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Lions eclipse 50-point mark for first time since 1997, trounce Titans
Kalif Raymond returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown and added a receiving score as the Detroit Lions overwhelmed the visiting Tennessee Titans 52-14 on Sunday.,Detroit running back David Montgomery had a rushing touchdown and threw for another in the first half. Jared Goff tossed three scoring pa...
Jalen Hurts (3 rushing TDs), Eagles run over Bengals 37-17
CINCINNATI -- Jalen Hurts ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as the Philadelphia Eagles ran away from the Cincinnati Bengals 37-17 on Sunday afternoon. ,Hurts finished 16-of-20 passing for 236 yards as the Eagles (5-2) won their third straight. Saquon Barkley eclipsed the 100-yard rushin...
Facing falling Leafs, Jets eye franchise-record start to season
The Winnipeg Jets have remained focused amid their historic season-opening winning streak.,Meanwhile, victories have been hard to come by for the Toronto Maple Leafs lately.,Looking to remain undefeated, the surging Jets aim for a club-record ninth consecutive victory as they try to hand the visitin...
Nuggets hope for better shooting vs. turnover-prone Raptors
The Denver Nuggets will try to find their shooting stroke when they visit the short-handed and turnover-prone Toronto Raptors on Monday night.,The Nuggets shot 40.2 percent (35-for-87) from the field Saturday in a 109-104 home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers despite 41 points from Nikola Jokic, who...
T1 secure berth in grand final of 2024 World Championship
T1 rolled over Gen.G Esports on Sunday to secure a matchup with Bilibili Gaming in the 2024 League of Legends World Championship grand final in Berlin.,T1 and Bilibili Gaming will square off in the grand final on Saturday, with the winner taking home $445,000 and the runner-up earning $356,000.,The ...
Ruoning Yin earns slim victory in Kuala Lumpur
Ruoning Yin birdied the 18th hole to post a final-round 65 and take a one-stroke victory at the Maybank Championship on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ,Her 23-under 265 after four rounds broke the tournament scoring record and gave Yin her third victory of 2024 and second in the three starts. She...
Nico Echavarria sets course record, holds off pair to win at Zozo
Nico Echavarria birdied two of his final three holes on Sunday to record a one-stroke victory at the Zozo Championship in Chiba, Japan.,Echavarria, a 30-year-old Colombian who played at the University of Arkansas, finished 3-under-par-67 on Sunday and set a tournament-record 20-under 260 at Accordia...
Colorado bowl-eligible after beating Cincinnati
Shedeur Sanders completed 25 of 30 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns while adding a rushing touchdown as Colorado beat Cincinnati 34-23 and on Saturday night in Boulder, Colo.,Sanders connected on his first 15 passes and didn't throw an incompletion until 3:37 was left in the second quarter. C...
Lakers use 4th-quarter run to top Kings, improve to 3-0
LeBron James had 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and Anthony Davis became the first Laker since Kobe Bryant in 2005-06 to open the season with three straight 30-plus-point games as Los Angeles rode a fourth-quarter surge to down the visiting Sacramento Kings 131-127 on Saturday. ,Los Angeles ...
Canucks strike in second period to rally past Penguins
Elias Pettersson scored one of four unanswered second-period goals for the host Vancouver Canucks, who stormed back for a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. ,Arshdeep Bains, J.T. Miller and Kiefer Sherwood also scored in the second for Vancouver, which won its fourth straight ga...
Galaxy open playoffs with rout of Rapids
Dejan Joveljic and Riqui Puig each had two goals and an assist and the Los Angeles Galaxy opened their postseason with a dominating 5-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids in the first game of a best-of-three Western Conference series on Saturday night at Carson, Calif.,John Nelson added a goal for the...
Kirby Dach back in goal column as Canadiens top Blues
Kirby Dach. Jake Evens and Joel Armia each scored a goal and earned an assist as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Saturday night to snap their four-game losing streak.,For Dach, who missed the last 80 games last season with a knee injury, it was his first goal sin...
Hurricanes continue successful trip with win at Seattle
Seth Jarvis had a goal and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the host Seattle Kraken 4-1 Saturday night.,Andrei Svechnikov, Jack Drury and Dmitry Orlov also scored for the Hurricanes, who are 4-1-0 on their six-game trip that wraps up Monday in Vancouver. Goaltender Frederik Andersen mad...
Golden Knights cruise to victory, keep Sharks winless
Brett Howden scored two goals and Mark Stone and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal and two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights moved into first place in the Pacific Division with a 7-3 victory over the winless San Jose Sharks on Saturday night in Las Vegas., ,It was the first two-goal game of Howden's...
Kevin Durant hits milestone as Suns beat Luka Doncic, Mavs
Kevin Durant recorded 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to 114-102 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.,Durant also became the eighth player in NBA history to top 29,000 career points. He finished the game with 29,010.,Devin Booker scored 21 points, Jusuf ...
Matthew Tkachuk (2 goals), Panthers earn win at Isles
Matthew Tkachuk collected his first two goals of the season Saturday night for the Florida Panthers, who scored the final six goals as they stormed back to beat the host New York Islanders 6-3 in Elmont, N.Y.,Mackie Samoskevich and Sam Bennett had the tying and go-ahead goals for the Panthers, who h...
Despite 6 turnovers, No. 22 SMU sinks Duke in OT
Brashard Smith ran 24 yards for a touchdown on the second play of overtime and No. 22 SMU stopped Duke's two-point conversion pass attempt in a 28-27 victory Saturday night at Durham, N.C., ,SMU (7-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) committed six turnovers, but survived because of Duke's kicking woes...
Chris Tennant's 51-yard FG fuels No. 16 Kansas State past Kansas
Chris Tennant tied his career long with a 51-yard field goal in the final two minutes, helping No. 16 Kansas State to a 29-27 victory over in-state rival Kansas on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan., ,K-State extended its winning streak over Kansas to 16 games., ,Avery Johnson was 19-of-34 for 253 yards an...
Jarquez Hunter runs wild on Kentucky, leads Auburn to victory
Jarquez Hunter rushed for a career-high 278 yards and scored two touchdowns to help Auburn rally to a 24-10 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Lexington, Ky.,Hunter rushed 23 times and had a 45-yard touchdown run in addition to non-scoring runs of 50 and 46 ya...
No. 14 Texas A&M upends No. 8 LSU, sits alone atop SEC
Backup quarterback Marcel Reed rushed for three second-half touchdowns Saturday night and No. 14 Texas A&M took sole possession of first place in the Southeastern Conference with a 38-23 win over No. 8 LSU in College Station, Texas. ,Reed scored on a pair of 8-yard runs in the third quarter after re...