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Anthony Roy scores 24 to lead Oklahoma State past Colorado
Anthony Roy poured in 24 points, Christian Coleman impressed with 17 points and 14 rebounds and 14-seed Oklahoma State went on to a 92-83 victory over 11-seed Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 tournament Tuesday night at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.,The Cowboys (19-13) advance to ...

Avs' Nathan MacKinnon ejected against Oilers after collision
Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon received a game misconduct and a major penalty for interference on Edmonton Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram in the final minute of the second period Tuesday night in Denver.,Colorado was on the power play when MacKinnon skated hard to the Edmonton net and col...

WBC roundup: Canada edges Puerto Rico, has chance to top Group A
Canada leaned on patience at the plate and a locked-in bullpen to squeeze past Puerto Rico 3-2 on Tuesday night in Pool A action in San Juan.,Canada improved its record to 2-1, while Puerto Rico dropped to 3-1, setting up a crucial showdown for the Canadians against Cuba (2-1) on Wednesday. If Canad...

Gonzaga tops Santa Clara to claim WCC title for last time
Freshman Mario Saint-Supery established season bests of 21 points and six 3-pointers to help top-seeded Gonzaga post a 79-68 victory over Santa Clara on Tuesday night in Las Vegas to win the West Coast Conference tournament title for the 22nd time in the past 28 seasons.,Tyon Grant-Foster recorded 2...

CONCACAF Champions Cup: Club America edge Union
Raphael Veiga had the final touch on an excellent team goal as Club America beat the Philadelphia Union 1-0 on Tuesday in Chester, Pa., in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 match.,The teams will complete the two-game, total-goal series on March 18 in Mexico City. The winner will ...

Midgame 3-goal flurry sends Ducks to win over Jets
Alex Killorn, Ryan Poehling and Jackson LaCombe each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Anaheim Ducks, who scored three times in a 1:44 span of the second period in a 4-1 victory against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.,Tim Washe also scored and Lukas Dostal made just 12 saves for the Duck...

Barca prez candidate hopes Messi ‘tells the truth’ about failed return
Victor Font wants Lionel Messi to fess up.,One of two candidates in Barcelona's presidential election running against incumbent Joan Laporta, Font has called on the superstar to address recent comments from former Barca coach Xavi Hernandez.,Hernandez suggested that Laporta had blocked Messi's poten...

Jake Oettinger, Stars hold down Knights, run point streak to 13
Jake Oettinger made 26 saves as the Dallas Stars extended their point streak to 13 games with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.,Jamie Benn scored what proved to be the game-winner on a second-period power play. Oskar Back also tallied for Dallas, which extended i...

Backed by Wild offense, Filip Gustavsson blanks Mammoth
Bobby Brink scored his first goal as a member of the Minnesota Wild to help his new team cruise to a 5-0 win over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov notched a goal and an assist, while Matt Boldy, Danila Yurov and Ryan Hartman scored one goal apiece for Minnesota,...

Victor Wembanyama's 39-point double-double leads Spurs past Celtics
Victor Wembanyama scored 39 points, hitting eight 3-pointers, and added 11 rebounds to lead the rising San Antonio Spurs to a 125-116 victory over the short-handed Boston Celtics on Tuesday in a battle between two of the top NBA teams.,Jaylen Brown, Boston's leading scorer this season, had only eigh...

Suns sink Bucks behind season-high 24 3-pointers
Devin Booker scored 27 points and dished seven assists while leading the Phoenix Suns to a 129-114 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.,Phoenix sank a season-high 24 3-pointers (on 51 attempts) to begin its six-game road trip with a third consecutive victory. Jalen Green added 25 ...

Rockets break open tight game in 4th, knock off Raptors
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 29 points, while Amen Thompson and Jabari Smith Jr. chipped in 23 points apiece as the Houston Rockets pulled away in the fourth quarter of a 113-99 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.,Durant made 12 of 16 shots from the field, including four 3-point...

Islanders erase 3-0 deficit for dramatic win over Blues
Mathew Barzal scored in overtime to complete an unlikely New York Islanders' comeback in a 4-3 road win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.,Down 3-0 midway through the second period, the Islanders scored three goals to force extra time. Barzal assisted on two of those tallies before delivering the ...

Hurricanes edge Penguins in shootout after late collapse
Jackson Blake scored the shootout winner as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 after blowing a two-goal lead late in regulation Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Logan Stankoven, Mark Jankowski, Seth Jarvis and Alexander Nikishin had Carolina's goals in regulation. Frederik Anders...

Heat's Bam Adebayo pours in 83, NBA's second-highest total ever
Bam Adebayo produced the second-highest single-game scoring total in NBA history, putting up 83 points as the host Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 150-129 on Tuesday night.,The 28-year-old center scored 31 points in the first quarter en route to passing Kobe Bryant (81 points in 2006) for sec...

Pistons snap skid, resume domination of Nets
Jalen Duren scored 26 points in three quarters and Cade Cunningham collected 21 and 15 assists as the Detroit Pistons seized control early, stopping a season-worst four-game skid with a wire-to-wire 138-100 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night in New York.,Three nights after blowing a 23-point...

Hawks extend streak to seven with late spree against Mavs
Jalen Johnson scored 13 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to help the Atlanta Hawks to a 124-112 win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks for their seventh straight win.,The win broke Atlanta's four-game losing streak against Dallas and sent the Mavericks to their eighth consecutive loss, their l...

Sabres steamroll Sharks en route to 8th straight victory
Jack Quinn recorded a hat trick and an assist, Jason Zucker added a goal and an assist and Ramus Dahlin had three assists as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, 6-3, for their NHL-best eighth straight win.,Alex Tuch and Beck Malenstyn also scored for Buffalo, which i...

Bruins top Kings on Charlie McAvoy's OT winner to extend home streak
Charlie McAvoy slid home a game-winning backhander 39 seconds into overtime, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.,After blocking a shot in the defensive zone, Mark Kastelic fired a long pass to David Pastrnak, who centered the puck to McAvoy fo...

Nick Martinelli (24 points), Northwestern top Penn State
Nick Martinelli had 24 points and nine rebounds and Jayden Reid added 14 points and nine assists as Northwestern defeated Penn State 76-66 in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament Tuesday in Chicago.,The 15th-seeded Wildcats (14-18) advance to face No. 10 seed Indiana in the second round on We...