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Aden Holloway helps No. 14 Alabama sink Kentucky
Aden Holloway made six 3-pointers and tied his career high of 26 points to lead No. 14 Alabama to a solid 89-74 victory over Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Labaron Philon Jr. returned from a one-game absence due to a leg injury...

Clemson takes over down stretch to slip past Pitt
Jestin Porter scored 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and Clemson held on for a 73-68 win over host Pitt in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup Saturday afternoon.,RJ Godfrey and Nick Davidson added 14 points apiece for Clemson (12-3, 2-0), which has won both of its conference games on the road. Efre...

Bucs WR Chris Godwin (illness) added to injury report
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin Jr. was added to the injury report due to an illness ahead of Saturday's game against the visiting Carolina Panthers.,Godwin, however, does not have a game status and is expected to play for the Buccaneers (7-9), multiple media outlets reported.,He has...

Second-half explosion lifts Villanova over Butler
Bryce Lindsay scored 18 points and Villanova enjoyed a second-half offensive explosion en route to an 85-67 road victory over Butler on Saturday in Indianapolis.,Villanova (12-2, 3-0 Big East) trailed 33-30 at halftime before scoring 55 second-half points on 70.4 percent shooting. Matt Hodge added 1...

Spurs' Victor Wembanyama, Devin Vassell out vs. Trail Blazers
San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama and guard Devin Vassell have been ruled out for Saturday's game against the visiting Portland Trail Blazers.,Wembanyama has been sidelined since sustaining a hyperextended left knee during San Antonio's 134-132 victory over the New York Knicks on Wedne...

Diane Crump, first woman to ride in Kentucky Derby, dies
Diane Crump, the first woman to ride as a jockey in the Kentucky Derby, has died. She was 77.,Crump passed away Thursday, according to a GoFundMe page started by her daughter, Della Payne.,She had been battling glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, since October. She died in Winchester, Va., The...

Pacers aiming to avoid record-tying loss against Magic
The Indiana Pacers will attempt to avoid some ugly history when they travel to face the Orlando Magic in a Sunday matinee.,Indiana has lost 11 in a row and another loss Sunday would match the franchise record, which happened three times previously. At 6-29, the Pacers currently have the worst record...

Sam Lewis leads No. 21 Virginia to victory at NC State
Sam Lewis poured in 23 points and No. 21 Virginia never trailed in a 76-61 victory against North Carolina State on Saturday in Raleigh, N.C.,The Cavaliers (12-2, 1-1 ACC) led by as many as 27 points to give first-year head coach Ryan Odom his first victory in the conference.,Thijs De Ridder added 14...

Ex-World Series champ Lenny Dykstra facing drug charges
Lenny Dykstra, a three-time All-Star and a World Series champion, is facing drug charges in Pennsylvania.,Dykstra, 62, was a passenger in a 2015 GMC Sierra truck early New Year's Day when it was pulled over for a traffic violation, per The Athletic. According to reports from the Pennsylvania State P...

Sceptres place D Allie Munroe (lower body) on LTIR
The Toronto Sceptres placed alternate captain Allie Munroe on long-term injured reserve Saturday.,The 28-year-old defender sustained a lower-body injury in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Ottawa Charge on Dec. 23.,Munroe, who has two assists in seven games this season, will be out of the lineup indefinit...

Rory McIlroy on Brooks Koepka in TGL: '(I) would love him to play'
Rory McIlroy said he has no qualms about the prospect of Brooks Koepka joining TGL.,And McIlroy's voice likely holds some water given that he is a co-founder of the indoor golf simulation league along with Tiger Woods.,As for Koepka, he has newfound availability following his departure from LIV Golf...

Stan Wawrinka, Coco Gauff post big wins at United Cup
Stan Wawrinka survived a three-hour, 18-minute clash with Arthur Rinderknech to help Switzerland sweep France on Saturday at the United Cup in Australia.,Wawrinka, who announced he will retire at the end of the 2026 ATP Tour season, won 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). His teammate, Belinda Bencic, defeated L...
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No. 4 UConn, underperfoming Marquette tangle in Big East clash
No. 4 UConn will look to keep its dominant start to Big East conference play rolling along as the Huskies host Marquette on Sunday afternoon in Storrs, Conn., ,The Christmas break did nothing to slow down the Huskies (13-1, 3-0), who took down Xavier 90-67 on Wednesday night in Cincinnati., ,Alex Ka...

Slumping Chelsea set to begin new era with clash vs. Manchester City
Fifth-place Chelsea will begin life after manager Enzo Maresca when the team visits third-place Manchester City in Sunday's late kickoff.,Despite what has overall been a promising season from Chelsea (8-5-6, 30 points) while fielding the youngest average squad in the Premier League, the Italian was ...

Bruins, with losing streak over, focus on Canucks
The Boston Bruins finished 2025 on a high and will look to begin 2026 on the same note when they finish the Canadian leg of a five-game road trip Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks.,Boston had two days off to savor ending a six-game skid (0-4-2) with a dominant 6-2 win Wednesday over Conno...

Knicks, smarting from ugly loss, pursue improvement vs. Sixers
Fresh off perhaps their most lethargic performance of the season, the New York Knicks hope to author a crisper effort Saturday when they host the Philadelphia 76ers.,The Knicks dropped a 111-99 decision to the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday, when they shot just 37.1% from the field and 9 of 42 (21...

With late call reversal, Cal edges Notre Dame on four-point play
Dai Dai Ames buried a 3-pointer and completed a controversial four-point play with a free throw with 5.5 seconds remaining Friday night, delivering Cal a 72-71 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball victory over Notre Dame in Berkeley, Calif.,Cal (13-2, 1-1) trailed 69-65 before Ames, who had be...