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Illinois chases down No. 18 Purdue with late 13-1 run
Kasparas Jakucionis drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 39 seconds left to highlight a late nine-point run that lifted Illinois to an 88-80 Big Ten victory over No. 18 Purdue on Friday night in the regular-season finale for both teams in Champaign, Ill.,Freshman Will Riley scored 22 points and Tre...
Short-handed Thunder roll past Trail Blazers
Aaron Wiggins scored 30 points and Jaylin Williams delivered his first career triple-double to lift the shorthanded Oklahoma City Thunder to a 107-89 home win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.,The win was the sixth straight for the Thunder, and perhaps their most unlikely of the season.,Okl...
Immanuel Quickley, Raptors extend Jazz's road skid
Immanuel Quickley scored a season-best 34 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Utah Jazz 118-109 on Friday night.,Scottie Barnes added 22 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and three blocks for the Raptors, who have won three straight. Ja'Kobe Walter scored 14 points, but did not play ...
Grizzlies close strong to snap skid with win over Mavericks
Ja Morant scored seven of his game-high 31 points in the final 1:35 to lift the visiting Memphis Grizzlies past the injury-depleted Dallas Mavericks 122-111 on Friday night. The Grizzlies closed the game on a 14-3 run to snap a four-game losing streak.,Desmond Bane added 27 points and a career-high ...
Cavaliers withstand last-ditch rally from Hornets for win
Donovan Mitchell poured in 24 points and Darius Garland posted 20 as the duo helped the Cleveland Cavaliers escape with a 118-117 win against the host Charlotte Hornets on Friday night.,Miles Bridges scored a career-high 46 points for the Hornets, who suffered their ninth consecutive loss.,Bridges m...
Greg Chalmers takes first-round lead at Cologuard Classic
Australian Greg Chalmers shot a 7-under-par 64, his best career round on the PGA Tour Champions, to grab the early lead at the Cologuard Classic on Friday in Tucson, Ariz.,Chalmers rolled in eight birdies, including on four of his final six holes, and had just one bogey at La Paloma Country Club for...
Capitals rally to hand Red Wings fifth straight loss
Aliaksei Protas scored twice in the third period, including a short-handed goal, and the host Washington Capitals rallied past the slumping Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Friday night.,Tom Wilson also had a short-handed goal for the Capitals, who trailed 2-1 entering the third. Taylor Raddysh and Jakob Ch...
Nikolaj Ehlers, surging Jets blow out Devils
Nikolaj Ehlers finished with a goal and two assists, leading the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night in Newark, N.J.,Josh Morrissey and Kyle Connor had a goal and helper each for the Jets, who are 21-11-0 on the road this season.,Alex Iafallo, Adam Lowry, and Cole P...
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen leads Puerto Rico Open in PGA debut
In his PGA Tour debut, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen holds the lead halfway through the Puerto Rico Open.,The native of Denmark is at 15-under-par 129 through two rounds at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande.,Neergaard-Petersen, 25, followed an opening-round 64 with a 65 Friday and has a one-shot adv...
Tallon Griekspoor stuns top-seeded Alexander Zverev at Indian Wells
Tallon Griekspoor delivered the biggest victory of his career by recording a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) win over top-seeded Alexander Zverev on Friday in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.,It marks the first time Griekspoor has ever notched a victory over a top-five player. ...
Shane Lowry moves in front at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Shane Lowry rang up six birdies in a 5-under-par 67 to establish a two-shot lead halfway through the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Friday in Orlando, Fla.,The Irishman stands at 8-under 136 after his stellar second round. He passed 18-hole leader Wyndham Clark, who posted a 71 Friday and is alone in...
Flyers trade franchise mainstay Scott Laughton to Maple Leafs
The Philadelphia Flyers parted ways with Scott Laughton after 12 seasons on Friday, sending him and two draft picks to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for forward Nikita Grebenkin and a 2027 first-round pick.,Laughton, 30, has spent his entire career with the Flyers, who drafted him in the first...
Flyers trade former first-round pick Scott Laughton to Maple Leafs
The Philadelphia Flyers are parting ways with Scott Laughton after 12 seasons, sending him and two draft picks to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for forward Nikita Grebenkin and a 2027 first-round pick, according to multiple reports Friday.,Laughton, 30, has spent his entire career with the Fly...
Capitals acquire F Anthony Beauvillier from Penguins
The Washington Capitals acquired forward Anthony Beauvillier from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday for a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft., ,Beauvillier, 27, has recorded 20 points (13 goals, seven assists) and a career-high 108 hits in 63 games with the Penguins this season. He joined the P...
Paul Casey (63) takes first-round lead at LIV Hong Kong
Paul Casey recorded six birdies and an eagle to shoot a 7-under-par 63 and assume the opening-round lead at LIV Golf Hong Kong on Friday.,The Englishman is looking to overcome the disappointment of 2024, when a bogey on No. 18 at Hong Kong Golf Club knocked him out of a three-person playoff eventual...
Nasa Hataoka rides fast start into share of lead at Blue Bay LPGA
Nasa Hataoka carded a 6-under-par 66 to overcome windy conditions on Friday and pull into a share of the lead with Cassie Porter after the second round at the Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island, China.,Starting on the back nine, Hataoka recorded a birdie on five of her first six holes. The Japan native ...
Alex Ovechkin continues chase as Caps host Wings
Alex Ovechkin is closing in on the NHL's all-time goal record. Before that, he will reach another milestone in his storied career, and it could come as soon as the Washington Capitals' Friday home game against the Detroit Red Wings.,The 39-year-old forward needs one point to hit 1,600 for his career...
Lakers storm back, beat Knicks in OT for 8th straight win
Luka Doncic scored five of his 32 points in overtime, LeBron James added 31 points and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to extend their winning streak to eight games, beating the visiting New York Knicks 113-109 on Thursday.,Doncic added 12 assists and seven rebounds, while James had 12 rebounds and e...
Oliver Bjorkstrand nets winner in Lightning debut
Newcomer Oliver Bjorkstrand scored the go-ahead goal in the third period of his Tampa Bay debut as the Lightning rallied past the visiting Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Thursday night for their 11th win in 13 games. ,Acquired from the Seattle Kraken along with Yanni Gourde on Wednesday, Bjorkstrand potted a...
Wrist ailment knocks Nick Kyrgios out of BNP Paribas Open
Nick Kyrgios retired from his first-round match at the BNP Paribas Open match on Thursday due to a chronic right wrist injury.,The Netherlands' Botic van de Zandschulp was ahead 7-6 (7), 3-0 in Indian Wells, Calif., when Kyrgios halted the match.,The wrist ailment is an ongoing concern for Kygios.,"...