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Justin Herbert (3 TDs), Chargers overwhelm skidding Vikings
Justin Herbert threw three touchdowns and Kimani Vidal ran for 117 yards and his first career rushing touchdown as the Los Angeles Chargers pounded the Minnesota Vikings 37-10 on Thursday night in Inglewood, Calif.,The Chargers (5-3), who had lost three of their last four games, held a gaudy 419-164...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (55) leads Thunder to 2OT win in Finals rematch
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 55 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 141-135 double-overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals on Thursday in Indianapolis.,The Thunder played just one overtime game in the 2024-25 regular season, but hav...
Logan Cooley's hat trick propels streaking Mammoth past Blues
Logan Cooley produced three goals and an assist as the visiting Utah Mammoth defeated the St. Louis Blues 7-4 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.,Clayton Keller posted two goals and an assist, Nick Schmaltz amassed a goal and two assists, and Ian Cole also scored for the Mammoth.,Dyl...
Predators snap 4-game losing skid with win over Canucks
Cole Smith's goal early in the third period broke a tie and the host Nashville Predators hung on for a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.,Ryan O'Reilly also scored for the Predators, who snapped their four-game losing streak (0-3-1). Juuse Saros stopped 21 shots.,Max Sasson got th...
Joey Daccord, Kraken post shutout, halt Jets' win streak
Joey Daccord stopped 32 shots and Jaden Schwartz posted a three-point night as the visiting Seattle Kraken won 3-0 on Thursday to halt the Winnipeg Jets' five-game winning streak.,Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves as the Jets suffered only their second loss of the season after dropping their opener.,S...
Macklin Celebrini's 5-point night leads Sharks over Rangers
Will Smith scored 1:38 into overtime as the San Jose Sharks ended their season-opening six-game losing streak with a wild 6-5 victory over the host New York Rangers on Thursday night.,The Sharks blew a pair of two-goal leads in the first period and a one-goal lead in the third before Smith scored hi...
Mikael Granlund (5 points), Ducks prolong Bruins' skid
Mikael Granlund had two goals and three assists for his first career five-point game, leading the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 7-5 victory over the slumping Boston Bruins on Thursday night.,The Ducks scored four goals in a back-and-forth third period, breaking a 3-3 tie with two goals before the 8:00...
Sidney Crosby tallies 3 points as Penguins extend Panthers' slump
Sidney Crosby posted two goals and one assist to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to their fourth straight win, a 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla.,The Penguins, who have won their past three road games, also got a goal and an assist from Rickard Rakell plus a goal...
Islanders blitz Red Wings 7-2 in 4th straight victory
Emil Heineman recorded his first career two-goal game Thursday night for the surging New York Islanders, who authored their most resounding win since the 2023-24 season by routing the visiting Detroit Red Wings 7-2 in Elmont, N.Y.,Tony DeAngelo, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mathew Barzal and Simon Holmstrom...
Senators edge Flyers for much-needed win
Olle Lycksell scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period against his former team, fueling the host Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.,Like Lycksell, Michael Amadio also scored his first goal of the season to help the Senators snap a two-game los...
Ryan Donato nets last-minute winner as Blackhawks edge Lightning
Ryan Donato scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 54 seconds left, and the visiting Chicago Blackhawks finally solved Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy in a 3-2 win over the Lightning on Thursday night.,After tallying in his fourth straight game in the second period, D...
David Lipsky part of 4-way tie for Bank of Utah lead
David Lipsky eagled his final hole and found himself part of a four-way tie for the lead when play was suspended due to darkness at the Bank of Utah Championship on Thursday in Ivins, Utah.,Lipsky posted a 6-under-par 65, as did Sweden's Jesper Svensson and Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen. Austin Cook wa...
Portugal rallies for first-ever win over USWNT
The first goal came easily for the U.S. women's national team. The rest of the match? Not so much.,Fatima Pinto scored the go-ahead goal in the 72nd minute as Portugal rallied for its first victory against the U.S. women's national team, 2-1 in Chester, Pa., on Thursday.,Rose Lavelle scored 33 secon...
Cooper Flagg, Mavs aim to rebound as lowly Wizards visit
The basketball world's eyes again will be fixed on Cooper Flagg, the youngest player in the NBA, when the Dallas Mavericks host the Washington Wizards on Friday.,At 18 years and 305 days, Flagg became the second-youngest player to start in their NBA debut -- just behind LeBron James (18 years, 303 d...
Spurs’ attention to detail will be put to test at Pelicans
The San Antonio Spurs will carry plenty of good vibrations with them to New Orleans for an early-season Western Conference clash with the Pelicans on Friday.,The teams opened their respective regular-season campaigns on Wednesday with decidedly different results. The Spurs, buoyed by a healthy Victo...
World Series notebook: Blue Jays zoned in on Ohtani; Kershaw on Dodgers' roster
TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays have had to deal with the biggest home run hitters in the sport this postseason.,First, it was Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, who hit 53 regular-season home runs. Then, it was Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners in the AL ...
Rockets refining playmaker-by-committee plans for Pistons
While the Houston Rockets' deployment of the tallest starting lineup since the NBA began tracking starters has generated ample ballyhoo, their decision to eschew utilizing a traditional point guard could yield greater ramifications.,The Rockets, set to host the Detroit Pistons in their home opener o...
Knicks try to parlay promising opener into win over rival Celtics
A new era for the New York Knicks began Wednesday night with plenty of familiar faces hinting at their potential once the roster is closer to whole.,For the Boston Celtics, a narrow loss was all about who they're missing -- Jayson Tatum -- and how they'll adjust to life without him.,The Knicks will ...
Tiger-Cats, on verge of East title, not taking Redblacks lightly
All the Hamilton Tiger-Cats need to do to win their first East Division title since 2021 is beat the worst team in the CFL.,The Ottawa Redblacks, meanwhile, are eager to finish their lowly season on a high note by ending a five-game losing streak when they visit Hamilton on Friday night.,The Tiger-C...
Bucs QB Baker Mayfield (knee) improving, NT Vita Vea (foot) injured
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was a full practice participant Thursday as he seeks to recover from a sore knee.,Mayfield was limited in Wednesday's walkthrough just two days after Tampa Bay lost 24-9 to the host Detroit Lions.,Mayfield said the Buccaneers are eager to get back on t...