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No. 12 Tennessee leans on Chaz Lanier, turns back Gardner-Webb
Chaz Lanier scored 18 points in his Tennessee debut to lead the host Volunteers to a season-opening 80-64 victory over Gardner-Webb on Monday night in Knoxville, Tenn.,The 12th-ranked Volunteers (1-0) never trailed and built the lead to as many as 27 points in the second half. ,Lanier, a transfer fr...
Simeon Wilcher, St. John's blow by Fordham
Simeon Wilcher scored a career-high 17 points in an impressive start to his sophomore campaign as St. John's began its second season under coach Rick Pitino by rolling to a 92-60 rout of Fordham in New York on Monday night in the season opener for both teams.,Picked fifth in the Big East preseason p...
No. 14 Purdue begins life after Zach Edey with win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Fletcher Loyer scored 21 points Monday night and Braden Smith dished out 15 assists as No. 14 Purdue fended off Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the second half for a season-opening 90-73 win in West Lafayette, Ind.,Trey Kaufman-Renn added 15 points for the Boilermakers, who also got 14 off the bench fro...
Stanford overcomes slow start to topple Denver 85-62
Oziyah Sellers led four players in double figures with a career-high 24 points, Maxime Raynaud delivered with a double-double and Stanford earned an 85-62 victory over visiting Denver on Monday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.,Raynaud, a preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference selectio...
Lauren Betts, No. 5 UCLA get past No. 17 Louisville
Lauren Betts recorded 18 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and four blocks as No. 5 UCLA held off No. 17 Louisville 66-59 on Monday in Paris, France.,UCLA led the game 32-29 at halftime and 50-46 after three quarters. ,Isla Juffermans made a jumper to cut the deficit to 50-48 before the Bruins rattl...
Bruins look to make Maple Leafs their latest shutout victim
The Boston Bruins will be going for their third consecutive shutout Tuesday night when they visit the sputtering Toronto Maple Leafs.,The Bruins defeated the Seattle Kraken 2-0 at home on Sunday with Jeremy Swayman stopping 23 shots. That followed a 3-0 road win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Satur...
JuJu Watkins, No. 3 USC stave off No. 20 Ole Miss in Paris
JuJu Watkins posted 27 points and 10 rebounds and No. 3 Southern California survived a second-half comeback by No. 20 Ole Miss, earning a 68-66 win on Monday in Paris, France.,USC made its last 17 free throws, the last two by Stanford transfer Kiki Iriafen with nine seconds left for the final margin...
Aryna Sabalenka clinches semifinal spot at WTA Finals Riyadh
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus defeated No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-3, 7-5 on Monday to improve to 2-0 at the WTA Finals Riyadh and guarantee herself a spot in the semifinals in Saudi Arabia.,Sabalenka opened the tournament Saturday with a straight-sets victory over China's Qinwen ...
Team Spirit, PARIVISION still perfect in Group Stage 2 at DreamLeague
Team Spirit and PARIVISION rallied from early deficits to pick up 2-1 wins on Sunday in Group Stage 2 action at the DreamLeague Season 24 event.,Both teams are now 3-0 and sit atop the standings with four days of Group Stage 2 play remaining. ,After falling to Xtreme Gaming in 36 minutes, Team Spiri...
Vikings find second-half spark, hold off Colts
Sam Darnold threw three touchdown passes in the second half and the Minnesota Vikings held on for a 21-13 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night in Minneapolis.,Jordan Addison, Jalen Nailor and Josh Oliver had one touchdown reception apiece for Minnesota (6-2), which bounced back from a two...
Ryan Gauld scores again as Whitecaps blank LAFC, even series
Ryan Gauld scored his fifth goal of the playoffs and was involved in two more as the Vancouver Whitecaps beat visiting LAFC 3-0 to even their Round 1 series Sunday evening.,Western Conference-leading LAFC committed two own goals against the eighth-seeded Whitecaps, who snapped a seven-match winless ...
Oilers score twice in 3rd period to extinguish Flames
Zach Hyman broke a third-period tie and Leon Draisaitl scored once and added two assists to give the visiting Edmonton Oilers a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.,Jeff Skinner and Mattias Janmark also scored and goaltender Stuart Skinner made 29 saves for the Oilers, who have won four of...
Arvid Soderblom stops 37 shots as Blackhawks top Ducks
Arvid Soderblom made 37 saves to help the visiting Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.,Connor Bedard had three assists and Taylor Hall added two more for the Blackhawks, who have won three of their past four games.,Brock McGinn and Mason McTavish scored, and Lukas Do...
Luka Doncic, Mavericks rout depleted Magic
Luka Doncic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 32 minutes of action and the Dallas Mavericks cruised to a 108-85 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Sunday.,Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 18 points, Kyrie Irving added 17 and Dereck Lively II had 11 points and 11 rebounds f...
Hawks get 29 points from Jalen Johnson, top Pelicans
Jalen Johnson matched a career high by scoring 29 points, Trae Young had a double-double and the visiting Atlanta Hawks defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 126-111 on Sunday night.,Young finished with 23 points and 12 assists, former Pelicans Dyson Daniels and Larry Nance Jr. scored 16 points and 14 p...
Sounders outlast Dynamo in penalties to sweep series
Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei stopped Houston's Tate Schmitt in the seventh round of the deciding penalty shootout as the visiting Sounders outlasted the Dynamo 1-1 (7-6) on Sunday evening to clinch the teams' Western Conference first-round playoff series., ,The Sounders, the fourth seed in the Wes...
Wild edge Leafs in OT thanks to Matt Boldy
Matt Boldy scored 2:14 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday evening in Saint Paul, Minn.,Ryan Hartman also scored for Minnesota, which won for the eighth time in 11 games to start the season. Jared Spurgeon registered a pair of assists.,William...
Demarcus Robinson hauls in TD to send Rams past Seahawks in OT
Demarcus Robinson made a one-handed 39-yard touchdown catch with 4:57 left in overtime to give the Los Angeles Rams a 26-20 victory against the host Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. ,The Seahawks (4-5) got the ball first in the extra session, but Kenneth Walker III, who rushed for a game-high 83 yards, w...
Hurricanes cool off Capitals for 6th straight win
Dmitry Orlov scored twice and Martin Necas provided a goal and two assists Sunday as the surging Carolina Hurricanes cooled off the visiting Washington Capitals with a 4-2 win in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes clinched their sixth straight victory on Andrei Svechnikov's empty-net goal with 8 seconds r...
Jeremy Swayman helps Bruins top Kraken in second straight shutout
Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves and two first-period goals were all the Boston Bruins needed as they pitched their second shutout in as many days, defeating the visiting Seattle Kraken 2-0 on Sunday.,Justin Brazeau and Charlie Coyle tallied in the first half of the opening period for Boston, which has ...