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Tomas Hertl's OT tally caps Knights' comeback against Red Wings
Tomas Hertl scored a 4-on-3 power-play goal 2:11 into overtime as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday.,Hertl took a pass from Mitch Marner at the bottom of the right circle and then buried a spinning wrist sh...
Kon Kneuppel, Hornets manhandle Celtics for 6th consecutive victory
Kon Kneuppel tossed in 20 points as the visiting Charlotte Hornets beat the Boston Celtics 118-89 on Wednesday for their sixth consecutive win.,LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller each added 18 points for Charlotte, which received 17 points and six assists from Coby White. Moussa Diabate finished with ni...
Chet Holmgren, Thunder hold off Knicks
Chet Holmgren poured in 28 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 26 as the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a late charge to beat the New York Knicks 103-100 on the road Wednesday night.,The Thunder led by seven with just more than a minute remaining, but the Knicks had a chance to send the game t...
Hot-shooting Ohio State crushes Penn State
John Mobley Jr. matched his career high with 28 points and Ohio State shot 66.7% from the field in a 94-62 rout of Penn State in State College, Pa., on Wednesday.,Mobley exemplified the hot shooting for the Buckeyes (19-11, 11-8 Big Ten) by going 8 of 9 from 3-point range, his ninth game this season...
No. 22 Miami clinches third place in ACC with victory at SMU
Tre Donaldson scored 17 points and Malik Reneau added 14 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 22 Miami beat short-handed SMU 77-69 on Wednesday in a late-season Atlantic Coast Conference clash at Dallas.,The win guaranteed Miami (24-6, 13-4 ACC) a third-place finish in the conference standings and a d...
Cal rallies in second half to avoid upset at Georgia Tech
Dai Dai Ames scored 18 points on Wednesday night to help California earn a pivotal 76-65 victory over Georgia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play in Atlanta.,Lee Dort added 16 points and John Camden posted a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double for California (21-8, 9-8 ACC), which needed to avoid ...
Adrien Stevens' career night carries Marquette past Providence
Freshman Adrien Stevens scored a career-high 21 points while leading Marquette to a dominant 78-56 road victory over Providence on Wednesday night.,Nigel James Jr. added 20 for Marquette (11-19, 6-13 Big East), while Royce Parham and Tre Norman each scored nine points. The Golden Eagles won their fi...
Spring training roundup: United States routs Rockies in WBC prep
The United States national team routed the Colorado Rockies 14-4 in its second double-digit win of the World Baseball Classic exhibitions on Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz.,Team USA has outscored its opponents 29-5 in its two exhibitions and opens the tournament on Friday against Brazil in Houston.,T...
US closer to SheBelieves Cup title with shutout of Canada
Ally Sentnor's goal lifted the U.S. women's national team to a 1-0 victory over Canada in soggy Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday night to put the Americans in position to win the SheBelieves Cup.,Sentnor scored from a corner kick by Rose Lavelle in the 55th minute when she settled the ball and on her se...
Reilly Opelka serves way past Ethan Quinn in first round at Indian Wells
Reilly Opelka hammered 17 aces as he delivered a 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory over fellow American Ethan Quinn on Wednesday in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.,Opelka had 34 winners against 28 unforced errors while advancing to face another American in No. 8 seed Ben Shelton i...
Indiana routs Minnesota to bolster NCAA Tournament resume
Sam Alexis scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds as Indiana cruised to a 77-47 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten game on Wednesday in Bloomington, Ind.,Lamar Wilkerson added 16 points and Tucker DeVries posted 13 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Nick Dorn contributed 11 points for Indi...
Road-warrior Spurs kick off homestand vs. East-leading Pistons
The San Antonio Spurs have reeled off 12 wins in the past 13 contests despite playing just five of those games at home since Feb. 1.,That means they will be carrying plenty of momentum when they host the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Thursday in the opener of a six-game homestand., ,...
Second-half surge helps Creighton beat Butler, snap skid
Josh Dix scored 22 points as Creighton benefited from a blistering second-half performance to cruise to a 76-59 victory over Butler in a Big East battle on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Dix made 9 of 17 shots from the floor and four 3-pointers for the Bluejays (15-16, 9-11 Big East), who erased a four-...
Yulia Putintseva sends Paula Badosa packing in first round at Indian Wells
Yulia Putintseva needed just 83 minutes on Wednesday to post a 6-4, 6-2 victory over 2021 champion Paula Badosa in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.,Putintseva converted five of eight break points while defeating Badosa for just the second time in six career meetings. H...
Anthony Edwards riding hot streak as Wolves face Raptors
A great season keeps getting better for Anthony Edwards.,The Minnesota Timberwolves superstar will try to maintain his hot streak when his team tips off against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves, who have not lost since Feb. 22 against the Philadelphia 76ers, wil...
Surging Sabres have a chance to move atop division vs. Penguins
Throw any type of game at the Buffalo Sabres and they won't be fazed. ,Whether high-scoring or tight, leading or behind, they're comfortable in their game, which has helped them become one of the best teams in the NHL over the past three months.,With the top spot in the Atlantic Division in their si...
Rockets look to clean up mistakes against Warriors
With the final weeks of the regular season at hand and the Houston Rockets locked in a tight race for the third seed in the West, the mistakes that have plagued them all season must be mitigated if the Rockets are to fend off the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets.,The Rockets claimed a 123-1...
No. 8 Michigan State eyeing magical night vs. Rutgers
Jeremy Fears Jr. is six assists away from passing the most beloved player in Michigan State history.,Fears is on the verge of jetting past Magic Johnson for third place on the school's single-season assists list when the No. 8 Spartans face Rutgers on Wednesday night in Big Ten play at East Lansing,...
WNBPA vows united front, focus on 'transformational CBA' with deadline near
With a lockout looming, the WNBPA executive committee declared players are unified and continue to push for a "transformational CBA" agreement with the league. ,The seven-player committee issued a signed statement further supporting the survey results shared by the union in an Instagram post on Wedn...
Daniil Medvedev, two other Russians leave Dubai for Indian Wells
Former World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev and two other Russian players made it out of Dubai and will play in the BNP Paribas Open after travel plans were thrown into chaos amid the United States' and Israel's attacks on Iran, according to multiple reports.,Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov traveled with M...