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Curtis Jones, No. 5 Iowa State overpower IU Indianapolis
Curtis Jones scored 20 points on 7-for-14 shooting as No. 5 Iowa State cruised to an 87-52 win over IU Indianapolis on Monday night in Ames, Iowa.,Tamin Lipsey scored 17 points and recorded a team-high five steals for Iowa State (3-0), which remained untested in its nonconference slate. Joshua Jeffe...

Knicks bash Wizards behind balanced effort from starters
Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns each posted a double-double before sitting out the fourth quarter on Monday night for the host New York Knicks, who cruised to a 134-106 win over the Washington Wizards.,Brunson finished with 26 points and 11 assists while Towns had 24 points and 12 rebounds for ...

Heat get Jimmy Butler back, rally past woeful 76ers
Jimmy Butler made a triumphant return from injury, and Tyler Herro scored 16 of his 18 points in a pivotal third quarter as the host Miami Heat rallied for a 106-89 victory over the slumping Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.,Butler, after missing four straight games due to a sprained right ankle, ...

Cale Makar, Avalanche get jump on Flyers, hold on to win
Cale Makar scored twice as the Colorado Avalanche opened their four-game road trip with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.,Casey Mittelstadt chipped in a goal and an assist and Mikko Rantanen set up two goals for Colorado, which has won four of its last five games. Justus Annunen ...

USMNT beats Jamaica, advances to Nations League semifinals
Weston McKennie assisted on two first-half goals by Christian Pulisic and the U.S. men's national team advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League with a 4-2 victory in the second leg of the quarterfinal series against Jamaica in St. Louis on Monday.,Pulisic scored in the 13th and 33rd...

Jackets ride 3-goal first period to win over Bruins
The Columbus Blue Jackets never trailed as they logged a three-goal first period and netted a pair of shorthanded tallies en route to a 5-1 win over the host Boston Bruins on Monday.,Dmitri Voronkov, Mathieu Olivier and James van Riemsdyk built the Blue Jackets' 3-0 lead at the first intermission be...

Bulls shore up defensive effort, knock off Pistons
Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and 12 rebounds and the visiting Chicago Bulls defeated the Detroit Pistons 122-112 on Monday night.,Zach LaVine and Coby White supplied 25 points apiece for the Bulls. Josh Giddey had a near triple-double with 11 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.,Chicago had allowe...

Jaland Lowe has triple-double as Pitt routs VMI
Jaland Lowe notched a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead Pitt to a 93-48 win over Virginia Military Institute on Monday night in Pittsburgh.,Ishmael Leggett contributed 14 points to pace a balanced attack as Pitt (5-0) won its 11th straight home game dating to last year...

First-half surges send NC State to blowout of Colgate
Ben Middlebrooks poured in 19 points off the bench, Marcus Hill scored a season-high 17 points and North Carolina State was in control from the opening minutes in a 72-49 victory over Colgate on Monday at Raleigh, N.C.,Hill, a high-scoring transfer guard from Bowling Green, made 6 of 10 shots from t...

Hot-shooting Michigan too much for Miami (Ohio)
Nimari Burnett led four players in double figures with 18 points and Michigan rolled to a 94-67 win over Miami (Ohio) in Ann Arbor on Monday. ,Tre Donaldson scored 16 points, L.J. Cason had 11 and Roddy Gayle Jr. added 10 for Michigan. Danny Wolf nearly had a double-double, registering nine points a...

Hot-shooting Michigan too much for Miami (Ohio) to handle
Nimari Burnett led four players in double figures with 18 points and Michigan rolled to a 94-67 win over Miami (Ohio) in Ann Arbor on Monday. ,Tre Donaldson scored 16 points, L.J. Cason had 11 and Roddy Gayle Jr. added 10 for Michigan. Danny Wolf nearly had a double-double, registering nine points a...

Italy ousts Iga Swiatek, Poland to reach Billie Jean King Cup final
Italy returned to the championship match of the Billie Jean King Cup finals by outlasting Poland 2-1 in Monday's semifinal showdown in Malaga, Spain.,Italy, which lost to Canada in last year's final, will meet the winner of the other semifinal between Great Britain and Slovakia, which is slated for ...

Maryland on rebound from first loss with winless Canisius up next
After falling short in its first test of the young season, Maryland will aim to bounce back on Tuesday night when it hosts a winless Canisius squad in College Park, Md.,The Terrapins (3-1) opened the campaign with three 30-point victories against light opponents before falling 78-74 at home to No. 1...

Six-man core sharing spotlight as No. 5 Iowa State faces IU Indy
Most teams rely upon a starting five to lead the way.,No. 5 Iowa State is following a different approach at the start of this season. The Cyclones boast a starting five -- plus one.,"For us, I look at it like we pretty much have six starters," Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger said.,Iowa State (2-0)...

Alex Ovechkin, high-scoring Capitals visit Utah HC
The Washington Capitals will go for a sweep of their three-game road trip when they visit the Utah Hockey Club on Monday night in Salt Lake City.,After squandering a two-goal lead in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, Washington went west and defeated the Colorado Avalanche...

Raptors host Pacers, look to change season narrative
The Toronto Raptors keep coming close but falling short, and they will aim to change that Monday night against the visiting Indiana Pacers.,A victory would end a losing streak that grew to seven games when the Raptors lost 126-123 in overtime on Saturday night to the host Boston Celtics on a last-se...

Argonauts put up 24 points in fourth, sink Blue Bombers in Grey Cup
Backup quarterback Nick Arbuckle threw for a pair of touchdowns and the Toronto Argonauts ripped off 24 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41-24 on Sunday in Vancouver, giving them their 19th Grey Cup title in franchise history. ,Arbuckle stepped under center to replace...

Great Osobor helps Washington hold off UMass Lowell
Great Osobor scored 23 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds as Washington pulled out a 74-69 victory against visiting UMass Lowell on Sunday night in a nonconference game in Seattle.,Tyler Harris, Zoom Diallo and Tyree Ihenacho each scored 12 points, and Luis Kortright added 10 for the Huski...

Predators peak late to take down Canucks
Steven Stamkos scored twice and Zachary L'Heureux scored his first career goal as the visiting Nashville Predators earned a 5-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. ,Roman Josi collected one goal and one assist, Gustav Nyquist scored once and Filip Forsberg posted two assists for the ...

Chargers edge Bengals in final seconds for 4th straight win
J.K. Dobbins broke loose for a 29-yard rushing touchdown with 18 seconds to go and the Los Angeles Chargers escaped with a 34-27 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night in Inglewood, Calif.,Dobbins rushed for two touchdowns, including the tiebreaking score, to help Los Angeles (7-3) win its ...