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Tyler Herro shines from deep as Heat bully Blazers
Tyler Herro made seven 3-pointers and recorded 32 points, five rebounds and five assists to lead the Miami Heat to a 119-98 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.,Nikola Jovic added season highs of 21 points and eight rebounds as the Heat won their third consecutive game, al...
Marc-Andre Fleury helps Wild shut down Sharks
Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves for the visiting Minnesota Wild in a 3-1 win against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.,Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists, Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist and Marco Rossi also scored for the Wild, who have won five of six.,William Eklund scored and Ya...
Flames rally to end Kings' winning streak
Matt Coronato tallied a goal and an assist while goaltender Dustin Wolf delivered a sparkling performance to give the host Calgary Flames a 2-1 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.,Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for Calgary, which has won two consecutive games. Wolf made 31 saves...
Arizona comes alive in second half to down UCF
Caleb Love led five Arizona players in double-digit scoring with 16 points as the Wildcats remained perfect in Big 12 play with an 88-80 victory Saturday night over UCF in Tucson, Ariz.,The Wildcats (10-5, 4-0 Big 12) won their sixth consecutive game while the Knights (11-4, 2-2) have lost two of th...
Baylor gets off to strong start in OT, tops Arizona St.
Norchad Omier recorded 19 points and eight rebounds and Baylor rediscovered its form in overtime to post a 72-66 victory over Arizona State in Big 12 play on Saturday night at Tempe, Ariz.,V.J. Edgecombe added 15 points and Josh Ojianwuna had 12 points and a career-best 17 rebounds for the Bears (11...
Islanders win at Utah, complete perfect trip
Mathew Barzal scored with 1:25 left in regulation Saturday night as the New York Islanders completed a perfect three-game road trip by edging the Utah Hockey Club 2-1 in Salt Lake City.,Barzal's goal capped a flurry that began with Anders Lee sending a shot through the crease. Seconds later, Barzal ...
Ian Martinez's late 4-point play lifts No. 25 Utah State over Boise State
Ian Martinez completed a go-ahead four-point play with 7.3 seconds left, helping No. 25 Utah State earn an 81-79 win over Boise State in Logan, Utah, in Mountain West Conference play on Saturday.,Martinez led the Aggies (16-1, 6-0 MWC) with 18 points, while Deyton Albury scored 14. Drake Allen added...
No. 18 Gonzaga takes care of Washington St. with strong second half
Graham Ike posted 21 points on Saturday night to lead five Gonzaga scorers in double figures as the 18th-ranked Bulldogs pulled away in the second half for an 88-75 West Coast Conference win over Washington State in Spokane, Wash. ,Nolan Hickman added 19 points, while Ben Gregg stuffed the stat shee...
Jaxson Robinson leads No. 6 Kentucky to win over No. 14 Mississippi State
Jaxson Robinson scored a season-high 27 points to lead the sixth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats to a 95-90 road victory over the No. 14 Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville, Miss.,Ansley Almonor, who finished with 11, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the second half for the Wildcats (13-3, 2-1 Southeastern...
Mark Sears’ 27 points, late FTs help No. 5 Alabama hold off No. 10 Texas A&M
Mark Sears poured in 27 points and sunk four key free throws in the final 21 seconds as No. 5 Alabama held off short-handed No. 10 Texas A&M 94-88 on Saturday in a key Southeastern Conference battle in College Station, Texas.,The Crimson Tide (14-2, 3-0 SEC) led by eight points at halftime and by 15...
Derrick Henry, Ravens run over Steelers in wild-card win
Derrick Henry rushed for 186 yards and two scores and Lamar Jackson passed for two touchdowns to lead the host Baltimore Ravens to a 28-14 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC wild-card game on Saturday night.,Jackson completed 16 of 21 passes for 175 yards and rushed for 82 yards on 15 ca...
Ethen Frank's first career goal a big one as Caps sink Predators
Ethen Frank scored his first NHL goal to break a 1-1 tie in the third period and the visiting Washington Capitals went on to defeat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday night.,Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal with 59 seconds remaining in the third to move within 21 goals of matching Wayne G...
Mackenzie Dern earns win, revenge at UFC Fight Night 249
Mackenzie Dern exacted revenge on Amanda Ribas on Saturday night, winning with an armbar submission in the closing seconds of the third round in the main event of UFC Fight Night 249 in Las Vegas -- the organization's first event of 2025.,The strawweight bout was staged primarily on the ground with ...
Ja Morant's late heroics help Grizzlies top Timberwolves
Ja Morant made back-to-back baskets in the final minute to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 127-125 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in Minneapolis.,Morant finished with 12 points on just 5-for-19 shooting but came up when it mattered most for Memphis, which won the opener of a f...
Iowa catches fire in second half, coasts past Indiana
With 23 points, Payton Sandfort was one of five scorers in double figures for Iowa on Saturday night, helping the Hawkeyes pull away for an 85-60 victory over Indiana in Iowa City, Iowa. ,Owen Freeman dominated inside and collected 16 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots for Iowa (12-4, 3-2 Bi...
Jason Robertson’s SO goal carries surging Stars past Canadiens
Jason Robertson's shootout goal was the difference Saturday as the Dallas Stars extended their winning streak to seven, beating the host Montreal Canadiens 2-1.,Jamie Benn netted his 12th goal of the season for the Stars. Jake Oettinger stopped 30 shots in regulation and overtime and then stopped Pa...
Flyers snap 4-game losing streak with 6-0 shutout of Ducks
Travis Konecny recorded four assists and Samuel Ersson made 22 saves to guide the Philadelphia Flyers to an emphatic 6-0 home victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.,Five different Flyers registered a goal and an assist, including former Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale, as the team snapped a fou...
Finally back home, Devils shock Lightning in OT
Stefan Noesen scored a power-play goal with 1:41 remaining in overtime as the New Jersey Devils ran their home winning streak to six games with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night in Newark, N.J.,The Devils, playing at home for the first time in 2025 following a six-game roa...
Jet Greaves flirts with shutout as Blue Jackets edge Blues
Jet Greaves made 31 saves to lead the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets past the St. Louis Blues, 2-1, on Saturday night.,Adam Fantilli and Cole Sillinger scored for the Blue Jackets, who won their fourth straight game.,Colton Parayko scored and Jordan Binnington made 28 saves for the Blues, who lost f...
Connor Hellebuyck notches league-leading sixth shutout as Jets blank Avalanche
Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to post his NHL-leading sixth shutout of the season and 43rd of his career, lifting the host Winnipeg Jets to a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.,Nikolaj Ehlers scored two goals and Mark Scheifele also scored to record his 50th point of the season, ...