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Cole Perfetti's late goal lifts Jets over Avalanche
Cole Perfetti scored a go-ahead goal with 5:11 left in the third period, Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in Denver to gain ground in the Western Conference playoff race.,Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist and Cole Koepke and Kyle Connor sco...

Stewart Cink leads at Hoag after albatross on 18
Stewart Cink ended the Hoag Classic's second day with as great a flourish as possible, scoring a two-shot albatross on the par-5 18th, giving him a two-shot lead at 14 under at Newport Beach (Calif.) Country Club.,"It was a heck of a walk-off," Cink said.,Cink nailed a great drive, then sank a 205-y...

Blues stay hot, crush Maple Leafs
The St. Louis Blues continued their dominant March with a 5-1 thumping of the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.,The win marked St. Louis' fourth in a row as they improved their March record to an NHL-best 10-1-2.,The Blues (31-30-11, 73 points) scored three in the third after Jake McCa...

Troy appoints NC State assistant Adam Howard as new coach
North Carolina State assistant Adam Howard is the new head coach at Troy, the school announced Saturday night.,Howard replaces Scott Cross, who left after the NCAA Tournament to become head coach at Georgia Tech. Cross finished his seven-year tenure with five straight 20-win campaigns.,Troy went 22-...

Marta Suarez scores 33 as TCU upends Virginia in Sweet 16
Marta Suarez scored a career-high 33 points, Olivia Miles added 28 points in a near triple-double and third-seeded TCU ended Virginia's magical NCAA Tournament run with a 79-69 victory in the Sweet 16 in Sacramento on Saturday.,Miles had 10 rebounds and eight assists and Suarez had 10 rebounds as th...

Lakers star Luka Doncic suspended 1 game after 16th technical foul
The NBA suspended Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic for one game without pay on Saturday for receiving his 16th technical foul this season, and he will miss Monday's game against the visiting Washington Wizards.,Doncic, the league's leading scorer, was assessed a technical along with Brooklyn forw...

Warriors aim to take season series over peaking Nuggets
Riding their first three-game winning streak in more than two months, the Golden State Warriors will try to make it four in a row when they visit the surging Denver Nuggets on Sunday night.,Golden State (36-38) holds the 10th and final spot in the play-in, trailing Portland by half a game with eight...

Justin Allgaier wins at Martinsville for 3rd OAP victory of season
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Justin Allgaier ended the day where he started -- out front -- but it was a dramatic and challenging route to the trophy hoist in Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts NFPA 250 at the historic half-mile Martinsville Speedway.,En route to his win, the 2024 series champion started...

Brewers promote C prospect Jeferson Quero, place IB Andrew Vaughn on IL
The Milwaukee Brewers recalled top catching prospect Jeferson Quero and placed first baseman Andrew Vaughn on the 10-day injured list prior to Saturday's game against the visiting Chicago White Sox. ,Vaughn fractured the hamate bone in his left hand on Opening Day and will undergo surgery on Monday,...

Joel Embiid, 76ers surge to win, end Hornets' 5-game streak
Joel Embiid had 29 points and made a big block in the final seconds as the Philadelphia Sixers rallied from 15 points down to edge the host Charlotte Hornets 118-114 on Saturday night.,Philadelphia (41-33) stopped Charlotte's five-game winning streak and won the season series 2-1 giving them the tie...

Denny Hamlin edges William Byron to win pole at Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin claimed the 49th Busch Light Pole Award of his career Saturday afternoon, claiming the number one starting spot for Sunday's Cook Out 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Martinsville Speedway, a track where he has long establ...

No. 3 Illinois outlasts conference rival Iowa to head back to Final Four
HOUSTON -- Freshman Keaton Wagler scored a game-high 25 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 17 off the bench, and third-seeded Illinois secured its first Final Four berth in 21 years with a 71-59 victory over Big Ten rival Iowa on Saturday in the South Region final of the NCAA Tournament.,Illinois (28-8...

Sabres' Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen comes up big in shootout win over Kraken
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves in regulation and overtime, and stopped both attempts in the shootout, helping the Buffalo Sabres rally for a 3-2 victory against the visiting Seattle Kraken on Saturday evening.,Rasmus Dahlin and Peyton Krebs scored in regulation, and Tage Thompson and Jack Quinn ...

Tobias Harris sparks Pistons to road win over Timberwolves
Tobias Harris scored 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, and the Detroit Pistons pulled away for a 109-87 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Ronald Holland II and Daniss Jenkins chipped in 13 points apiece for Detroit (54-20), which won for the sixth time in its pa...

Miko Rantanen, Stars double-up Penguins
Miko Rantanen scored in his first game in nearly two months, and the Dallas Stars tallied three unanswered second-period goals to end a four-game skid and defeat the host Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday.,Rantanen and Jason Robertson each had a goal and an assist for Dallas (44-18-11, 99 points),...

Luis Robert Jr. belts three-run HR as Mets down Pirates in 11
Luis Robert Jr. hit a walk-off three-run homer in the 11th inning Saturday for the New York Mets, who overcame a pair of deficits in extras to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2.,Bryan Reynolds had an RBI infield single in the top of the 11th for the Pirates before the Mets rallied against Hunter Barc...

Igor Chernyshov scores late winner as Sharks edge Blue Jackets
Igor Chernyshov scored his second goal of the game with 1:25 left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win against the Blue Jackets in Columbus.,Macklin Celebrini entered the zone on the rush and passed to the middle for Will Smith, who fed Chernyshov for a one-timer from the lef...

Pavel Zacha, Elias Lindholm lead Bruins past Wild
Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm each capped off two-goal performances with insurance markers late in the third period, leading the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday.,Zacha's first goal lifted him to the 25-goal mark for the first time in his career. Eleven of his...

Reds come through in 11th, beat Red Sox for first win of season
Dane Myers singled home automatic runner TJ Friedl from second base with the winning run to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a wild 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox in 11 innings on Saturday in Cincinnati.,Sal Stewart homered and drove in two, Elly De La Cruz belted his first homer of 2026 and Matt McLain...

Nikolaj Ehlers leads Hurricanes to comfortable win vs. Devils
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist to lead the host Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.,Jackson Blake, captain Jordan Staal, defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere and Seth Jarvis also connected for the Hurricanes (46-20-6, 98 points), who have won four of their las...