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John Blackwell leads No. 12 Wisconsin past Minnesota
John Blackwell scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and No. 12 Wisconsin held on for a 74-67 victory over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference battle Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,John Tonje added 18 points and pulled down seven rebounds for Wisconsin (23-7, 13-6 Big Ten), which bounced back fro...
Alex Ovechkin scores as Caps rally to top Rangers in OT
Alex Ovechkin scored his 885th career goal with 9:32 remaining in the third period and Tom Wilson netted the game-winner with 53 seconds left in overtime as the visiting Washington Capitals rallied for a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday.,Ovechkin is nine shy of tying Wayne Gretzky ...
David N'Guessan's double-double lifts Kansas State past Cincinnati
David N'Guessan scored 14 of his team-high 18 points in the second half and added 10 rebounds to rally Kansas State past host Cincinnati, 54-49, in Big 12 action Wednesday night.,Dug McDaniel added 13 points for Kansas State (15-15, 9-10 Big 12), which swept the season series and won its second stra...
No. 13 Maryland slams No. 17 Michigan's Big Ten title hopes
Rodney Rice scored 19 points to lead No. 13 Maryland to a 71-65 Big Ten win over No. 17 Michigan Wednesday night in Ann Arbor, Mich.,With Michigan's loss, league-leading Michigan State clinched a share of the conference title. The Spartans can claim the Big Ten all for themselves with a win Thursday...
Spring training roundup: Tigers go back-to-back-to-back to smack Phillies
Jahmai Jones, Andy Ibanez and Gleyber Torres slugged back-to-back-to-back homers off Philadelphia starter Jesus Luzardo in the second inning to spark the Detroit Tigers to a 17-7 victory over the visiting Phillies during Grapefruit League action Wednesday in Lakeland, Fla.,Jones' grand slam opened t...
Slumping Sabres take on Lightning's high-scoring offense
The hot Tampa Bay Lightning host the struggling Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night in the first meeting this season between the Atlantic Division foes.,When Tampa Bay hosted one of the Eastern Conference's hottest clubs on Tuesday, the Lightning didn't get derailed despite a little fatigue, a backup g...
2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational: Preview, Props & Best Bets
The iconic Bay Hill Club & Lodge plays host to the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which tees off Thursday in Orlando. ,It begins a stretch of events that includes The Players Championship just up the Florida coast next week and the Masters in early April. Our golf experts preview the API and provide th...
Brewers add LHP Jose Quintana, place LHP DL Hall on 60-day IL
The Milwaukee Brewers addressed a fluid situation among their left-handed pitchers by signing veteran Jose Quintana on Wednesday to a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2026.,Terms were not announced, but MLB.com reported Quintana, 36, will earn $4.25 million this season.,"I'm so excited to be a...
Lightning acquire Bjorkstrand, Gourde from Kraken in 3-team swap
The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired forwards Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde on Wednesday as part of a three-team swap. ,The Lightning sent two conditional first-round picks (2026, 2027) and forward Michael Eyssimont to the Seattle Kraken. The first-round picks are top-10 protected. The Lightning a...
Cardinals OF Jordan Walker injures knee after stepping on sprinkler head
St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Jordan Walker will miss at least a week after sustaining a minor knee injury when he stepped on a sprinkler head in a spring training game.,Walker, 22, was running down a fly ball against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday when he was injured. He had an MRI later T...
Thorns, USWNT star Sophia Wilson announces pregnancy
Sophia Wilson, a forward for the Portland Thorns and the U.S. women's national team, said she is pregnant with her first child.,She and her husband, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson, posted the news to Instagram on Wednesday.,"Life just keeps getting sweeter," she captioned a photo of ...
NASCAR sues Jordan's 23XI, Front Row; calls teams 'illegal cartel'
The dispute between NASCAR and a pair of racing teams is getting uglier, with NASCAR filing a countersuit against Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports.,The teams sued NASCAR in October, accusing the governing body of restraining fair competition and violating the Sherman Antitrust ...
Alex Ovechkin using record chase to raise money for cancer research
Washington Capitals star captain Alex Ovechkin is turning his pursuit of the NHL record for goals scored into a fundraiser for pediatric cancer.,Ovechkin announced Wednesday the founding of "The GR8 Chase for Victory Over Cancer," pledging to donate money for each goal he scores from now through the...
Report: Raiders to release QB Gardner Minshew
Gardner Minshew was informed he will be released by the Las Vegas Raiders when the league year begins next week, NFL Network reported on Wednesday.,Minshew, 28, signed a two-year contract in last offseason and made nine starts in the 10 games in which he appeared last season. He completed 66.3 perce...
Best College Basketball Bets Today: Florida vs. Alabama, Maryland vs. Michigan & More
Wednesday March 5th's college basketball slate features a handful of top 10 SEC teams, and these are our best betting picks and predictions for the entire slate....
Steven Wilson prevails in eNASCAR's Brazil debut
Steven Wilson held off road-racing specialist Bobby Zalenski to win on the street course at a virtual Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in Sao Paolo, Brazil, on Tuesday in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.,It was the first time eNASCAR competed on a virtual Brazilian track, and Wilson emerged with his ...
Third-period surge propels Avalanche past Penguins
Artturi Lehkonen scored two goals, Casey Mittelstadt netted the tiebreaking tally with 4:09 to go and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Tuesday in Denver.,Jack Drury also scored, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and Scott Wedgewood turned away 32 shots for the Avalanche, who...
West Virginia slips by Josh Eilert's Utah Utes
Javon Small delivered 18 points and several key plays down the stretch as West Virginia topped its interim coach from last year, Josh Eilert, in a 71-69 victory over Utah on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.,Amani Hansberry contributed 12 points and six rebounds as the Mountaineers (18-12, 9-10 Big 12) enh...
Andrew Rohde's late 3 vaults Virginia over Florida State
Andrew Rohde scored a season-high 17 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with under a minute to go, to help Virginia escape with a 60-57 Atlantic Coast Conference win over Florida State on Tuesday in Charlottesville, Va.,With the game tied at 55 and the shot clock winding down, Rohde heaved a ...
Kings hope home cooking solves woes as Blues visit
The Los Angeles Kings will be looking to snap a four-game skid when they play host to the momentum-gaining St. Louis Blues on Wednesday.,Heading into the first of two meetings in a four-day span -- both at home, where Los Angeles is 19-3-3 this season -- the Kings are in a 0-3-1 stretch, with the la...