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Hilary Knight, Evan Bates to carry US flag at closing ceremony
Gold-medal winners Hilary Knight and Evan Bates were selected as flagbearers and will lead the United States delegation in the closing ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday.,Knight, captain of the U.S. women's hockey team, scored the game-tying goal late in the gold-medal game agains...

Reports: Toronto FC acquire Josh Sargent in $22M deal
Norwich City forward Josh Sargent is headed to Toronto FC, with the MLS club paying an acquisition fee in the range of $22 million, according to multiple reports Friday.,The U.S. international had been mired in a protracted saga with Norwich since making himself unavailable for the FA Cup game again...

Orioles INF Jordan Westburg has partial UCL tear
Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg will be out through at least April due to a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, Baltimore president of baseball operations Mike Elias told reporters Friday.,Westburg will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection Friday with the hope of ...

Report: Rams tab Nate Scheelhaase, Dave Ragone as co-OCs
The Los Angeles Rams are promoting from in-house by naming passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase and quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone as the team's co-offensive coordinators, ESPN reported on Friday morning.,Los Angeles found itself without an offensive coordinator after Mike LaFleur left to accep...

Graham Ike pursues school record as No. 11 Gonzaga hosts Pacific
Gonzaga coach Mark Few isn't known for uttering superlatives.,So his response when looking at the stat sheet from Wednesday night's 80-59 victory at San Francisco came as a bit of a surprise.,"It was good -- it was very, very good and spread out," Few said.,High acclaim, indeed.,Graham Ike scored 22...

No. 3 Duke set to test mettle vs. top-ranked Michigan
A neutral-court, non-conference game between Duke and Michigan sounded like a big deal when it was announced during the offseason.,Now it might be even bigger than anticipated.,The third-ranked Blue Devils and No. 1 Wolverines will jockey for position atop the AP Top 25 poll when they clash Saturday...

Deni Avdija, Blazers eager to go again, starting with Nuggets
The Portland Trail Blazers are taking pride that they are in the running for postseason play after the All-Star break, as they haven't participated in the playoffs since the 2020-21 season.,The Trail Blazers resume play with a tough home test on Friday night against the Denver Nuggets.,A 27-29 recor...

No. 21 Louisville can't afford slip-up against Georgia Tech
No. 21 Louisville took just its second loss to an unranked team all season on Tuesday. It came at a costly time as the Cardinals are vying for position across a crowded top half of the Atlantic Coast Conference.,Before finishing the season with three games against teams that are above them in the AC...

No. 14 Virginia, Miami set for ACC second-place showdown
Second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference will be on the line Saturday afternoon when Miami visits No. 14 Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.,The Cavaliers (23-3, 11-2 ACC) and the Hurricanes (21-5, 10-3) trail only No. 3 Duke in the league standings.,Virginia is 12-1 at home and is riding a seven-...

Bennedict Mathurin (38) lifts Clippers to tight win over Nuggets
Bennedict Mathurin scored a season-high 38 points in his home debut for the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard added 23 in a 115-114 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday at Inglewood, Calif.,Derrick Jones Jr. produced 22 points and John Collins had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippe...

Magic set 3-pointer mark, send Kings to record 15th straight loss
Paolo Banchero scored 30 points and the Orlando Magic set a franchise record with 27 3-pointers while routing the host Sacramento Kings 131-94 on Thursday night.,Sacramento set a franchise record with its 15th consecutive loss. The former Cincinnati Royals twice had 14-game skids -- in the 1959-60 a...

Brandon Ingram scores 31 as Raptors take down Bulls again
Brandon Ingram scored 31 points to fuel the visiting Toronto Raptors to a 110-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.,Ingram added eight rebounds and six assists to help the Raptors defeat the Bulls for the second time this month. He scored 33 points in Toronto's 123-107 home victory over Ch...

Sporting KC trade F Daniel Salloi to Toronto
Toronto FC finalized a deal to acquire Hungarian winger Daniel Salloi from Sporting Kansas City on Thursday.,In exchange, Sporting KC received $300,000 in general allocation money and $700,000 in add-ons. Kansas City also would get a portion of the proceeds if Toronto moves Salloi to another club.,T...

CONCACAF Champions Cup: Galaxy draw in first leg at Panama
Joseph Paintsil's 68th-minute goal allowed the Los Angeles Galaxy to salvage a 1-1 draw against Sporting San Miguelito on Thursday in the opening leg of a first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup series at Penonome, Panama.,The finale of the two-game, total-goal series is scheduled for Wednesday in Carson...

Joe Gibbs Racing files $8M lawsuit against ex-competition director
Joe Gibbs Racing, in a lawsuit filed Thursday in the Western District of North Carolina, accused its former competition director, Chris Gabehart, of sharing confidential information and trade secrets with a competing team.,The suit seeks damages of at least $8 million.,Gabehart put in 13 years at JG...

Reports: NBA plans to add anti-tanking rules next season
In response to the persistence and increase in NBA teams allegedly tanking to ensure better draft-lottery odds, commissioner Adam Silver told all 30 general managers that the league will make rule changes to combat the practice starting next season, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.,The l...

Aaron Rai on top, Rory McIlroy 1 back at rain-delayed Genesis
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- Aaron Rai of England held a one-shot lead at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday at Riviera Country Club despite being unable to complete his round during a rainy and windy day.,Rai was at 6 under par through 16 holes before the rain-delayed opening round was halted by ...

Tyler Reddick's Daytona 500 win scores massive ratings for Fox
Tyler Reddick's victory in the 2026 Daytona 500 scored massive ratings for Fox Sports, which saw an 11% increase over last year's race.,The 7.489 million viewers for the race out-paced every non-prime Winter Olympics window on broadcast and cable and was the most-watched NASCAR race since the 2023 D...

No. 17 St. John's wants to stop Creighton's upset streak at one
After Wednesday's events that featured some help from its next opponent, the path to the top seed in the Big East tournament has become clear for No. 17 St. John's.,In sole possession of the conference lead for the first time this season, the Red Storm attempt to push their winning streak to 13 game...

Alysa Liu caps comeback with gold, ends US women’s figure skating drought
MILAN -- Alysa Liu produced a dazzling performance to win the gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games as she capped a remarkable comeback journey to snap a 20-year Olympic medal drought for Americans in the women's figure skating event.,Kaori Sakamoto secured silver ahead of teenaged Japanese teammate...