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Golden Knights G Adin Hill signs 6-year, $37.5M deal
The Vegas Golden Knights signed goaltender Adin Hill to a six-year, $37.5 million contract on Friday, an average annual value of $6.25 million.,Hill, 28, is 24-11-4 in 39 games this season with a 2.53 goals-against average and .906 save percentage. His four shutouts are a career high, as are his win...
Liberty star Breanna Stewart has minor knee procedure
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart is expected to be ready for training camp following a minor procedure on her right knee.,The two-time WNBA MVP forward underwent meniscus surgery on Thursday, per multiple reports. The defending champion Liberty begin training camp on April 27.,Stewart, 30, post...
Luka Doncic, undermanned Lakers have tall task vs. Nuggets
The Los Angeles Lakers surged to the second seed in the Western Conference with an eight-game winning streak, but that was when LeBron James was healthy.,The NBA's all-time leading scorer has missed the last two games with a groin strain, and that has coincided with a three-game skid for Los Angeles...
No. 5 Alabama makes SEC tournament debut vs. No. 15 Kentucky
Alabama knows that neither success nor failure in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville is necessarily a predictor of what will happen in the NCAA Tournament., ,The No. 5-ranked Crimson Tide (24-7) have won the conference tournament twice in the last four seasons but didn't advance pas...
Suns sinking fast as they prepare to host Kings
The Phoenix Suns have yet to wave the white flag on their highly disappointing season.,But sinking fast and sitting six games below .500 with just 16 games remaining, the Suns could be moving closer to the inevitable if they should lose at home to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.,Phoenix has dr...
Hanwha Life Esports unbeaten entering First Stand playoffs
Hanwha Life Esports finished a 4-0 round-robin stage with a 2-1 win Friday against Team Liquid at the 2025 First Stand Tournament in Seoul, South Korea.,Four teams advanced to the best-of-five knockout stage of Riot Games' $1 million League of Legends event, where the winner of Sunday' grand final w...
Dustin Johnson opens with 3-shot lead at Singapore
Dustin Johnson leads by three shots after a bogey-free 63 in Friday's opening round at the LIV Golf Singapore tournament at Sentosa Golf Club.,The 8-under round marked the lowest relative to par in 109 rounds on the circuit for the 4Aces GC captain.,The two-time major winner recorded five of his eig...
No. 13 Louisville meets No. 10 Clemson in ACC semifinals
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- No. 13-ranked Louisville and No. 10 Clemson found satisfaction in their results while realizing they were challenged in their first games of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.,Expect another tussle when the teams meet in a tournament semifinal Friday night.,Clemson (27-5), ...
New York Yankees Face Uncertain Future After Gerrit Cole Injury
Gerrit Cole is having Tommy John surgery, and the New York Yankees future is uncertain without one of their mainstay pitchers....
After splitting Big Ten season games, No. 20 Purdue, No. 22 Michigan meet again
Third-seeded Michigan opens its Big Ten tournament with a quarterfinal matchup against sixth-seeded Purdue in Indianapolis on Friday, trying to advance but also attempting to return to the win column ahead of the NCAA Tournament. ,No. 22-ranked Michigan (22-9) fell out of the Big Ten's regular-seaso...
JT Toppin, No. 9 Texas Tech take aim at Arizona
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The top four seeds advanced to Friday's Big 12 tournament semifinals, with third-seeded Arizona knocking off No. 6 seed Kansas 88-77 in the final game of action Thursday night. ,The Wildcats (21-11) will face second-seeded and No. 9-ranked Texas Tech (25-7) on Friday night.,The R...
Islanders face Oilers while trying to hang on in wild-card race
There were plenty of valid reasons why the New York Islanders lost two of three games on their recent West Coast road trip.,But now the Islanders know they are in must-win mode the rest of the season, no matter how undermanned or bedraggled they might become.,The Islanders will attempt to stay on th...
Chris Godwin Bets on Tampa Bay Buccaneers Over Bigger Payday
Chris Godwin re-signs with the Buccaneers on a $66 million deal, choosing loyalty and family over a bigger Patriots offer....
Creighton looks to top UConn, play for long-awaited Big East title
NEW YORK -- Ryan Kalkbrenner has spent this week anticipating another chance to play for a Big East championship.,The four-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year is one step closer to achieving his goal, but standing in second-seeded Creighton's way is a semifinal matchup with third-seeded UConn...
Hot Wolves host Magic, look to conjure up seventh straight win
Minnesota Timberwolves players are brimming with confidence as they return home. ,A six-game winning streak will do that -- especially when the latest victory was a 20-point thumping Wednesday of the Denver Nuggets on the road. ,The Timberwolves will go for their seventh straight win when they tip o...
No. 11 Maryland takes on No. 24 Illinois in Big Ten tournament
Getting the second seed for the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis might be the classic good-news, bad-news situation for Maryland, which will play its first tournament game Friday evening, against seventh-seeded Illinois.,The good news? Not only did the No. 11-ranked Terrapins (24-7) get...
No. 17 BYU pits its offense against No. 2 Houston, top defense
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- BYU showed its firepower in a 96-92 win over Iowa State in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.,But No. 17-ranked BYU (24-8) -- the fourth seed in the tournament -- could have more difficulty putting points on the board Friday night when it faces top-seeded Houston (2...
No. 6 St. John's aims for sweep of No. 25 Marquette, berth in final
NEW YORK -- In two memorable regular-season games, St. John's went toe-to-toe and outlasted Marquette. ,Whoever makes enough plays to win the third meeting will get a chance to play for the Big East tournament championship.,Top-seeded St. John's (28-4) will attempt to advance to the title game for t...
Rested UCLA makes Big Ten tournament debut vs. No. 18 Wisconsin
Fourth-seeded UCLA will open its first Big Ten tournament on Friday afternoon with a quarterfinal matchup against fifth-seeded and No. 18-ranked Wisconsin in Indianapolis. ,Wisconsin (24-8) advanced with a 70-63 win over Northwestern in Thursday's second round. Nolan Winter and John Tonje each score...
No. 4 Florida has high hopes ahead of game vs. No. 21 Missouri
Second-seeded Florida can rest easy this week knowing an early departure from the Southeastern Conference tournament wouldn't hurt the school's NCAA Tournament seeding.,But Gators coach Todd Golden sees it the opposite way -- seeding improvement is part of his plan when Florida opens play in Friday'...