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Charles Oliveira stuns Max Holloway at UFC 326
LAS VEGAS -- 36-year-old Charles Oliveira turned back the clock and shocked the world at UFC 326 on Saturday, putting on a dominant performance against heavily favored Max Holloway to win the BMF belt by unanimous decision, 50-45, at T-Mobile Arena.,Oliveira stunned Holloway in the early stages of t...
Long Island advances to NEC final, earns NCAA Tournament bid
Long Island's 64-56 victory over Wagner on Saturday in New York not only advanced the Sharks to the Northeast Conference tournament finals, but they also secured the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.,Top seed LIU (23-10) will play third-seeded Mercyhurst (17-16) on Tuesday in the tournament fina...
Langston Reynolds the hero as Minnesota edges Northwestern in final seconds
Langston Reynolds drove to the net for a go-ahead layup with 11 seconds remaining, and Minnesota escaped with a 67-66 win over Northwestern on Saturday night in Minneapolis in their Big Ten Conference regular-season finale.,Reynolds finished with 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting for the Golden Gophers...
Rapids pull away late from 10-man Galaxy for 2nd straight win
Alexis Manyoma scored the match winner in the 76th minute on an assist from Darren Yapi as the Colorado Rapids picked up a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night in Commerce City, Colo. , ,Yapi also scored a goal with assists from Paxten Aaronson and Hamzat Ojediran. Rafael Navarro ta...
Tennessee State tops Morehead State, makes 1st NCAA Tournament since 1994
Antoine Lorick III scored 18 points as top-seeded Tennessee State dominated second-seeded Morehead State 93-67 on Saturday night in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship Final in Evansville, Ind., to stamp the Tigers' first ticket to the NCAA Tournament since 1994.,Four more players hit double fig...
Donovan Dent leads UCLA blowout win of rival USC
Donovan Dent finished with 25 points and seven assists, Eric Dailey Jr. added 19 points and eight rebounds, and UCLA cruised to an 89-68 rout of hosting and crosstown Los Angeles rival Southern California on Saturday.,The Bruins (21-10, 13-7 Big Ten Conference) broke a 21-21 tie midway through the f...
Oklahoma tops Texas in OT, keeps NCAA tourney hopes alive
Derrion Reid's 3-pointer with 11 seconds left in overtime proved to be the dagger and Nijel Pack had 23 points as Oklahoma outlasted Texas 88-85 on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the teams' regular-season finale., ,The Sooners (17-14, 7-11 Southeastern Conference) won their fourth straight game and h...
Chargers re-signing pass rusher Khalil Mack on 1-year contract
Nine-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Khalil Mack has agreed to return to the Los Angeles Chargers on a one-year contract, the team announced on Saturday night, with multiple outlets reporting earlier that the deal is fully guaranteed for $18 million.,Mack, 35, made the Pro Bowl his first three years with ...
Justin Allgaier passes, holds off Jesse Love to win OAP Phoenix race
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- JR Motorsports' driver Justin Allgaier pushed forward when it mattered most, his No. 7 Chevrolet leading only the last 11 laps of Saturday night's GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway to claim his third win at the one-mile oval and take over the championship lead in NASCAR's O'Reilly Auto ...
Kyle Schwarber provides muscle as US routs Great Britain at WBC
Kyle Schwarber hit the tie-breaking two-run homer in the fifth inning on Saturday night for the United States, which overcame a slow start to beat Great Britain 9-1 in World Baseball Classic Pool B play in Houston.,Gunnar Henderson capped the five-run fifth for Team USA, which improved to 2-0 headin...
Depleted Thunder hold off Warriors to reach 50-win mark
Shai Gilgeous-Alaxander scored 27 points, including a side-step 3-pointer in the final minute, to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-97 home win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.,Playing without Stephen Curry, Moses Moody and Will Richard, among others, the Warriors still pushed the T...
No. 16 Alabama stays hot in finale, tops fading Auburn
Labaron Philon Jr. and Aden Holloway scored 21 points apiece as No. 16 Alabama cruised to an easy 96-84 victory over Auburn on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Amari Allen added 16 points, London Jemison scored 11 and Aiden Sherrell had 10 points and three blocked s...
Clippers shrug off 19-point deficit, rally past Grizzlies
Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, Darius Garland and Bennedict Mathurin added 21 apiece and the Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 19-point first-half deficit to defeat the host Memphis Grizzlies 123-120 on Saturday night.,Leonard was 8-for-15 on field-goal attempts and 12-for-14 at the foul line for the...
Sam Surridge delivers 2nd brace to help Nashville blow past Minnesota
Sam Surridge recorded his second brace of the season in Nashville SC's 3-1 home victory over Minnesota United on Saturday.,Cristian Espinoza added a goal and an assist for Nashville SC, and Patrick Yazbek had two assists.,Surridge's four goals have come over just two games. After scoring twice in Na...
Andy Thomas (5 saves), Sounders stifle St. Louis City
Andy Thomas made five saves for his second shutout of the season to lead the visiting Seattle Sounders to a 1-0 victory over St. Louis City on Saturday night., ,It was the fifth clean sheet of Thomas' career. Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, who came on as a substitute in the 23rd minute when starting defender ...
Josef Newgarden takes Phoenix after contact derails Alex Palou
Acclaimed 32-time winner Josef Newgarden added No. 33 to his ledger on Saturday, winning the Good Ranchers 250 at Phoenix Raceway by nearly two seconds.,Newgarden, a two-time series champion, started second and passed leader Kyle Kirkwood with seven laps to go before eventually clocking the 1.7937-s...
Blues eye 4th straight win, visit Pacific-leading Ducks
The new-look St. Louis Blues take their season-best three-game winning streak to Anaheim on Sunday, where they will face the Pacific Division-leading Ducks.,St. Louis won 3-2 in overtime Friday at San Jose just hours after the players learned center Brayden Schenn, the team's captain, and defenseman...
Georgetown blows lead, rallies to edge Providence
Senior center Vince Iwuchukwu scored a career-high 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as host Georgetown rallied late to snap a seven-game losing streak with an 80-79 victory over Providence on Saturday in Washington.,In a seesaw game, Kayvaun Mulready contributed 12 points and seven assists for ...
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks keep visiting Jazz singing blues
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 points, dished out eight assists and grabbed nine boards to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 113-99 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on Saturday night.,Ryan Rollins nearly added a triple-double for Milwaukee with 13 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Ousmane Dieng...
San Diego FC blank Sporting KC, improve to 3-0-0
Anders Dreyer's goal in the 39th minute was all Duran Ferree and the San Diego FC defense needed to produce a 1-0 win over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in a Western Conference clash in Kansas City, Kan., ,Ferree had to stop just three shots and got plenty of help from his teammates to secure his...