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Happy to be home, streaking Spurs to get challenge from Clippers
The San Antonio Spurs' stamina will be tested as they look to draw closer to the top spot in the Western Conference when they host the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.,It's the second game of a home back-to-back and the first of three between the teams over the final weeks of the season. The Spurs en...
Suns brace for Zion Williamson, Pelicans after disappointing loss
The Phoenix Suns will look to regroup Friday against the visiting New Orleans Pelicans, a team that seems to have found its rhythm just as the Suns are struggling to find theirs.,The Suns enter the second game of a back-to-back after a disappointing 105-103 home loss to the Chicago Bulls, who not on...
No break time for No. 13 Virginia with rival Virginia Tech visiting
No. 13 Virginia will face a couple of mental hurdles when it wraps up a successful Atlantic Coast Conference regular season Saturday at home against Virginia Tech in Charlottesville, Va., ,First, there's a risk of complacency. The Cavaliers (26-4, 14-3) have already clinched the No. 2 seed and a dou...
No. 7 Houston visits Oklahoma State, as Cougars eye Big 12 position
No. 7 Houston will close out Big 12 play Saturday in its first look this season at Oklahoma State.,The Cougars (25-5, 13-4) seek a third straight victory after a three-game losing streak but travel to Stillwater knowing they cannot catch conference champ Arizona. The No. 2 Wildcats have just two set...
At BC, desperate Notre Dame needs rare road win, more help to extend season
Visiting Notre Dame will attempt to keep its ACC tournament hopes alive Saturday at Boston College in the final game of the regular season for both teams.,Wednesday's 86-78 loss to Stanford left Notre Dame (13-17, 4-13) with no wiggle room. In addition to beating Boston College (10-20, 3-14 ACC), th...
Orange wrap regular season, attempt to ramp Pitt into ACC tourney
Syracuse and Pitt conclude disappointing regular seasons Saturday when the Orange host the Panthers in ACC action.,The Orange (15-15, 6-11 ACC) are limping to the finish line with four straight defeats, including a 77-62 setback against Louisville on Tuesday. Naithan George scored 16 points and Nate...
Shohei Ohtani crushes grand slam as Japan cruises past Taiwan in WBC
Shohei Ohtani belted a grand slam and added an RBI single during a 10-run second inning, fueling defending champion Japan to a 13-0 victory over Taiwan on Friday in a pool play game during the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo.,The 10 runs were the most scored in an inning in WBC history.,Ohtani, who ...
Knicks pursue season sweep of Nuggets in opener of 5-game trek
After outlasting the Nuggets in double overtime four weeks ago, the New York Knicks will vie for the season sweep when they visit Denver on Friday night.,Jalen Brunson collected 42 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in New York's 134-127 victory over Denver on Feb. 4. ,He is coming off a tough ...
Rockets tasked with improving communication vs. Blazers
Given the vulnerability of their opponent on Thursday, the Houston Rockets were positioned to open a crucial stretch of home games with a victory that could prove beneficial in their pursuit of the third seed in the Western Conference.,Instead, the Rockets fell behind early against the short-handed ...
Heat face tall task in cooling off red-hot Hornets
Two teams that have been finding the right gear at an ideal time will meet when the Miami Heat visit the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night.,The Hornets carry a six-game winning streak -- the longest active streak in the NBA -- into the game after Wednesday's 118-89 thumping of the host Boston Celtic...
Celtics await Jayson Tatum's possible return vs. Mavericks
The Boston Celtics may have a much different look when they face the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.,Jayson Tatum was upgraded to questionable on Boston's injury report on Thursday, fueling speculation that he may play in an NBA game for the first time since he tore his right Achilles ten...
Red Wings focus on avoiding letup vs. skidding Panthers
The Detroit Red Wings wasted a chance on Wednesday to collect two valuable points. They will try not to make the same mistake on Friday when they host the Florida Panthers.,Detroit had a 3-1 lead against road-weary Vegas, which was playing its third game in four nights. The Golden Knights rallied wi...
Cloud9 outlast RED Canids in LoL Americas Cup lower bracket
Cloud9 eked out a 3-2 win over RED Canids in the lower-bracket semifinal of the League of Legends Americas Cup on Thursday in Sao Paulo.,The result sends Cloud9 through to the lower-bracket final on Saturday against the loser of the Friday upper-bracket final featuring FURIA and Sentinels.,The four-...
Jets top Lightning as Connor Hellebuyck outduels Andrei Vasilevskiy
Connor Hellebuyck won a battle between elite goaltenders, Morgan Barron and Mark Scheifele scored second-period goals and the Winnipeg Jets topped the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Thursday night.,In a matchup between two of the five active Vezina Trophy-winning goalies, Hellebuyck made 26 sav...
Grigor Dimitrov advances to meet Carlos Alcaraz in Indian Wells
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov battled for a three-set win over France's Terence Atmane on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., earning a second-round matchup against top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz.,Dimitrov prevailed 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the rematch of an opening-round contest last week at ...
Curtis Mead's homer sends Australia to WBC win over Czech Republic
Curtis Mead hit a three-run homer in the third inning, powering Australia to a 5-1 win over the Czech Republic on Friday in a World Baseball Classic Pool C game at Tokyo.,The Aussies moved to 2-0 in the round-robin phase with games against defending champion Japan and South Korea remaining. The Czec...
Zion Williamson, Pelicans send Kings to NBA-high 50th loss
Zion Williamson scored 23 points, six teammates chipped in with double-digit point totals and the visiting New Orleans used a big third quarter to distance themselves from the Sacramento Kings en route to a 133-123 victory on Thursday.,Trey Murphy III had 21 points and Saddiq Bey 20 for the Pelicans...
Artemi Panarin, Kings hand Islanders another Southern California loss
Artemi Panarin scored his first goal for the Kings, helping Los Angeles to a 5-3 win against the visiting New York Islanders on Thursday night.,Panarin, Adrian Kempe and Mikey Anderson each had a goal and an assist, Samuel Helenius and Alex Laferriere also scored, Brandt Clarke had two assists and D...
No. 3 Michigan edges Iowa to go undefeated in Big Ten road games
Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. each scored 16 points Thursday night and No. 3 Michigan became the first Big Ten Conference team in 50 years to go unbeaten on the road in league play with a 71-68 victory over Iowa.,Aday Mara added 14 for the Wolverines (28-2, 18-1), including a tie-breaking du...