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Wild blow lead but beat Kraken in OT on Mats Zuccarello goal
Mats Zuccarello scored at 2:09 of overtime as the Minnesota Wild defeated the host Seattle Kraken 3-2 Thursday night.,Brock Faber had a goal and an assist, Ryan Hartman also scored and Kirill Kaprizov had two assists for the Wild, which wrapped up a seven-game trip with a 4-1-2 record. Goaltender Je...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 18 Ole Miss grabs road upset over No. 5 Oklahoma
Cotie McMahon recorded 22 points and three steals to help No. 18 Ole Miss post a 74-69 victory over No. 5 Oklahoma on Thursday night in Southeastern Conference play at Norman, Okla.,Sira Thienou added 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting for the Rebels (15-3, 2-1), who defeated a top five team for the thir...

Predators stay hot, knock off Islanders in shootout
Filip Forsberg scored the only tally of a shootout to give the Nashville Predators a 2-1 win over the visiting New York Islanders on Thursday.,The Predators are 14-7-0 in their last 21 games, and 6-1-0 in their last seven home games. Nashville is 12-2-0 in its last 14 games against the Islanders, da...

Bulls-Heat game postponed due to wet court conditions
Thursday's game between the host Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat was postponed to a later date due to moisture and slick conditions on the United Center floor.,Officials announced the postponement at around 9:54 p.m. ET, nearly two hours after the game was scheduled to tip off.,Players completed pregam...

Utah All-American DE John Henry Daley joining former coach at Michigan
Utah All-American defensive end John Henry Daley is following Kyle Whittingham to Michigan.,Daley announced the news on his social media Thursday after wrapping up a visit at Michigan. He also took visits to Notre Dame and LSU, but wound up reuniting with his former head coach and former defensive e...

Two-time halfpipe gold medalist Chloe Kim suffers training injury
Two-time defending Olympic snowboarding champion Chloe Kim suffered a dislocated shoulder during a training session, putting her quest for a third consecutive gold medal in jeopardy.,Kim, who won gold in the women's halfpipe in South Korea in 2018 as a 17-year-old and brought home another top medal ...

Alexandre Texier nets first career hat-trick as Canadiens tame Panthers
Alexandre Texier recorded his first career hat trick and the host Canadiens won their third straight game by a 6-2 count over the Florida Panthers.,Texier has four goals and two assists in his past two games.,Oliver Kapanen tallied a goal and two assists and Juraj Slafkovsky contributed a goal and a...

Evgeni Malkin scores in return as Penguins top Devils
Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal in his return to the Pittsburgh Penguins, who beat the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday to extend their winning streak to a season-high six games., ,After missing the last 15 games because of an upper-body injury, the 39-year-old Malkin got his ninth ...

Patrick Kane scores career goal No. 500 as Red Wings thrash Canucks
Patrick Kane became the 50th player in NHL history to score 500 goals as he tallied twice in Detroit's 5-1 victory over Vancouver on Thursday night.,Kane scored in the first period, then notched his milestone goal with an empty-netter with 3:53 remaining.,He has the sixth-most goals among active NHL...

Hurricanes pull away, deliver Ducks' eighth straight loss
Defenseman Jalen Chatfield scored a goal to snap a tie late in the second period, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the reeling Anaheim Ducks on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.,Logan Stankoven, Taylor Hall and Chatfield each collected a goal and an assist and Mark Jankowski and Jackson...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 10 Louisville earns 8th straight win
Elif Istanbulluoglu scored a career-high 23 points and No. 10 Louisville won its eighth straight contest with a 77-68 victory over Miami on Thursday night in Atlantic Coast Conference play at Coral Gables, Fla.,Imari Berry added 16 points and Skylar Jones had 12 for the Cardinals (15-3, 5-0 ACC), wh...

Sabrina Ionescu to sit out Unrivaled season with injury
New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu will miss the second season of Unrivaled this winter due to an undisclosed injury.,Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women's basketball league founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, began its new season on Monday.,Ionescu, the former No. 1 WNBA draft pi...

QB Demond Williams Jr. staying at Washington after portal stir
Demond Williams Jr. changed his mind, again.,The quarterback announced Thursday that he will no longer enter the transfer portal and will remain at Washington instead.,The reversal concluded a busy period for Williams, who signed an NIL contract reportedly worth around $4 million last week to stay a...

Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander brings consistency to matchup with Grizzlies
Some streaks appear, at first glance, like a typographical error.,The Oklahoma City Thunder have won 15 straight against the Grizzlies. The visiting Thunder will attempt to extend the streak Friday on the road against a Memphis team that has been plagued by an unending wave of injuries since the sea...

Rank and file: Which NFL opening rates as the best job?
Rare opportunity, as candidates often say of being an NFL head coach, we should all agree is precisely what exists with the Baltimore Ravens.,A pillar of stability with top ownership, a proven front office and the kind of two-deep depth chart you'd expect to show up in February, being the head coach...

Wizards on positive run while awaiting Trae Young; Pelicans keep sliding
When the New Orleans Pelicans lost to the Hawks on Wednesday night, four-time All-Star guard Trae Young was sitting in street clothes on Atlanta's bench. When the Pelicans face Washington on Friday night, they could see Young again, but on the Wizards.,The biggest news regarding Friday night's Pelic...

Richard T. Lee leads LIV Golf Promotions after first day
Richard T. Lee of Canada fired a 6-under-par 64 to lead the LIV Golf Promotions event after one round Thursday at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Fla.,The top three finishers at the four-round event will be awarded full-season, wild-card spots for the 2026 LIV Golf League season, and each of the top...

Report: Orioles make $8.5M deal with SS Gunnar Henderson, avoid arbitration
The Baltimore Orioles avoided arbitration by reaching agreement with star shortstop Gunnar Hendeson on an $8.5 million contract for the 2026 season, MLB.com reported on Thursday.,Henderson's deal, which was not confirmed by the club, is a franchise record for a player in his first year of arbitratio...

Colts GM all in on bringing back QB Daniel Jones
Indianapolis general manager Chris Ballard believes the Colts have what they need at quarterback, beginning with Daniel Jones.,The quarterback room went through multiple transitions as former starter Anthony Richardson yielded the spot in preseason to free-agent signee Jones, who like Richardson lat...

Hall of Fame goalie Glenn Hall dies at 94
Hall of Fame goaltender Glenn Hall, who set a record with 502 consecutive starts in net, died Wednesday in Stony Plain, Alberta. He was 94.,Hall was a three-time Vezina Trophy winner and won the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year in the 1955-56 season. The 13-time All-Star was dubbed with the nickn...