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Carlos Alcaraz leads upset-free day at Australian Open
No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and a dozen more seeded men's players advanced to the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday in Melbourne.,Alcaraz survived a 78-minute opening set -- the longest of his Grand Slam career -- before finishing off a 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2 victory against Germany'...

Court temporarily allows ex-Alabama player to return to basketball team
A judge ruled Wednesday that Charles Bediako, a 7-foot center, may return to play basketball at Alabama.,He last played for the Crimson Tide in the 2022-23 season, signed a pro contract after he wasn't selected in the 2023 NBA Draft, and wants to return to college. His attorneys filed a motion Tuesd...

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield calls out former coach Kevin Stefanski
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield didn't waste much time taking aim at Kevin Stefanski, his former coach in Cleveland and now current head coach of the NFC South-rival Atlanta Falcons.,Mayfield took a jab at Stefanski on social media Tuesday while addressing a post from an Atlanta Jour...
Baker Mayfield Can't Stop Talking About the Cleveland Browns
Baker Mayfield’s latest comments about Kevin Stefanski reopen old Cleveland wounds—and say more about Baker than his former coach....

Raptors hope long-range scoring punch continues against Kings
Two teams that found themselves on opposite ends of high-scoring affairs Tuesday night get no break in the schedule when the Toronto Raptors and Sacramento Kings complete back-to-backs with a head-to-head matchup Wednesday night in the California capital.,Unfazed by the league's worst 3-point shooti...

Devils stay hot as Jake Allen snaps skid vs. Oilers
Jake Allen made 22 saves as the visiting New Jersey Devils picked up their fourth win in five games, 2-1 over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.,Arseny Gritsyuk and Cody Glass each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey, which was playing the second game of a back-to-back that began with a 2-1 o...

Kings hang on to edge Rangers, halt 4-game winless streak
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist to help the Los Angeles Kings end a four-game winless streak with a 4-3 win against the visiting New York Rangers on Tuesday night.,Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped six of eight shots before leaving with an upper-body injury with 39 seconds left in the first pe...

Raptors shoot lights out in runaway win over Warriors
Immanuel Quickley exploded for a career-high-tying 40 points, Scottie Barnes dropped in 26 and the Toronto Raptors took advantage of the absence of Jimmy Butler III to overpower the Golden State Warriors 145-127 in San Francisco on Tuesday night.,Butler sustained a torn ACL in Monday's home win over...

Long-distance shooting carries Heat past Kings
Bam Adebayo recorded 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists to help the Miami Heat post a 130-117 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.,Norman Powell scored 22 points and Andrew Wiggins added 19 as Miami improved to 1-1 on a five-game road trip. Pelle Larsson registered 16 poi...

Mets acquire Luis Robert Jr. from White Sox
After missing out on Kyle Tucker, the New York Mets made their outfield upgrade on Tuesday, acquiring center fielder Luis Robert Jr. from the Chicago White Sox for infielder Luisangel Acuna and right-handed pitching prospect Truman Pauley.,Despite not getting Tucker, who agreed to a deal with the Lo...

Reversing fortunes against Islanders could be poetic outcome for Kraken
A 1-0 shootout loss to the host New York Islanders just before Thanksgiving sent the Seattle Kraken into a 1-9-1 skid and dropped them into last place in the NHL's overall standings.,An 8-0-1 streak followed, putting the Kraken in playoff position in the bunched Western Conference.,The pendulum has ...

Tommy Paul among seeds advancing to Australian Open 3rd round
Three seeded men's players advanced with relative ease to the third round of the Australian Open in ideal Melbourne conditions on day four of the tournament.,No. 13 Andrey Rublev of Russia had the toughest test of the afternoon, but prevailed over qualifier Jaime Faria of Portugal, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-...

Keyonte George's career-high 43 points help Jazz rally past Timberwolves
Keyonte George scored a career-high 43 points and Jusuf Nurkic had his second career triple-double to rally the Utah Jazz to a 127-122 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night.,Nurkic finished with 18 rebounds, 16 points, and 10 assists for his first triple-double s...

Keyshawn Hall paces Auburn in road win against Ole Miss
Keyshawn Hall scored 19 points, KeShawn Murphy had a double-double and Auburn defeated Ole Miss 78-66 Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss.,Murphy finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds, Tahaad Pettiford scored 17 and Sebastian Williams-Adams had 10 as the Tigers (12-7, 3-3 SEC) won for the third time in ...

Marcus Millender saves No. 21 Georgia against Missouri
Marcus Millender converted a three-point play with 5.5 seconds left to lift No. 21 Georgia to a 74-72 victory over Missouri Columbia, Mo., on Tuesday night.,Millender led the Bulldogs (16-3, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) with 18 points. Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 14 points and Kanon Catchings added 12...

Darius Acuff Jr. stars as No. 20 Arkansas blasts No. 15 Vanderbilt
Darius Acuff Jr. scored 17 points and added five assists, Malique Ewin and Kevin Knox scored 16 points apiece, and the No. 20 Arkansas Razorbacks overwhelmed the No. 15 Vanderbilt Commodores 93-68 in an SEC game at Fayetteville, Ark. on Tuesday.,Trevon Brazile had 10 points and 14 rebounds, Meleek T...

Rockets steal one from Spurs thanks to 4th-quarter rally
Reed Sheppard scored 12 of his 21 points off the bench in the fourth quarter to help spark the Houston Rockets to a 111-106 comeback win over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday.,The Rockets erased a 16-point deficit en route to squaring the season series with the Spurs at a game apiece. Shepp...

Carson Cooper's career game lifts No. 10 Michigan State past Oregon
Carson Cooper scored a career-high 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting to lead No. 10 Michigan State to a 68-52 victory over short-handed Oregon on Tuesday night in Big Ten play at Eugene, Ore.,Coen Carr added 15 points and eight rebounds and Jeremy Fears Jr. had 14 points, as the Spartans (17-2, 7-1 Big ...

Aryna Sabalenka regroups, advances to third round of Australian Open
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus stumbled for a moment in the first set, but went on to defeat Chinese qualifier Zhuoxuan Bai, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.,Sabalenka appeared to be in cruise control, sprinting to a 5-0 first-set lead, but Bai, ...

No. 12 Texas Tech ties program 3-point record in win over Baylor
Christian Anderson scored 26 points and poured in a career-high eight 3-pointers as No. 12 Texas Tech shot its way to a dominating 92-73 win over struggling Baylor on Tuesday in a Big 12 clash in Waco, Texas., ,The Red Raiders (15-4, 5-1 Big 12) used a blistering proficiency from beyond the arc to b...