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Nuggets visit Hornets, look to curtail turnovers
The Denver Nuggets won't have a winless road trip, but they would like to return home with more than one victory on the trek.,To do so, they must take down the host Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night on the last stop of Denver's five-game road stretch.,The Nuggets doused a season-worst three-game l...
Syracuse, facing Cal, looks for Bay Area split
Syracuse aims to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday when it wraps up a West Coast trip with a game against Cal in Berkeley, Calif.,The Orange (9-12, 3-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened the road swing with a 70-61 loss to Stanford on Wednesday. Despite the result, Syracuse might have found a ...
Markus Burton, Notre Dame aim to pick on skidding Miami
Markus Burton and Notre Dame hope to keep their hot streaks going against Miami on Saturday in Coral Gables. Fla.,The Fighting Irish (10-10, 4-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) are coming off a 71-68 home win against Georgia Tech on Tuesday, when Burton scored a game-high 26 points. He hit 9 of 17 shots ...
Texas gets rare non-Top 25 matchup against LSU
Texas is getting used to playing ranked teams as part of its first season in the Southeastern Conference.,The Longhorns (14-7, 3-5 SEC) have played four straight games and seven of the past eight against ranked opponents in league play. They will get a rare break in that department when they face LS...
Stanford takes 4-game win streak into matchup with SMU
Coaches who were former Pac-12 Conference rivals will attempt to continue successful first-year runs with new teams when Stanford faces SMU at Dallas in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Saturday night.,Former Washington State coach Kyle Smith has led Stanford (15-6, 7-3 ACC) into the upper ti...
Canucks keep dealing, get Marcus Pettersson, Drew O'Connor from Pens
The Vancouver Canucks further reshaped their lineup by acquiring defenseman Marcus Pettersson and forward Drew O'Connor from Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.,The Penguins will get forward Danton Heinen, defenseman Vincent Desharnais, the New York Rangers' 2025 first-round draft pick (conditional...
Knicks ready for Lakers, nemesis LeBron James
One game before LeBron James made his annual visit to Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks were reminded yet again that Jalen Brunson is finally the James-esque superstar they've been searching for since James entered the NBA.,Brunson will look to help the Knicks remain perfect on a five-game ...
Reports: Dejounte Murray sustains torn Achilles
Veteran New Orleans guard Dejounte Murray tore his right Achilles tendon during the Pelicans' Friday game against the visiting Boston Celtics and will miss the rest of the season, ESPN and veteran NBA journalist Chris Haynes reported.,With four minutes remaining in the first quarter, Murray grabbed ...
Fortified Flames face Red Wings, who have won 4 straight
The new-look Calgary Flames will continue their push for a playoff berth when they host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.,During Calgary's 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, the club acquired forwards Morgan Frost and winger Joel Farabee, both expected to be second- and third-line skat...
Reports: Mercury acquire Satou Sabally in another blockbuster
The WNBA's busy offseason continues to steamroll ahead, with another big trade going down a day before deals can even be made official.,According to multiple reports, the Phoenix Mercury acquired two-time All-Star forward Satou Sabally from the Dallas Wings as part of a three-team trade on Friday ni...
Report: Jags interviewing Grant Udinski, 29, for OC gig
Grant Udinski, a 29-year-old Minnesota Vikings assistant coach, interviewed for the Jacksonville Jaguars' vacant offensive coordinator job, NFL.com reported on Friday.,A day earlier, ESPN reported that Udinski interviewed to be the Houston Texans' offensive coordinator. Per the reports, Udinski has ...
Kraken C Yanni Gourde (hernia surgery) out 5 to 7 weeks
Trade talk regarding Yanni Gourde is likely to lessen after the Seattle Kraken center underwent surgery Friday to fix a sports hernia.,The team announced that Gourde would be sidelined five to seven weeks, a timeframe that extends past the March 7 NHL trade deadline.,Gourde last played on Jan. 2, an...
John Calipari preparing for boos when Arkansas visits No. 12 Kentucky
The atmosphere promises to be charged when Arkansas meets No. 12 Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.,The Wildcats are returning home after an uplifting win at No. 8 Tennessee. It's a prime-time national TV game. And, most of all, it is the first trip back to Rupp Arena for Arkansas coach John Cal...
Thunder to face Kings, eye bounce-back from recent inconsistency
Even though the losses are fewer and further between for the Oklahoma City Thunder these days, star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander still finds them hard to stomach.,"It feels a lot worse," Gilgeous-Alexander said after Wednesday's loss to the host Golden State Warriors. The Thunder dropped their third game...
Reports: Cowboys hiring Cards' Klayton Adams as OC
The Dallas Cowboys are hiring Arizona Cardinals offensive line coach Klayton Adams to be their new offensive coordinator, multiple media outlets reported Friday.,He would replace Brian Schottenheimer, who earlier this month was promoted to head coach after the Cowboys parted ways with Mike McCarthy ...
No. 13 Texas A&M aims to crash glass vs. struggling South Carolina
No. 13 Texas A&M aims to lean on its strengths and move up in the league standings when it battles struggling South Carolina on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference contest in Columbia, S.C., ,The Aggies (16-5, 5-3 SEC) have won three of their past four games, including a gritty 75-68 decision at h...
Wimbledon board member: 'Zero appetite' to expand to 15 days
While three of the four Grand Slam tennis events are operating with the belief that bigger is better in terms of scheduling, Wimbledon won't be adding a 15th day.,All England Lawn Tennis Club board member Tim Henman, a four-time Wimbledon semifinalist, said the grass-court major has "zero appetite" ...
Rangers acquire F J.T. Miller from Canucks
The New York Rangers landed forward J.T. Miller from the Vancouver Canucks in a five-player trade Friday night.,Miller, defenseman Erik Brannstrom and defense prospect Jackson Dorrington are headed from Vancouver to New York in exchange for veteran forward Filip Chytil, defenseman Victor Mancini and...
Former MVP Nneka Ogwumike returning to Storm
Nneka Ogwumike is returning to the Seattle Storm in 2025, her sister and ESPN analyst Chiney Ogwumike revealed Friday.,Nneka Ogwumike was the 2016 WNBA Most Valuable Player amid a decorated career with the Los Angeles Sparks. In free agency before the 2024 season, she left the Sparks for Seattle.,Og...
Rockets hope All-Star C Alperen Sengun plays vs. Nets
Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun earned his first career All-Star selection on Thursday, but the fourth-year veteran's achievement came on a rough day for him and his team.,Not only did Sengun miss a game for the first time this season due to a bruised calf, but the Rockets fell 120-119 at Memp...