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Italian men dominate early play on Day 3 of Australian Open
The Italian men dominated play on Tuesday afternoon at the Australian Open.,And the top dog of the newest tennis power country, No. 1 Jannik Sinner, does not take the court until in the evening at Melbourne.,A pair of seeded Italian players -- No. 5 Lorenzo Musetti and No. 22 Luciano Darderi -- were...
Simon Nemec nets 3rd OT goal of season as Devils nip Flames
Simon Nemec scored in overtime, again, to give the visiting New Jersey Devils a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday.,Dawson Mercer also tallied for the Devils, who have won three of four and opened a four-game road swing on a positive note.,New Jersey's Jacob Markstom made 21 saves in an e...
Indiana caps stunning title run with tight win over Miami
Fernando Mendoza rushed for a touchdown, Mikail Kamara had a key blocked punt and Indiana won its first football national championship with a 27-21 victory over Miami in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday night at Miami Gardens, Fla.,Miami native Jamari Sharpe intercepted the Hurrican...
Blackhawks halt 3-game skid with shutout win over Jets
Spencer Knight posted a 32-save shutout and Jason Dickinson and Connor Bedard scored as the host Chicago Blackhawks blanked the Winnipeg Jets 2-0 on Monday to stop a three-game losing streak.,Knight notched his third shutout of the season and eighth of his career. He blanked Calgary on Nov. 7 and th...
Champ Madison Keys shaky early but advances in Australian Open
For the first time in her career, Madison Keys walked out onto a Grand Slam stage on Tuesday as the tournament's defending champion.,For the ninth-seeded Keys, the first hour and 12 minutes vs. Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova represented a major reality check.,After a slow start, Keys cruised in the...
Behind Travis Konecny's 2 goals, Flyers edge Knights, end skid
Travis Konecny scored two breakaway goals, including a short-handed tally that proved to be the game-winner, as the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Las Vegas.,It was the 30th multigoal game of Konecny's career and the...
Pistons fend off Celtics in battle of East's best
Tobias Harris scored 25 points and the host Detroit Pistons squeaked out a 104-103 win over the Boston Celtics in a showdown of the Eastern Conference's top teams on Monday.,Jalen Duren supplied 18 points and nine rebounds, while Cade Cunningham -- named an All-Star starter earlier in the day -- had...
Hurricanes stay hot on home ice in win over Sabres
Seth Jarvis broke a third-period tie and Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 2-1 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,Jarvis converted on a power play 2:10 into the final frame to give Carolina the lead for the first time. Sebasti...
Marcus Foligno's first hat trick carries Wild past Maple Leafs
Marcus Foligno registered his first career hat trick Monday night as the visiting Minnesota Wild defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3.,Foligno scored his third goal into an empty net after Toronto had cut a four-goal deficit in half in the third period. The 15-year veteran was playing in his 915th c...
Suns bomb in 20 3-pointers, stave off Nets
Dillon Brooks scored 27 points, hitting a season-high six 3-pointers, and the Phoenix Suns led most of the way in their 126-117 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Monday night in New York.,Brooks hit four 3s in the first half when he scored 16 points and the Suns held a 20-point lead before allowing the...
All-Star starter Tyrese Maxey's big night lifts 76ers over Pacers
Tyrese Maxey recorded 29 points, eight assists and a career-high eight steals Monday to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers to a 113-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers.,After getting named an All-Star Game starter for the first time earlier Monday, Maxey took over down the stretch for Philadelphia, wh...
Alex Nedeljkovic, surging Sharks fight past Panthers
Alex Nedeljkovic made 36 saves and had his second career fight in a 4-1 win for the San Jose Sharks against the Florida Panthers on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.,Will Smith, Vincent Desharnais, Mario Ferraro and Barclay Goodrow scored for the Sharks, who are 8-3-0 in their past 11 games. Igor Chernyshov a...
Kansas State aims to take 'next step' of first Big 12 win vs. Utah
Kansas State did not have designs on a last-place finish in the Big 12 headed into Jerome Tang's fourth year, especially on the heels of back-to-back postseason-less campaigns.,And yet the Wildcats find themselves in a battle for last place anyway, as Kansas State hosts rebuilding Utah Tuesday in Ma...
In Big Ten battle, Iowa aims to continue dominance against Rutgers
After snapping a losing skid, Iowa now hopes to build a winning streak.,The Hawkeyes (13-5, 3-4 Big Ten) will go for back-to-back wins when they tip off against Rutgers (9-9, 2-5) on Tuesday night in Iowa City, Iowa. ,Coming off a 74-57 road win against Indiana on Saturday, Iowa had struggled during...
Marquette capitalizes on Providence fouls in 105-104 OT win
Nigel James Jr. scored a career-high 38 points along with eight assists to lead Marquette to a thrilling 105-104 overtime victory against visiting Providence on Monday in Milwaukee.,It's just the third time all season that Marquette (7-13, 2-7 Big East) had five players score in double figures. Royc...
Victor Wembanyama, Spurs beat Jazz to earn third straight win
Victor Wembanyama, who earlier in the day was named a starter on the All-Star team for the first time, rang up 33 points and took a team-high 10 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs dispatched the visiting Utah Jazz 123-110 on Monday to win their third consecutive game.,San Antonio led by just four poi...
Penguins open road trip with a victory at Kraken
Connor Dewar scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins opened a four-game trip with a 6-3 victory in Seattle on Monday.,Parker Wotherspoon, Brett Kulak, Justin Brazeau and Rickard Rakell also scored and Anthony Mantha, Sidney Crosby and Blake Lizotte each had two assists for the Penguins, who had lost...
Mavericks use big second quarter to trounce reeling Knicks
Cooper Flagg and Naji Marshall scored 11 points apiece during a dominant second quarter Monday for the visiting Dallas Mavericks, who never trailed in a 114-97 rout of the reeling New York Knicks.,Max Christie scored a game-high 26 points and shattered his career high with eight 3-pointers for the M...
Miami seeks new winning streak as it hosts Florida State
Miami, which had a 10-game win streak broken over the weekend, is set to return home to face its biggest rival in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup.,Miami (15-3, 4-1 ACC) will host Florida State (7-11, 0-5) on Tuesday night in Coral Gables, Fla.,The Hurricanes have four double-figure scorers this...
Nathan MacKinnon gets Avalanche back on track in win over Caps
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to reach 1,100 career points, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 in Denver on Monday.,MacKinnon leads the NHL with 38 goals and is tied with Oilers star Connor McDavid for the scoring lead with 85 points.,Victor Olofsson had a goa...