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Sean Strickland snaps Anthony Hernandez's win streak with TKO victory
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland delivered a knee to the body followed by punches to finish Anthony Hernandez with a TKO victory at 2:23 of the third round in the main event of Saturday's UFC Fight Night event in Houston.,After a slow-paced start, Strickland picked up the pace at the...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 19 West Virginia crushes Oklahoma State
Gia Cooke scored a game-high 21 points and Kierra Wheeler posted an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double as No. 19 West Virginia cruised to a 72-40 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.,The Mountaineers (22-6, 12-4 Big 12), who have won five of their last six games, jumped out t...

LAFC shut out Lionel Messi, Inter Miami in season opener
David Martinez scored in the first half, Denis Bouanga scored and added an assist in the second and Los Angeles FC completed a 3-0 victory over Lionel Messi and visiting Inter Miami in both teams' season opener on Saturday night.,Substitute Nathan Ordaz added the final goal for the hosts, who moved ...

Donovan Dent goes end to end as UCLA tops No. 10 Illinois at OT buzzer
Donovan Dent drove the length of court for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to give UCLA an electric 95-94 overtime victory over No. 10 Illinois in Big Ten play on Saturday night in Los Angeles.,Dent had 14 points and a career-high 15 assists in helping the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) h...

Knicks rally from 18-point 4th-quarter deficit to beat Rockets
Jalen Brunson hit the tiebreaking jumper with 29.5 seconds left Saturday night for the host New York Knicks, who mounted a furious fourth-quarter comeback from an 18-point deficit to stun the Houston Rockets, 108-106.,The Rockets trailed by as many as 13 points in the second quarter before outscorin...

Auburn edges Kentucky on Elyjah Freeman's last-second tip-in
Auburn rallied from a nine-point deficit early in the second half to claim a pivotal 75-74 win over Kentucky at home and boost its NCAA Tournament hopes. KeyShawn Murphy scored 17 of his career-high 25 points after halftime and Auburn got a tip-in from Elyjah Freeman with 1.2 seconds to play to clai...

No. 11 Gonzaga struggles to put away Pacific as Graham Ike sets mark
Graham Ike scored 20 points to break a school record as No. 11 Gonzaga held off pesky Pacific for a 71-62 West Coast Conference victory Saturday night in Spokane, Wash.,Davis Fogle added 18 points off the bench, Emmanuel Innocenti scored 13 and reserve Tyon Grant-Foster had 10 for the Bulldogs (27-2...

UCF's Themus Fulks delivers clutch free throws to edge Utah
Themus Fulks' two free throws broke a 71-all tie with 3.7 seconds left, and UCF held on to win their first-ever visit to Utah by beating the Utes 73-71 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,The point guard, who netted a game-high 24 points and had four assists, lifted the Knights (19-7, 8-6 Big 12) t...

Sam Surridge scores twice, Nashville opens season with New England rout
Sam Surridge scored a pair of first-half goals on Saturday night to help propel Nashville SC to a 4-1 victory over the visiting New England Revolution in each team's regular-season opener on Saturday,Surridge, who had his contract extended through the 2027-28 season earlier in the day, began the new...

Petar Musa scores twice, including tiebreaker, as FC Dallas beat Toronto FC
Petar Musa's brace Saturday night, including a tiebreaker in the 74th minute, lifted FC Dallas to a 3-2 win over visiting Toronto FC in each team's MLS opener in Frisco, Texas.,The match-winner came moments after Toronto was unable to clear the ball out of danger. Logan Farrington got possession on ...

Donovan Dent goes end to end as UCLA tops No. 10 Illinois at the buzzer
Donovan Dent drove the length of court for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to give UCLA an electric 95-94 overtime victory over No. 10 Illinois in Big Ten play on Saturday night in Los Angeles.,Dent had 14 points and a career-high 15 assists in helping the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) h...

Texas A&M emerges with win over Oklahoma as offenses struggle
Rashaun Agee scored 18 points to lead Texas A&M to a 75-71 win over Oklahoma on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference game in Norman, Okla.,The Aggies won despite missing nine of their last 10 shots.,The Sooners trailed by nine, their largest deficit of the game, with just more than six minutes rema...

Late Minnesota equalizer sets up season-opening draw vs. Austin
Kelvin Yeboah's headed goal on a pass from Devin Padelford in the 90th minute helped Minnesota United come away with a 2-2 draw against host Austin FC on Saturday in the season-opening match for both teams., ,Yeboah waited unmarked in front of the net for Padelford's pass, directing the shot past Au...

Providence holds off DePaul to snap brief losing streak
Jaylin Sellers had 21 points while Stefan Vaaks scored 14, including a key 3-pointer in the closing minutes, as visiting Providence held on for a 71-68 win over DePaul in Big East play Saturday night at Chicago.,Jason Edwards added 17 points off the bench for the Friars (12-15, 5-11), who overcame 1...

Guilherme nets pair as Dynamo rally past Fire
Guilherme scored twice in his MLS debut, and the Houston Dynamo rallied for a 2-1 win against the visiting Chicago Fire in the season opener for both clubs on Saturday.,The Brazilian, signed as a designated player, was one of several key additions for the Dynamo (1-0-0, 3 points) in the offseason.,H...

Heat win big to continue Grizzlies' misery
Andrew Wiggins poured in 28 points and Norman Powell 25 as the host Miami Heat defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 136-120 on Saturday night.,The Heat, who improved to 17-11 at home, also got 14 points and a game-high-tying six assists from Tyler Herro, who played just his second game since missing more ...

Spurs hand woeful Kings their 16th straight loss
Victor Wembanyama racked up 28 points, 15 rebounds, six assists and four blocked shots to lead a balanced San Antonio attack in a 139-122 win over the hapless Sacramento Kings on Saturday in Austin, Texas, the Spurs' home away from home.,The Spurs led by eight points at halftime and 11 after three q...

Jalen Duren leads the way in return as Pistons extend Bulls' skid
Jalen Duren had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris scored 18 points apiece to lead the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 126-110 defeat of the skidding Chicago Bulls on Saturday.,Detroit forced 23 Chicago turnovers while sending the Bulls to their season-worst eighth straig...

ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz triumphs in Doha
Carlos Alcaraz needed just 50 minutes to capture the Qatar ExxonMobil Open title as he earned a 6-2, 6-1 victory over France's Arthur Fils on Saturday in Doha.,Building on his triumph at the Australian Open, the top-seeded Spaniard won 88.9% (24 of 27) of his first serves and allowed the unseeded Fi...

Ilia Malinin highlights dangers of social media in gala performance
MILAN, Italy -- Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating program at the Milan Cortina Games.,Barely a week on from his shock eighth-place finish in...