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Michael Ajayi's 24-point, 12-rebound effort leads Butler past Southern Indiana
Michael Ajayi had 24 points with 12 rebounds, and Butler used a strong first half to roll toward an 88-58 victory over visiting Southern Indiana on Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Jamie Kaiser Jr. also posted a double-double, recording 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs. They opened this se...
Georgia drills UMES for second consecutive blowout win
Blue Cain and Jake Wilkins scored 16 points apiece, leading Georgia to a 94-29 rout of Maryland-Eastern Shore on Wednesday in Athens, Ga.,The Bulldogs (2-0) improved to 11-0 against teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and has won 29 straight home games against nonconference opponents. Geo...
Capitals' Alex Ovechkin becomes 1st NHL player to score 900 goals
Alex Ovechkin scored his milestone 900th career goal on Wednesday night in the Washington Capitals' home matchup with the St. Louis Blues.,Ovechkin increased his league-record total, becoming the first player to 900 goals by corralling a missed shot from teammate Jakob Chychrun and spinning to backh...
Double-digit runs help Rutgers rout Rider
Tariq Francis poured in 20 points, Dylan Grant added 17 points and seven rebounds and host Rutgers pulled away to beat in-state opponent Rider 81-53 on Wednesday in Piscataway, N.J.,The Scarlet Knights also got 15 points and six boards from Jamichael Davis and 11 points from Darren Buchanan Jr. in t...
World Series Game 7 most-watched MLB game globally in 34 years
Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51 million viewers combined across the United States, Canada and Japan, making it the most-watched MLB game globally in 34 years, the league announced Wednesday.,Spanning back nearly three-and-a-half decades was Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, which pitted the Mi...
Team Falcons, MOUZ earn bye into playoffs at IEM Chengdu
Team Falcons and MOUZ won their respective group's upper-bracket final on Wednesday at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025 tournament in China.,Falcons recorded a 2-0 win over Astralis in Group A, courtesy of a 13-6 victory on Nuke and 13-7 triumph on Mirage.,MOUZ had a tougher time of i...
Mammoth, Maple Leafs out to build off uplifting wins
The Toronto Maple Leafs aim to carry the momentum of a four-goal third period in a comeback win into Wednesday night, when they host the rising Utah Mammoth.,The Maple Leafs trailed the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 after two periods on Monday before erupting with four goals -- two by William Nylander -- ...
Strong second half sends Oklahoma State past Oral Roberts
Vyctorius Miller scored a game-high 21 points to lead Oklahoma State to a 95-71 win over Oral Roberts on Tuesday in the season opener for both teams at Stillwater, Okla., ,Parsa Fallah scored 15 points and had eight rebounds and Jaylen Curry racked up 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists for th...
Mikko Rantanen's 300th, 301st goals help Stars top Oilers in shootout
Wyatt Johnston got the shootout winner and had three assists to give the host Dallas Stars a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.,Mikko Rantanen scored twice to eclipse 300 career goals and had an assist, and Miro Heiskanen also scored for the Stars, who stretched thei...
Thunder handle Clippers, off to franchise-record 8-0 start
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points with 12 rebounds against his former team and Isaiah Joe added 22 as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder remained undefeated with a 126-107 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday., ,Aaron Wiggins and Cason Wallace each scored 12 points and Chet Holmgr...
NASCAR fetes Kyle Larson at annual awards ceremony
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In the moments after Kyle Larson and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team celebrated his milestone second career NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday night at Phoenix Raceway, Hendrick executive, NASCAR Hall of Famer and four-time series champion Jeff Gordon grinned when asked i...
West Virginia kicks off Ross Hodge era with win over Mount St. Mary's
Jasper Floyd tied a career high with 25 points as West Virginia withstood some shaky moments in coach Ross Hodge's debut, doing enough to earn a 70-54 victory over pesky Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va., ,Floyd, who averaged nine points last season while playing for Hodge at No...
Darcy Kuemper shuts out Jets in Kings' first home win
Adrian Kempe scored the eventual game-winner and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves as the Los Angeles Kings blanked the visiting Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday night., ,Kevin Fiala and Drew Doughty also scored for the Kings, who snapped a two-game skid (0-1-1) and won for the first time on home ice (1-3-2)....
Oregon edges Hawaii in opener on late layup
Oregon missed floor general and main scoring threat Jackson Shelstad but found a way to pull out a 60-59 season-opening victory over Hawaii on Tuesday night in Eugene, Ore.,With Shelstad out due to a hand injury, the Ducks got 18 points from Elon transfer Takai Simpkins, including the game-winning l...
Behind Cutter Gauthier's first hat trick, Ducks down Panthers again
Cutter Gauthier recorded his first career hat trick and added an assist as the host Anaheim Ducks claimed their fourth consecutive victory, trouncing the Florida Panthers 7-3 on Tuesday.,Nikita Nesterenko collected one goal and one assist for the Ducks, while Jacob Trouba, Chris Kreider and Jansen H...
Akira Schmid, Golden Knights blank Red Wings 1-0
Akira Schmid made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night in Las Vegas., ,Ivan Barbashev scored the game's lone goal for Vegas, which won for just the second time in its last five games (2-2-1)., ,It w...
Warriors ride 63 bench points to victory over Suns
Stephen Curry used five 3-pointers to account for a majority of his 28 points and the Golden State Warriors remained unbeaten at home with a 118-107 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night in San Francisco.,Moses Moody led a productive Golden State bench effort with 24 points. Reserves Brandi...
Ebuka Okorie's 26-point debut helps Stanford sink Portland St.
Stanford freshman Ebuka Okorie scored 26 points in his debut, and the host Cardinal answered repeated runs from Portland State in an 89-79 win on Tuesday in the teams' season opener.,The Cardinal built second-half leads of 14 and 15 points en route to the program's 15th straight home-opening win. Th...
Victor Olofsson's 2-goal output powers Avs' win over Lightning
Victor Olofsson scored twice, Ross Colton also had a goal and the Colorado Avalanche beat Tampa Bay 3-2 in Denver on Tuesday night to end the Lightning's five-game winning streak.,Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves for Colorado, which survived a furious surge at the end of the third period to improve to ...
Arizona State's depth proves too much for Southern Utah
Newcomer Anthony Johnson led Arizona State with 17 points and the Sun Devils' depth fueled an 81-64 win over Southern Utah in Tempe, Ariz.,Johnson, a transfer from the NAIA school University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) led Arizona State with 17 points on 6 of 9 accuracy from the field. He also finished...