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Freshman stars clash as Washington visits Maryland
As Washington has struggled through a second straight lackluster season since joining the Big Ten Conference, one positive has been the remarkable consistency of Hannes Steinbach.,Meanwhile, 2,700 miles away at Maryland, which is muddling through its worst season since 1988-89, the most encouraging ...
Is 40-year-old Alex Ovechkin planning to retire? 'We'll see'
Alex Ovechkin plans to decide his future sometime after the Capitals finish the regular season, a 23-game stretch when play resumes Wednesday following the break for the Winter Games.,Ovechkin, 40, said he spent the extended time away from the regularly scheduled NHL programming by taking a trip to ...
MLS opener vs. RSL is part of Whitecaps' busy early stretch
The Vancouver Whitecaps will begin the defense of their Western Conference crown on Saturday when they open the MLS regular season against visiting Real Salt Lake.,Saturday will mark the 500th regular-season MLS match for the Whitecaps, who fell 3-1 to Inter Miami in the MLS Cup final in December.,V...
Bennedict Mathurin (38) lifts Clippers to tight win over Nuggets
Bennedict Mathurin scored a season-high 38 points in his home debut for the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard added 23 in a 115-114 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday at Inglewood, Calif.,Derrick Jones Jr. produced 22 points and John Collins had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippe...
Magic set 3-pointer mark, send Kings to record 15th straight loss
Paolo Banchero scored 30 points and the Orlando Magic set a franchise record with 27 3-pointers while routing the host Sacramento Kings 131-94 on Thursday night.,Sacramento set a franchise record with its 15th consecutive loss. The former Cincinnati Royals twice had 14-game skids -- in the 1959-60 a...
Jaylen Brown, Celtics run host Warriors off the floor in rout
Jaylen Brown collected 23 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists to lead the visiting Boston Celtics to a 121-110 triumph over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night in San Francisco.,It was Brown's third triple-double of the season and the sixth of his career.,Payton Pritchard came off the bench t...
Spurs pick on short-handed Suns, earn 7th straight win
Stephon Castle scored 20 points as the San Antonio Spurs owned the middle two quarters and dominated the short-handed Phoenix Suns 121-94 on Thursday in Austin, Texas, to win their seventh straight game.,San Antonio led by a dozen points at halftime before all but putting away the game by outscoring...
Spurs capitalize on Suns' shortcomings, win 7th straight
Stephon Castle scored 20 points as the San Antonio Spurs owned the middle two periods and dominated the short-handed Phoenix Suns 121-94 on Thursday in Austin, Texas, to win their seventh straight game., ,San Antonio led by a dozen points at halftime before all but putting away the game by outscorin...
Brandon Ingram scores 31 as Raptors take down Bulls again
Brandon Ingram scored 31 points to fuel the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 110-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.,Ingram added eight rebounds and six assists to help the Raptors defeat the Bulls for the second time this month. He scored 33 points in Toronto's 123-107 home victory over Ch...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Galaxy draw in first leg at Panama
Joseph Paintsil's 68th-minute goal allowed the Los Angeles Galaxy to salvage a 1-1 draw against Sporting San Miguelito on Thursday in the opening leg of a first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup series at Penonome, Panama.,The finale of the two-game, total-goal series is scheduled for Wednesday in Carson...
Behind Cade Cunningham's 42, Pistons complete season sweep of Knicks
Cade Cunningham totaled 42 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as the Detroit Pistons pulled away in the second half and completed a season sweep of the host New York Knicks with a 126-111 victory on Thursday.,Detroit won the three meetings by a combined 84 points, improving its winning streak vs....
Jalen Johnson puts up 32 as Hawks power past 76ers
Jalen Johnson recorded 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the Atlanta Hawks posted a 117-107 road win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday.,In both teams' first game following the All-Star break, Atlanta snapped a three-game skid despite 43.2% shooting from the field and a 10-of-32 showin...
Seven double-figure scorers enable Wizards to edge Pacers
Bub Carrington, Jaden Hardy, Anthony Gill and Kadary Richmond each scored 13 points as the Washington Wizards beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 112-105 on Thursday.,Bilal Coulibaly and Tristan Vukcevic added 12 points apiece and Tre Johnson had 10 for Washington, which snapped a three-game losing str...
Big shots late lift Rockets, who cool off Hornets
Kevin Durant poured in 35 points on 14-for-20 shooting as the Houston Rockets fended off the host Charlotte Hornets for a 105-101 victory in the first game after the All-Star break Thursday night.,Jabari Smith Jr. added 15 points and Alperen Sengun and Reed Sheppard both scored 13 points for the Roc...
Cavaliers thrash Nets for sixth straight win
Donovan Mitchell scored 17 points and James Harden had 16 points and nine assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the visiting Brooklyn Nets 112-84 on Thursday night, extending their winning streak to six.,Jarrett Allen posted 15 points and 10 rebounds for Cleveland, which led from wire to wire...
Aaron Rai on top, Rory McIlroy 1 back at rain-delayed Genesis
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- Aaron Rai of England held a one-shot lead at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday at Riviera Country Club despite being unable to complete his round during a rainy and windy day.,Rai was at 6 under par through 16 holes before the rain-delayed opening round was halted by ...
Tundra moves to top of Group B at DreamLeague Season 28
Tundra Esports won twice on Thursday to rise to the top of Group B with one day left in Group Stage 1 at DreamLeague Season 28.,Tundra is the first team to reach four wins in its group, with MOUZ close behind in second. In Group A, Aurora Gaming notched another win and remains comfortably in first.,...
Three Americans charge into Dubai semifinals
Americans Amanda Anisimova, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula reached the semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships along with Ukraine's Elina Svitolina on Thursday.,The second-seeded Anisimova will meet the fourth-seeded Pegula, and the third-seeded Gauff will take on No. 7 seed Svitolina ...
Chanettee Wannasaen surges to share of first-round lead at Honda
Chanettee Wannasaen is tied atop the leaderboard of her home-country tournament with Japan's Nasa Hataoka after the opening round of the Honda LPGA Thailand on Thursday in Pattaya, Thailand.,Wannasaen was effective throughout a 7-under-par 65 opening round, racking up nine birdies against two bogeys...
Oriol Cardona Coll wins Spain’s first winter gold since 1972 in SkiMo debut
BORMIO, Italy -- Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal in 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event on Thursday.,Minutes earlier, Switzerland's Marianne Fatton also made history as she beat big favorite Emily Harrop of Fran...