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With Luka Doncic sidelined, Lakers top Stephen Curry-less Warriors
LeBron James scored 20 points with 10 assists and Rui Hachimura added 18 points as the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the absence of Luka Doncic to earn a 105-99 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Saturday.,Austin Reaves scored 16 points with eight assists off the bench, Marcus Smart ha...
Thomas Haugh, No. 17 Florida wrest control of SEC from Texas A&M
Behind its defense and Thomas Haugh's 22 points, No. 17 Florida cruised to an 86-67 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.,The Gators (17-6, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) are now in sole possession of first place in the SEC. Haugh scored 21 of his 22 points ...
No. 10 Michigan State outlasts No. 5 Illinois in OT
Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 26 points, including 11 in overtime, and dished out 15 assists as No. 10 Michigan State snapped No.5 Illinois' 12-game winning streak with an 85-82 victory in East Lansing, Mich. on Saturday.,Jaxon Kohler had 11 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for Michigan State (20-4, 10-3 Bi...
Caleb Wilson and Cameron Boozer Shine in a Historic UNC vs Duke Meeting
UNC shocked Duke with a buzzer-beater, but the real intrigue came from NBA prospects Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson....
Ebuka Okorie explodes as Stanford snaps 5-game skid vs. Georgia Tech
Ebuka Okorie led Stanford with a career-high 40 points as the Cardinal got back into the win column with a 95-72 win against visiting Georgia Tech on Saturday.,Okorie was 12-for-21 from the floor, 3-of-6 from 3-point range and made all 13 of his free throws. He added five rebounds, four assists, and...
Magic rebound from 17-point hole, take down Jazz
Paolo Banchero collected 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds to fuel the host Orlando Magic to a 120-117 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday.,Desmond Bane scored 22 points to fluster the Jazz for the second time this season. He erupted for 32 points in Orlando's 128-127 overtime victory o...
Nets score 80 in 1st half, outclass short-handed Wizards
Michael Porter Jr. scored 20 of his 23 points before halftime as the Brooklyn Nets produced their biggest first half in a little over three years and beat the Washington Wizards 127-113 Saturday afternoon in New York.,Brooklyn scored 46 points in the opening quarter, its most since a 47-point first ...
Defending champ Alex Hall 1 of 3 US skiers through to slopestyle final
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Olympic medalists Alex Hall of the United States and Jesper Tjader of Sweden made it through the freeskiing slopestyle qualifying round at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday to set up a showdown in next week's final in the Italian Alps.,Hall, the defending champion, was one...
FURIA, Team Vitality advance to grand final at IEM Krakow
FURIA and Team Vitality posted semifinal victories Saturday to advance to Sunday's grand final at the Intel Extreme Masters Krakow tournament in Poland.,In the first semifinal, FURIA handled Team Spirit 2-1, then Team Vitality swept MOUZ 2-0 to move on to the grand final.,The $1 million Counter-Stri...
No. 14 North Carolina hits last-second shot to upset No. 4 Duke
Seth Trimble hit a 3-pointer for No. 14 North Carolina's with 0.4 seconds left for the Tar Heels' only lead of the game to knock off No. 4 Duke 71-68 on Saturday night at Chapel Hill, N.C.,There was a delay to clear the floor following a court storming before Duke had a chance to inbound. North Caro...
Stephon Castle's huge game helps Spurs complete mini-sweep of Mavs
Stephon Castle scored a career-high 40 points while grabbing 12 rebounds and dishing out 12 assists as the host San Antonio Spurs pulled away for a 138-125 win over the struggling Dallas Mavericks on Saturday in the second game of a home-and-home series over three days between the teams., ,The Spurs...
Late 3 caps Creighton's comeback win vs. Seton Hall
Nik Graves hit a 3-pointer with three seconds left to lift Creighton to a 69-68 Big East win over Seton Hall on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.,The Bluejays (13-11, 7-6) trailed by 10 with 3:30 left, but went on an 8-1 run in the final 1:26.,AJ Staton-McCray turned the ball over and Fedor Zugic made it 67-6...
Speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida wins Italy's first gold of home Games
MILAN, Italy -- Francesca Lollobrigida powered to victory in the women's 3,000 meters speed skating on Saturday, bringing Italy its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games and ending Dutch dominance marked by three straight Olympic titles at the distance.,Norway's Ragne Wiklund and Canada's Vale...
Speed skater Gina Lollobrigida wins Italy's first Gold of home Games
MILAN, Italy -- Francesca Lollobrigida powered to victory in the women's 3,000 meters speed skating on Saturday, bringing Italy its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games and ending Dutch dominance marked by three straight Olympic titles at the distance.,Norway's Ragne Wiklund and Canada's Vale...
Georgia roars back from 15-point deficit, upends LSU
Kanon Catchings scored 23 points, Jeremiah Wilkinson added 18 and Georgia overcame a 15-point, first-half deficit to run away from LSU 83-71 on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La., ,Somto Cyril scored 12 points and Blue Cain had 10 for the Bulldogs (17-6, 5-5), who ended a three-game losing streak., ...
Report: Cowboys to place franchise tag on George Pickens
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told the team's website that Dallas wants to keep George Pickens for "a long time," and will take a step toward that by placing the franchise tag on the Pro Bowl wide receiver, ESPN reported on Saturday.,Per the report, the fully guaranteed tag -- which can be applied from ...
Elvis Smylie soars to Riyadh title in LIV debut
Elvis Smylie will be hard-pressed to outdo his LIV Golf debut.,The 23-year-old lefty from Australia outdueled Jon Rahm to capture the $30 million LIV Golf Riyadh title on Saturday at Riyadh Golf Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Smylie, who had not won outside of his home country, tapped in a 3-foot par...
Report: Falcons to cut Kirk Cousins before new league year
Kirk Cousins soon will get to decide where he wants to play in 2026 -- or whether he wants to play at all -- as the Atlanta Falcons are expected to part ways with the veteran quarterback before the new league year begins in mid-March, ESPN reported Saturday.,Last month, the 37-year-old Cousins and t...
Hideki Matsuyama overtakes Ryo Hisatsune for Phoenix Open lead
Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Hisatsune played in the final group at the WM Phoenix Open together on Saturday, and it was set up for the Japanese countrymen to do the same on Sunday.,One missed putt at the end of the day changed those plans.,Matsuyama overtook Hisatsune for the lead after three rounds wh...
Ice dancers help US hold lead in team skating event
MILAN -- Ilia Malinin made his anticipated Olympic debut at the Milan Cortina Games on Saturday and despite being upstaged by Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, the U.S. extended their lead in the team event thanks to the ice dancing of Madison Chock and Evan Bates.,Going on to the ice last in the men's short p...