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Nasa Hataoka wins rain-shortened Japan Classic in playoff
Nasa Hataoka won the Japan Classic on the first playoff hole Sunday after rain washed out the fourth round of the event.,Because tournament officials determined conditions were unplayable at the course, the decision was made to call off the final 18 holes and send Hataoka and Yuna Araki to a playoff...

Hurricanes eager to continue winning ways in clash vs. Leafs
The Carolina Hurricanes will aim to extend their three-game winning streak Sunday night when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs.,The Hurricanes completed a sweep of their two-game homestand Saturday with a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. ,Toronto will finish a four-game homestand on Sunday afte...

Devin Booker leads Suns to second straight win over Clippers
Devin Booker scored 21 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Phoenix Suns won for the second time in three days against the Los Angeles Clippers with a 114-103 victory Saturday night at Inglewood, Calif.,Mark Williams scored 19 points, Dillon Brooks added 16 and Grayson Allen had 14 for th...

Jacob Trouba's OT goal propels surging Ducks past Golden Knights
Jacob Trouba scored with 31.5 seconds left in overtime to lead the Anaheim Ducks to their sixth straight victory, 4-3, over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Trouba, who also had an assist, took a pass from Leo Carlsson while breaking down the right wing and then cut in front ...

Brock Boeser's goal helps Canucks outlast Blue Jackets
Brock Boeser scored the winner late in the third period, and Drew O'Connor had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks rallied to beat the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Saturday night., ,Boeser shattered a 3-3 deadlock by knocking a pass out of the air then shooting the puck off the le...

No. 21 Gonzaga shows inside game in dismantling Oklahoma
Graham Ike logged a 19-point, 11-rebound double-double Saturday night and No. 21 Gonzaga led by double figures for the final 27:29 of an 83-68 win over Oklahoma in Spokane, Wash.,Tyon Grant-Foster came off the bench to add 14 points for the Bulldogs (2-0), who punched the ball inside at will to crea...

Nathan MacKinnon (4 points) helps Avalanche blast Oilers
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and added two assists as the visiting Colorado Avalanche thumped the Edmonton Oilers 9-1 on Saturday night.,Parker Kelly scored twice and added an assist, Cale Makar and Jack Drury each added a pair of goals, and Gavin Brindley had a goal and a helper, for the Avalanche...

Sharks top Panthers for 3rd straight win
Yaroslav Askarov made 38 saves for the San Jose Sharks in a 3-1 win against the visiting Florida Panthers on Saturday night.,Macklin Celebrini, Adam Gaudette and Alexander Wennberg scored for the Sharks, who have won three in a row for the first time this season.,San Jose beat the visiting Winnipeg ...

Versatile RB Emmett Johnson (3 TDs) powers Nebraska past UCLA
Emmett Johnson caught touchdown passes of 56 and 40 yards, rushed for a score and totaled 232 yards of offense as Nebraska held off host UCLA 28-21 on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif.,With Dylan Raiola sidelined for the season after breaking his fibula last week vs. Southern California, TJ Lateef made h...

88-yard punt return TD helps Wake Forest upset No. 14 Virginia
Three field goals from Connor Calvert, along with Carlos Hernandez's huge punt return for a score, were difference makers in Wake Forest's 16-9 win over No. 14 Virginia on Saturday night in Charlottesville, Va., ,The Demon Deacons (6-3, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) handed the Cavaliers (8-2, 5-1) ...

Nikola Jokic posts triple-double as Nuggets cruise past Pacers
Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 14 assists and 14 rebounds for his sixth triple-double of the season, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 117-100 on Saturday night.,Jokic also had a season-high eight turnovers and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 17 points for Denver, which played without injured ...

No. 8 BYU goes lights-out within the arc, dismantles Holy Cross
No. 8 BYU shot 61.9 percent from the field, including 7-of-10 performances by AJ Dybantsa, Robert Wright III and Richie Saunders, in the Cougars' 98-53 victory over Holy Cross in their home opener at Provo, Utah, on Saturday., ,Saunders finished with a game-high 20 points., ,Dybantsa had 17 points a...

No. 4 Alabama shuts down LSU to stay undefeated in SEC play
Ty Simpson threw for 277 yards and a touchdown Saturday night as No. 4 Alabama stayed unbeaten in the Southeastern Conference by stopping visiting LSU 20-9 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Simpson completed 21 of 35 passes, again carrying the offensive load for the Crimson Tide (8-1, 6-0 SEC). His 13-yard strike...

Donovan Mitchell's big second half propels Cavaliers past Bulls
Donovan Mitchell scored 26 of his game-high 29 points after halftime and De'Andre Hunter added 29 points to lift the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 128-122 win against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night.,Cleveland overcame a 19-point deficit to stretch its winning streak to four games. The Cavaliers...

Cal pulls off road upset, handing No. 15 Louisville its second loss
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele passed for 323 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner on fourth down on the final play, and visiting Cal upset No. 15 Louisville 29-26 in overtime on Saturday night.,The Bears (6-4, 3-3 ACC), trailed by three points and faced fourth-and-goal from the 3 when Saga...

Nikola Jovic leads Heat bench to big day, late win over Blazers
Nikola Jovic scored a career-high 29 points off the bench and made a key block late in the game to help the Miami Heat outlast the visiting Portland Trail Blazers, 136-131, on Saturday., ,With Miami holding a 129-127 lead with 1:50 remaining in regulation, Portland's Jrue Holiday attacked the rim of...

De'Aaron Fox scores 24 points in return to lead Spurs past Pelicans
De'Aaron Fox poured in 24 points in his first game action since March to lead eight San Antonio players in double-figure scoring as the Spurs held off the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans 126-119 on Saturday.,It was the second game of a home back-to-back for the Spurs, who beat the Houston Rockets ...

No. 10 Notre Dame makes easy work of Navy in the rain
CJ Carr completed 13 of 16 passes for 218 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 10 Notre Dame cruised to a 49-10 win over Navy on a rain-soaked Saturday night in South Bend, Ind.,Jeremiyah Love carried the ball 13 times for 94 yards and two touchdowns for Notre Dame (7-2), which won its seventh game i...

Kentucky dominates Florida for 31-point victory
Cutter Boley passed for two scores, Seth McGowan ran for a pair and Kentucky notched its second straight win by walloping Florida 38-7 on Saturday night in Lexington, Ken.,The freshman quarterback was an efficient 18-of-23 passing for 168 yards, the two TDs with one interception for the Wildcats (4-...

Clemson shuts down high-scoring Florida State to snap skid
Cade Klubnik threw for 221 yards with a passing and a rushing touchdown, leading Clemson to a bounceback 24-10 win over visiting Florida State Saturday evening.,A week after Clemson's defense was tagged for 46 points, the Tigers (4-5, 3-4 ACC) largely stifled a Florida State offense that led the nat...