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Falcons, Yandex advance to quarterfinals at BLAST Slam VI
Team Falcons and Team Yandex each recorded a sweep on Saturday to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals of the BLAST Slam VI event.,Falcons posted a 2-0 win over Xtreme Gaming in their play-in game, courtesy of a 39-minute victory on red and 54-minute triumph on green. Team Falcons will compete ag...
Fletcher Loyer lifts No. 12 Purdue over Oregon
Fletcher Loyer scored 18 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 51 seconds left, as No. 12 Purdue edged visiting Oregon 68-64 on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.,Trey Kaufman-Renn contributed 12 points and eight rebounds for the Boilermakers (19-4, 9-3 Big Ten) in a game that saw the teams comb...
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Adrian Mannarino reach Montpellier final
Defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime delivered 20 aces while posting a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 victory over French qualifier Titouan Droguet on Saturday to return to the finale of the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France.,The top-seeded Auger-Aliassime of Canada had 47 winners against 29 unforced err...
Jayden Stone, Missouri topple reeling South Carolina
Jayden Stone scored 22 points and Mark Mitchell added 20 points, 11 rebounds, and five assists as Missouri used strong starts at the beginning of each half in a 78-59 victory over South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia, S.C.,T.O. Barrett added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers (16-7, 6-4 S...
Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana outlast Wisconsin in OT
Lamar Wilkerson hit two free throws with two seconds left in overtime, and Indiana outlasted Wisconsin for a 78-77 victory Saturday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind.,Wisconsin (16-7, 8-4 Big Ten) held a 77-74 lead when Nick Boyd split two free throws with 56 seconds left but committed a costly turnover...
No. 24 Louisville hangs on against pesky Wake Forest team
Sananda Fru scored 17 points on 7-for-7 shooting to lead No. 24 Louisville, which extended its winning streak to three Saturday by beating a pesky Wake Forest squad 88-80 in Winston-Salem, N.C.,The Cardinals (17-6, 7-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) never trailed as they feasted against one of the ACC's...
Villanova takes over in second half, ends Georgetown's win streak
Returning to his hometown, freshman Acaden Lewis scored a career-high 26 points to propel Villanova to an 80-73 Big East Conference victory over Georgetown on Saturday in Washington, D.C.,Duke Brennan put up 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Wildcats (18-5, 9-3 Big East) who won their third straight...
North Carolina State extends ACC win streak with victory over Virginia Tech
Paul McNeil Jr. and Quadir Copeland each poured in 21 points and North Carolina State added to its hot stretch by beating Virginia Tech 82-73 for its longest Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season winning streak (six games) in more than a half-century Saturday afternoon at Raleigh, N.C.,Tre Hollom...
No. 18 Virginia reaches 20 wins, takes down fading Syracuse
Sam Lewis scored 16 points and No. 18 Virginia reached 20 wins with a 72-59 victory against Syracuse on Saturday in Atlantic Coast Conference action at Charlottesville, Va., ,The Cavaliers (20-3, 9-2 ACC) won their fourth straight game and improved to 12-1 at home. Ugonna Onyenso added 10 points and...
Darius Acuff Jr., No. 21 Arkansas too strong for Mississippi State
Darius Acuff Jr. put on a show with 24 points, eight assists and five rebounds, leading No. 21 Arkansas to an 88-68 win on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference game in Starkville, Miss.,Acuff was one of four players in double figures for the Razorbacks (17-6, 7-3), who received 19 points and seven ...
No. 9 Nebraska bounces back with decisive win over Rutgers
Rienk Mast scored a game-high 26 points Saturday and No. 9 Nebraska bounced back from its first two losses of the season with an 80-68 Big Ten Conference road win over Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J.,Mast went 11 of 20 from the field and added a game-high eight rebounds for the Cornhuskers (21-2, 10-2),...
Raptors chasing sweep of season series against Pacers
The Toronto Raptors will be going for a four-game season-series sweep of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday afternoon while trying to guarantee a winning five-game homestand.,The Raptors improved to 3-0 for the season against the Pacers with a 115-101 road victory on Jan. 14.,On the current homestand, Tor...
NBA finalizes competitors for Slam Dunk, Shooting Stars competitions
Orlando Magic rookie guard Jase Richardson will attempt to follow in his father's footsteps when he competes in the NBA's All-Star Slam Dunk competition next Saturday.,The son of two-time Slam Dunk champion Jason Richardson, who won the event in 2002 and 2003, will be one of four competitors officia...
Former World Series champ Terrance Gore dies at 34
Terrance Gore, who was part of World Series championship teams as a speedy bench weapon, passed away at the age of 34, the Kansas City Royals announced Saturday.,Though the outfielder only logged 85 plate appearances across eight seasons, he made his time in the postseason count.,He played in 11 pos...
Hilary Knight ties goals mark as US women's hockey routs Finland
Megan Keller collected a goal and two assists to lift the United States to a 5-0 victory over Finland on Saturday in a Group A game of the preliminary round in the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Abbey Murphy and Taylor Heise each had one goal and one assist, and captain Hilary Knight scored in her second s...
WTA roundup: Qualifier Sara Bejlek wins Abu Dhabi title
Czech qualifier Sara Bejlek defeated No. 2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-1 to capture her first title on Saturday at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open in the United Arab Emirates.,The 20-year-old Bejlek, ranked No. 101 in the world, pulled away after a competitive first set to win the WT...
Bruins F Pavel Zacha (upper body) won't play for Czech team
An ailing Pavel Zacha, still sidelined with an upper-body injury, will not play for Team Czechia in the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Zacha, who plays for the Boston Bruins, is being replaced by fellow forward Filip Chlapik, who plays with Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga.,Team Czechia opens play in th...
Streaking Celtics seek to widen gap over Knicks
The Boston Celtics will look to extend their winning streak to six games and put more distance between themselves and the visiting New York Knicks when they meet on Sunday afternoon.,Both teams are near the top of the Eastern Conference standings. Boston is in second place, 4 1/2 games behind Detroi...
IOC: Sports leaders reach consensus on new gender policy
MILAN -- Global sports leaders have reached consensus on a new set of eligibility criteria for transgender athletes, with the new policy expected to be announced within the first half of this year, the International Olympic Committee said Saturday.,It would be the first uniform policy adopted by the...
Why the Anthony Davis Trade to Washington Wizards Feels Like a Dead End
Anthony Davis reportedly wasn’t thrilled about being traded to the Wizards. Here’s why the deal feels like a loss for the former All-Star....