il Page 80 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Wild outlast Canadiens in overtime thriller
Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals, including the winner 3:38 into overtime, to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Joel Eriksson Ek and Brock Faber also scored for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Quinn Hughes finished wi...

Blue Jackets aim to win sixth straight, exploit Devils’ inconsistency
The Columbus Blue Jackets look to stretch their season-best winning streak to six games when they visit the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,The Jackets are 9-1-0 in the last 10 games and 8-1-0 since Rick Bowness replaced Dean Evason as head coach. Since the change behind the bench, the ...

Wrexham brings back F Davis Keillor-Dunn with transfer from Barnsley
Forward Davis Keillor-Dunn is returning to Wrexham, joining the club on transfer from League One's Barnsley for an undisclosed fee on Monday.,Keillor-Dunn, 28, who has 13 goals in 24 appearances for Barnsley this season, made six appearances for Wrexham during the 2019-20 season, scoring a goal agai...

Revolution sign M Carles Gil to contract extension
The New England Revolution re-signed captain Carles Gil to a contract extension through June 2028 that keeps the midfielder with the team through MLS's first summer-spring season in 2027-28.,No financial terms were announced for the deal, which replaces the contract extension Gil signed in 2024 that...

Arizona stays No. 1 while Illinois leaps into top five
Arizona remained the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll this week, while Illinois vaulted into the top five.,Arizona (22-0) continued its undefeated run by pulling off a pair of massive victories last week, earning an 86-83 win over then-No. 13 BYU on Monday and taking d...

Predators GM Barry Trotz announces retirement
Barry Trotz is set to retire as general manager of the Nashville Predators but will remain with the team as an adviser.,The former Stanley Cup-winning head coach will continue as GM until a successor is found, he said Monday.,"After working for 40 years in professional sports and 26 years in the Nat...

Report: Preds GM Barry Trotz to announce retirement
Nashville Predators general manager and former Stanley Cup-winning head coach Barry Trotz will reportedly announce his retirement on Monday.,The decision, which ESPN reported is not health-related, is expected to be announced at a 1 p.m. ET news conference.,Trotz, 63, took over from longtime Predato...

Torrid Clippers take on suddenly surging Sixers
After another top defensive performance, the Los Angeles Clippers return home Monday to face the Philadelphia 76ers at Inglewood, Calif., as their NBA-best run of success is now over a month old.,The Clippers improved to 17-4 since Dec. 20 with a 117-93 victory on Sunday over the host Phoenix Suns t...

Jarrett Allen erupts for 40 as Cavaliers defeat Trail Blazers
Jarrett Allen scored a career-best 40 points, collected a season-high 17 rebounds and added five assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 130-111 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.,Sam Merrill made six 3-pointers for the fifth time this season and scored 22 points and ...

Wild, Canadiens each carry 3-game win streaks into matchup
The Minnesota Wild have one home game remaining before the NHL's extended Olympic break.,On Monday night, the Wild will try to make the most of it.,Minnesota will return to home ice to face off against the Montreal Canadiens in Saint Paul, Minn. Both teams are riding three-game winning streaks, but ...

WTA Roundup: Leylah Fernandez, Liudmila Samsonova advance in Abu Dhabi
Fifth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova and sixth-seeded Leylah Fernandez both advanced in straight sets in the opening round of the Abu Dhabi Open, played on the outdoor hard courts in the United Arab Emirates.,Samsonova, from Russia, defeated Sofia Kenin, 6-4, 6-0, while the Canadian native Fernandez knoc...

Trail Blazers acquire G Vit Krejci from Hawks
The Portland Trail Blazers acquired shooting guard Vit Krejci from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for center Duop Reath and two second-round picks, both teams announced Sunday. ,The draft picks Atlanta will receive are in the 2027 and 2030 NBA drafts.,Krejci, 25, averaged 9.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and...

No. 8 Iowa State trounces injured-riddled K-State
Joshua Jefferson led five Iowa State players in double-figure scoring with 19 points, and the eighth-ranked Cyclones crushed Kansas State 95-61 Sunday in Manhattan, Kan.,It was the fourth straight win for the Cyclones (20-2, 7-2) and continued their best start in school history.,Jefferson added eigh...

Fletcher Loyer goes for 29 as No. 12 Purdue scorches Maryland
Fletcher Loyer broke out of a shooting slump in a big way, scoring 29 points to lead No. 12 Purdue to a 93-63 Big Ten win over Maryland on Sunday in College Park, Md.,Braden Smith supplied 19 points and six assists and Gicarri Harris added 12 points off the bench for the Boilermakers (18-4, 8-3 Big ...

Report: Trail Blazers acquire G Vit Krejci from Hawks
The Portland Trail Blazers are acquiring shooting guard Vit Krejci from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for center Duop Reath and two second-round picks, ESPN reported on Sunday. ,Krejci, 25, averaged 9.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 46 games (eight starts) this season with the Hawks. He dr...

Phil Mickelson (family health) out of LIV's first two events
Phil Mickelson will not participate in the first two LIV Golf events this year, citing on Sunday an undisclosed family health matter.,"I will not be able to participate in the first two LIV events as (wife) Amy and I need to be present for a family health matter," Mickelson wrote on X. "I can't wait...

Wild use strong 2nd period to blow past Oilers
The Minnesota Wild thumped the host Edmonton Oilers 7-3 on Saturday night to complete a sweep of the three-game season series between the clubs.,Joel Eriksson Ek, Mats Zuccarello, Quinn Hughes and Brock Faber each scored and added an assist for the Wild, who have won three straight and improved to 4...

Linus Ullmark stifles Devils in return as Senators roll
Dylan Cozens scored his 100th career goal and Linus Ullmark made 26 saves in his first action in more than a month as the Ottawa Senators defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils, 4-1, on Saturday.,Cozens tallied his team-leading 10th power-play goal 37 seconds into the third period after Jonas Siege...

Cavaliers, Blazers look to rebound from disappointing performances
The Cleveland Cavaliers attempt to bounce back from a fierce beating when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.,The contest is the second of a five-game road trip for the Cavaliers, who had their season-best five-game winning streak halted by losing 126-113 to the Phoenix Suns on Fr...

Tyler Tanner key to No. 18 Vanderbilt sneaking past Ole Miss
No. 18 Vanderbilt, led by Tyler Tanner's 24 points, led the whole way and withstood two missed 3-pointers on Ole Miss's last possession to get a 71-68 win over the Rebels in Nashville on Saturday evening.,The Commodores (19-3, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) got 17 points from AK Okereke, who was 11 of...