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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...
88-yard punt return TD helps Wake Forest usurp 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. 12 Virginia Saturday night in Charlottesville, Va., ,The Demon Deacons (6-3, 3-3 ACC) handed the Cavaliers (8-2, 5-1) their first conference los...
Lionel Messi scores twice, Inter Miami advances past Nashville
Lionel Messi scored two goals and assisted two more and Inter Miami advanced in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in club history with a 4-0 victory over visiting Nashville SC in Game 3 of their first-round series on Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Messi finished the best-of-three seri...
Kansas State pulls away late in home win over Bellarmine
P.J. Haggerty had a double-double with 23 points and 11 assists as Kansas State defeated a pesky Bellarmine squad 98-71 Saturday night in Manhattan, Kan. ,Bellarmine outscored K-State for much of the second half before the Wildcats went on a 17-4 run to close the game.,David Castillo had a career-hi...
Mouhamed Gueye's career day sends short-handed Hawks past Lakers
Mouhamed Gueye and Zaccharie Risacher combined for 40 points to help the short-handed Atlanta Hawks take a 122-102 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday., ,Gueye scored a career-high 21 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Risacher scored 19, hitting 7 of 14, to set the pace early as t...
76ers overcome slow start to end Raptors’ win streak
Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points, Joel Embiid added 29, and Trendon Watford recorded his first career triple-double as the Philadelphia 76ers beat Toronto 130-120 on Saturday to snap the visiting Raptors' four-game winning streak.,Watford had 20 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and 10 assists in his f...
Streaking Bruins go up 2 in 2nd period, hold off Maple Leafs
Morgan Geekie had a goal and assist Saturday and the visiting Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 for their sixth straight win.,Viktor Arvidsson, Michael Eyssimont, David Pastrnak and Fraser Minten also scored for Boston, Mason Lohrei added two assists and Jeremy Swayman made 30 stops...
Brandon Hagel's late goal helps Lightning edge Capitals
Brandon Hagel scored the tie-breaking goal and had an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning won for the seventh time in eight games by beating the visiting Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday night.,Jake Guentzel also had a goal and an assist, and Emil Lilleberg scored for the Lightning as well. Charle-...
Canadiens score five straight as Mammoth's woes continue
Cole Caufield scored twice, as the Montreal Canadiens notched five unanswered goals to beat the visiting Utah Mammoth 6-2 on Saturday night., ,Among the NHL leaders with 12 goals, Caufield scored in the second and third periods for the Canadiens, who erased a pair of one-goal deficits to extend thei...
Late scoring rescues Kraken against Blues
Shane Wright scored the winning goal as the visiting Seattle Kraken edged the St. Louis Blues 4-3 in overtime Saturday night.,The Kraken tied the game in the final 2 seconds of regulation time on Chandler Stephenson's goal to force overtime.,Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists for the Kraken, w...
Islanders' Bo Horvat stars as Rangers blanked again at home
Bo Horvat scored on an odd-man rush midway through the first period and added a power-play goal late in the second Saturday night and the New York Islanders recorded a 5-0 victory over the New York Rangers, who remained winless at home ice.,In the opener of a seven-game road trip, the Islanders ende...
Hurricanes double up Sabres for third straight win
Andrei Svechnikov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Charles Alexis Legault all had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Sebastian Aho, Eric Robinson and Seth Jarvis also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won three games in a row....
Mavericks halt losing streak with narrow win over hapless Wizards
Naji Marshall scored 30 points and pulled down a key rebound in the closing seconds to help the Dallas Mavericks snap a four-game losing streak with a 111-105 win over the host Washington Wizards on Saturday.,The Mavericks were clinging to a three-point lead when Marshall grabbed an offensive reboun...
UFC Fight Night: Gabriel Bonfim uses flying knee to TKO Randy Brown
A flying knee from Gabriel Bonfim capped off a fast-paced welterweight main event at the expense of Randy Brown via second-round TKO at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas Saturday night.,Bonfim (19-1 MMA) already has a name in mind for his next fight, and it certainly is a step up in competition.,"Colby (...
Utah forces OT, then controls extra period to beat Weber State
Terrence Brown scored 36 points and Don McHenry added 26 to rally Utah to a 92-89 overtime victory over Weber State on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,Keanu Dawes added 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Utes (2-0) who narrowly avoided losing at home to the Wildcats for the first time since 2000. U...
No. 22 Michigan State pulls away late in big win over No. 14 Arkansas
Freshman Cameron Ward had 18 points and 10 rebounds off the bench as No. 22 Michigan State held off No. 14 Arkansas, 69-66, in East Lansing, Mich. on Saturday night., ,Coen Carr supplied 15 points and seven rebounds for Michigan State (2-0), while Jaxon Kohler added 10 points with seven rebounds., ,...