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Bucks face Thunder, bid to halt skid in rematch of NBA Cup final
The last time the Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder squared off, the game didn't count in the NBA regular-season standings.,But it was plenty important, with the Bucks posting a 97-81 win over the Thunder on Dec. 17 in Las Vegas in the NBA Cup championship game.,On Monday night in Oklahoma C...
NHL roundup: Rangers' Jonathan Quick gets win No. 400
K'Andre Miller's tiebreaking goal helped the New York Rangers pull off a rare third-period comeback to beat the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Sunday night, making Jonathan Quick the first American-born goaltender to reach 400 career regular-season victories.,The Rangers stopped a three-game l...
Top 25 roundup: Nebraska strikes again, beats No. 16 Oregon
Brice Williams recorded 28 points, seven rebounds and six assists and Nebraska led most of the way while posting a 77-71 upset of No. 16 Oregon on Sunday evening in Big Ten play at Eugene, Ore.,Juwan Gary added 23 points to help the Cornhuskers (14-8, 4-7 Big Ten) win their second straight game foll...
100 Thieves sink Cloud9 in Championship of The Americas
100 Thieves topped Cloud9 1-0 in the upper-bracket final on Sunday to secure the top spot at the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 1 in Los Angeles.,To reach the upper-bracket final, 100 Thieves edged Team Liquid 2-1 while Cloud9 defeated FlyQuest by the same score. ,Af...
Alex DeBrincat, Wings get past Canucks in OT
Alex DeBrincat scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, as the Detroit Red Wings extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-2 victory against the host Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night. ,Ben Chiarot also scored for Detroit, which climbed into a wild-card spot in the Eastern ...
Chase Elliott dominates Clash at Bowman Gray
Polesitter Chase Elliott led 171 of 200 laps to claim NASCAR's season-opening exhibition race, the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, Sunday night in Winston-Salem, N.C.,The Hendrick Motorsports driver was passed by Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Toyota late in the first 100 laps, but Elliott regained th...
NBA roundup: Celtics fight back from 26 down, top 76ers
Jayson Tatum delivered 35 points and 11 assists as the visiting Boston Celtics rallied from a 26-point, second-half deficit to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 118-110 on Sunday.,Boston outscored Philadelphia 54-20 over the final 14-plus minutes to take control of a game that was initially dominated by...
Shikigami, Liquid notch wins at Overwatch Champions Series
Shikigami and Team Liquid earned their first wins of the 2025 Overwatch Champions Series North America event on Sunday.,Shikigami took down Amplify 3-1, while Team Liquid went the distance in a 3-2 victory over Spacestation Gaming.,The $100,000 tournament, played online, features eight teams. The re...
Rangers rally to beat Knights; Jonathan Quick gets win No. 400
K'Andre Miller scored the tiebreaking goal with 8:28 remaining as the New York Rangers pulled off a rare third-period comeback to earn a 4-2 victory over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night, making Jonathan Quick the first American-born goaltender to reach 400 career regular-season vic...
Panthers dispatch Islanders to win third straight
Carter Verhaeghe scored his fourth career hat trick and added an assist to lead the Florida Panthers to a 6-3 win over the visiting New York Islanders on Sunday night.,Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk each had a goal and an assist for the Panthers, who have won three straight. Aleksander Barkov had ...
ATP roundup: Felix Auger-Aliassime clinches Montpellier title
No. 2 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime fended off a strong challenge from American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic and won 6-2, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2) in the final of the Open Occitanie on Sunday in Montpellier, France.,It didn't take long for Auger-Aliassime to be the first player to win two ATP titles in 2025....
Ducks pull ahead late to beat sliding Canadiens
Alex Killorn scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and also had an assist as the Anaheim Ducks scored three unanswered goals to rally for a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday afternoon.,Mason McTavish and Frank Vatrano also scored goals and Leo Carlsson had two assists for Anah...
Reports: Chip Kelly leaving Ohio State to become Raiders OC
Chip Kelly is leaving national champion Ohio State to return to the NFL as offensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders, ESPN reported Sunday.,Kelly, 61, spent just one season with the Buckeyes and the campaign ended with a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff national tit...
Incredible rally gives Tundra Esports Fissure Playground title
Tundra Esports pulled off a stunning comeback on Sunday to capture a 3-2 victory over Team Falcons in the grand final of the $1 million Fissure Playground #1 event in Belgrade, Serbia.,It looked like Team Falcons had the title all wrapped up after they jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to a 67-minute ...
David Punch helps TCU end skid against lowly Colorado
Freshman David Punch set a new career high with 19 points as TCU snapped a three-game losing streak in a 68-57 win over Colorado on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas.,Noah Reynolds scored 11 points and Jace Posey chipped in nine points for the Horned Frogs (11-10, 4-6 Big 12).,Andrej Jakimovski led the Bu...
A Lim Kim wins Tournament of Champions; Nelly Korda takes 2nd
A Lim Kim of South Korea completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions despite some hearty competition behind her Sunday in Orlando, Fla.,Kim posted her second straight 5-under-par 67 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club to finish the LPGA's season opener at 20-u...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Iowa knocks off No. 4 USC
Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and host Iowa had a strong fourth quarter to hand No. 4 Southern California its first loss in Big Ten Conference play, 76-69 on Sunday in Iowa City.,In a game involving wide early swings of momentum, JuJu Watkins ended up with 27 points for the Trojans (19-2, 9-1 Big Ten)...
Surging Senators scoring plenty ahead of clash at Predators
The Ottawa Senators' recent surge in goal production comes just in time to possibly generate some needed offense on the road. ,It could also extend the struggles of the Nashville Predators, who have lost three straight ahead of Monday's visit from a Senators squad seeking its fifth straight win.,Ott...
Dodgers' Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani still in recovery mode
Still recovering from their championship run in October, the Los Angeles Dodgers will have a cautious approach when spring training games begin later this month.,First baseman Freddie Freeman said he will not be able to participate in the field for early Cactus League games after undergoing offseaso...
WTA roundup: Ekaterina Alexandrova, Elise Mertens win titles
No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova captured her fifth career title with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 win over fifth-seeded Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine on Sunday in the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.,Alexandrova, of Russia, had two aces and benefited from eight double faults to dispatch Yastremska in 2 ho...