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Ducks remain hot with road win at Kraken
Cutter Gauthier and Pavel Mintyukov each had a goal and an assist as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the host Seattle Kraken 4-2 Friday night.,Ryan Poehling and Chris Kreider also scored for the Ducks, who won their sixth game in a row. Goaltender Lukas Dostal made 20 saves.,Jared McCann and Jaden Schwar...
Toronto overpowers Portland for third straight win
Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 22 points and Immanuel Quickley recorded 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to help the Toronto Raptors notch a 110-98 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.,Brandon Ingram scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds while Scottie Barnes s...
After roof is closed, Jannik Sinner escapes 3rd round at Australian Open
The roof was figuratively caving in on two-time defending Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner before he received help from above -- literally.,Thanks in large part to a mid-match roof closure at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Sinner got past the United States' Eliot Spizzirri 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on...
Julian Strawther nets 20 points to help shorthanded Nuggets get by Bucks
Julian Strawther scored 20 points to lead the Denver Nuggets, down many key players, to a 102-100 win on the road over the Bucks in Milwaukee.,Denver survives a valiant fourth-quarter rally from Milwaukee that brought them from down 23 to down just one. They also swept their road back-to-back.,Tim H...
Cal, Stanford set for rivalry clash after confidence-building upsets
Cal and host Stanford renew their rivalry Saturday following a recent development that gives them more than the Bay Area in common., ,Each program earned a reaffirming home victory over then-No. 14 North Carolina last week, dropping the Tar Heels further in the rankings while also providing both muc...
Aliaksei Protas' goal breaks tie, lifts Capitals past Flames
Aliaksei Protas broke a third-period tie to spark the visiting Washington Capitals to a 3-1 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday to snap a four-game skid.,Hendrix Lapierre scored his first NHL goal in 22 months and Alex Ovechkin added an empty netter for the Capitals, who scored three ...
Boston College riding surprise run of success with Notre Dame next
Boston College will be seeking its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference victory when it visits Notre Dame on Saturday in South Bend, Ind.,Boston College (9-10, 2-4 ACC) beat Syracuse (81-73 in overtime) and Pittsburgh (65-62) in its last two outings. Junior forward Boden Kapke tossed in a career...
Italians continue strong runs at scorching Australian Open
The extreme heat played havoc with the afternoon matches at the Australian Open on Saturday, causing the temporary suspension of two ATP matches.,Fortunately, three courts at Melbourne Park have retractable roofs, so play at Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena and John Cain Arena continued.,Fifth-...
Owen Tippett hat trick leads Flyers in blowout of Avs
Owen Tippett had three goals for his second career hat trick and his first of the season, Matvei Michkov had two goals and an assist, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 in Denver on Friday night.,Tippett added an assist for his second four-point game of the season for Philad...
UFC fighters still waiting for pay increases from new $7.7b media deal
Saturday marks a major milestone for UFC as it hosts UFC 324 in Las Vegas, the first event that will stream on Paramount+, marking the end of the pay-per-view era.,The seven-year, $7.7 billion deal with Paramount -- twice what the UFC was previously making in its media deal with ESPN -- is a windfal...
Stewart Cink, Freddie Jacobson atop leaderboard at Mitsubishi Electric
Stewart Cink fired a 9-under-par 63 and Sweden's Freddie Jacobson carded a 64 on Friday to share the lead after two rounds of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii.,The event is the opener of the 2026 PGA Tour Champions season.,Jacobson followed his first-round ...
Saddiq Bey, Pelicans break losing streaks vs. Grizzlies
Saddiq Bey scored 19 of his season-high 36 points in the fourth quarter to lead the visiting New Orleans Pelicans to a 133-127 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies Friday night. The Pelicans, who had lost 14 of their previous 16 games (and three straight), won on the road for just the fourth time.,Tre...
Andrew Nembhard carries Pacers past Thunder in NBA Finals rematch
Andrew Nembhard had 27 points and 11 assists to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 117-114 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals.,Nembhard was one of three Pacers with 20 or more points as Indiana snapped its three-game losing streak.,Jarace Walker adde...
Blades Brown, 18, shoots course-record 60, grabs share of AmEx lead
Eighteen-year-old Blades Brown shot 12-under-par 60 Friday to surge into a tie for the lead with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler through two rounds of The American Express in La Quinta, Calif.,Brown, whose first PGA Tour event as a pro was last January at The American Express when he was 17, raced out...
Jason Robertson's last-minute goal leads Stars past Blues
Jason Robertson scored the winning goal with one minute remaining and earned an assist as the Dallas Stars edged the visiting St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Friday.,Wyatt Johnston also had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who had lost four of their previous five games. Matt Duchene scored for Dallas, and...
Celtics survive poor regulation finish to beat Nets in double OT
Payton Pritchard scored 32 points and found rookie Amari Williams for the go-ahead basket with 3:30 left in double overtime as the Boston Celtics outlasted the Brooklyn Nets for a 130-126 victory Friday night in New York.,The Celtics lost a 10-point lead in the final 3:06 of regulation and overcame ...
Trio of top-10 Americans advance to Australian Open's 4th round
Three American women -- No. 4 Amanda Anisimova, No. 6 Jessica Pegula and No. 9 Madison Keys -- advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with straight set victories on Saturday in Melbourne.,Anisimova defeated countrywoman Peyton Stearns, 6-1, 6-4. Pegula ousted Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russ...
Finley Bizjack helps Butler continue win streak vs. Marquette
Finley Bizjack scored 28 points to lead Butler to an 87-76 victory over visiting Marquette in Indianapolis on Friday night., ,Michael Ajayi added 17 points and nine rebounds for Butler (13-7, 4-5 Big East), which has now won three conference games in a row after starting 1-5 in Big East play. Jamie ...
Yaxel Lendeborg boosts No. 3 Michigan to rivalry win over Ohio State
Yaxel Lendeborg scored 18 points and had nine rebounds when No. 3 Michigan pulled away for a 74-62 victory over Ohio State in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Friday.,The Wolverines (18-1, 8-1 Big Ten) trailed by six in the second half and led by only one, 52-51, with eight minutes left but dominated from there...
Donovan Mitchell pours in 33 points as Cavaliers top Kings
Donovan Mitchell had 33 points and eight assists, and Evan Mobley collected a season-high-tying 29 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the visiting Sacramento Kings 123-118 on Friday night.,Jaylon Tyson added 17 points and Jarrett Allen had 15 points and nine reboun...