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Pats ride smothering defense to win over Chargers in wild-card round
Drake Maye completed 17 of 29 passes for 268 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for a team-high 66 yards to lead the New England Patriots to a 16-3 victory over the Los Angeles Changers in an AFC wild-card game played Sunday night in Foxborough, Mass.,Rookie kicker Andy Borregales kicked three fi...

Tomas Hertl's career-high 5 points help Vegas blow out Sharks
Tomas Hertl scored two goals and added three assists, Jack Eichel also scored twice, and the visiting Vegas Golden Knights completed a sweep of its season series with the San Jose Sharks for the third straight season with a 7-2 victory on Sunday night.,It was a career-best five-point game Hertl and ...

Royce O'Neale, Suns stay hot with rout of Wizards
Royce O'Neale scored a season-high 19 points and made five 3-pointers, Devin Booker added 17 points and the host Phoenix Suns blew out the Washington Wizards 112-93 on Sunday.,Dillon Brooks scored 16 points, Grayson Allen added 12 and Mark Williams had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Suns, who ...

Aaron Gordon's late FTs help Nuggets fend off Bucks
Aaron Gordon had 23 points, including two free throws with 4.4 seconds left, and the host Denver Nuggets held on to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 108-104 on Sunday night.,Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a team-high 25 points off the bench, Peyton Watson added 19 points, Zeke Nnaji contributed 14 points and 10 re...

Reports: Browns to interview Mike McDaniel for HC job
Fired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins on Thursday, Mike McDaniel will interview for the same position with the Cleveland Browns on Monday, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday.,McDaniel, 42, went 7-10 this season and posted a 35-33 record over four seasons, which included a pair of postseas...

Anthony Edwards punctuates Timberwolves' comeback win over Spurs
Anthony Edwards scored 23 points on 10-for-21 shooting and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied for a 104-103 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday evening in Minneapolis.,Donte DiVincenzo scored 19 points for Minnesota, which won for the fifth time in its past six games. Naz Reid posted a double-d...

Roman Josi, Steven Stamkos push Predators past Capitals
Roman Josi had a goal and two assists and the host Nashville Predators held on late for a 3-2 win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday night.,Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist for the Predators, who have won two of three. Justus Annunen made 29 saves, including four in the final minute of...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander heats up, Thunder dispatch Miami
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 124-112 home win over the Miami Heat on Sunday night.,The Thunder have won three consecutive games while the Heat lost their third straight for their fourth setback in five contests.,Gilgeous-Alexander started slow but t...

Dmitri Voronkov's OT goal boosts Jackets over Mammoth
Dmitri Voronkov scored a power-play goal at 1:01 of overtime to lift the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Sunday.,Zach Werenski sent a pass to Voronkov, who was driving to the net and redirected it stick side on goalie Vitek Vanecek.,Mikael Pyyhtia and Charlie ...

Raptors beat 76ers in OT on Scottie Barnes' last-second free throw
Scottie Barnes made the game-winning free throw in the final second of overtime Sunday night and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 116-115.,Philadelphia took a four-point lead in overtime before Toronto rallied with a 7-0 run. Collin Murray-Boyles dunk put the Raptors ahea...

Zoom Diallo, Hannes Steinbach help Washington rally, down Ohio State
Zoom Diallo scored 22 points and Hannes Steinbach 21 when Washington ended a two-game losing streak with an 81-74 victory over Ohio State in Seattle on Sunday.,The Huskies (10-6, 2-3 Big Ten) used a burst early in the second half to pull away after trailing by two at the half.,Bryson Tucker scored 1...

Knicks get back on track, stop Blazers' win streak
Jalen Brunson had 26 points and eight assists Sunday, helping the visiting New York Knicks earn a 123-114 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.,OG Anunoby added 24 points and Karl-Anthony Towns posted a 20-point, 11-rebound double-double for the Knicks, who had dropped five of their last six. Jos...

Stinging Indiana seeks Quad 1 win against No. 12 Michigan State
Indiana and No. 12 Michigan State are coming off performances they are not happy about as they prepare for a Big Ten showdown on Tuesday night in East Lansing, Mich.,The Hoosiers (12-4, 3-2) enter the game in a foul mood following Saturday's loss to No. 10 Nebraska. They blew a 16-point second-half ...

Celebrated Syracuse football signee Calvin Russell III to hoop, too
One of the most celebrated recruits in Syracuse football history may actually make an impact first for the Orange men's basketball team.,The university on Sunday announced that five-star wide receiver Calvin Russell III, who enrolled early for the spring semester, has joined the hoops squad as well....

Jonas Korpisalo stifles Pens in Bruins' 1st shutout of season
Viktor Arvidsson scored in the first period and Joonas Korpisalo pitched the Boston Bruins' first shutout of the season with 27 saves in a 1-0 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday evening. ,The Bruins posted their third straight win and improved to 5-1-1 in the last seven games by the...

49ers battle past defending champ Eagles in wild-card showdown
Brock Purdy threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey with 2:54 left and the San Francisco 49ers ended the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles' season with a 23-19 win in Sunday's wild-card playoff game in Philadelphia.,The 49ers will visit the Seattle Seahawks in next weekend's NFC divi...

Last-second swat secures Rutgers' Big Ten win over Northwestern
Tariq Francis tossed in 30 points and Darren Buchanan Jr. finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Rutgers to a 77-75 Big Ten overtime victory over Northwestern on Sunday in Piscataway, N.J.,Northwestern trailed by two after Buchanan missed a free-throw attempt with eight seconds to play in o...

OpTic Texas move into first place at CDL Stage 1 Major qualifiers
OpTic Texas reclaimed its place atop the standings at Call of Duty League 2026: Stage 1 Major qualifiers by defeating the Vancouver Surge 3-1 on Sunday.,Texas became the first team to four wins during the five-week qualifying period. The final day of Week 3 also saw the Carolina Royal Ravens outlast...

Themus Fulks delivers No. 25 UCF past Cincinnati with late jumper
Themus Fulks hit a short jumper with 13 seconds left and No. 25 UCF edged Cincinnati 73-72 on Sunday in Orlando, Fla.,The point guard had 12 assists and only six points, but no basket was bigger than his closing 7-foot jumper in the lane. Cincinnati's Jalen Celestine then rattled out a 26-foot trey ...

Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche host Leafs seeking 18th straight home win
Injuries to core players are a blow to most teams, but the Colorado Avalanche have kept rolling without three main guys. Colorado has won 17 straight home games, including the first two on its seven-game homestand, heading into Monday's clash with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.,The Avalanc...