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Veteran C Andrew Knapp announces retirement
Veteran catcher Andrew Knapp announced his retirement from baseball on Monday.,Knapp, 33, appeared in just three games with the San Francisco Giants in 2024.,He finishes with a .209 batting average and 13 home runs in 328 career games with four teams, most notably the Philadelphia Phillies (2017-21)...

Eagles, Chiefs Super Bowl favorites; sportsbooks smiling after Lions' loss
Sportsbooks took a partial victory lap following the elimination of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl favorites entering the divisional playoff with the highest handle and ticket percentage for most major operators in that futures market. ,The Lions were bounced from the NFC field by the Washington Comm...

Ohio State seeks to snap No. 17 Purdue's 26-game winning streak at home
No. 17 Purdue can't seem to lose at home. Ohio State can't seem to buy a win anywhere.,That makes the Buckeyes' visit Tuesday night to Mackey Arena particularly fraught with peril. But Ohio State (10-8, 2-5 Big Ten) needs to find a win somewhere soon to improve its NCAA Tournament prospects.,The Boi...

Trail Blazers end skid at 5 games by beating Bulls
Scoot Henderson recorded 25 points, eight assists and seven rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers deliver a 113-102 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Sunday night.,Shaedon Sharpe added 23 points as the Trail Blazers snapped a five-game losing streak. Deni Avdija had 20 points, 12 rebo...

Josh Allen pushes Bills past Ravens, into AFC Championship Game
The Buffalo Bills feel disrespected, and what occurred Sunday night will only add to the chips on their collective shoulders.,As Buffalo celebrated a 27-25 victory over the Baltimore Ravens to reach next weekend's AFC Championship Game, the overwhelming sentiment was that the Bills advanced primaril...

Eagles, Chiefs open as conference championship favorites
The Philadelphia Eagles emerged from their dramatic divisional playoff win with significant injury questions, but also as the title favorite among the remaining for teams.,The Eagles are the +180 favorite at DraftKings to win Super Bowl LIV ahead of Kansas City at +240 as the Chiefs chase a three-pe...

Josh Allen pounds Bills past Ravens, into AFC Championship Game
Josh Allen rushed for two touchdowns, Terrel Bernard and Von Miller made big defensive plays and the Buffalo Bills earned a spot in the AFC Championship Game with a 27-25 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night at Orchard Park, N.Y.,Ray Davis rushed for a touchdown and the second-seeded Bi...

Bills S Taylor Rapp injures hip, out vs. Ravens
Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp exited Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game against the visiting Baltimore Ravens with a hip injury.,Rapp was injured in the second quarter and initially termed questionable to return. He was ruled out midway through the third quarter.,Rapp was hurt during a play in ...

Skidding Georgetown aims for turnaround at Villanova
The script has flipped for Georgetown. After a 12-2 start, with wins in their first three Big East games, the Hoyas have lost four straight and are saddled with injury concerns.,Their top scorer and rebounder, Thomas Sorber, has a sore elbow and their best long-range threat, Jayden Epps, has been ho...

No. 20 Michigan fends off Northwestern in OT
Vladislav Goldin had 31 points and eight rebounds and No. 20 Michigan edged Northwestern 80-76 in overtime on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Nimari Burnett contributed 13 points, while Roddy Gayle Jr. and Tre Donaldson added 10 apiece for the Wolverines (14-4, 6-1 Big Ten).,Brooks Barnhizer le...

Artem Zub, Senators sink struggling Devils
Defenseman Artem Zub scored the go-ahead goal 2:50 into the third period, lifting the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon in Newark, N.J.,Zack Ostapchuk scored his first career NHL goal for Ottawa, which has recorded points in six straight games (5-0-1). T...

Wild bid to snap skid in encounter vs. Avalanche
The Minnesota Wild feel a sense of urgency despite having nearly half a season left to play.,After losing three in a row and four of their last five games, the Wild will look to turn things around on Monday afternoon against the host Colorado Avalanche in Denver.,Minnesota has been on a roller coast...

Oilers' Connor McDavid, Canucks' Tyler Myers facing suspensions
Edmonton captain Connor McDavid and Toronto defenseman Tyler Myers will have disciplinary hearings with the league for their actions in the Canucks' 3-2 win over the Oilers on Saturday.,The NHL Player Safety department announced Sunday that the dates and times for the hearings had not yet been deter...

Bulls bid to halt skid in clash vs. tumbling Trail Blazers
Two teams trying to end skids square off Sunday night when the Chicago Bulls visit the Portland Trail Blazers.,Portland has dropped five straight games while Chicago has lost four in a row.,Four of those games in Portland's losing streak have come at home, and the Trail Blazers have been beaten by a...

Surging Senators take aim at reeling Devils
The Ottawa Senators will look to stretch their point streak to six games when they visit the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon in Newark, N.J.,Ottawa edged the Boston Bruins 6-5 in a shootout Saturday to improve to 4-0-1 over their last five games.,Adam Gaudette and Tim Stutzle each scored a goa...

Two goals from Quinn Hughes help Canucks defeat Oilers
Quinn Hughes scored twice on the power play and J.T. Miller added a pair of assists as the host Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Saturday to end a two-game losing streak.,Danton Heinen also scored and Thatcher Demko stopped 13 of 15 shots for the Canucks, who have won just t...

Rockets lean on stars to coast past Trail Blazers
Jalen Green scored 26 points and Alperen Sengun recorded 23 points, 15 rebounds and six assists to lead the Houston Rockets to a 125-103 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.,Dillon Brooks added 22 points and Tari Eason contributed 18 points, eight rebounds and three steals...

Filip Forsberg (4 points) leads Predators past Wild
Filip Forsberg's first four-point game of the season helped the Nashville Predators win their third straight with a 6-2 victory Saturday over the visiting Minnesota Wild.,One game after netting his 300th goal, Forsberg scored two more and added two assists. He has six goals in his last five games.,C...

Pacers have little trouble topping short-handed 76ers
Pascal Siakam recorded 21 points and eight rebounds and Myles Turner chipped in 18 points and 11 boards as the Indiana Pacers notched a 115-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday in Indianapolis. ,Four reserves scored in double figures for Indiana, which won for the eighth time in nine ...

Vanderbilt holds on to knock off No. 6 Tennessee
Jason Edwards scored 18 points and Jaylen Carey had a double-double as Vanderbilt held on to upset sixth-ranked Tennessee 76-75 on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.,Carey paired 14 points with 10 rebounds off the bench for the Commodores (15-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference), who also got 13 points from Ty...