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Timberwolves acquire G Ayo Dosunmu from Bulls
The Minnesota Timberwolves acquired guard Ayo Dosunmu as part of a four-player, four-draft pick trade with the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.,The Timberwolves also received forward Julian Phillips from the Bulls in exchange for guard Rob Dillingham, forward Leonard Miller and four second-round picks.,Th...

Victor Wembanyama, Spurs stuff Cooper Flagg, Mavs
Victor Wembanyama dominated with 29 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots to carry the visiting San Antonio Spurs past the Mavericks in a 135-123 win on Thursday in Dallas. ,Cooper Flagg had 32 points and became the youngest player in NBA history with 30 or more points in four con...

Christoph Tilly's bounce-back effort powers Ohio State past Maryland
Christoph Tilly, rebounding from going scoreless in his previous game, put up 19 points to help Ohio State defeat struggling Maryland 82-62 in College Park Md., on Thursday.,Bruce Thornton had 17 points and John Mobley Jr. added 15 for the Buckeyes (15-7, 7-5 Big Ten), who have won four of their pas...

Hot Lightning enter Olympic break by blasting Panthers
Erik Cernak scored his first goal, Nikita Kucherov stretched his point streak to 10 games, and the Tampa Bay Lightning headed off to the Winter Olympics break by earning their 10th straight home win, 6-1, over the Florida Panthers.,Brandon Hagel, Zemgus Girgensons, Pontus Holmberg (assist) and OIive...

Jalen Suggs stuffs stat sheet as Magic snip Nets
Jalen Suggs registered his first triple-double as the Orlando Magic opened a four-game homestand with a 118-98 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night.,Suggs, in his fifth year with the Magic, finished with 15 points, 11 assists, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three steals in just 29 minutes. He ...

Super Bowl LX: Seahawks' Nick Emmanwori (ankle) skips practice
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Seattle Seahawks practiced for 1 hour, 47 minutes without pads on Thursday, their second practice of Super Bowl week. It was sunny and 74 degrees when the team began with a stretch period at 2 p.m.,Rookie safety Nick Emmanwori did not participate in practice because of an ank...

Bo Horvat comes to rescue, Islanders sweep series with Devils
Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal with 3:27 left to play to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday in Newark, N.J.,Casey Cizikas and Mathew Barzal each added a goal for the Islanders, while Horvat assisted on Barzal's empty-netter for a two-point night. Ilya...

Canes' Brandon Bussi hands Rangers another home blanking
Rookie Brandon Bussi made 16 saves in a successful homecoming as the visiting Carolina Hurricanes extended their points streak to 10 games with a 2-0 victory over the New York Rangers Thursday night in the final game before the Olympic break.,Andrei Svechnikov scored early as Hurricanes improved to ...

WTA roundup: Hailey Baptiste charges into Abu Dhabi semis
The United States' Hailey Baptiste defeated Russia's fifth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova on Thursday on the indoor hard court's only three-set match, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open in the United Arab Emirates.,Baptiste took advantage of her four aces compared to Samson...

New-look Grizzlies take on slumping Trail Blazers
The revamped Memphis Grizzlies begin play after the trade deadline with two games against the host Portland Trail Blazers, the first on Friday night.,The Grizzlies traded club stalwart Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Utah Jazz in an eight-player deal earlier this week that also netted Memphis three future ...

No. 2 Michigan crushes Penn St.; Nimari Burnett drops 31 in 21 minutes
Nimari Burnett scored a career-high 31 points to lead No. 2 Michigan to a 110-69 rout of Penn State in a Big Ten contest on Thursday in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Burnett went 11 of 16 from the field overall and 7 of 10 from 3-point range while playing just 21 minutes. L.J. Cason, Trey McKenney and Morez John...

Report: Emmanuel Clase's pitch-rigging more frequent than believed
Thanks to a document filed by an attorney representing Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz, there's new suspicion that Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase participated in pitch-fixing far more frequently than previously believed.,According to an ESPN report, Ortiz's attorney submitted a document Thur...

Timberwolves prep for Pelicans by adding Ayo Dosunmu
Jaden McDaniels can breathe a sigh of relief.,The versatile forward heard his name mentioned in plenty of rumors as the Minnesota Timberwolves explored the idea of adding a star player before the trade deadline.,However, Giannis Antetokounmpo stayed put with the Milwaukee Bucks and McDaniels stayed ...

Report: Celtics' Xavier Tillman traded to Hornets in buzzer-beater
The Boston Celtics traded forward Xavier Tillman Sr. and cash considerations to the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday, ESPN reported, moments before the NBA trade deadline passed for good.,The Hornets acquired Tillman and $3.5 million in cash considerations, pulling Boston away from the luxury tax, simi...

Torch arrives in Milan to cheers and protests
MILAN -- The Olympic torch arrived in front of Milan's giant gothic cathedral on Thursday amid cheers and protests in the city on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Games.,Nicoletta Manni, a leading ballet dancer at the nearby La Scala theater, carried the flame on to a pla...

Orioles get IF/OF Blaze Alexander from Diamondbacks for 4 players
The Baltimore Orioles acquired utility player Blaze Alexander from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday for right-hander Kade Strowd and a pair of minor leaguers, righty Wellington Aracena and infielder Jose Mejia.,Alexander, 26, batted .230 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in 74 games last season f...

Trade winners and losers: Cavs deliver, Bulls not so much
As the clock counted down on the NBA trade deadline Thursday, it was the Los Angeles Clippers who drained a shot at the buzzer, while the Chicago Bulls seemed unable to execute the play drawn up in the huddle.,Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ja Morant were supposed to be the biggest names on the move by T...

Canada stun Italy, US starts 2-0 in mixed doubles curling
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Italy's Olympic title defense got off to a mixed start at the Milano Cortina Games on Thursday, as the mixed doubles curling champions beat South Korea before suffering their first defeat in major competition at the hands of Canada.,The Italian pairing of Stefania Constan...

Ski Jumping: WADA on lookout over alleged penis-enhancement claims
MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) -- Winter Olympic doping chiefs say they will be on the lookout for any evidence male ski jumpers are artificially enlarging their penises in a bid to manipulate one of the sport's rules and gain an aerodynamic advantage.,WADA Director General Olivier Niggli, speaking at a pre...

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant stay put as deadline passes
Two of the biggest names rumored to be on the move remained with their teams as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ja Morant did not change uniforms before the NBA trade deadline expired Tuesday.,While Antetokounmpo did not express a desire for a trade publicly, and the Milwaukee Bucks did not say they were ...