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Northwestern downs Minnesota behind Nick Martinelli's 28
Nick Martinelli scored a game-high 28 points and Ty Berry added 14 to lift Northwestern to a 72-64 victory against Minnesota on Wednesday in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.,Thirteenth-seeded Northwestern (17-15) advances to face fifth-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday afterno...

Belinda Bencic upsets Coco Gauff to reach quarterfinals at Indian Wells
Wild card Belinda Bencic continued her strong run since returning from maternity leave by notching a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 upset of third-seeded Coco Gauff on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.,Bencic converted 3 of 5 break points and recovered from a first-...

Colorado knocks off West Virginia for second straight upset
KANSAS CITY, MO. -- Reserve Elijah Malone scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half to help Colorado defeat West Virginia 67-60 in the second round of the Big 12 tournament on Wednesday. ,It was the second straight upset for the Buffaloes, who knocked off TCU in the first round.,The Buffs, who u...

North Carolina wallops Notre Dame, cruises into quarters
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jae'Lyn Withers connected on seven 3-pointers to account for his career-high 21 points and North Carolina rolled to a 76-56 victory against Notre Dame in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament's second round Wednesday afternoon at Charlotte, N.C.,Ven-Allen Lubin provided 17 poin...

Arkansas beats South Carolina to bolster NCAA Tournament hopes
Trevon Brazile scored 16 points Wednesday and Jonas Aidoo added a double-double as No. 9 seed Arkansas built a 20-point lead, then barely held on to eliminate 16th-seeded South Carolina 72-68 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.,Aidoo finished with 14 points and...

No. 12 Iowa State overwhelms Cincinnati to advance in Big 12
Joshua Jefferson recorded 19 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals to lead No. 12-ranked Iowa State to a 76-56 victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday afternoon in the second round of the Big 12 tournament at Kansas City.,Tamin Lipsey scored 16 points and Milan Momcilovic added 13 for t...

Georgia Tech holds off Virginia in ACC tourney, to face Duke
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Duncan Powell scored 21 points in his first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament game as Georgia Tech defeated Virginia 66-60 in a second-round contest on Wednesday.,Baye Ndongo provided 16 points and 10 rebounds and Naithan George added 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as...

Playoff bracket finalized at PGL Wallachia 3
Tundra Esports, Team Falcons and Aurora Gaming punched their playoff tickets with wins Wednesday as the group stage concluded at PGL Wallachia 3 in Bucharest, Romania.,All three winners improved to 3-2 to join previous qualifiers Team Liquid, Team Spirit, Gaimin Gladiators, Team Tidebound and Xtreme...

Reports: Chiefs clear $49.4M with Mahomes, Jones restructures
In a race to become compliant with the 2025 salary cap before 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the Chiefs restructured their largest contracts and cleared more than $49 million, according to multiple reports.,The Chiefs had largely already spent that money but deals are not official until the start of the le...

Hanwha Life Esports improves to 2-0 at First Stand
Hanwha Life Esports improved to 2-0 on Wednesday with a sweep of CTBC Flying Oyster in the round-robin stage of the 2025 First Stand Tournament in Seoul, South Korea.,Five teams are competing this week in Riot Games' $1 million League of Legends event, with the winner of Sunday's grand final taking ...

Brooks Koepka addresses team's struggles, PGA Tour rumors
This week's LIV Golf Singapore event presents a tough challenge for defending champ Brooks Koepka and his struggling Smash GC teammates.,Koepka addressed the difficulty of the 7,406-yard layout at Sentosa Golf Club on Wednesday while also responding to rumors of a potential return to the PGA Tour.,"...
NFL Free Agency Begins: Ranking Biggest Splashes From Legal Tampering
NFL Free Agency opens on Wednesday afternoon, so Deadspin ranked the biggest surprises and fireworks from the first two days of legal tampering....

Liquid, Eternal Fire, G2 Esports round out ESL 21 playoff field
Team Liquid, Eternal Fire and G2 Esports nabbed the final three playoff berths at ESL Pro League Season 21 with wins on Tuesday to complete Group Stage 2 in Stockholm.,In Round 5 matches, Team Liquid edged 3DMAX 2-1, Eternal Fire slipped past Team Falcons 2-1 and G2 Esports swept GamerLegion 2-0.,Th...

Tidebound, Gaimin, Xtreme move on at PGL Wallachia 3
Team Tidebound, Gaimin Gladiators and Xtreme Gaming earned victories on Tuesday to clinch berths in the playoffs of PGL Wallachia 3 at Bucharest, Romania.,All three victors improved to 3-1 in the event's group stage. Team Liquid and Team Spirit previously wrapped up playoff berths by winning all thr...

Kings use penalty kill to pull away from Islanders
Philip Danault and Quinton Byfield scored the clinching goals within a span of five minutes for the host Los Angeles Kings, who rode a potent penalty kill to a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.,Vladislav Gavrikov opened the scoring in the first and Drew Doughty added a short-handed emp...

Kieffer Bellows' 3rd-period goal propels Predators past Sharks
Filip Forsberg scored once and added an assist, and Kieffer Bellows broke a third-period tie to give the visiting Nashville Predators a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.,Steven Stamkos also scored for the Predators, who have won four straight games. Goaltender Juuse Saros, who increas...

Capitals overtake Ducks in explosive 3rd period
Nic Dowd scored the winning goal with 6:35 remaining and Aliaksei Protas recorded his first career hat trick for the Washington Capitals, who pulled away to a 7-4 victory over the host Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.,Pierre-Luc Dubois posted a goal and two assists. Dylan Strome and Anthony Beauvillier sco...

Habs ride Juraj Slafkovsky's 3-point game to win over Canucks
Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and two assists as the Montreal Canadiens held on for a 4-2 road win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.,The Canadiens are 6-1-1 in their last eight games, moving Montreal two points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final Eastern Conference wild-card slot.,Mont...

Holger Rune edges Stefanos Tsitsipas in BNP Paribas Open
Denmark's Holger Rune advanced to a tournament's quarterfinals for the first time this year, beating Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.,Rune, seeded 12th in the Southern California desert, had made it past the second ro...

Defending champ Iga Swiatek powers into Indian Wells quarters
Iga Swiatek, comfortable as usual at the BNP Paribas Open, cruised into the quarterfinals with a victory on Tuesday in Indian Wells, Calif.,The second-seeded Polish player routed 15th-seeded Karolina Muchova 6-1, 6-1 in fourth-round action.,"Honestly, sometimes matches can be pretty weird," Swiatek,...