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Brock Purdy accounts for 5 TDs as 49ers hang on in shootout with Bears
Brock Purdy passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more and Christian McCaffrey had 181 scrimmage yards and a score as the host San Francisco 49ers edged the Chicago Bears 42-38 on Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.,San Francisco (12-4) went ahead on a 38-yard touchdown pass from Purdy to Jauan Jenn...
Philipp Grubauer stands tall to lift Kraken over Flyers
Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves and Eeli Tolvanen had two goals -- both empty-netters -- and an assist as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 Sunday night.,Chandler Stephenson added a goal and an assist, and Jordan Eberle also tallied as the Kraken won their fourth consec...
Nate Bittle powers Oregon to convincing win over Omaha
Nate Bittle had 26 points and nine rebounds to lead Oregon to an 80-57 victory Sunday over Omaha at Eugene, Ore., in the last non-conference game of the season for both teams.,The Ducks (7-6) head into the Big Ten schedule winning three of their last four games after losing five consecutive games.,O...
Justin Brazeau's hat trick powers Penguins' blitz of Blackhawks
Justin Brazeau notched a hat trick, Bryan Rust scored twice and Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist to boost the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a 7-3 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.,Pittsburgh seized control with an explosive first period, beating Chicago goaltender Spencer Knight wit...
No. 7 Gonzaga beats Pepperdine for 50th straight time
Tyon Grant-Foster registered 18 points and four blocked shots and No. 7 Gonzaga defeated host Pepperdine for the 50th consecutive time with a 96-56 triumph on Sunday night at Malibu, Calif.,Braeden Smith had 15 points, eight assists and five rebounds as the Bulldogs (13-1) cruised in the West Coast ...
Simon Edvinsson's OT winner nudges Red Wings past Maple Leafs
Simon Edvinsson scored with 3:14 remaining in overtime as the host Detroit Red Wings captured a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.,Edvinsson skated into the crease and scored on a backhander as the Red Wings maintained a two-point lead in the Atlantic Division.,Moritz Seider and Mason A...
Justin Brazeau hat trick powers Penguins blitz of Blackhawks
Justin Brazeau notched a hat trick, Bryan Rust scored twice, and Anthony Mantha had a goal and assist to boost the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a 7-3 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.,Pittsburgh seized control with an explosive first period, beating Chicago goaltender Spencer Knight with ...
Alex Sarr, Wizards solve Grizzles again
Alex Sarr had 20 points, nine rebounds and a career-high six blocks and CJ McCollum added 16 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 116-112 victory Sunday over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies.,The Wizards rallied from a 10-point late third-quarter deficit to defeat the Grizzlies for the second ti...
Trail Blazers finish strong, hold off Celtics
Shaedon Sharpe scored 26 points and Deni Avdija added 24 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds to help the host Portland Trail Blazers stun the Boston Celtics 114-108 on Sunday.,Toumani Camara scored 20 points and Donovan Clingan recorded 18 points and 18 rebounds as the Trail Blazers halted a three...
Maryland starts fast, never trails in routing Old Dominion
Isaiah Watts scored all 17 of his points in the first half in his first start for Maryland as the Terrapins cruised to a 73-58 wire-to-wire victory over Old Dominion on Sunday in College Park, Md.,Darius Adams added 18 points and Andre Mills contributed 11 points and five assists for Maryland (7-6),...
Wild third lifts Jackets over Isles in heated affair
Ivan Provorov and Kirill Marchenko scored the tying and game-winning goals in a span of 74 seconds late in the third period Sunday for the host Columbus Blue Jackets, who stunned the New York Islanders 4-2 in a heated Metropolitan Division clash.,Cole Sillinger added an empty-netter with 1:06 left f...
Lightning blow 3-goal lead, edge Canadiens in shootout
Gage Goncalves and Brayden Point tallied in the shootout as the Tampa Bay Lightning won their fourth straight contest by edging the visiting Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Sunday.,After Tampa Bay squandered a 4-1 lead in the third period, the pair beat Florida-born goaltender Jacob Fowler (18 saves) as t...
Scottie Barnes hits special triple-double, Raptors top Warriors in OT
Scottie Barnes recorded his seventh career triple-double Sunday, and the Toronto Raptors dominated overtime to defeat the visiting Golden State Warriors 141-127.,Barnes had 23 points, a career-best 25 rebounds and 10 assists to help Toronto rally from a 13-point third-quarter deficit. It was the fir...
Defense, special teams come up big as Eagles fend off Bills 13-12
Jake Elliott kicked two field goals and the Philadelphia Eagles held off a frantic Buffalo rally to squeak out a 13-12 win over the Bills on Sunday at Orchard Park, N.Y.,Buffalo scored 12 straight fourth-quarter points, but Josh Allen's two-point conversion throw to Khalil Shakir was off the mark wi...
Giants halt 9-game skid; Raiders in driver's seat for No. 1 pick
Jaxson Dart passed for 207 yards and ran for two touchdowns as the New York Giants earned a 34-10 victory Sunday over the host Las Vegas Raiders in a meeting of teams with the two worst records in the NFL., ,Devin Singletary ran for a first-quarter touchdown and Dart added rushing TDs in the second ...
Scottie Barnes hits special triple-double as Raptors edge Warriors
Scottie Barnes recorded his seventh career triple-double Sunday, and the Toronto Raptors dominated overtime to defeat the visiting Golden State Warriors 141-127.,Barnes had 23 points, a career-best 25 rebounds and 10 assists to help Toronto rally from a 13-point third-quarter deficit. It was the fir...
Thunder halt 2-game skid with huge 2nd half vs. Sixers
Chet Holmgren scored 29 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 129-104 home win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.,The win snapped the Thunder's two-game skid, their first losing streak of the season.,It was also Oklahoma City's 23rd consecutive regular-season victory over an Eastern Conf...
B.J. Edwards (triple-double), SMU wallop Cal State Fullerton
B.J. Edwards posted his second triple-double of the season as SMU dominated from start to finish, steamrolling Cal State Fullerton 110-63 on Sunday in Dallas in its final tune-up for Atlantic Coast Conference play., ,SMU (11-2) swamped the Titans in the first half, leading by 32 at halftime. The Mus...
Northern Colorado beats Colorado for first time since 1936
Quinn Denker returned to the lineup with a career-high 33 points and Northern Colorado beat Colorado 86-81 on Sunday in Boulder, Colo.,Denker, who missed the previous two games after hand surgery, hit all seven of his shots in the second half to lead Northern Colorado (10-3) to the upset. He added e...
Georgia Tech pounds FAMU in final tune-up for ACC slate
Baye Ndongo had 15 points, 11 rebounds and five assists on Sunday to help Georgia Tech earn an 89-65 victory over Florida A&M in Atlanta.,Ndongo added with three steals and three blocks for Georgia Tech (9-4), which won its fourth straight game to finish nonconference play. Reserve Chas Kelley III a...