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Morgan Geekie stays hot as Bruins extend Devils' skid
Morgan Geekie's 22nd goal of the season and 10th in a nine-game span in the second period proved to be the game-winner in the Boston Bruins' 4-1 victory over the visiting New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.,Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt and Andrew Peeke also scored while Jeremy Swayman made 29 s...
Villanova routs Penn to claim Big 5 Classic championship
Bryce Lindsay shot 5-of-6 from 3-point range en route to 18 points as Villanova topped Penn 90-63 in Saturday's Big 5 Classic championship in Philadelphia.,Duke Brennan chipped in 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (7-1), who won the event for the first time in its three-year history. The to...
Jalen Johnson's triple-double helps Hawks handle Wizards
Jalen Johnson recorded his second consecutive triple-double with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 131-116 win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday.,Onyeka Okongwu scored 21 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 17 and L...
Terrence Brown, Utah hold off California Baptist
Terrence Brown scored 27 points and Don McHenry added 21 to lead Utah to a 91-85 victory over California Baptist on Saturday night in Salt Lake City,Keanu Dawes chipped in 10 points, six rebounds and seven assists to help the Utes (7-3) earn just their second win in five games. Utah prevailed despit...
Looking to find stride, Mississippi State faces San Francisco
Mississippi State hasn't had a great start to the season., ,But the Bulldogs (4-4) hope their last game was a turning point as they prepare to meet San Francisco (5-4) on Sunday afternoon in Tupelo, Miss., ,Mississippi State, which had lost to Iowa State, Kansas State and New Mexico on neutral court...
Down 18 at halftime, Washington upends No. 24 USC
Hannes Steinbach posted a 24-point, 16-ebound double-double and Desmond Claude scored 22 points against his former team as Washington rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to stun No. 24 Southern California 84-76 on Saturday in Los Angeles. , ,Washington (6-3, 1-1 Big Ten Conference) went on a ...
UCLA overcomes sluggish second half to top reeling Oregon
UCLA survived a cold second half of shooting and got 18 points from Eric Dailey Jr., one of five Bruins to score in double figures in their 74-63 win over Oregon on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles.,UCLA (7-2 overall, 2-0 in Big Ten) almost squandered an 18-point lead, but closed out the game by ho...
UCF seeks 7th straight win with Towson in town
UCF coach Johnny Dawkins has his team off to its best start since 2016-17, and the Knights will look to notch their seventh straight victory Saturday afternoon when they face the Towson Tigers in Orlando, Fla.,In his 10th season at the Orlando school, Dawkins registered his 175th win last weekend wh...
Illinois State's frantic rally KOs defending FCS champs North Dakota State
Tommy Rittenhouse threw two touchdown passes to Daniel Sobkowicz and found Scotty Presson Jr. on the go-ahead two-point conversion as Illinois State scored 15 unanswered points in the final 2:44 to post a stunning 29-28 victory over top-seeded North Dakota State on Saturday in Fargo, N.D., in the se...
Juke Harris hits 7 3's as Wake Forest tops West Virginia
Juke Harris hit seven 3-pointers and scored 22 of his 28 points in the second half to power Wake Forest over West Virginia 75-66 in the Holiday Hoopfest in Charleston, W.Va., on Saturday. ,Tre'von Spillers added 16 points and four rebounds for Wake Forest (7-3) and Nate Calmese recorded nine assists...
What cities got the best slate of games? Analyzing the 2026 World Cup schedule
FIFA revealed the full schedule, including venues and kickoff times, for the 2026 World Cup on Saturday, one day after the 42 qualifiers and six remaining playoff slots were drawn into 12 groups.,Here are some of the big takeaways from the full reveal.,Co-hosts (partly) in prime time,A year after th...
No. 3 Georgia stifles No. 9 Alabama to win 2nd straight SEC title
ATLANTA - Gunner Stockton threw for 156 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 3 Georgia to a stifling 28-7 win over No. 9 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday.,Stockton was a surgical 20-of-26 passing (76.9%), earning the Most Valuable Player award.,Nate Frazier rushed ...
Michael Porter Jr. has another high-scoring outing as Nets blast Pelicans
Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high tying 35 points and the Brooklyn Nets led virtually the entire way in a 119-101 victory over the NBA-worst New Orleans Pelicans Saturday in New York.,The Nets won for the third time in four games thanks to Porter's third straight 30-point game and eighth overa...
Colorado State hits 18 3-pointers to beat rival Colorado
Kyle Jorgensen completed a three-point play with 1:17 to help lift Colorado State to a 91-86 non-conference win over in-state rival Colorado Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo.,After Isaiah Johnson hit a 3-pointer with 1:48 left to give the Buffaloes (8-1) an 85-83 lead, Jorgensen scored inside and was ...
Cal knocks off Pacific, improves to 8-1
Justin Pippen scored 16 points and Dai Dai Ames added 15 as California led wire-to-wire and improved to 8-1 with a 67-61 win over visiting Pacific on Saturday.,John Camden had 13 points for Cal, which won its fifth straight game and is off to its best start since going 10-1 to begin the 2014-15 camp...
Zach Davis' double-double leads Memphis past Baylor
Zach Davis scored 23 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and helped spur a late charge as host Memphis outlasted Baylor 78-71 on Saturday., ,The Tigers (4-4) led by three points at halftime before a Baylor rally pushed the visitors to an eight-point advantage with 12:42 to play. But Memphis roared back, tyi...
Panthers rally for wild win against Blue Jackets
Sam Bennett scored with 3.2 seconds left in overtime as the Florida Panthers rallied to defeat the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 7-6 on Saturday afternoon in Sunrise.,Bennett had a game-high-tying three assists and tied his career high with four points. Florida's Brad Marchand also had a big game w...
Bennett Stirtz helps Iowa cruise past Maryland
Bennett Stirtz hit four 3-pointers and led all scorers with 25 points to lead Iowa to a blowout 83-64 Big Ten conference win over visiting Maryland on Saturday in Iowa City. ,Cam Manyawu filled up the stat sheet with 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block. Tate Sage also ha...
Seton Hall stifles Kansas State to notch road victory
Seton Hall used a suffocating defense to overwhelm Kansas State 78-67 Saturday afternoon in Manhattan, Kan., ,The Pirates held the Wildcats to 37.1% shooting from the field and forced 16 turnovers that they converted into 22 points., ,Seton Hall (9-1) was helped along by some atrocious shooting from...
Morez Johnson Jr. leads No. 3 Michigan to rout of Rutgers
Morez Johnson Jr. scored 22 points to lead No. 3 Michigan to a 101-60 win over Rutgers in a Big Ten contest in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday. ,Johnson went 9 of 11 from the field for Michigan (8-0, 1-0), which scored at least 100 points for the third straight game, the first time it has done that si...