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CJ McCollum-led Pelicans beat Kings to end 10-game skid
CJ McCollum scored 43 points, including a tie-breaking 3-pointer in overtime, and the host New Orleans Pelicans ended a 10-game losing streak by defeating the Sacramento Kings 140-133 on Thursday night.,Trey Murphy III added 18 points and 11 assists, Jose Alvarado scored 18, Jordan Hawkins and Jerem...
USA pulls away from Finland for 4 Nations blowout
Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in a three-point performance and his younger brother, Brady, added two goals during Team USA's decisive 6-1 victory over Finland at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Thursday in Montreal.,Matt Boldy and Jake Guentzel both collected a goal and an assist for the United States. Zac...
No. 25 Maryland outlasts Nebraska for 6th win in 7 games
Derik Queen collected 24 points and 11 rebounds on Thursday, helping visiting No. 25 Maryland hold on for an 83-75 victory over Nebraska in Big Ten play in Lincoln, Neb.,Selton Miguel added 17 points, while Ja'Kobi Gillespie chipped in 15 points and seven assists for the Terrapins (19-6, 9-5), who w...
Stephen Curry, Warriors edge Rockets, hit break above .500
Stephen Curry scored a game-high 27 points and the Golden State Warriors survived a fourth-quarter comeback from the Houston Rockets to claim a 105-98 road victory on Thursday.,The Warriors improved to 3-1 since the acquisition of Jimmy Butler III, who finished with 19 points and eight rebounds. Gol...
Austin Cindric earns tight victory in Daytona Duel 2
Polesitter Austin Cindric led a Ford blockade and nipped Erik Jones on the final lap to win Speedweeks' Duel 2 on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Jones put his No. 43 Toyota up high on the backstretch and got a strong push from the No. 17 Ford of Chris Buesche...
Bubba Wallace takes Duel 1, will start third at Daytona 500
Bubba Wallace outran defending Daytona 500 winner William Byron to win the first race of Speedweeks in Duel 1 on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.,After fending off Ty Dillon's No. 10 Chevrolet in the final 10 laps, Wallace took the white flag as the leader and ...
Denny McCarthy on top, Scottie Scheffler 2 back at rainy Genesis
Denny McCarthy made an eagle on his final hole to card a 4-under-par 68 and set the first-round pace at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday in San Diego.,Patrick Rodgers and Ireland's Seamus Power are one shot behind and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is two back at the unusually rain-soaked Torrey ...
NASCAR appeals injunction for Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing
The ongoing legal fight between NASCAR and two of its teams, including the one co-owned and operated by Michael Jordan, took one more twist before the season-opening Daytona 500 this weekend.,NASCAR on Wednesday filed a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Richmond, Va.) agains...
Iga Swiatek moves closer to rare four-peat at Doha
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland is two wins away from her fourth straight Qatar TotalEnergies Open championship.,Swiatek extended her winning streak in Doha to 15 matches with a 6-2, 7-5 win over fifth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in Thursday's quarterfinals.,In a rematch of last year's fina...
Ohio State produces dominant win vs. Washington
Micah Parrish and John Mobley Jr. each had 21 points as hot-shooting Ohio State routed visiting Washington 93-69 on Wednesday in Columbus.,Parrish, who scored a career-high 30 points Sunday vs. Nebraska, had 14 points in the first half. The Buckeyes (15-10, 7-7 Big Ten) shot 58.2 percent (32 of 55) ...
Kawhi Leonard's 25 points help Clippers handle Grizzlies
Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points in a season-high 34 minutes, James Harden added 18 points with 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers earned a 128-114 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday at Inglewood, Calif.,Norman Powell also scored 18 points and Ivica Zubac added 12 points wi...
Kyrie Irving's big night lifts Mavs past Warriors
Kyrie Irving made a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 of his 42 points in the second half as the Dallas Mavericks beat the visiting Golden State Warriors 111-107 on Wednesday.,Klay Thompson and Max Christie scored 17 apiece, Brandon Williams added 12 off the bench, and Naji Marshall had 10 ...
More Kawhi Leonard means another win for Clippers
Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points in a season-high 34 minutes, James Harden added 18 points with 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers earned a 128-114 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday at Inglewood, Calif.,Norman Powell also scored 18 points and Ivica Zubac added 12 points wi...
Kyrie Irving's big night lifts Mavs past Jazz
Kyrie Irving made a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 of his 42 points in the second half as the Dallas Mavericks beat the visiting Golden State Warriors 111-107 on Wednesday.,Klay Thompson and Max Christie scored 17 apiece, Brandon Williams added 12 off the bench, and Naji Marshall had 10 ...
JT Toppin (41 points) leads No. 12 Texas Tech past ASU in 2 OTs
JT Toppin scored a career-high 41 points and secured a steal with 33 seconds remaining in the second overtime as No. 12 Texas Tech escaped with a wild 111-106 win over Arizona State on Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas.,Toppin logged a total of eight points in the OTs. He made 17 of 22 shots from the fiel...
Notre Dame rallies for 2OT win over Boston College
Markus Burton scored a career-high 32 points to help Notre Dame overcome a 14-point second-half deficit and earn a 97-94 double-overtime victory against Boston College on Wednesday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass., ,Notre Dame (11-13, 5-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) took the lead for good on a Kebba Nji...
Surging Nets hold on against struggling Sixers
D'Angelo Russell scored 22 points in one of his best games since returning to the Brooklyn Nets, who continued their surge by holding on in the final minute for a 100-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in New York.,After shooting 14 of 49 from the field in his previous four ga...
Jamal Murray explodes for 55 as Nuggets top Blazers
Jamal Murray poured in a career-best 55 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 132-121 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.,Murray's output is the third-most in Nuggets' history. David Thompson scored a franchise-record 73 on the final day of the 1977-78 season when h...
Lauri Markkanen, Jazz snap Lakers' winning streak
Lauri Markkanen scored 32 points and the Utah Jazz bounced back to defeat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 131-119 on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.,Jordan Clarkson added 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Jazz, who snapped a three-game losing streak that included a 132-113 road d...
No. 21 Missouri routs Oklahoma, moves to 16-1 at home
Mark Mitchell scored a career-high 25 points to lead No. 21 Missouri to an 82-58 rout of Oklahoma on Wednesday in Southeastern Conference action at Columbia, Mo.,Mitchell's performance pushed him past the 1,000-career point milestone.,Caleb Grill scored 15 points, Tony Perkins added 12 and Anthony R...