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Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Felix Auger-Aliassime for Dubai crown
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas saved all seven break points he faced while cruising to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime on Sunday to win the Dubai Tennis Championships.,Tsitsipas won 83.3 percent (35 of 42) of his first-serve points to knock off Auger-Aliassime in 88 minutes....

JT Toppin scores 21, lifts No. 10 Texas Tech over Kansas
JT Toppin scored 21 points to lead No. 10 Texas Tech to a 78-73 win over the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.,Toppin made 9 of 15 attempts from the field before fouling out with 1:47 remaining. The 6-foot-9 forward scored 18 points in a first half outburst that helped Texas Tech take an...

Brennan Rigsby's late 3-pointer gets Minnesota past Nebraska
Brennan Rigsby knocked down a 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left Saturday and visiting Minnesota earned a 67-65 Big Ten Conference win over Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb.,The Cornhuskers grabbed a 65-64 lead with 10 seconds left on Juwan Gary's layup. The Golden Gophers opted not to use their final timeout ...

Collin Murray-Boyles' career night lifts South Carolina over Arkansas
Collin Murray-Boyles scored 24 of his career-high 35 points in the second half as South Carolina raced out to a big lead and cruised to a wire-to-wire 72-53 win over visiting Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C.,The Gamecocks (12-17, 2-14 SEC) won for the second time in three games follo...

Figure skating community gathers for tribute to D.C. crash victims
The figure skating community will gather Sunday in Washington, D.C., to remember the victims of the Jan. 29 aircraft collision that killed 67 people, including 11 young skaters and members of their families.,The event, "Legacy on Ice," will be co-hosted by Olympic gold medalists Brian Boitano (1988)...

Sky move home games against Fever to larger United Center
The Chicago Sky are the latest team to book a bigger venue for home games against the Indiana Fever in the 2025 season.,The Sky are moving their June 7 and July 27 games with the Fever to the United Center in Chicago, home of the Bulls. It seats more than 20,000 for basketball, while the Sky's home,...
Kelvin Sampson Turns Houston Basketball Into a Powerhouse Again
Head coach Kelvin Sampson has Houston basketball as a real powerhouse now that the calendar flips to March, they'll be a real contender in the 2025 NCAA tournament....

Wizards, Hornets meet with each in search of rare victory
The Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets meet Saturday bearing the load of disappointing seasons as well as the weight of all of the teams above them in the Eastern Conference standings.,While the Wizards have the NBA's worst record at 10-48, the Hornets are second worst at 14-44. Three of Washi...

FC Dallas eye more road success; Rapids seek first win
The Colorado Rapids will look to leverage their home-pitch advantage to get their first MLS win of the season when FC Dallas visits Commerce City, Colo., on Saturday., ,The Rapids (0-0-1, 1 point) will play their fourth match in 12 days but just their second in MLS. Colorado picked up a 2-1 home win...

Mavs need to maximize homestand, but Bucks stand in their way
The Dallas Mavericks are playing at home five times in a six-game stretch, but they're hosting some heavy hitters during this crucial time for their playoff hopes. That includes Saturday's visit from the Milwaukee Bucks.,The Bucks, who rank among the Eastern Conference's top six teams, handed the vi...

Georgia, Texas need win to improve life on NCAA Tournament bubble
Georgia and Texas, both squarely on the bubble, hope to increase their NCAA Tournament chances when they square off Saturday in what amounts to a must-win Southeastern Conference game in Austin, Texas.,Neither team can afford to lose, especially with the regular season entering its final eight days ...

No. 3 Florida, No. 12 Texas A&M trying to shake off losses
For No. 3 Florida and No. 12 Texas A&M, it's not whether the Southeastern Conference foes will make the NCAA Tournament, it's more about where they will be seeded.,When the Gators (24-4, 11-4 SEC) take on the Aggies (20-8, 9-6) on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla., both teams will have a chance to enhan...

Surging Indiana needs win at Washington to boost NCAA Tournament chances
Indiana gets to be the last Big Ten team to visit the West Coast since the conference expanded to 18 teams.,But a couple of Hoosiers already are familiar with the Pacific Northwest, where Indiana plays Washington on Saturday in Seattle and Oregon on Tuesday. Center Oumar Ballo began his career at Go...

No. 21 Marquette eyes another sweep of Georgetown
No. 21 Marquette travels to play at Georgetown on Saturday night looking to extend its good fortunes in the nation's capital, having won seven straight in Washington since 2018.,The Golden Eagles (21-7, 12-5 Big East) got back in the win column with Tuesday's 82-52 rout of Providence at home behind ...

Jake Knapp still leads Cognizant; Luke Clanton clinches tour card
Jake Knapp followed his opening-round 59 with a far more modest, 1-under-par 70 but birdied his final hole to take a one-stroke lead as play wound down Friday at the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Knapp will head into the weekend at 13-under 129 holding a one-stroke lead over Frenchma...

Nebraska looks to diversify offense against Minnesota
The four words you don't want to hear when it's late in the season and you're on the NCAA tournament bubble: Still work to do.,That's the case for Nebraska as it prepares to host Big Ten Conference foe Minnesota on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.,The Cornhuskers (17-11, 7-10 Big Ten) missed a big chance t...

Arkansas aims to continue ascent in clash vs. South Carolina
Arkansas is viewed as being firmly on the bubble in the stacked Southeastern Conference and may be slightly trending upward.,Being a bubble team means Arkansas cannot afford a slip-up by losing to last-place South Carolina on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C.,The Razorbacks, however, might be wit...

Lightning ride winning streak into matchup with Capitals
Ground is tough to make up in the ultra-competitive Atlantic Division these days, but the Tampa Bay Lightning certainly are doing their part.,Riding an Eastern Conference-high seven-game winning streak, the Lightning travel to the nation's capital Saturday afternoon for their final contest against t...

New surface, new layout and new driver await field in Austin
NASCAR's former two-race road course schedule is all grown up and has reached six.,Sunday's Cup Series race at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) will be the first of a half-dozen twisting layouts, a demanding, complex track in the wonderfully weird Texas capital of Austin.,A new racing surface, Goo...

Toronto FC's promising road trip continues in Orlando
Toronto FC will look to earn points in back-to-back matches as they continue a season-opening three-match road trip at Orlando City on Saturday night.,Toronto started the MLS regular season with a 2-2 draw at D.C. United last weekend, improving to 5-9-5 in season openers. Captain Jonathan Osorio and...