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Artemi Panarin continues point streak in Rangers' win over Ducks
Jonathan Quick made 32 saves and Artemi Panarin extended his season opening points streak to eight games with an assist as the host New York Rangers bounced back from their first regulation loss of the season and hung on for a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night.,Ryan Lindgren and W...
Kirby Dach gets back in the goals column as Canadiens top Blues
Kirby Dach and Jake Evens 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 since March 23, ...
Jayson Tatum scores 37, helps unbeaten Celtics edge Pistons
Jayson Tatum piled up 37 points and the visiting Boston Celtics continued their dominance of Detroit with a 124-118 victory over the Pistons on Saturday night.,The Celtics have won their past 10 meetings with the Pistons. Detroit's last win in the series was a one-point victory on Feb. 16, 2022.,Jay...
Heat spoil Hornets coach Charles Lee's home debut
Jimmy Butler heated up in the second half, scoring 17 of his 26 points, and the Miami Heat won for the first time this season, topping the host Charlotte Hornets 114-106 on Saturday night., ,The Heat had to fend off several late-game threats to spoil the home debut for first-year Hornets coach Charl...
HEROIC among four teams in semis at Thunderpick World Championship
HEROIC pulled off a 2-0 sweep of Fnatic on Saturday, joining three other teams that also advanced to the semifinals at the Thunderpick World Championship in Berlin.,By 2-1 scores, 3DMAX downed BESTIA, The MongolZ defeated Imperial Esports and OG topped BIG.,The $850,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offens...
No. 5 Texas holds off No. 25 Vanderbilt
Texas' Quinn Ewers threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns and the defense held Vanderbilt to 269 total yards, as the No. 5 Longhorns knocked off the 25th-ranked Commodores 27-24, in Southeastern Conference play at Nashville on Saturday.,The Longhorns entered the day ranked No. 1 in scoring defense...
Team Falcons win grand final at Betboom Dacha Belgrade
Team Falcons, which beat Tundra Esports on Friday to reach the grand final, beat Tundra again on Saturday to win the $1 million Betboom Dacha Belgrade event in Serbia.,With a 3-2 victory over Tundra Esports in the grand final, Team Falcons earned the $400,000 first prize. ,Tundra Esports, which fell...
Padraig Harrington, Steve Elker tied atop Simmons leaderboard after Round 2
Firing a 7-under 65, Ireland's Padraig Harrington joined first-round leader Steve Alker of New Zealand atop the inaugural Simmons Bank Championship leaderboard after two rounds on Saturday in Little Rock, Ark.,Harrington, 53, bogeyed his first hole but quickly recovered with birdies on Nos. 4 and 5 ...
LAFC may have Carlos Vela for playoff rematch vs. Whitecaps
Los Angeles FC will begin their 2024 MLS Cup playoff run the same way they began their 2023 postseason, as they are set to face the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday evening in the opener of a first-round series. ,And just maybe, Carlos Vela will once again be involved for the Western Conferenc...
Everything clicking for Cal in rout of Oregon State
Quarterback Fernando Mendoza turned a late lateral from running back Jaivian Thomas into a first-possession touchdown, leading a scoring frenzy that propelled California to a 44-7 shellacking of Oregon State in a nonconference game Saturday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,In a matchup of former Pacifi...
Clippers get win over Nuggets despite Nikola Jokic's 41 points, career-high seven treys
Norman Powell scored 22 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, James Harden hit four high-pressure free throws in the final 30 seconds and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets 109-104 on Saturday.,Harden finished with 23 points and 16 assists, Ivica Zubac contributed 24 points ...
TCU overcomes 13-point 4th-quarter deficit, hangs on to beat Texas Tech
Texas Tech freshman quarterback Will Hammond, who replaced injured starter Behren Morton in the second half, fumbled the ball away on a potential game-winning possession late in the Red Raiders' 35-34 loss to TCU Saturday in a Big 12 matchup in Fort Worth, Texas.,Morton, who completed 13 of 22 pass ...
Max Brosmer (4 TDs) leads Minnesota's attack vs. Maryland
Max Brosmer threw four touchdown passes to propel Minnesota to a 48-23 romp over Maryland in the Golden Gophers' homecoming game on Saturday in Minneapolis.,Justin Walley added a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown as Minnesota (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) won its third straight, all in the conference...
Jake Retzlaff, No. 11 BYU remain perfect, beat UCF
Jake Retzlaff threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for another score, to lead No. 11 BYU to a 37-24 victory over UCF in Big 12 play at Orlando, Fla., on Saturday.,Retzlaff had his fourth straight 200-yard game to help the Cougars (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) continue their best start since 2020. LJ ...
No. 15 Alabama has more than enough offense in shutout of No. 21 Missouri
Jalen Milroe passed for 215 yards and rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown as No. 15 Alabama defeated No. 21 Missouri 34-0 on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Milroe completed 16 of 25 passes as the Crimson Tide (6-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) outgained the Tigers (6-2, 2-2) 486-239.,Justice Haynes ru...
After 2nd-quarter QB change, Iowa reels off 35 unanswered to rout Northwestern
Iowa exploded for five straight touchdowns bridging halftime, three by star running back Kaleb Johnson and another on Kaden Wetjen's 85-yard punt return, as the Hawkeyes blew out the Northwestern Wildcats 40-14 in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday.,Johnson, who entered the afternoon second in FBS in rush...
Baylor eclipses '23 win total, keeps Oklahoma State reeling
Sawyer Robertson threw three touchdown passes and Dawson Pendergrass ran for 142 yards and a touchdown to lead host Baylor to a 38-28 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday in Waco, Texas.,Baylor (4-4, 2-4 Big 12 Conference) surpassed its win total from last season and scored back-to-back wins in c...
Matthew Dennis kicks winning FG to lift Wake Forest over Stanford
Matthew Dennis kicked a 23-yard field goal with 1:48 to play and Wake Forest's defense came up with another turnover to preserve a 27-24 victory at Stanford in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday.,Nick Andersen intercepted Ashton Daniels' pass with 22 seconds left after Stanford moved into Wa...
Dillon Gabriel, No. 1 Oregon have no issues taking down No. 20 Illinois
Dillon Gabriel threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth in the first half as top-ranked Oregon cruised to a 38-9 Big Ten win over visiting No. 20 Illinois on Saturday afternoon in Eugene.,In addition to leading the Ducks (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) to their first win as the nation's No. 1 team since D...
Joel Edmundson (2 goals), Kings hold off Utah Hockey Club
Joel Edmundson scored the first two goals in his short Los Angeles Kings career to help the hosts beat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 in a Saturday matinee., ,The 31-year-old defenseman, who signed a four-year, $15.4 million deal with the Kings in July, enjoyed the first two-goal game of his career. He sc...