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Hot-shooting second half leads No. 9 Kentucky past Nicholls
Sophomore Collin Chandler scored 11 of his career-best 15 points in the second half as Kentucky pulled away for a 77-51 win over Nicholls on Tuesday to open both teams' seasons in Lexington, Ky.,The Wildcats began the second half with a 13-4 run in the first 3 1/2 minutes en route to a 49-point seco...
Meechie Johnson shines in return as South Carolina handles NC A&T
Meechie Johnson scored 14 points in his first game back with South Carolina after a year away and the Gamecocks used balanced scoring in a 91-72 victory against North Carolina A&T on Tuesday night in Columbia, S.C.,Nordin Kapic had 13 points, Kobe Knox notched 12 points and Elijah Strong and Eli Ell...
Braden Smith moves up assist list as No. 1 Purdue subdues Evansville
Fletcher Loyer scored a career-high 30 points Tuesday night and Braden Smith moved into third place in Big Ten Conference history for most assists as top-ranked Purdue opened its season by walloping visiting Evansville 82-51 in West Lafayette, Ind., ,Jack Benter added 11 and three 3-pointers for the...
Why the New York Jets’ Fire Sale Won the 2025 NFL Trade Deadline
The New York Jets traded Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams to stockpile draft picks, setting up for a franchise-changing 2026 and 2027. Here’s why they won the NFL trade deadline....
Heat ready for climb to break nine-year losing streak in Denver
The Miami Heat started their four-game road trip with consecutive losses but can finish with two wins when they face the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night., ,Miami lost to the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers to kick off the trip but rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday nig...
Blues upbeat while Caps search for identity among struggles
After racing to a 6-2-0 start that mirrored their surprising 2024-25 success, the Washington Capitals have encountered some early season turbulence.,Their current 0-3-1 downturn is worse than any winless streak they sustained a year ago. The loss of No. 2 center Pierre-Luc Dubois to a long-term lowe...
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks soar into Toronto after dramatic win
RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram are forming a dynamic duo for the Toronto Raptors, who will look for more heroics from the pair when they play host to the Milwaukee Bucks for the second time in 12 days on Tuesday.,The Bucks have a hero of their own, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who arrives in C...
Caps expect D Rasmus Sandin (upper body) to return vs. Blues
Washington Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said defenseman Rasmus Sandin is "on track" to play in Wednesday's home game against the St. Louis Blues after missing five contests with an upper-body injury.,Carberry also said on Tuesday that forward Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower-body injury) will be out long ...
Coco Gauff stays alive at WTA Finals with win over Jasmine Paolini
Coco Gauff kept her chances of advancing into the playoff portion of the WTA Finals alive with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Italy's Jasmine Paolini on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Gauff, who was sloppy in her loss to fellow American Jessica Pegula in their group-play opener on Sunday, had a much more dom...
4 teams advance to IEM Chengdu group finals
Four teams advanced to the upper-bracket finals on Tuesday as the group stage continued at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025 tournament in China.,Astralis and Team Falcons will meet in the Group A final and FURIA and MOUZ will square off in Group B.,Sixteen Counter-Strike 2 teams began...
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Raptors soar into Toronto after dramatic win
RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram are forming a dynamic duo for the Toronto Raptors, who will look for more heroics from the pair when they play host to the Milwaukee Bucks for the second time in 12 days on Tuesday.,The Bucks have a hero of their own, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who arrives in C...
Washington opens with blowout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Hannes Steinbach finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead Washington to a 94-50 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the season opener for both teams Monday night at Seattle.,It was Washington's first win by at least 40 points since beating Bethune-Cookman 106-55 in the 2017-18...
Norman Powell drops 21 points on former team as Heat beat Clippers
Bam Adebayo scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Norman Powell scored 21 against his former team as the Miami Heat earned a 120-119 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday in Inglewood, Calif.,Andrew Wiggins scored 17 points and Kel'el Ware added 16 as the Heat won for the first t...
Maryland defeats Coppin State in Buzz Williams' debut
Pharrel Payne put up 21 points with six rebounds, freshman Darius Adams scored 10 of his 16 points at the foul line and Maryland tipped off its season with an 83-61 win over Coppin State in the Naismith Hall of Fame Series on Monday in Baltimore.,Maryland saw its lead whittled down to as few as seve...
Behind Obed Vargas' brace, Sounders level series with Loons
Obed Vargas notched a brace Monday night and the Seattle Sounders stayed alive in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs with a 4-2 win over visiting Minnesota United.,The result tied the best-of-3 series at 1-1 with the deciding match scheduled for Saturday in Saint Paul, Minn. The seri...
Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers lead Kraken over Blackhawks
Jordan Eberle and Matty Beniers each had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Monday night.,Jamie Oleksiak also scored for the Kraken, who extended their point streak to five games (3-0-2). Goaltender Joey Daccord made 29 saves.,Andre Burakovsky ...
Lakers, minus mainstays, surge past Trail Blazers
Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura and Nick Smith Jr. all achieved season-best point totals as the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers notched a 123-115 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.,Ayton had 29 points on 14-of-19 shooting and collected 10 rebounds and three blocked shots agai...
Donovan Dent, No. 12 UCLA fend off Eastern Washington
Donovan Dent scored 21 points and dished nine assists in his UCLA debut, and the No. 12 Bruins held off Eastern Washington 80-74 on Monday in Los Angeles in the teams' season opener.,With five scorers in double-figures, UCLA led most of the way against its Big Sky Conference opponent. Each time the ...
AJ Dybantsa stars in debut as No. 8 BYU tops Villanova
AJ Dybantsa scored 21 points in his college basketball debut -- including 13 in the second half -- to lead No. 8 BYU to a 71-66 victory over Villanova in Las Vegas on Monday night in the teams' season opener., ,Richie Saunders finished with 15 points and seven rebounds and Robert Wright III added 14...
Newcomers carry Cal to blowout of Cal State Bakersfield
John Camden scored a game-high 22 points in his Cal debut, Lee Dort missed the first double-double of his college career by one rebound and the Golden Bears routed Cal State Bakersfield 87-60 in both teams' season opener on Monday in Berkeley, Calif.,Starting four newly arrived transfers, Cal also g...