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Hornets hold off Hawks' late comeback attempt
Brandon Miller scored 31 points and the short-handed Charlotte Hornets defeated the visiting Atlanta Hawks 110-107 on Wednesday night in the final game for both teams prior to the All-Star break.,LaMelo Ball provided 24 points and six assists as the Hornets won for the 10th time in 11 games.,Charlot...
Adam "Budd" Clark helps Seton Hall snap skid, beat Providence
Adam "Budd" Clark racked up a season-high 31 points and eight assists, AJ Staton-McCray added 18 points and Seton Hall clawed past Providence 87-80 on Wednesday in Newark, N.J., ,Twenty-one of Clark's points came in the second half as the Pirates (17-8, 7-7 Big East) ended the Friars' two-game winni...
Cavaliers thump Wizards behind Sam Merrill's career high
Sam Merrill scored a career-high 32 points and made nine 3-pointers, and Donovan Mitchell had 30 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers led from wire to wire in a 138-113 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.,James Harden posted 13 points and 11 assists in his home debut for Cl...
Virginia Tech fends off No. 20 Clemson for statement win
Jailen Bedford had 23 points and four 3-pointers and Virginia Tech took a big step off the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 76-66 win on the road at No. 20 Clemson on Wednesday night.,The Hokies (17-8, 6-6 ACC) shot 52% from the floor and racked up the second-most points Clemson has allowed in ACC play...
Alabama rolls Ole Miss with second-half surge
Latrell Wrightsell Jr. made six 3-pointers in the second half, helping Alabama secure a 93-74 Southeastern Conference win over Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss.,Wrightsell Jr. finished with a team-high 21 points, hitting 7 of 13 from behind the arc, tying a career-high for made threes. Labaron Philon Jr. fi...
American Chloe Kim flies into halfpipe final on the hunt for 3rd gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, -- American snowboarder Chloe Kim cruised into the halfpipe finals at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday, showing off high-altitude tricks to easily lead the field as she moved a step closer to claiming a third straight gold medal.,Kim, one of the greatest snowboarders in history, burs...
No. 14 Florida stays hot, completes season sweep of rival Georgia
Led by Xaivian Lee's 18 points, No. 14 Florida put five players in double figures and rolled to an 86-66 win over Georgia on Wednesday in Athens, Ga. ,Florida retained first place in the Southeastern Conference with its fourth straight victory. The Gators have won five straight road conference games...
LIV Golf CEO: World rankings 'nice nod'; 4 majors the focus
LIV Golf accomplished a feat years in the making when the Official World Golf Ranking governing body announced earlier this month that LIV's competitors will begin receiving OWGR points for competing in the league's events.,It wasn't a full win for LIV, as OWGR points will be given out only to top-1...
Bruce Thornton’s hot hand leads Ohio State over Southern California
Bruce Thornton scored 21 points to lead four Ohio State scorers in double figures as the Buckeyes defeated Southern California 89-82 in Columbus on Wednesday.,Thornton had 13 points in the second half as the Buckeyes (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten) overcame a three-point halftime deficit to avoid losing consecu...
Lakers chase bounce-back vs. slumping Mavericks
After taking the court with a skeleton crew Tuesday, the Los Angeles Lakers will aim to assemble a more competitive lineup when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.,Both teams will be playing their final game before the extended All-Star break.,The Lakers were essentially missing all of their...
Hot-shooting Maryland halts Iowa's 6-game Big Ten win streak
Freshman Andre Mills scored a career-high 24 points to propel Maryland to a 77-70 Big Ten victory over Iowa on Wednesday in College Park, Md.,David Coit scored 19 points off the bench and Solomon Washington put up 10 points and eight rebounds for the Terrapins (10-14, 3-10), who won their second str...
Rory McIlroy starts search for consistent excellence at Pebble Beach
The start of the PGA Tour's signature event schedule attracts the likes of Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and more to make their season debuts stateside at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, beginning Thursday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,The tour usually kicks off each season with the Sentry (formerly Sentry ...
IOC 'begs' defiant Ukrainian to race without war dead helmet
MILAN/CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The International Olympic Committee pleaded on Wednesday with skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych to compete without his banned helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia's invasion and avoid potential disqualification.,The athlete, however, remained d...
F Jeremy Sochan waived by Spurs, becomes free agent
The San Antonio Spurs waived Jeremy Sochan on Wednesday to permit the 22-year-old power forward to seek a fresh start as a free agent.,A frequent starter in past seasons, Sochan slipped out of coach Mitch Johnson's rotation and played a grand total of eight minutes over the Spurs' last dozen games.,...
Franjo von Allmen wins 3rd gold of Games in Super-G, American claims silver
BORMIO, Italy -- Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen joined a very exclusive club of Alpine skiers as he powered to his third gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics with a super-G masterclass down the Stelvio on Wednesday.,The 24-year-old followed his gold in the downhill and team combined with anothe...
Iowa lawmakers propose bill in effort to lure NFL's Bears
A new wrinkle has emerged in the Chicago Bears stadium saga as Iowa lawmakers try to position the state as a landing spot if the franchise's long-running search for a new home drifts beyond Illinois and Indiana.,Seven state senators introduced Senate File 2252, a bill that would expand Iowa's MEGA (...
Blake Griffin, Doc Rivers among Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame finalists
First-time candidates Blake Griffin and Candace Parker, as well as returning candidate Doc Rivers, are among the 21 finalists for election to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class.,The organization announced its list of finalists, reduced from a larger candidate pool, on Wed...
Tearful US ice dance pair feels they skated a winning performance
MILAN, Italy -- American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates said they believed they had delivered an Olympic gold-medal performance on Wednesday despite having to settle for silver behind France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.,Chock and Bates entered the decisive free dance ...
Chris Gotterup staying grounded through sudden career surge
Chris Gotterup fondly remembers his first time playing the Pebble Beach Golf Links course.,He made a bet with his father that they would play the iconic public course together when he broke par for the first time. When Gotterup accomplished the feat at 13 or 14 -- he can't remember which -- the pair...
Victoria Mboko outlasts fellow teen Mirra Andreeva in Doha
Canada's Victoria Mboko outlasted fellow teen sensation Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open at Doha.,The 10th-seeded Mboko saved a match point in the third set when No. 5 Andreeva double-faulted. Mboko soon prevailed in a tiebreaker to defe...