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Texas Tech holds off Oklahoma State for fourth straight win
Chance McMillian scored 14 points and Texas Tech's defense did the rest as the Red Raiders defeated stumbling Oklahoma State 64-54 on Sunday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference game in Lubbock, Texas.,The Red Raiders (15-4, 6-2 Big 12) never trailed, led by 10 points and halftime and by 18 nine minutes...
Raptors try to keep stacking wins, host Pelicans
The suddenly surging Toronto Raptors aim to extend their season-best three-game winning streak when they return home to face the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.,Toronto completed a two-game road sweep of the Atlanta Hawks with a 117-94 victory on Saturday. The Raptors have won five of their pa...
No. 17 Illinois uses balanced scoring to coast past Northwestern
Kylan Boswell scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to an 83-74 Big Ten victory over Northwestern Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.,Starting for 7-foot-1 Tomislav Ivisic, who missed his second straight game due to mononucleosis, freshman center Morez Joh...
Team Spirit defeats Eternal Fire to win BLAST Bounty Spring
Team Spirit rallied for a 3-1 victory over Eternal Fire to win the grand final of the BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 event Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Team Spirit will take home $288,125 of the $500,000 prize pool. Eternal Fire settled for a second prize of $85,625.,The first S-Tier Counter-Strike: Glo...
Avalanche deliver in closing seconds to upend Rangers 5-4
Cale Makar scored twice and set up the tiebreaking goal by Artturi Lehkonen with 15 seconds remaining as the revamped Colorado Avalanche blew a pair of two-goal leads before earning a dramatic 5-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon.,The Avalanche beat the Rangers for the seco...
PJ Haggerty helps No. 24 Memphis rout UAB
PJ Haggerty scored 23 points, Dain Dainja had 21 and No. 24 Memphis never trailed in defeating visiting UAB 100-77 in a battle of first-place teams in the American Athletic Conference on Sunday afternoon.,PJ Carter added 14 points, Colby Rogers scored 12 points and Nicholas Jourdain had 11 for the T...
No. 18 Wisconsin unleashes defense, rolls past Nebraska
John Tonje had 27 points and John Blackwell added 14 to lead 18th-ranked Wisconsin to an 83-55 Big Ten victory over Nebraska on Sunday in Madison, Wis.,Kamari McGee added 11 points for Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten), which bounced back from an 85-83 road loss at UCLA on Tuesday after a seven-game win...
Maryland edges Indiana 79-78 for another key road win
Rodney Rice scored a game-high 23 points Sunday, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 7.5 seconds left, as visiting Maryland rallied for a 79-78 Big Ten Conference decision over Indiana in Bloomington, Ind.,Rice, who was 8 of 13 from the field and 5 of 7 from 3, came off a dribble handoff from ...
Dominance Down Under: Jannik Sinner wins Australian Open title
Italy's Jannik Sinner showed why he's the No. 1 player in the world on Sunday as he used his power from the baseline and a consistent serve to defeat Alexander Zverev of Germany to win his second consecutive Australian Open singles title.,Sinner needed two hours, 42 minutes to post the 6-3, 7-6 (4),...
Grizzlies take down Jazz for 6th straight win
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and Zach Edey added 19 points, seven rebounds and four blocks as the host Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 125-103 Saturday for their sixth straight win to tie a season-best streak.,Utah, which lost its fifth straight and for the eighth time in nine games, was ...
Royal Ravens improve standing at CDL Stage 1 Major qualifying
With the playoff field practically set for the Call of Duty League's Stage 1 Major, the Carolina Royal Ravens picked up a key win Saturday in the penultimate day of qualifying for the playoff that begins Thursday in Madrid.,Playing the Miami Heretics in the day's third and final match, the Royal Rav...
FlyQuest, Cloud9 start Championship of The Americas North Split 1 strong
FlyQuest and Cloud9 pulled off sweeps on Saturday in the upper-bracket quarterfinals of the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 1 in Los Angeles.,All matches in the double-elimination tournament are best-of-three. Four of the eight participating teams will qualify for the...
BetBoom Team, HEROIC complete sweeps at Fissure Playground
BetBoom Team and HEROIC came away with 2-0 wins on Saturday in meetings between unbeaten teams at the Dota 2 Fissure Playground event in Belgrade, Serbia.,Sporting a 2-0 record at the time, BetBoom Team beat Team Liquid in 29 minutes on green and in 29 minutes on red behind an average kills-deaths-a...
James Harden scores 40 as Clippers knock off Bucks
James Harden scored 17 of his 40 points in the third quarter and Norman Powell added 33 points as the Los Angeles Clippers finished off a 127-117 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks at Inglewood, Calif., ,Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points, while matching a season high with 24 minutes in his seven...
BYU catches fire in second half, blows by Cincinnati
Richie Saunders scored 21 points to lead BYU to an impressive 80-52 victory over Cincinnati in Provo, Utah, on Saturday night.,Egor Demin added 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds as the hot-shooting Cougars (13-6, 4-4 Big 12) won for the third time in four games.,BYU shot a stunning 73.9 per...
Madison Chock, Evan Bates match U.S. record with 6th ice dance title
Madison Chock and Evan Bates matched a United States record on Saturday, winning their sixth ice dance title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan.,Chock and Bates joined Meryl Davis and Charlie White as the only duos with six U.S. ice dance championships. The former pair secured ...
Matthew Tkachuk's 3-point night leads Panthers past Sharks
Matthew Tkachuk scored once in a three-point outing while Aaron Ekblad collected one goal and one assist in his return to the lineup to pace the visiting Florida Panthers to a 7-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.,A.J. Greer also notched one goal and one assist, while Nate Schmidt, Sam B...
Ducks extend home success with 5-2 win over Predators
Mason McTavish scored two goals and Trevor Zegras and Jansen Harkins each had a goal and an assist to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,It was the second straight multi-goal game for McTavish, who also scored twice in a 5-1 win over visi...
Quinn Hughes, Canucks end Caps' winning streak
Quinn Hughes scored two goals and the Vancouver Canucks held on to defeat the visiting Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday night, ending Washington's six-game winning streak.,Filip Hronek had two assists for the Canucks, who had lost four of five and bounced back from a 6-2 drubbing at the Edmonton ...
Recent acquisition Nick Richards shines as Suns knock off Wizards
Kevin Durant scored 29 points and Nick Richards continued to make a stellar impression as the Phoenix Suns notched a 119-109 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Saturday night.,Richards scored 20 points and collected a career-best 19 rebounds in his fourth game with the Suns and first at...