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MacKinnon's clutch effort lifts Avs to shootout win over Knights
Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading 31st goal to go with two assists and also scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche edged the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,MacKinnon skated down the slot and ripped a wrist shot past the...

Bowl roundup: BYU heats up late at Pop-Tarts Bowl, edges Georgia Tech
Jovesa Damuni scored the go-ahead touchdown with two minutes remaining as No. 12 BYU overcame an 11-point deficit to beat No. 12 Georgia Tech 25-21 on Saturday at the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Fla.,Damuni's 4-yard run capped a 15-point fourth-quarter flurry for the Cougars (12-2), which earned thei...

NBA roundup: Magic pull escape act, upend Nuggets
Anthony Black scored a career-high 38 points, Desmond Bane tallied 24 including two free throws with 6.9 seconds left, and the host Orlando Magic beat the Denver Nuggets 127-126 on Saturday night, overcoming another triple-double by Nikola Jokic.,Black knocked down seven 3-pointers, also a career hi...

Pavel Buchnevich, Blues snap Predators' 3-game winning streak
Pavel Buchnevich scored two goals and Joel Hofer made 30 saves to lead the host St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,It was the 22nd multi-goal game of Buchnevich's career and the first since Oct. 11, 2024. Robert Thomas had two assists and Brayden Schenn ...

Heat set team mark with 83-point 2nd half, rout Pacers
Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Andrew Wiggins scored 28 points apiece as the Miami Heat pulled away with a dominant fourth quarter to beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 140-116 on Saturday.,Norman Powell had 23 points, Nikola Jovic scored 19 and Pelle Larsson added 16 for Miami, which led 98-94 at the end of th...

Ebuka Okorie nets 30 as Stanford edges pesky Cal State Northridge
Ebuka Okorie contributed eight of his game-high 30 points to a 13-0 flurry to begin the second half and Stanford completed an 11-win nonconference schedule with an 88-80 victory over visiting Cal State Northridge in men's basketball Saturday night.,Chisom Okpara aided the Stanford cause with 20 poin...

Kevin Durant comes up big in Rockets win over Cavaliers
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points, while Reed Sheppard added 18 off the bench as the host Houston Rockets rolled to a 117-100 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.,Durant shot 11 for 17 from the floor and added seven assists to pace Houston in the absence of Alperen Sengun (calf), th...

No. 25 North Texas edges San Diego State in wild New Mexico Bowl
Caleb Hawkins ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries and caught a pass for another score as No. 25 North Texas outlasted short-handed San Diego State 49-47 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque.,The Mean Green (12-2) won a dozen games in a season for the first time while snap...

Matt Boldy lifts Wild past Jets in overtime
Matt Boldy scored his second of the night in overtime as the Minnesota Wild outlasted the host Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Saturday night.,Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists while Mats Zuccarello scored and picked up an assist. Quinn Hughes had three helpers in the win in support of Wild netminder ...

No. 25 North Texas outscores San Diego State in wild New Mexico Bowl
Caleb Hawkins ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries and caught a pass for another score as No. 25 North Texas outlasted short-handed San Diego State 49-47 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque.,The Mean Green (12-2) won a dozen games in a season for the first time while snap...

Hurricanes snap skid with 3-goal 2nd period vs. Wings
Shayne Gostisbehere's goal and first of two assists came in a three-goal second period for the Carolina Hurricanes in their 5-2 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night at Raleigh, N.C.,Andrei Svechnikov also had a goal and two assists, while Jackson Blake, Eric Robinson and Jordan Ma...

No. 18 Arkansas continues tough schedule with contest vs. James Madison
With Arkansas guard Darius Acuff Jr. dominating the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week Award, the No. 18 Razorbacks and their emerging star turn their attention to the next opponent in what has been a testing schedule.,The Razorbacks (9-3) will host James Madison (7-6) in Fayetteville, Ark...

David Rittich, Islanders turn in defensive gem to beat Rangers
Backup goalie David Rittich stopped all 27 shots he faced Saturday night for the host New York Islanders, who outlasted the New York Rangers 2-0 in Elmont, N.Y.,Rittich has allowed just three goals over three straight starts in place of Ilya Sorokin, who is sidelined with an unspecified injury. The ...

No. 23 Georgia takes historic offense into clash with Long Island
The No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs will try to keep high-scoring attack on track as they host Long Island on Monday in Athens in their final nonconference game of the season.,Georgia (11-1) leads the nation at 99.8 points per game. It was the highest scoring average of a Division I team on Christmas since ...

Explosive offenses collide in matchup between No. 5 Purdue, Kent State
Following the Christmas break for both teams, Kent State and No. 5 Purdue hope their high-scoring and winning ways will continue when they hook up for a Monday evening tip-off in West Lafayette, Ind.,Many likely aren't surprised by the scoring prowess of Purdue (11-1), which was ranked No. 1 in the ...

Old Dominion ready for test against Maryland
Old Dominion coach Mike Jones returns to his stomping grounds when his team faces Maryland on Sunday night in College Park, Md.,Less than two miles away, Jones coached 19 seasons at national prep powerhouse and alma mater DeMatha Catholic. Jones also served one season as an assistant at Maryland bef...

Florida to conclude non-SEC stretch with date with Dartmouth
Nearly finished with a solid but unspectacular nonconference showing in the new season, Florida will conclude its play outside the Southeastern Conference when it meets the Ivy League's Dartmouth on Monday in Gainesville, Fla.,Winners of three straight games, the No. 22 Gators (8-4) are one of six S...

Army runs all over UConn in Fenway Bowl rout
BOSTON -- Freshman running back Godspower Nwawuihe and junior quarterback Cale Hellums each rushed for two touchdowns as Army rolled to a 41-16 win over UConn in Saturday's Fenway Bowl.,The Black Knights (7-6) won their third straight bowl on the strength of the run game, recording 368 yards on the ...

Rams G Kevin Dotson (ankle) ruled out vs. Falcons
The Los Angeles Rams will be without starting right guard Kevin Dotson for Monday night's road game against the Atlanta Falcons, head coach Sean McVay said Saturday.,Dotson, 29, came away with a left ankle sprain when he was stepped on by the Seattle Seahawks' Derick Hall during last Thursday's NFC ...

Reds acquire OF Dane Myers from Marlins
The Cincinnati Reds are acquiring outfielder Dane Myers from the Miami Marlins in exchange for outfielder Ethan O'Donnell.,Myers has appeared in 172 total games across three seasons for Miami, recording 10 home runs, 59 RBIs and 23 stolen bases with a .245 batting average, .299 on-base percentage an...