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Cal takes charge late to take down Presbyterian
Dai Dai Ames' 3-pointer with 12:02 to play gave Cal the lead for good, John Camden led the way with 20 points and the Golden Bears survived a scare from Presbyterian in a 67-57 men's basketball victory Tuesday night in the opening round of the Empire Classic in Berkeley, Calif.,Lee Dort aided the Ca...

Red Sox DFA 1B Nathaniel Lowe amid several moves
Ahead of the Tuesday deadline to add players to their 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft, the Boston Red Sox made a number of moves, including designating first baseman Nathaniel Lowe and right-hander Josh Winckowski for assignment.,Players who were not on 40-man rosters by the dead...

Donnie Freeman, Syracuse push past Monmouth's challenge
Donnie Freeman scored 18 points, Nate Kingz had 15 and host Syracuse staved off a strong effort from Monmouth in a 78-73 victory on Tuesday night.,Naithan George tallied 12 points, nine assists and six rebounds for Syracuse (4-0) while J.J. Starling posted 11 points. The Orange shot 50% for the game...

Connor Bedard nets 3 as sizzling Blackhawks down Flames
Connor Bedard tallied his second career hat trick and Oliver Moore had a goal and assist to lift the surging Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-2 home win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.,Chicago won for the fifth time in six games and has collected 11 of 12 possible points over that span.,Though...

No. 5 Duke pulls away from No. 24 Kansas in N.Y. showdown
Freshman Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 5 Duke fended off No. 24 Kansas for a 78-66 victory in a tussle as part of the Champions Classic on Tuesday night in New York.,The Blue Devils pulled away with a late 9-0 run, holding Kansas scoreless for more than four minutes.,Isaiah Evans pumped in...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 13 Ole Miss edges Memphis in OT
Sira Thienou scored six of her 19 points in overtime as No. 13 Ole Miss pulled out a 73-64 road win over Memphis on Tuesday.,The Rebels (4-0) led by one point in OT before back-to-back layups from Thienou opened the gap to 67-62 with 2:03 remaining. Ole Miss' Denim DeShields followed with another ba...

Scott McTominay's bicycle kick helps Scotland secure World Cup spot
Scott McTominay scored the dramatic -- and ultimately decisive -- goal on a bicycle kick on Tuesday to secure Scotland's spot in the 2026 World Cup.,Less than three minutes into his team's final qualifying match in Group C, the Napoli midfielder took a cross from Ben Gannon-Doak in the middle of thr...

Three Longhorns top 20 points as Texas cruises past Rider
Dailyn Swain scored a season-high 26 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the floor to lead Texas to an emphatic 99-65 victory over Rider on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.,The Longhorns (4-1) completed a sweep of their four-game homestand against mid-major opponents after losing their season opener to then-No...

Three-point prowess pushes Utah past Purdue Fort Wayne
Terence Brown scored 27 points and Dom McHenry added 18 to lead Utah to an 85-77 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night., ,Seydou Traore added 17 points for the Utes. Brown and Traore combined to knock down nine 3-pointers. Keanu Dawes and James Okonkwo each collected 10 r...

Isles survive as Stars' last-second goal is overturned
Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri scored the go-ahead and game-winning goals in the third period Tuesday night for the visiting New York Islanders, who survived a chaotic late rally by the Dallas Stars to earn a 3-2 victory.,Calum Ritchie scored in the second for the Islanders, who improved to 5-1-0 on a ...

Iowa rides big first half to rout of Southeast Missouri State
Alvaro Folgueiras came off the bench to score 16 points and Iowa rolled to a 99-70 nonconference win over Southeast Missouri State on Tuesday night in Iowa City.,Bennett Stirtz added 15 points and nine assists for the Hawkeyes (4-0), while Cam Manyawu chipped in 12 points. Trevin Jirak added 10 in a...

Mark Scheifele adds milestone as Jets take down Jackets
Mark Scheifele became the Jets' all-time games leader and recorded three assists in Winnipeg's 5-2 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.,Already the franchise's all-time leading scorer, Scheifele played in his 898th career game in a Jets uniform, moving ahead of Blake Wheeler for t...

De'Aaron Fox, Harrison Barnes lead late rush as Spurs surge past Grizzlies
De'Aaron Fox scored 26 points and Harrison Barnes added 23 that included seven straight points in the final, decisive stretch as the short-handed San Antonio Spurs ran past the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 111-101 on Tuesday night.,Both teams were without superstar players as San Antonio was missing V...

No. 21 Arkansas ends game on 6-0 run to rally past red-hot Winthrop
Meleek Thomas scored a career-high 26 points, Trevon Brazile had 14 points and eight rebounds, and the No. 21 Arkansas Razorbacks scored the final six points to stave off the hot-shooting Winthrop Eagles 84-83 on Tuesday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Nick Pringle amassed 13 points and seven rebounds and his...

Celtics move above .500 with victory over Nets
Jaylen Brown scored 23 of his 29 points in the second half as the Boston Celtics did enough in the fourth quarter and moved above .500 for the first time this season with a 113-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Tuesday night in New York.,The Celtics won their third straight and for the eighth time i...

Texas A&M withstands late charge from Montana
Rylan Griffen scored 17 points and Ruben Dominguez added 12 to lift Texas A&M to an 86-81 victory against Montana on Tuesday in College Station, Texas.,Texas A&M (3-2) used crisp ball movement and quickness to build a big lead before exhaling to stop a two-game skid. The Aggies shot 53.7% but were a...

Cade Cunningham, Pistons run past Hawks for 11th straight win
Cade Cunningham returned from a three-game absence and posted a double-double to help the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 120-112 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, extending their NBA-best winning streak to 11 games.,Cunningham, who missed time with a left hip contusion, had 25 points, 10 assists and si...

Ole Miss pushes past pesky Austin Peay in second half
Malik Dia scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Ole Miss held off the upset bid of Austin Peay to earn a 72-65 nonconference win Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss.,Ilias Kamardine added 12 of his 15 points after halftime for the Rebels (5-0) while also collecting seven rebounds and seven assist...

SMU hits the 100-point mark in rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Jaron Pierre Jr. scored a season-high 23 points, Boopie Miller posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists, and SMU rolled to a 106-60 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday night in Dallas.,The Mustangs (5-0) are off to their best start since going 6-0 to open the 2020-21 season. Jerm...

Wild tab young F Danila Yurov for top line vs. Hurricanes
Danila Yurov's opportunity has arrived.,Yurov is slated to join the top line for the Minnesota Wild when they take the ice against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in St. Paul, Minn.,The highly touted 21-year-old forward has two goals and one assist in 15 games in his rookie season. The Ru...