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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...
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'...
Zakai Zeigler, No. 8 Tennessee look to take down Texas
Zakai Zeigler has become one of the most beloved players in Tennessee basketball history. ,On Friday, the 5-foot-9 point guard could make program history when the fourth-seeded Volunteers (25-6) take on 13th-seeded Texas (19-14) in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashv...
No. 3 Auburn aims to get back on track vs. Ole Miss
Auburn accomplished quite a bit during the regular season -- Southeastern Conference champion, top-ranked for seven straight weeks, a virtual lock as a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.,But after losing their last two regular-season games, the No. 3-ranked Tigers (27-4) feel they have impo...
No. 16 Memphis to begin next stage with clash vs. Wichita State
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway views this season as a play in two parts. ,The first act -- in which the Tigers captured the American Athletic Conference regular-season title -- was a resounding success.,"We did something special," Hardaway said.,As for the second act, well, that is about to begin.,The...
Hot sides clash as No. 7 Michigan St. opposes No. 23 Oregon
Projected as the Big Ten's fifth-best team in the preseason, Michigan State made a mockery of the official media poll by winning the regular-season title by three games.,The seventh-ranked Spartans played so well down the stretch -- beating five Top 25 opponents during their active seven-game winnin...
With Cooper Flagg ailing, UNC seeks upset of No. 1 Duke
CHARLOTTE -- North Carolina will play in a game that might largely define its season Friday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals.,Yet the Tar Heels (22-12) aren't likely to be the main storyline when going against top-ranked Duke.,The Blue Devils (23-9) might be without ACC P...
Kentucky PG Lamont Butler exits due to ailing shoulder
Kentucky standout point guard Lamont Butler exited the Wildcats' Southeastern Conference tournament second-round game against Oklahoma on Thursday after he aggravated his left shoulder injury.,Butler was hurt just past the midway point of the first half and missed the rest of the game. Wildcats coac...
LIV Golf announces broadcast partnership for much of world
LIV Golf's broadcast reach will extend to Japan, Canada and much of Europe thanks to a multiyear partnership with London-based sports entertainment platform DAZN, the golf league and streaming service announced on Thursday.,The 3-year-old league, which landed a contract with Fox Sports for U.S. broa...