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QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele leaves Oregon, heads to Cal
Quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele decommitted from Cal and signed with Oregon's Class of 2025 during the early national signing period in December. Now, he's changed his mind again.,Sagapolutele took part in Ducks' practices prior to their New Year's Day loss to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. On Su...
NHL Midseason Shockers: Surprising Teams Dominate Conference Standings
Surprise teams like the Vegas Golden Knights are dominating the standings in the NHL, with overachiever teams like the Washington Capitals making some noise of their own....
Maple Leafs, boosted by return of Auston Matthews, host Flyers
With team captain Auston Matthews back from injury, the Toronto Maple Leafs will try to extend their winning streak to four games on Sunday night against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.,Matthews returned to action Saturday night after missing six games with an upper-body injury and had an empty-ne...
Zach LaVine, Coby White combine for 66 as Bulls top Knicks
Zach LaVine and Coby White scored 33 points apiece and Nikola Vucevic recorded a double-double by racking up 22 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Chicago Bulls to a 139-126 win against the visiting New York Knicks on Saturday.,Chicago matched a season high in points behind a 20-for-37 effort from b...
Clippers get Kawhi Leonard back, crush Hawks
Norman Powell scored 20 points and Ivica Zubac added 18 points to go along with 18 rebounds as the Los Angeles Clippers celebrated the season debut of Kawhi Leonard with a 131-105 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday in Inglewood, Calif.,Amir Coffey scored 17 points while Leonard had 12 on 4-o...
Ryan O’Reilly's hat trick propels Predators past Flames
Ryan O'Reilly posted his sixth career hat trick to lead the visiting Nashville Predators a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,Fedor Svechkov netted one goal and one assist while Filip Forsberg collected a pair of assists for the Predators, who won for the second time in as many nights ...
Streaking Oilers continue dominance of Kraken
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist and Viktor Arvidsson contributed two assists as the Edmonton Oilers held on for a 4-2 victory against the host Seattle Kraken on Saturday night, their seventh straight victory against their Pacific Division rivals.,Vasily Podkolzin, Jeff Skinner and Ryan Nugen...
Jack Eichel haunts former team again as Knights bump Sabres
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist and Adin Hill made 23 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights moved into the NHL points lead with a 3-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Mark Stone and Tanner Laczynski also scored goals and Tanner Pearson had two assists for Vegas, which...
Kings trim Lightning, run home win streak to 9
The Los Angeles Kings continued their mastery of their home ice Saturday as Adrian Kempe's goal with 5:48 left in regulation beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1.,Kempe's team-leading 19th goal extended his point streak to a season-high five games. Mikey Anderson recorded his fifth goal of the season fo...
Bengals keep playoff hopes alive with victory over Steelers
Joe Burrow passed for 277 yards and one touchdown and the Cincinnati Bengals remained alive in the AFC playoff race by notching a 19-17 victory over the host Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night.,Ja'Marr Chase had 10 receptions for 96 yards and one touchdown and Cade York kicked four field goals as...
Lindy Waters III has big finish as Warriors top Grizzlies
Lindy Waters III saved eight of his 16 points for a tight finish and Andrew Wiggins put up a game-high 24 points as the Golden State Warriors outlasted the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 121-113 on Saturday night in San Francisco.,Each team played without its superstar point guard. Memphis was minus Ja ...
No. 19 Gonzaga rolls past Loyola Marymount
Graham Ike recorded 27 points and nine rebounds and Khalif Battle added a season-high 26 points to lead No. 19 Gonzaga to a 96-68 win over Loyola Marymount on Saturday night in West Coast Conference play at Los Angeles.,Ike made 12 of 16 field-goal attempts and Battle was 10 of 12 from the field, in...
Stars slip past Utah on Thomas Harley's OT winner
Thomas Harley scored the overtime winner as the Dallas Stars edged the visiting Utah Hockey Club 3-2 on Saturday night.,Harley snapped home a Matt Duchene pass past Karel Vejmelka at 3:01 of the extra period to secure Dallas's fourth straight win. Jamie Benn and Oskar Back also scored for the Stars,...
Nikola Jokic carries Nuggets to overtime road win over Spurs
Nikola Jokic scored 46 points that included the first seven in overtime as the visiting Denver Nuggets rode their superstar to a 122-111 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday in the second of back-to-back games on two nights between the teams.,The Spurs won Friday's opener of the home-and-home ...
Zach LaVine, Coby White combine for 66, Bulls top Knicks
Zach LaVine and Coby White scored 33 points each and Nikola Vucevic notched a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Chicago Bulls to a 139-126 win against the visiting New York Knicks on Saturday.,Chicago matched a season high in points behind a 20-for-37 effort from beyond the ar...
Clemson runs win streak to three by beating Cal
Ian Schieffelin led the way with 21 points as host Clemson posted an 80-68 victory over Cal to stay unbeaten in the Atlantic Coast Conference on Saturday night.,Schieffelin shot well from the field (8-of-10), as did teammates Chase Hunter (8-of-12 for 19 points) and Chauncey Wiggins (7-of-10 for 15 ...
Jazz make life even harder for Heat by cruising to blowout
Florida native Brice Sensabaugh scored a career-high and game-high 34 points off the bench as the Utah Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 136-100 win over the host Miami Heat on Saturday night.,John Collins added 24 points and nine rebounds for Utah, which won for just the sixth time in 1...
Anfernee Simons powers Trail Blazers past Bucks
Anfernee Simons scored 28 points with eight assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 105-102 win on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.,Deni Avdija added 19 points and 14 rebounds for Portland while Shaedon Sharpe scored 16. Deandre Ayton put forth a 10-point, 13-rebound d...
Michigan uses two late 10-0 runs to surge past USC
Danny Wolf scored a season-high 21 points and pulled down 13 rebounds on Saturday to lead Michigan to an 85-74 Big Ten win over Southern California in Los Angeles.,Wolf also had seven assists, six blocks and two assists for Michigan (11-3, 3-0 Big Ten), which also got 16 points from both Tre Donalds...
No. 13 Texas A&M zooms ahead in 2nd half to rout Texas
Zhuric Phelps scored 18 points and spurred a second-half surge that helped carry No. 13 Texas A&M to an 80-60 win over visiting rival Texas on Saturday in the teams' Southeastern Conference opener in College Station, Texas.,It was the first time the teams played as league opponents since 2012 and th...