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U.S. star Rose Lavelle finally wears NWSL crown as Gotham wins title
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Rose Lavelle already was a queen of international football.,Now she is finally an NWSL champion after leading Gotham FC to the title, scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit on Saturday.,The 30-year-old U.S. women's national team star fired home an 18-yard l...

Kings come through late, end 8-game skid at Nuggets' expense
Russell Westbrook scored 21 points, including two late buckets, Dennis Schroder also had 21 and the visiting Sacramento Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 128-123 on Saturday night, ending an eight-game losing streak.,Keegan Murray scored 19 points in his second game back from injury. DeMar DeRozan score...

Max Verstappen wins in Las Vegas; Lando Norris extends lead over Oscar Piastri
LAS VEGAS - Red Bull's Max Verstappen continued his red-hot run with a stellar showing on the Strip, winning the Las Vegas Grand Prix for a second time in three years after taking advantage of a first-lap mishap by McLaren's Lando Norris.,Norris, the polesitter and championship frontrunner, made wha...

Bengals QB Joe Burrow won't return Sunday vs. Patriots
Quarterback Joe Burrow will not play for Cincinnati on Sunday against the New England Patriots, the Bengals announced on Saturday.,Burrow, who had surgery for turf toe on Sept. 19, practiced with the team the past three days, and coach Zac Taylor said he had a decision to make about the veteran's re...

Raleek Brown (255 yards), No. 25 Arizona State pull away from Colorado
Raleek Brown rushed 22 times for a career-high 255 yards, including an 88-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, to lead No. 25 Arizona State to a 42-17 victory over Colorado on Saturday night at Boulder, Colo.,The Sun Devils (8-3, 6-2 Big 12) have an opportunity to advance to their second straight B...

LJ Martin (222 yards), No. 11 BYU run past Cincinnati
LJ Martin ran for a career-high 222 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries and No. 11 Brigham Young shut down the high-powered Cincinnati offense to post a 26-14 road win on Saturday night.,Martin also had 44 receiving yards for 266 all-purpose yards. The junior now has 1,134 rushing yards to go wit...

Bears place standout LB Tremaine Edmunds (groin) on IR
The Chicago Bears placed linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, the team's leading tackler, on injured reserve because of a groin injury on Saturday.,Edmunds and running back Roschon Johnson (thumb), who also went on IR, will miss at least four games, beginning with Sunday's visit from the Pittsburgh Steelers...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Baylor escapes Davidson in OT
Yuting Deng drove from the top of the key and banked in a 3-footer over two defenders with three seconds left in overtime to lift No. 7 Baylor to a 74-72 WBCA Showcase victory over Davidson on Saturday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.,The Bears (5-1) never trailed in overtime but they needed Deng's heroics...

No. 20 Tennessee crushes Florida in first half, coasts to win
DeSean Bishop rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries and No. 20 Tennessee won for the first time at Florida in 22 seasons on Saturday night, thrashing the Gators 31-11 in Gainesville, Fla.,Quarterback Joey Aguilar completed his first 10 passes and finished 17 of 22 for 204 yards with ...

Grizzlies win back-to-back games, surge late to knock off Mavs
Santi Aldama had 20 points, eight rebounds and four assists and Cam Spencer came off the bench to add 17 points and five assists as the visiting Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks 102-96 Saturday night to win back-to-back games for the first time this season.,Zach Edey contributed his f...

Darrion Dupree leads Wisconsin to upset of No. 21 Illinois
Darrion Dupree ran for two touchdowns, including an 84-yarder, to pace host Wisconsin to a 27-10 upset of No. 21 Illinois in a Big Ten matchup Saturday night in Madison, Wis.,Dupree, who entered with 181 yards rushing on the season, added a 4-yard scoring run to put Wisconsin up 24-10 with 8:16 rema...

Mackenzie Blackwood, Avalanche blank Predators to extend win streak to 8
Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves to help the visiting Colorado Avalanche extend their winning streak to eight games with a 3-0 victory against the Nashville Predators on Saturday.,Brent Burns, Nathan MacKinnon and Jack Drury scored for the Avalanche, who are 10-0-1 in their past 11 games.,Juuse Sar...

Pitt jumps out to 28-0 lead, holds off No. 16 Georgia Tech
ATLANTA -- Mason Heintschel completed 20 of 27 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday as visiting Pittsburgh pulled off a massive 42-28 victory over Georgia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play.,Freshman Ja'Kyrian Turner ran for a career-high 201 yards -- including a game-sealing 56-y...

Streaking Pistons decisively record rare win over Bucks
Cade Cunningham recorded 29 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds and the Detroit Pistons won their 12th consecutive game with a 129-116 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.,Jalen Duren scored 19 points and Tobias Harris added 18 as the Pistons halted a 13-game skid against the B...

Despite leading 40-plus minutes, Wizards drop 14th straight
Nikola Vucevic had 28 points and 12 rebounds and Josh Giddey contributed 18 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists as the host Chicago Bulls rallied to defeat the skidding Washington Wizards 121-120 on Saturday.,Washington led for 42 minutes but relinquished the advantage down the stretch en route to it...

Scott Vincent, Yosuke Asaji secure LIV golf berths in International Series finale
Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent secured his return to LIV Golf on Saturday after finishing atop the International Series rankings, with Japan's Yosuke Asaji also earning promotion as the season-long race concluded at the Saudi International in Riyadh.,Vincent, 33, entered the week with a narrow lead in the...

US star Rose Lavelle scores late to give Gotham FC another NWSL title
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Rose Lavelle already was a queen of international football.,Now she is finally an NWSL champion after leading Gotham FC to the title, scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit on Saturday.,The 30-year-old U.S. women's national team star fired home an 18-yard l...

Montreal defensemen dominate as Habs top reeling Leafs
The Montreal defense stole the show on Saturday night, as Canadiens defensemen scored three times to lead the club to a 5-2 win over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.,Noah Dobson posted the first multi-goal game of his career, scoring twice on one-timers as the Canadiens jumped out to a 4-0 lead and...

Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay take big lead early, hold off Capitals
Brandon Hagel produced two goals and an assist in Tampa Bay's four-goal, first-period outburst, and the visiting Lightning claimed the season series against the Washington Capitals with a 5-3 victory on Saturday night.,Nikita Kucherov scored and posted two assists but was hurt in the second period a...

Sidney Crosby records 500th multi-point game, but Pens fall to Kraken in OT
Brandon Montour scored on a wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle with 49.6 seconds remaining in overtime as the Seattle Kraken rallied for a 3-2 victory against the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.,Mason Marchment had a goal and an assist, Matty Beniers scored and Ryker Evan...