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Villanova rallies in second half to top foul-troubled DePaul
Bryce Lindsay and Tyler Perkins scored 19 points apiece as host Villanova rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to secure a 71-66 Big East victory over DePaul on Wednesday night.,After falling behind 50-40 with 10:54 to play, the Wildcats (11-2, 2-0) drilled six of their next seven 3-point att...

Alex Karaban helps No. 4 UConn rout Xavier
Alex Karaban scored 19 points and had seven rebounds to lead No. 4 UConn to a 90-67 Big East win over Xavier on Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio.,Braylon Mullins also has 17 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Huskies (13-1, 3-0).,Malik Messina-Moore led the Musketeers (9-5, 1-2) with 16 poin...

Arch Manning (4 TDs), No. 13 Texas slam door on No. 18 Michigan
Arch Manning passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two more to lead No. 13 Texas to a 41-27 victory over No. 18 Michigan on Wednesday in the Citrus Bowl at Orlando, Fla.,Manning completed 21 of 34 passes for 221 yards and rushed for 155 on nine attempts as the Longhorns (10-3) set aside their fru...

Devon Dampier's huge day leads No. 15 Utah over Nebraska in Las Vegas Bowl
Devon Dampier accounted for five touchdowns and 458 yards of total offense and Utah scored 37 consecutive points to beat Nebraska 44-22 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Wednesday afternoon.,The Utes (11-2) ended a 5-game bowl losing streak and scored a win in Morgan Scalley's coaching debut. Scalley, Utah's...

Sharks sweep season series from Wild, final win occurs in SO
Macklin Celebrini celebrated making the Canadian Olympic hockey team in a big way Wednesday as the teenage phenom added a shootout goal to his goal and assist in regulation to push the San Jose Sharks past the visiting Minnesota Wild 4-3.,Igor Chernyshov also registered a goal and an assist in the w...

Darren Raddysh's OT goal helps Lightning beat Ducks for 5th straight W
Darren Raddysh tallied 2:47 into overtime and the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning closed out 2025 with a 4-3 New Year's Eve afternoon win over the Anaheim Ducks. ,The defenseman took a feed from Brandon Hagel and flipped in the game-winner, beating Lukas Dostal (25 saves) after the goaltender stopped A...

No. 6 Duke rallies past Georgia Tech to win ACC opener
Freshman phenom Cameron Boozer totaled a game-high 26 points and 12 rebounds for No. 6 Duke, which fought off Georgia Tech for an 85-79 victory in both teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener on Wednesday in Durham, N.C.,Isaiah Evans added 17 points, while Cayden Boozer scored 13 for Duke (12-1, 1-0...

Duke outscores Arizona State as offenses shine in Sun Bowl
Darian Mensah's fourth touchdown pass of the day went to Que'Sean Brown for 17 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 2:10 remaining in Duke's 42-39 victory against Arizona State in the Sun Bowl on Wednesday at El Paso, Texas.,Brown caught the ball behind the line of scrimmage and made his way down t...

Steven Stamkos tallies 600th goal as Predators beat Golden Knights
Steven Stamkos scored his 600th career goal to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas., ,Stamkos roofed a one-timer from the left circle off a Filip Forsberg crossing pass at the 15:37 mark of the first period to tie the game, ...

Cavaliers snap Suns' 4-game win streak behind Donovan Mitchell's 34
Donovan Mitchell collected 34 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Darius Garland scored 19 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the visiting Phoenix Suns 129-113 on Wednesday afternoon.,Evan Mobley posted 16 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots, and Jarrett Allen had 16 points and 11 ...

Paolo Banchero clutch for Magic as Pacers' skid hits 10 straight
Paolo Banchero scored a go-ahead layup with 7.5 seconds left on Wednesday afternoon, helping the visiting Orlando Magic earn a 112-110 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis.,Banchero scored a game-high 29 points, adding 10 rebounds for the Magic, which allowed just 15 Indiana points in the...

Jalen Johnson excels as Hawks defeat Timberwolves
Jalen Johnson and Kristaps Porzingis both returned to the lineup and led the Atlanta Hawks to a 126-102 win over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday to end their seven-game losing streak.,The Hawks, who never trailed, had not won a game since Dec. 14 and ended a five-game homecourt losi...

Virginia Tech works 3 OTs to down No. 21 Virginia
Ben Hammond came off the bench to score 10 of his career-high 30 points in the third overtime as host Virginia Tech outlasted No. 21 Virginia 95-85 in the Commonwealth Clash on Wednesday afternoon in Blacksburg, Va.,Christian Gurdak contributed 17 points and 19 rebounds as the injury-riddled Hokies ...

Clemson wins 4th straight, snaps Syracuse's 3-game streak
RJ Godfrey scored 14 points and Dillon Hunter added 10 as Clemson held on in the last minute for a 64-61 road win over host Syracuse on Wednesday in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.,The Tigers (11-3) notched their fourth straight victory despite shooting only 4 of 16 from 3-point...

Iowa QB Mark Gronowski exits a winner vs. Vanderbilt in ReliaQuest Bowl
Mark Gronowski threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to help No. 23 Iowa overcome a late surge to beat No. 14 Vanderbilt 34-27 in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Wednesday afternoon in Tampa, Fla.,Gronowski, who won back-to-back FCS national titles at South Dakota State (2022, 2023) before spending hi...

Reports: Kylian Mbappe (knee) expected to miss Supercopa
Kylian Mbappe's status for next week's Spanish Supercopa is in serious doubt after the Real Madrid star suffered a sprained left knee in training.,The France international star will miss Madrid's first match of 2026 at home on Sunday against Betis, and French publication L'Equipe reported that Mbapp...

Warriors drain 24 3-pointers, hold off pesky Hornets
Stephen Curry celebrated a homecoming with a team-high 26 points, nine teammates added to a 3-point shooting barrage and the Golden State Warriors held off the host Charlotte Hornets 132-125 on Wednesday afternoon.,Playing for the 13th time in the state in which he starred both in high school and in...

Tom Wilson powers Capitals over Rangers to celebrate Olympic nod
Tom Wilson had two goals and an assist to lead the host Washington Capitals to a 6-3 win over the New York Rangers on Wednesday.,Wilson celebrated being named to the Canadian Olympic team earlier in the day by surpassing 20 goals and reaching 200 for his career.,Justin Sourdif also scored twice, Ali...

NC State opens ACC play with win as Wake Forest's offense sputters
Quadir Copeland scored 14 points and North Carolina State benefitted from Wake Forest's offensive woes on the way to a 70-57 victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams on Wednesday afternoon at Raleigh, N.C.,Paul McNeil Jr.'s 13 points and Ven-Allen Lubin's 12 points and 11 rebou...

Maple Leafs D Chris Tanev (groin) out for 'significant time'
The Toronto Maple Leafs expect defenseman Chris Tanev to miss "significant time" with a groin injury he sustained after recovering from a separate issue, coach Craig Berube said Wednesday.,Tanev's short-lived return to health ended after three games. The 36-year-old sat out Toronto's 4-0 win over th...