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UCF returns home from productive trip to meet slumping Baylor
By sweeping their road trip through Utah, defeating the Utes and No. 19 BYU, UCF put itself solidly on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble.,The Knights will look for more Saturday night in Orlando, where they host Baylor in another Big 12 Conference contest.,"Any time you can have some succ...
No. 25 Princeton spreads wealth in 50-point win over Dartmouth
Backup center Taylor Charles set career highs of 10 points and 10 rebounds as No. 25 Princeton swarmed host Dartmouth 97-47 on Friday in Hanover, N.H.,The Tigers (22-3, 10-2 Ivy) blew open a 14-point halftime lead by outscoring the hosts 57-21 in the second half, allowing them to limit the starters'...
Sharp-looking Los Angeles FC take on revamped Dynamo
Los Angeles FC will try to continue their perfect start under new head coach Marc Dos Santos on Saturday night when they visit a Houston Dynamo side that was among the busiest in MLS in terms of offseason transactions.,Dos Santos' Black and Gold opened their regular season with a dominant 3-0 victor...
Struggling Auburn, Ole Miss vie to make run down stretch
This season has gone awry for Ole Miss and Auburn with both teams sitting in the bottom half of the Southeastern Conference and, barring a Cinderella-like SEC tournament run, missing out on March Madness.,Both teams will look to get over rough losses and try to gain momentum to end the season when t...
Chris Kreider's goal late in OT propels Ducks past Jets
Chris Kreider scored with 13 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 5-4 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday.,Kreider and Beckett Sennecke broke out on a 2-on-1 rush late in the extra frame, and Sennecke earned his third assist of the game by feeding Kreider the game-winn...
Inter Miami book White House visit to celebrate MLS title
Inter Miami will celebrate the first MLS Cup championship in club history with a March 5 visit to the White House, The Athletic and the Miami Herald reported on Friday.,The Herald cited a source indicating that "everyone" from the club would be in attendance to meet President Donald Trump, meaning t...
Chris Kreider's late goal propels Ducks past Jets
Chris Kreider scored with 15 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 5-4 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday.,Kreider and Beckett Sennecke broke out on a 2-on-1 rush late in the extra frame, and Sennecke earned his third assist of the game in feeding Kreider the game-winn...
Chet Holmgren, Thunder topple Nuggets in feisty OT affair
Chet Holmgren produced 15 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points in his return from injury, lifting the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 127-121 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Friday.,While Gilgeous-Alexander, playing his first game since sustaining ...
No. 9 Gonzaga itching to close WCC tenure with outright title
Gonzaga is preparing for its final regular-season contest in the West Coast Conference but it is Saint Mary's that is looking for a share of its fourth straight crown.,The No. 9 Bulldogs have been looking up at the Gaels in recent campaigns as two of the best teams in the west clash on Saturday nigh...
TCU leans on Micah Robinson in must-have road test vs. Kansas State
Micah Robinson has been crucial to TCU's final push to the NCAA Tournament.,Coach Jamie Dixon inserted the sophomore forward into the starting lineup five games ago, and the Horned Frogs have gone 4-1 since, including a 90-78 win over Arizona State on Tuesday.,TCU, projected as an NCAA Tournament bu...
Offensive-minded FC Dallas, Nashville SC ready for clash
Well-rested Nashville SC will hope their offensive spark stays lit when they visit FC Dallas on Saturday night.,Nashville (1-0-0, 3 points) is off to their most explosive start to a season in club history, with 11 goals in their first three competitive fixtures. The Boys in Gold were afforded the lu...
Mammoth extend hot streak, end Wild's 6-game run
Lawson Crouse scored twice, leading the Utah Mammoth to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Friday night.,Clayton Keller added a goal and two assists for Utah, which improved to 12-4-1 in its past 17 games and is 18-9-2 on home ice this season. Logan Cooley and Barrett Hayton also tall...
Kraken look to ignite against struggling Canucks
With less than a week to go until the NHL's trade deadline, the Seattle Kraken are in a quandary.,The Kraken entered the weekend in the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, yet considering their first two games after the Olympic break, might still be sellers by 3 p.m. ET Friday...
Virginia Tech eyes needed Quad 1 win vs. No. 18 North Carolina
In most NCAA Tournament projections, Virginia Tech is on the wrong side of the selection bubble -- but not by much.,At this point, a Quad 1 win would likely pay huge dividends for the Hokies, who have two chances left in the regular season to accomplish the feat.,The first comes Saturday when Virgin...
Led by Cam Spencer, Grizzlies hand Mavericks 7th straight home setback
Cam Spencer scored 25 points and Olivier-Maxence Prosper added 16 points and 10 rebounds -- his first career double-double -- to lead the visiting Memphis Grizzlies to a 124-105 victory Friday night over the Dallas Mavericks, who lost their seventh straight home game.,Scotty Pippen Jr. chipped in wi...
Reports: WNBPA eases stance in new CBA proposal
The Women's National Basketball Players Association reduced its requested share of the league's gross revenue in a counterproposal sent to the WNBA on Friday, multiple media outlets reported.,The union is now seeking 26% of the league's gross revenue, down from its previous position of 27.5%. The di...
Pistons rally past Cavaliers in OT behind Jalen Duren
Jalen Duren scored 33 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and the host Detroit Pistons rallied from a nine-point deficit late in regulation to win 122-119 in overtime against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday.,Cade Cunningham supplied 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists before fouling out in regula...
Kraken looking to ignite against struggling Canucks
With less than a week to go until the NHL's trade deadline, the Seattle Kraken are in a quandary.,The Kraken entered the weekend in the second and final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, yet considering their first two games after the Olympic break, might still be sellers by 3 p.m. ET Friday...
Former Illini Morez Johnson Jr. leads No. 3 Michigan to win, Big Ten title
In a triumphant return to his former school, Morez Johnson Jr. produced 19 points and a game-high 11 rebounds to lead No. 3 Michigan to an 84-70 victory over No. 10 Illinois on Friday night in Champaign, Ill., that clinched the Wolverines' first Big Ten title since 2021.,Johnson, a physical sophomor...
Jalen Brunson erupts early as Knicks thump Bucks
Jalen Brunson scored 22 of his game-high 27 points in the first quarter, helping the visiting New York Knicks secure a 127-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday.,OG Anunoby added 24 points and Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds for New York, which shot 21-for-42 (50%)...