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Utah makes third period surge, downs Red Wings
Kevin Stenlund scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Utah Hockey Club downed the host Detroit Red Wings, 4-2, on Thursday night.,Stenlund's goal was his first in 24 games. Dylan Guenther, Nick Schmaltz and Logan Crouse scored the other goals for Utah, which now has won four of i...
Mark Scheifele tallies three points as Jets trounce Flyers
Mark Scheifele registered a goal and two assists to guide the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 road win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.,Kyle Connor chipped in a goal and an assist for the Jets, while Nikolaj Ehlers and Adam Lowry also scored and Gabriel Vilardi notched three assists. Eric Comrie mad...
Belinda Bencic among early winners at Indian Wells
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland needed just 65 minutes to dispatch Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-1, 6-1 in first-round action at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Bencic, who won her ninth WTA singles title last month in Abu Dhabi, won 20 of her 24 first-serve points (83.3 percent) ...
Wyndham Clark takes Arnold Palmer lead in tough scoring conditions
Wyndham Clark birdied three of his last six holes to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday in Orlando, Fla.,Clark's 5-under-par 67 at Bay Hill Club & Lodge was one of just 14 rounds under par out of the 72-man field. The four-way tie for second at 3...
Kevin Roy shoots 62, leads Puerto Rico Open by one
Kevin Roy fired a 10-under-par 62, the lowest round of his career, to capture the first-round lead at the Puerto Rico Open on Thursday at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande.,Roy holds just a one-stroke advantage over Chris Gotterup, who stood at 10 under himself before his only bogey of the day c...
Young players having to step up for Raptors, Jazz
The Toronto Raptors have proven they can win and learn at the same time, and they aim to continue the trend Friday night against the visiting Utah Jazz.,Rookie Ja'Kobe Walter hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left when the Raptors defeated the Orlando Magic 114-113 on Tuesday to comple...
Reports: Browns restructure Deshaun Watson's contract, clear cap space
Amid a salary cap crunch, the Cleveland Browns have renegotiated quarterback Deshaun Watson's salary, clearing nearly $36 million of cap space, multiple outlets reported Thursday.,With free agency opening next week, the Browns needed to clear $23 million in cap space to become cap compliant. And tha...
Florida's Auston Kim shares first-round lead at Blue Bay LPGA
Auston Kim carded the only bogey-free opening round, shooting a 68 to stand in a three-way tie for first place at the Blue Bay LPGA on Thursday on Hainan Island, China.,Sharing the lead with her at 4 under are South Korean A Lim Kim and Ayaka Furue of Japan. ,A Lim Kim had a roller-coaster opening r...
TYLOO, paiN, FURIA move on in ESL Pro League Season 21
TYLOO, paiN Gaming and FURIA pulled out 2-1 wins on Wednesday to claim the last three spots in Group Stage 2 at the ESL Pro League Season 21 in Stockholm.,TYLOO rallied past FlyQuest, paiN Gaming overtook Nemiga Gaming and FURIA edged M80 as Group Stage 1 concluded.,The $400,000 Counter-Strike: Glob...
Bucks clobber short-handed Mavericks 137-107
Damian Lillard scored 34 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 32 to lead the host Milwaukee Bucks to a 137-107 win over the significantly short-handed Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.,Milwaukee has won four straight games and eight of its last nine. AJ Green added 18 points and Kevin Porter Jr...
Alex Karaban scores 21 as UConn tops No. 20 Marquette
Alex Karaban scored 21 points to lead UConn to a 72-66 victory over No. 20 Marquette on Wednesday night in Storrs, Conn.,The Huskies (21-9, 13-6 Big East) moved into third place in the Big East thanks to their tiebreaker over the Golden Eagles. Four other players scored in double figures for UConn, ...
Camila Osorio ousts Naomi Osaka at BNP Paribas Open
Naomi Osaka, back in action for the first time in two months, was eliminated in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Colombia's Camila Osorio beat the four-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-4 in 1 hour, 31 minutes.,Osaka last was in action at the Australian Open...
Canucks score 3 in 2nd period to edge Ducks
Jake DeBrusk, Teddy Blueger and Carson Soucy scored second-period goals and the Vancouver Canucks held on for a 3-2 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.,Filip Hronek contributed two assists and Kevin Lankinen made 14 saves for the Canucks, who had lost two in a row and four of ...
Rising Blues sneak past skidding Kings in shootout
Robert Thomas scored in regulation and posted the shootout winner to give the visiting St. Louis Blues a 3-2 victory over the struggling Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.,Jake Neighbours also tallied in regulation and the shootout for the Blues, who are on a 6-1-1 run to keep within striking distance ...
Kei Nishikori survives opener at Indian Wells
Japan's Kei Nishikori overcame physical struggles in the third set before pulling out a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3) win over Spain's Jaume Munar in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Nishikori was slowed by a leg ailment late in the match, then also experienced cramps...
Golden Knights build early lead, thrash Maple Leafs
Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin and Tanner Pearson each had a goal and an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights jumped out to a five-goal lead and cruised to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday in Las Vegas.,Brett Howden also scored for Vegas, which won its third straight gam...
James Harden pours in 50 to propel Clippers past Pistons
James Harden scored a season-high 50 points and Ivica Zubac added 22 points with 11 rebounds as the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers celebrated their return home with a 123-115 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday at Inglewood, Calif.,Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 23 points in his second start ...
USC blows out Washington in hunt to lock up tourney berth
Chibuzo Agbo hit seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points, Desmond Claude added 25 points and 11 assists, and Southern California improved its Big Ten tournament chances with a 92-61 victory over Washington on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.,Rashaun Agee added 18 points for the Trojans (1...
CONCACAF Champions Cup: Herediano edge Galaxy
Elias Aguilar scored from long distance in the 65th minute and Herediano emerged with a 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday at Cartago, Costa Rica, in the opening leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 series.,The second leg of the two-game, total-goal series is scheduled for March...
Hot-shooting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander carries Thunder past Grizzlies
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 41 points to lead visiting Oklahoma City to a 120-103 victory Wednesday over the slumping Memphis Grizzlies, who lost their season-high fourth straight game.,Gilgeous-Alexander, who had 51 points in the Thunder's home victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday, posted ...