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Legendary Hall of Fame player, coach Lenny Wilkens dies at 88
Legendary Lenny Wilkens, one of the few inductees into the Hall of Fame as both a player and coach, died on Sunday. He was 88.,Wilkens' family announced the news but did not divulge a cause of death.,Wilkens, a nine-time All-Star point guard from 1960-75, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Ha...

Celtics rally in fourth quarter to split two-game set in Orlando
A fourth-quarter run and late flurry of 3-pointers helped the Boston Celtics take the second leg in a pair of road games with the Orlando Magic, 111-107 on Sunday.,Orlando took the first game in two straight matchups with Boston, a 123-110 decision on Friday in NBA Cup group-stage competition. The C...

Georgia Tech to keep ship steady with Southeastern Louisiana in town
With a complement of a fully healthy roster, Georgia Tech looks to win its third game in as many tries Monday when it hosts Southeastern Louisiana in Atlanta., ,Georgia Tech (2-0) blew past Bryant 74-45 on Friday after struggling with Maryland-Eastern Shore in its season opener. The Yellow Jackets e...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's big fourth pushes Thunder over Grizzlies
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points as visiting Oklahoma City came back from 19 points down in the first half to post a 114-100 victory Sunday over the Memphis Grizzlies., ,Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 of his points in the second half, including nine in a 31-second span of the fourth quarter. H...

Karl-Anthony Towns paces Knicks in rout of Nets
Karl-Anthony Towns posted another double-double Sunday night for the host New York Knicks, who remained perfect at home with a wire-to-wire 134-98 win over the Brooklyn Nets.,Towns had 28 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who have won the first four games of a season-long seven-game homestand t...

Terrence Brown, Utah try to build off close wins vs. Holy Cross
Utah will play the third of six consecutive home games to start the season when the Utes face Holy Cross on Monday night in Salt Lake City.,The Utes (2-0) have beaten San Jose State 84-75 and Weber State 92-89 in overtime to start the Alex Jensen era.,Utah rallied from trailing by 10 points in the s...

Unbeaten but imperfect Xavier preps for Santa Clara
The first two games haven't been easy for Richard Pitino at Xavier, but he's quickly learning a lot about his team. ,That team gets a slightly bigger test when the Musketeers host Santa Clara Monday night in Cincinnati. , ,Malik Messina-Moore led a balanced scoring attack with 17 points as sharp-sho...

Northwestern picking up pace, ready to face Cleveland St.
Northwestern leading scorer Nick Martinelli embraces the Wildcats' transition to playing a more up-tempo style.,"It's pretty awesome just seeing the guys flowing," Martinelli said. "When we get a rebound, it's bang, bang, three.",Pressuring opponents defensively helps create those sequences, of cour...

DeMarcus Lawrence's two TDs spur Seahawks' rout of Cardinals
DeMarcus Lawrence returned two fumbles for touchdowns, both forced by Tyrice Knight, as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Arizona Cardinals 44-22 Sunday afternoon., ,Zach Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker III combined to rush for 150 yards for the Seahawks (7-2), who won their fourth consecutiv...

Lando Norris adds to F1 Championship lead with 2nd straight win in Sao Paulo
After taking over the lead atop the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship leaderboard with a win in the last race at Mexico City, Lando Norris extended his lead over McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri with his second straight win in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Sunday.,Norris of Great Britain secured his seventh ...

Eagles hold CB Jaire Alexander out of matchup with Packers
Newly acquired cornerback Jaire Alexander will not play when the Philadelphia Eagles face the Green Bay Packers on Monday night, with the Eagles opting to hold him out against his former team.,Alexander, 28, has appeared in only two games this season -- both with Baltimore -- after undergoing knee s...

Jahmyr Gibbs, Jared Goff help Lions pound Commanders
Jahmyr Gibbs scored three touchdowns, Jared Goff passed for 320 yards and three scores and the visiting Detroit Lions routed the Washington Commanders 44-22 on Sunday.,Gibbs rushed for 142 yards and two scores and caught a touchdown pass for Detroit (6-3), which scored on its first eight possessions...

DeMarcus Lawrence's two TDs spurs Seahawks rout of Cardinals
DeMarcus Lawrence returned two fumbles for touchdowns, both forced by Tyrice Knight, as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Arizona Cardinals 44-22 Sunday afternoon., ,Zach Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker III combined to rush for 150 yards for the Seahawks (7-2), who won their fourth consecutiv...

Matthew Stafford tosses 4 more TDs, high-scoring Rams top 49ers
Matthew Stafford threw four touchdown passes, Kyren Williams rushed for two scores and the Los Angeles Rams avenged one of their two defeats with a 42-26 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.,Davante Adams and Puka Nacua caught touchdown passes as the Rams (7-2) exten...

Missouri dominates in the paint in rout of VMI
Mark Mitchell scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Missouri rolled over Virginia Military Institute 106-68 Sunday in Columbia, Mo.,Anthony Robinson II had 20 points, four assists and four steals for the Tigers (3-0).,Jayden Stone scored 16 points for Missouri, and Jacob Crews and Sebastian Ma...

LSU prepares for strong New Orleans team in intrastate battle
The season is barely under way, but LSU and New Orleans both feel they have reason to believe they are much better than they were a year ago., ,The Tigers (1-0) and the Privateers (2-0) renew their in-state rivalry when they meet Monday night in Baton Rouge, La. as both teams feature overhauled and ...

Skidding Oilers, Blue Jackets face off in need of momentum
Two teams looking to break out of respective funks square off when the Edmonton Oilers host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.,The Oilers are coming off a 9-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. They fell behind 5-0 by the midpoint of the second period and soon after scored their lone tall...

No. 16 Iowa State rolls into Sioux Falls to face Mississippi State
No. 16 Iowa State's first game away from the friendly confines of Hilton Coliseum will be at a distinctive venue coach T.J. Otzelberger knows well.,Iowa State heads to snowy Sioux Falls, S.D., for a solid nonconference test against Mississippi State on Monday at the Sanford Pentagon. Otzelberger coa...

Ben Griffin rallies in Cabo for third win of 2025
Ben Griffin put an exclamation point on his breakout season by shooting a final-round, 9-under-par 63 to secure his third win of 2025 at the World Wide Technology Championship on Sunday in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.,Griffin was consistent all week but started the day two shots back of South Africa's Ga...

Loaded Spurs focus on ending losing streak vs. Bulls
De'Aaron Fox shined enough Saturday to inspire San Antonio Spurs teammate Devin Vassell to describe the star guard's season debut simply as "Fox being Fox.",After missing the first two-plus weeks of the season recovering from a hamstring injury, Fox returned to the Southwest Division-leading Spurs w...