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Red-hot Mississippi State out to keep Kentucky winless in SEC
Josh Hubbard will aim to lead Mississippi State to its seventh straight victory when the Bulldogs face underachieving Kentucky on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Lexington, Ky.,Hubbard averaged 34 points in Mississippi State's first two conference games. He matched his career high ...
Canada announces experience-heavy women's Olympic hockey team
The Canadian women's hockey team will not be lacking for international experience when it takes the ice at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics next month.,The 23-player roster, announced Friday, includes 20 players from the team that finished second to the United States at the 2025 World Championship...
Amber Glenn wins 3rd straight U.S. title, clinches 1st Olympic berth
Amber Glenn followed up a record-breaking short program Wednesday with a stellar free skate on Friday to clinch her third straight national championship and a spot on the 2026 Olympic team at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, Mo.,Glenn finished with a score of 223.55, edging out Al...
Bucks thwart Lakers comeback bid, win in LA
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 21 points and made two key defensive plays in the closing seconds as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks finished off a 105-101 victory Friday over the Los Angeles Lakers.,Kevin Porter Jr. scored 22 points, Kyle Kuzma had 13 against his former team and Bobby Portis had 11 point...
Trail Blazers spoil Kevin Durant's milestone in win over Rockets
Toumani Camara scored a career-high 25 points and the Portland Trail Blazers spoiled Kevin Durant's milestone night with a 111-105 home victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday night.,Durant recorded 30 points and 12 rebounds and swished a 3-pointer with 7:57 left in the third quarter to move into...
Warriors match season-high point total in rout of Kings
De'Anthony Melton ignited a 15-0 burst bridging the third and fourth quarters with six straight points, Stephen Curry went for a game-high 27 and the Golden State Warriors won a second in a row to start a lengthy homestand, thumping the Sacramento Kings 137-103 on Friday night in San Francisco.,Melt...
Suns give up late lead, hit free throws to sink Knicks
Devin Booker scored 31 points, Dillon Brooks added 27 and the pair combined for nine 3-pointers as the host Phoenix Suns held off the New York Knicks 112-107 on Friday.,Grayson Allen made four free throws and Brooks hit two in the final 13.5 seconds after the Knicks overcame a 12-point deficit to ti...
Nick Schmaltz tallies 3 points as Mammoth get third straight win
Nick Schmaltz had two goals and an assist, and the Utah Mammoth extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 victory against the visiting St. Louis Blues in Salt Lake City on Friday.,Clayton Keller had three assists and Lawson Crouse had a goal and an assist for the Mammoth, whose streak ...
In 1st game since trading Trae Young, Hawks trounce Nuggets
Jalen Johnson scored 29 points, Dyson Daniels finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and the visiting Atlanta Hawks outscored Denver 36-12 in the fourth quarter to beat the Nuggets 110- 87 on Friday night.,Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 22 points, Onyeka Okongwu contributed 15 points ...
Fernando Mendoza (5 TDs), No. 1 Indiana stomp No. 5 Oregon in CFP semi
ATLANTA -- Fernando Mendoza completed 17 of 20 passes for 177 yards and five touchdowns, helping No. 1 Indiana post a 56-22 romp of No. 5 Oregon in a College Football Playoff semifinal game in the Peach Bowl on Friday night.,Indiana (15-0) scored 21 points off three Oregon turnovers, advancing to th...
Chad Baker-Mazara (29), USC squeeze past Minnesota
Chad Baker-Mazara scored 29 points, including a go-ahead pair of free throws with 10.9 seconds left in overtime, and USC held on for a 70-69 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Friday night in Minneapolis.,Baker-Mazara added eight assists and Ezra Ausar contributed 14 points and nine ...
Jalen Williams leads Thunder to comeback win over Grizz
Jalen Williams scored a season-high 26 points, Ajay Mitchell added 23 and Kenrich Williams also posted a season high with 21 off the bench as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 21 points down in the second half to stun the host Memphis Grizzlies 117-116 on Friday night.,The Thunder outscored the...
Capitals spoil Connor Bedard's return with 5-1 win over Blackhawks
Connor McMichael had a goal and assist and John Carlson, Martin Fehervary and Ryan Leonard earned two assists apiece to lift the visiting Washington Capitals to a 5-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.,Anthony Beauvillier, Ethen Frank, Justin Sourdif and Alex Ovechkin also scored for ...
Jets hammer Kings to end 11-game winless streak
Mark Scheifele scored two goals to help the Winnipeg Jets end an 11-game winless streak with a 5-1 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.,It was the longest winless streak for the Jets since they moved to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011.,Vladislav Namestnikov, Cole Koepke and Jona...
Xavier, Providence enter matchup desperate for Big East win
Providence and Xavier meet Saturday afternoon in Cincinnati with both teams needing a win to generate momentum in Big East play.,Xavier (9-7, 1-4) comes into Saturday's game on a three-game losing streak, including a one-point loss at Marquette on Wednesday night. The Musketeers struggled offensivel...
James Harden, Clippers stay hot with wire-to-wire win at Nets
James Harden scored 31 points and the Los Angeles Clippers started quickly in a wire-to-wire 121-105 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Friday night in New York.,Harden scored 22 in Los Angeles' dominant first half and finished with his ninth 30-point game this season. He made 10 of 13 shots and handed ...
Clutch Clemson carries record road ACC win streak into Notre Dame game
Clemson is living on the edge. ,The Tigers have won six straight games, none by more than seven points. It's a dicey formula on which to rely, but also an indicator of their grace under fire.,The composure of Clemson (13-3, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) will be tested against Notre Dame (10-5, 1-1)...
Pelicans thump Wizards to end 9-game skid
Trey Murphy III scored 15 of his game-high 35 points in the third quarter, and Zion Williamson dominated at times in both halves, finishing with 31 points as the New Orleans Pelicans decisively ended their nine-game losing streak with a 128-107 win over the Washington Wizards.,Murphy III, who also h...
76ers dominate late to take season series from Magic
Tyrese Maxey scored 14 of his 29 points in the third quarter, fueling the visiting Philadelphia 76ers to a 103-91 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday.,Maxey has totaled 92 points to help 76ers win two of the three meetings against Orlando in the season series.,Joel Embiid collected 22 points an...
Celtics extend hot stretch, extinguish Raptors' win streak
Payton Pritchard had a game-high 27 points along with five rebounds and eight assists to help the host Boston Celtics defeat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 125-117 on Friday night., ,Jaylen Brown added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Celtics, who ended Toronto's three-game winn...