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No. 12 St. John's rallies past No. 19 UConn for 10th straight win
Kadary Richmond and RJ Luis combined to score 16 of the final 20 points Friday night for No. 12 St. John's, which overcame a 14-point first-half deficit to beat No. 19 UConn 68-62 in Storrs, Conn.,Luis finished with a game-high 21 points and also grabbed seven rebounds for St. John's. Richmond score...
Chet Holmgren returns as Thunder take down Raptors
Jalen Williams scored 27 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 121-109 home win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday.,While the Thunder's All-Star duo of Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (25 points) led the way as they have for much of the season, Friday's win was about the return of secon...
Jets edge Islanders, again tie franchise mark for consecutive wins
Gabriel Vilardi scored two goals and Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves as the Winnipeg Jets ran their winning streak to eight games with Friday's 4-3 victory over the visiting New York Islanders.,The eight-game run matches the longest winning streak in franchise history, dating back to the 1999-2000 A...
NASCAR welcomes three into Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR's heroes and legends gathered at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday to formally induct the esteemed class of 2025 -- racing greats Ricky Rudd, Carl Edwards and the late Ralph Moody.,They -- along one of the sport's great safety innovators, Dr. Dean Sicking, and one of its mo...
Northwestern keeps on without Brooks Barnhizer, meets Washington next
Barely a week ago, Northwestern coach Chris Collins announced that senior guard Brooks Barnhizer, the Wildcats' second-leading scorer and top rebounder, would miss the remainder of the season with a foot injury.,In response, Northwestern went out and snapped a three-game losing streak with a 77-75 B...
Cavaliers snap Wizards' season-best winning streak
Donovan Mitchell scored a team-high 33 points, helping the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers earn a 134-124 win over the Washington Wizards on Friday.,Evan Mobley had 27 points, Darius Garland added 23 and Max Strus scored 17 as the Cavaliers recorded their sixth victory in seven tries. Ty Jerome scored ...
No. 7 Purdue's dominance in paint overwhelms USC
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Braden Smith dished 13 assists and No. 7 Purdue nearly led wire-to-wire in a 90-72 rout of visiting Southern California on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind. ,The Big Ten Conference-leading Boilermakers (19-5, 11-2 Big Ten) overwhelmed the Troj...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz eases into Rotterdam semis
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 8 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland will clash in the ABN Amro Open semifinals on Saturday after both posted victories on Friday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Alcaraz, ranked No. 3 in the world, dismissed unseeded countryman Pedro Martinez 6-2, 6-1, while it took Hu...
Report: Netflix exploring bid for F1 media rights
Netflix is deliberating making a play for the U.S. broadcast rights of Formula One, The Athletic reported Friday.,Netflix already has a background in the sport, having produced the hit F1 docuseries "Drive to Survive" that debuted in 2019. Thanks in large part to the series, interest in the sport ha...
Reports: Padres on verge of signing veteran OF/1B Connor Joe
The San Diego Padres are closing in on a deal with free agent outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe, according to multiple reports on Friday.,Joe, 32, could help fill the club's hole in left field. Jurickson Profar, a 2024 All-Star, recently left San Diego as a free agent and signed with the Atlanta B...
Reports: 1B/OF Trey Mancini joining D-backs on minor league deal
Trey Mancini launched his attempt at another comeback on Friday by signing a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, per multiple reports.,The deal includes an invitation to spring training for the veteran first baseman/outfielder, who did not play last season after he opted out of a minor ...
Jin Young Ko breaks course record, jumps in front at Founders Cup
Jin Young Ko of South Korea caught fire late and broke the course record with an 8-under-par 63 to take the second-round lead at the Founders Cup on Friday at Bradenton (Fla.) Country Club.,A former World No. 1, Ko birdied six of her final nine holes to climb to 12-under 130 for the tournament. Four...
NC State carries seven-game losing streak to Stanford
Two teams seeking to end losing streaks meet on the basketball court for the first time in 12 seasons when Stanford hosts North Carolina State in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup Saturday afternoon.,Both teams last played on Wednesday. NC State (9-13, 2-9) dropped a seventh straight when beaten ...
Indiana confirms coach Mike Woodson to step down after season
Indiana coach Mike Woodson will step down at season's end, vice president and athletic director Scott Dolson confirmed in a statement Friday.,News broke Thursday that the sides had begun to discuss parting ways as Woodson winds down his fourth season on the job.,"During a meeting with Coach Woodson ...
Louisville may be down Chucky Hepburn when lowly Miami visits
Louisville will go after its second straight win on Saturday when its hosts Miami in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup. However, the Cardinals may have to do it without one of the league's best players.,Coach Pat Kelsey told reporters Friday that point guard Chucky Hepburn is day-to-day with a gr...
Wake Forest eyes Bay Area sweep on visit to Cal
Wake Forest gets an opportunity to record an Atlantic Coast Conference first -- a road sweep of the league's new California schools -- when it travels to Berkeley to take on Cal on Saturday afternoon.,The Demon Deacons (17-6, 9-3) became the first ACC team to win a conference game at Stanford when t...
Trail Blazers bring six-game win streak into matchup with Wolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves know better than to judge the Portland Trail Blazers by their record.,On paper, the Trail Blazers are six games under .500 entering Saturday night's tipoff against the Timberwolves in Minneapolis. But the overall standings disguise the fact that Portland has been one of th...
Three-time dunk champ Nate Robinson receiving kidney transplant
Three-time NBA slam dunk champion Nate Robinson said Friday that he was receiving a kidney transplant.,The 5-foot-9 guard who played 11 NBA seasons has been dealing with renal failure for the past seven years.,Robinson, 40, went public with his kidney issues in 2022. He has been regularly on dialysi...
Adrian Meronk still on top at LIV Golf Riyadh
Adrian Meronk of Poland remains two shots ahead of Colombia's Sebastian Munoz to stay atop the leaderboard after both carded rounds of 6-under 66 on the second day of LIV Golf Riyadh on Friday in Saudi Arabia.,Munoz kept pace with Meronk, who fired a 62 in the first round and sits at 16-under par he...
WTA roundup: Ashlyn Krueger, Belinda Bencic reach Abu Dhabi final
American Ashlyn Krueger will go for her second career WTA title at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open after she took down Czech opponent Linda Noskova 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the semifinals Friday.,The 20-year-old Kruger will face Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, who rallied to upset No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina of Kaza...