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Conference finals roundup: Northern Iowa, High Point, Queens, North Dakota St. clinch bids
Sixth-seeded Northern Iowa punched its ticket to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016 with its fourth win in four days, taking down fifth-seeded UIC 84-69 in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final Sunday in St. Louis.,The Panthers (23-12) picked the perfect time to have their bes...

Led by Russell Westbrook, Kings take down Bulls for rare win
Malik Monk and Maxime Raynaud combined for 56 points, Russell Westbrook added to his unmatched triple-double total, and the Sacramento Kings won for just the third time in their last 23 games with a 126-110 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Sunday night.,Monk led the way off the bench with ...

Scoot Henderson, Blazers add to Pacers' misery in dominant win
Scoot Henderson scored a season-high 28 points on 10-of-15 shooting to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to an easy 131-111 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Sunday night.,Jrue Holiday (five 3-pointers) and Jerami Grant (four) scored 21 points apiece as the Trail Blazers won for the second t...

Spurs cruise to highest point total of season in romp over Rockets
Four Spurs scored 20 or more points, led by Victor Wembanyama's 29, as host San Antonio rolled to a 145-120 win over the up and down Houston Rockets on Sunday in a Lone Star State dustup.,The Spurs scored their most points in a game this season and have captured four straight outings and 15 of their...

Magic cruise past short-handed Bucks to take season series
Paolo Banchero scored a game-high 33 points to lead the Orlando Magic to a 130-91 victory over the Bucks in Milwaukee on Sunday night.,Jalen Suggs added 20 for Orlando, which won its fourth consecutive game. Desmond Bane scored 18 with a game-high nine assists.,The Bucks fell for the fifth time in t...

Red Wings' John Gibson, Cam Talbot combine to blank Devils
John Gibson and Cam Talbot combined for a shutout and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the host New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Sunday night in Newark, N.J.,Gibson stopped all 21 shots he faced in the first two periods. But the Devils' Timo Meier knocked Detroit's Lucas Raymond into Gibson late in the second...

Pelicans down woeful Wizards to match season win total from 2025
Trey Murphy III knocked down four of nine 3-pointers on the way to 24 points, Saddiq Bey recorded a 23-point, 10-rebound double-double, and the New Orleans Pelicans routed the visiting Washington Wizards 138-118 on Sunday.,Murphy fueled a pivotal, 12-0 New Orleans run in the fourth quarter with a pa...

Sabres shock Lightning as teams combine for NHL season-high 15 goals
Josh Doan's second power-play goal capped a manic third period as the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits and took over first place in the Atlantic Division with a wild 8-7 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.,In their NHL-best seventh straight win, the Sabres all...

Liquid, Spirit among four unbeatens at PGL Wallachia Season 7
Team Liquid, Team Spirit, HEROIC and PARIVISION remained unblemished with victories on Sunday in group stage play of PGL Wallachia Season 7 in Bucharest, Romania.,Xtreme Gaming, BetBoom Team, Tundra Esports and Team Yandex registered their first wins on the second day of competition.,The $1 million ...

Daniel Salloi scores late as Toronto FC blank FC Cincinnati
Daniel Salloi found the right side of the net on a sharp dribbler to break a scoreless tie in the 86th minute, and it stood up as the game-winner as Toronto FC defeated host FC Cincinnati 1-0 on Sunday.,Toronto (1-2-0, 3 points) was held in check offensively for a majority of the match. But when it ...
Big East Tournament Betting Preview: Can St. John’s Repeat at MSG?
St. John’s, UConn and Villanova headline the Big East Tournament race at Madison Square Garden. Here’s the betting outlook....
UFC 326 Needed To Be Great…but It Wasn’t
UFC 326 featured a BMF title fight and the promotion’s first bouts on CBS, but many fans felt the card was a major disappointment....

Surging Stars rebound from Friday setback, nip Blackhawks in OT
Miro Heiskanen scored 22 seconds into overtime, after Mavrik Bourque recorded a goal and assist in the third period, as the surging Dallas Stars outlasted the visiting Chicago Blackhawks for a 4-3 victory Sunday.,In the opening seconds of the extra session, Heiskanen received a pass from Matt Duchen...

Report: Rams make All-Pro Trent McDuffie highest-paid CB in NFL history
The Los Angeles Rams came to terms with cornerback Trent McDuffie Sunday evening on a four-year, $124 million extension, according to ESPN.,The deal for the former Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro includes a $100 million guarantee, which will make him the highest-paid cornerback in league history.,The Chi...

FURIA shut out Cloud9 to complete unblemished Americas Cup run
FURIA finished their perfect run through the League of Legends 2026 Americas Cup by blanking Cloud9 3-0 in the grand final Sunday in Sao Paulo.,FURIA did not drop a game as they swept through the upper bracket and into Sunday's finale. The matchup was a rematch of an upper-bracket semifinal.,Playing...

RJ Barrett, Raptors cruise past skidding Mavericks
RJ Barrett scored a season-best 31 points Sunday night and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Dallas Mavericks 122-92.,Scottie Barnes added 17 points for the Raptors, who had lost their two previous games and four or five. Jakob Poeltl had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Ingram and Ja'Kobe...

Heat keep rolling, hand East-leading Pistons fourth straight loss
Tyler Herro scored 25 points as the host Miami Heat won their fifth straight game, defeating the Detroit Pistons 121-110 on Sunday afternoon.,Miami, on its hottest streak since winning six in a row in November, also got 24 points and nine rebounds from Bam Adebayo. Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 19 points, ...

Report: Bears re-signing DE Daniel Hardy to 2-year contract
The Chicago Bears are re-signing defensive end Daniel Hardy, a special teams player, to a two-year contract worth about $5 million and close to $6 million with incentives, NFL Network reported on Sunday.,Hardy, 27, played in 17 regular-season games for the Bears in 2025, mostly on special teams, mak...

No. 9 Nebraska ties program record for wins with OT triumph over Iowa
No. 9 Nebraska earned the second seed in the Big Ten tournament after defeating Iowa 84-75 in overtime in both teams' regular-season finale Sunday in Lincoln, Neb.,The Cornhuskers (26-5, 15-5 Big Ten) tied the program record for wins in a season while extending their record for conference wins in a ...

Tommy Novak scores OT winner as Penguins erase 3-goal hole vs. Bruins
Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rally from a 3-0 deficit to beat the visiting Boston Bruins 5-4 on Sunday.,Pittsburgh, which was playing without Sidney Crosby (injured) and Evgeni Malkin (suspended) for the second straight game, scored five of the final s...