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No. 17 Arkansas needs OT to end Ole Miss' SEC tournament run
NASHVILLE -- Third-seeded Arkansas got 29 points from Meleek Thomas, 24 from Darius Acuff Jr. and double-doubles from Trevon Brazile and Malique Ewen to escape with a 93-90 overtime victory over 15th-seeded Ole Miss on Saturday in the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals.,Ewen scored 14 and...
Bruins down Caps in shootout, halt road winless streak
Fraser Minten scored in the ninth round for the lone goal of the shootout, allowing the Boston Bruins to snap a seven-game road winless skid with a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.,Boston's Jeremy Swayman and Washington's Logan Thompson thwarted each of the other team's first ei...
Victor Wembanyama returns as Spurs hold off Hornets
Victor Wembanyama racked up 32 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists and three blocked shots in his return to lead the host San Antonio Spurs to a 115-102 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday as two of the hottest teams in the NBA clashed.,De'Aaron Fox added 17 points for the Spurs, with Step...
No. 18 Purdue gets revenge on short-handed UCLA in Big Ten semis
Oscar Cluff had 17 points with 14 rebounds and No. 18 Purdue advanced to the Big Ten Conference championship game with a 73-66 semifinal victory over short-handed UCLA on Saturday at Chicago.,The No. 7-seed Boilermakers (26-8) earned the win over the sixth-seeded Bruins (23-11) behind two strong fir...
James Rodriguez to debut for Minnesota United in Vancouver
Colombian star James Rodriguez is expected to make his long-awaited MLS debut Sunday afternoon when Minnesota United travel to Vancouver to take on the Whitecaps.,Rodriguez, who won the Golden Boot in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil after scoring six goals while leading Colombia to the quarterfina...
Atlanta United beat Union for first win since last August
Emmanuel Latte Lath, Tomas Jacob and Alexey Miranchuk had a goal apiece -- with Miguel Almiron assisting on all three -- as Atlanta United picked up its first win of the season in a 3-1 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Union on Saturday afternoon.,Atlanta's win was its first since a 1-0 road d...
Hawks blow past Bucks, extend winning streak to nine
CJ McCollum scored 30 points and made seven 3-pointers to help the red-hot Atlanta Hawks extend their winning streak to nine games with a 122-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.,Jalen Johnson added 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for his ninth triple-double of the season as Atlant...
'Elite' Cade Cunningham, Pistons strive to extend win streak in clash vs. Raptors
The Detroit Pistons have not lost to the Toronto Raptors in more than two years, and the visiting Pistons hope to keep it that way on Sunday afternoon .,The Pistons have won their seven past meetings with the Raptors, including 113-95 at Toronto on Feb. 11.,Toronto's most recent victory over Detroit...
Linus Ullmark, Senators shut out Ducks
Linus Ullmark made 23 saves for the Ottawa Senators in a 2-0 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Saturday afternoon.,It's the second shutout of the season for Ullmark and the 14th of his 11-year NHL career.,Michael Amadio and Thomas Chabot scored for the Senators -- who have won four of their ...
Quentin Grimes, Sixers thwart Nets' comeback attempt
Quentin Grimes scored 28 points, as the Philadelphia 76ers notched a 104-97 home victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday afternoon.,Adem Bona chipped in with nine points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for Philadelphia, which continued to play without Tyrese Maxey (finger), Joel Embiid (oblique), an...
No. 22 Vanderbilt dominates No. 4 Florida, reaches SEC final
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tyler Tanner scored 20 points and dished out eight assists, Duke Miles scored 15 with seven assists and No. 22 Vanderbilt earned a 91-74 victory over No. 4 Florida on Saturday in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament.,The Commodores advanced to Sunday's confere...
No. 3 Michigan edges No. 23 Wisconsin to reach Big Ten title game
Big Ten Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg hit a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to lift top-seeded Michigan to a 68-65 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin in the first Big Ten Conference tournament semifinal Saturday in Chicago.,Lendeborg finished with 12 points for No. 3-ranked Michigan (31-2), wh...
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scores late, as Red Bulls draw Toronto FC
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting beat the buzzer by scoring in the eighth minute of stoppage time as the New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw with host Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon.,Officials originally put five minutes of stoppage time on the clock, but the game was extended and New York (2-1-1, 7...
Rapids sign F Mamadou Billo Diop
The Colorado Rapids signed forward Mamadou Billo Diop to a first-team contract through the 2027-28 season.,The deal includes options for the 2028-29 and 2029-30 seasons.,"We're excited to add Billo to our first-team group," Rapids Sporting Director Fran Taylor said. "He's earned this opportunity thr...
Joaquin Niemann, Lee Westwood take lead at LIV Golf Singapore
Defending champion Joaquin Niemann shot a 66 to surge into a third-round tie for the lead at LIV Golf Singapore on Saturday.,The Chilean mixed seven birdies and two bogeys to tie Lee Westwood of England atop the leaderboard at 10-under-par 203 for the tournament, one stroke ahead of second-round lea...
OpTic improve to 9-0 in CDL Stage 2 Major qualifying
OpTic Texas survived a stiff test from the Paris Gentle Mates but kept their unbeaten mark intact with a 3-2 victory on Friday as Week 5 of qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major began.,Texas improved to 9-0, well clear of the second-place Miami Heretics, who improved to 5-3 with a 3-0...
FUT Esports squeeze into ESL Pro League Season 23 semis
FUT Esports eked out a 2-1 win over MOUZ on Friday in the quarterfinals of the ESL Pro League Season 23 at Stockholm.,In other action on the event's opening day, Astralis swept Team Spirit 2-0, Aurora Gaming downed Legacy 2-1, and Natus Vincere toppled Legacy 2-0.,The eight-team Counter-Strike: Glob...
Yandex, BetBoom move into Wallachia Season 7 upper-bracket final
Team Yandex swept Team Liquid 2-0 on Friday, charging into the upper-bracket final of PGL Wallachia Season 7 at Bucharest, Romania.,BetBoom Team won the other upper-bracket semifinal, edging Team Spirit 2-1.,Yandex and BetBoom will square off on Saturday, with the winner advancing to the grand final...
NYCFC, Rapids meet with both on high-scoring streaks
With both teams coming off high-scoring wins, the Colorado Rapids visit first-place New York City FC on Saturday., ,NYCFC (2-0-1, 7 points) is atop the Eastern Conference table, has out-scored its opponents 8-2 and buried Orlando City 5-0 at home Saturday., ,Meanwhile, the Rapids (2-1-0, 6 points) h...
No. 6 UConn reaches final, spoils Georgetown's Big East run
NEW YORK -- Braylon Mullins scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half as second-seeded UConn never trailed and kept 11th-seeded Georgetown at bay throughout a 67-51 victory in the Big East semifinals on Friday night., ,The sixth-ranked Huskies (29-4) advanced to the title game and will face top-s...