as the visiting Toronto Raptors beat the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 112-101 in the NBA Cup opener for both teams on Friday.,Toronto trailed 92-90 midway through the...
Texas QB Arch Manning off injury report on eve on Vandy game
After spending the week in concussion protocol, Texas quarterback Arch Manning was nowhere to be found on the Southeastern Conference's availability report on Friday, paving the way for him to play against Vanderbilt in a matchup of ranked teams on Saturday.,Manning sustained the injury on the first...
Reports: LIV open to more newcomers from International Series
The climb from the Asian Tour's International Series to LIV Golf just became easier, according reports from multiple UK-based golf media outlets on Friday.,LIV Golf officials reportedly decided to guarantee spots on its tour to the top two 2025 International Series point-getters who are not already ...
West final between Lions, Stampeders marked by quarterbacks' history
Once the BC Lions decided Nathan Rourke would be their No. 1 quarterback, they decided to trade Vernon Adams Jr. to the division rival Calgary Stampeders.,Eleven months later, Adams is ready to guide his new team against his old one in a playoff setting when the Stampeders visit the Lions in the Wes...
Celtics keep rolling, hand 76ers first loss
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points as the Boston Celtics slipped past host Philadelphia 109-108 on Friday in an NBA Cup matchup, handing the 76ers their first loss of the season.,Anfernee Simons added 19 points for Boston, while Derrick White and Payton Pritchard each chipped in with 15 points. The Celti...
Ted Noffey stays perfect with Breeders' Cup Juvenile victory
Odds-on favorite Ted Noffey cemented his campaign for 2-year-old of the year and all but guaranteed his place as next year's Kentucky Derby frontrunner with a scintillating, pressing victory in the $2 million Juvenile as the highlight of Future Stars Friday at the 42nd Breeders' Cup World Championsh...
Hawks' balanced effort leads to NBA Cup win over Pacers
Jalen Johnson posted 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Indiana Pacers 128-108 in their NBA Cup East Group A opener on Friday in Indianapolis.,Atlanta's victory was underpinned by a commanding 34-17 third quarter and an even spread of contributors in the absence o...
Islanders keep Alex Ovechkin at 899 goals in win over Caps
Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal 4:29 into the third period and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves, lifting the visiting New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday.,New York's Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a short-handed goal late in the second period, and Mathew Barzal found ...
Blazers' Matisse Thybulle out after thumb surgery
The Portland Trail Blazers will be without Matisse Thybulle for at least a month after the swingman underwent surgery Friday on his left thumb.,Thybulle got hurt in the first quarter of the Trail Blazers' game against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday in Salt Lake City, and he sat out the remainder of the ...
DP World Tour allows Sepp Straka to keep card in wake of family emergency
The DP World Tour made an exception to its rules to allow Austria's Sepp Straka to keep his tour card for next season in the wake of a family emergency.,Straka's wife Paige gave birth to their son, Thomas, prematurely in August, and the baby has remained in the hospital for the first two months of h...
Mavs' Anthony Davis ruled out for Pistons clash in Mexico City
Anthony Davis is delighted to be in Mexico City as the Dallas Mavericks make their record fourth regular-season appearance in Mexico's capital, but he's not happy that he won't get to play in Saturday night's game against the Detroit Pistons.,Davis injured his lower left leg during Wednesday's victo...
Mavs star Anthony Davis (calf) to miss at least 2 games
Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis was diagnosed with a low-grade left calf strain and will sit out the next two games before he is reevaluated.,The Mavericks delivered the update Friday as the team prepared to face the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets in Mexico City. Dallas coach Jason Kidd ...
Pacers' Obi Toppin needs foot surgery; out until February
The Indiana Pacers will be without acrobatic backup forward Obi Toppin for at least three months once he undergoes foot surgery next week.,The team announced that Toppin had a partial stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot and will travel to New York for surgery. Pacers coach Rick...
Devils' defense suddenly a sieve as they visit Kings
The NHL regular season is a little more than three weeks old, but the New Jersey Devils and Los Angeles Kings are already well aware of how quickly momentum can change -- for the worse as well as for the better.,The Devils will endeavor to snap their first losing streak of the season on Saturday nig...