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Fresh off jolting rival, No. 14 UNC turns attention to Miami
If North Carolina coach Hubert Davis is hyped, imagine what his players must be feeling.,The 14th-ranked Tar Heels (19-4, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) are set to visit Miami (18-5, 7-3) for a conference tilt on Tuesday night. The game could represent an emotional challenge for North Carolina, as t...
Limping to All-Star break, Timberwolves hope Hawks can cure ills
The Minnesota Timberwolves have two games left before the NBA All-Star break.,That's not much time to snap out of weeklong slump.,Minnesota will try to bounce back on short rest when it tips off against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves are coming off a 115-96 loss a...
Reports: Mets signing OF MJ Melendez
The New York Mets are signing free agent outfielder MJ Melendez to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million with an additional $500,000 in incentives, according to multiple reports on Sunday.,Melendez, 27, batted just .083 (5-for-60) last season with one home run and one RBI in 23 games with the Kansa...
Amid whispers of tanking, Jazz wrap road trip at Heat
Losers of 18 of their last 22 games, the Utah Jazz are playing for next season.,On Monday night, the Jazz will visit the Miami Heat to conclude a five-game stretch on the road, where they are just 6-20 this season. And just how focused Utah will be on the task at hand provides the backdrop for the g...
Super Bowl LXI: Seahawks set as early favorite to repeat
Super Bowl LXI in the Los Angeles area falls on Valentine's Day next year, and 31 teams will again be going home with heartbreak. ,With a little more than a year to go, sportsbooks are still feeling a lot of love for the NFC West. ,The newly-crowned champion Seattle Seahawks are favored on consensus...
Seattle's Kenneth Walker III runs to Super Bowl glory, MVP honors
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- When the Seattle Seahawks won their first Super Bowl title 12 years ago, a 43-8 thrashing of the Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos, the Most Valuable Player award could have landed in a number of different players' hands. Little-known linebacker Malcolm Smith was the winner, h...
ACC fines North Carolina $50K for court-storming vs. Duke
The Atlantic Coast Conference fined North Carolina $50,000 on Sunday after fans stormed the court in the No. 14 Tar Heels' 71-68 upset of No. 4 Duke one night earlier in Chapel Hill, N.C.,Duke coach Jon Scheyer had said at his postgame news conference that members of his staff were punched by people...
Bucks sign former Nets G Cam Thomas
The Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday signed free agent guard Cam Thomas, who had been waived by the Brooklyn Nets after the trade deadline on Thursday.,Thomas, 24, had a sometimes sour relationship with the Nets and signed a $5.9 million qualifying offer last summer after he and the team could not agree to...
Trendon Watford making impressions as 76ers close trip at Blazers
The Philadelphia 76ers aim to wrap up a five-game road trip in style when they face the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.,Philadelphia is 3-1 on the Western trip and has won six of its last seven overall games. The 76ers have won by double digits four times during the seven-game run.,Philadelp...
Without star guards, Spencer brothers take Grizzlies-Warriors spotlight
Two teams adapting to life without their star point guard try out their new look on one another Monday night when the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors duel in San Francisco.,Memphis' Ja Morant is expected to miss a 10th straight game because of an elbow injury, and Golden State's Stephen ...
Short-handed Thunder look for others to step up against Lakers
The Oklahoma City Thunder again will be without star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as they try to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season in a visit to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.,Gilgeous-Alexander has missed two games with an abdominal injury as the Thunder lost to the San A...
James Harden learning on the fly for Cavaliers, who visit Nuggets next
James Harden celebrated his Cleveland Cavaliers debut with a win at Sacramento on Saturday night, but he and his new team will have a tougher challenge when Cleveland visits the Denver Nuggets on Monday night.,Harden had 23 points and eight assists in the Cavaliers' 132-126 win over the Kings despit...
No. 1 Arizona brings streak into showdown at No. 11 Kansas
No. 1 Arizona enters its game at No. 11 Kansas on Monday with the best start in program and Big 12 history, topping the Jayhawks' performance in 1996-97.,Arizona (23-0, 10-0 Big 12) also has achieved the longest winning streak in its history. Its nine straight weeks ranked No. 1 is also a program re...
Cortina smiles on US skier Breezy Johnson after previous pain
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Cortina d'Ampezzo's Olimpia della Tofane piste wrecked Breezy Johnson's Olympic downhill hopes four years ago but made amends on Sunday, even if the gold medal came apart minutes after being hung round her neck.,Johnson held up the separated components - the chunky medal,...
Reports: North Dakota State joining Mountain West
North Dakota State has reached an agreement to join the Mountain West Conference for football, multiple outlets reported on Sunday.,The Bison, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) heavyweight over the last 15 years with 10 national championships over that span, have long been rumored to be a ca...
Lindsey Vonn situation sparks debate in Olympic skiing community
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The question of whether Lindsey Vonn should have started the Olympic downhill race on Sunday has expanded beyond a single athlete or race, exposing a deeper tension at the core of elite sport: who decides when an injured competitor is fit to compete and what message that ...
Indiana rolling while Oregon hopes to avoid 10th straight loss
Winners of four of its last five games, Indiana is out for more as it hosts struggling Oregon on Monday night in Bloomington, Ind.,The Hoosiers (16-8, 7-6 Big Ten) are coming off a 78-77 overtime win over visiting Wisconsin in which guard Lamar Wilkerson scored his team's final 10 points, including ...
'Feels like yesterday': Time flies for Games veteran Sidney Crosby
MILAN, Italy -- Sidney Crosby waited 12 years to be back at the Olympics but the Canada captain said on Sunday that he sometimes felt as though no time had passed, as he stepped onto the ice at the Milan Cortina Games for the first time.,Future Hall of Famer Crosby is in the minority as a returning ...
US wins 2nd straight team figure skating gold over Japan, Italy
MILAN, Italy -- "Quad God" Ilia Malinin vaulted the United States above Japan and to the top of the podium at the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday to cap a thrilling team competition that saw host Italy seize bronze.,With the U.S. and Japan tied going into the men's free skate, the 21-year-old Malinin ...
Ilia Malinin rises to pressure of Team USA's golden hopes
MILAN, Italy -- Ilia Malinin stepped onto the ice knowing figure skating's Olympic team event hinged on him - and then delivered just enough to haul the United States past Japan and onto the top step of the podium at the Milano Cortina Games.,Italy, feeding off a roaring home crowd, claimed a hard-e...