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Kings, rising in the West, set for clash with Rockets
Two of the hottest teams in the Western Conference will go head-to-head Thursday night when the Houston Rockets visit the Sacramento Kings in the rematch of an NBA Cup game from last month.,Sacramento prevailed the first time around, also on its home court, riding 27 points from Domantas Sabonis and...
J'Wan Roberts' big night leads No. 10 Houston past WVU
J'Wan Roberts scored a game- and season-high 22 points as No. 10 Houston extended the nation's longest home winning streak to 32 games with a 70-54 win against West Virginia on Wednesday.,L.J. Cryer scored 18 points and Emmanuel Sharp added 14 points for Houston (13-3, 5-0 Big 12).,Amani Hansberry l...
Second-half burst carries No. 17 Purdue past Washington
Trey Kaufman-Renn had 19 points and six rebounds to help No. 17 Purdue overcome a slow first half and notch a 69-58 victory over Washington in Big Ten play on Wednesday night in Seattle.,Braden Smith recorded 17 points, six rebounds, and five assists, and he tied his season high of five steals as th...
Red Wings have more work to do against Panthers
The Detroit Red Wings have more work to do, and that labor must -- from their perspective -- begin on Thursday night when they visit the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla.,Detroit, despite a recent hot streak, is still not in playoff position.,That stems from the Wings g...
Cincinnati’s Simas Lukosius comes up big in win over Colorado
Simas Lukosius poured in 16 points that included two 3-pointers in the final two minutes as Cincinnati outlasted Colorado 68-62 on Wednesday in a Big 12 Conference dustup in Boulder, Colo.,The Bearcats (11-5, 1-4 Big 12) led by seven points at halftime and by 12 five and a half minutes into the seco...
NFL's wild-card ratings tumble amid blowouts
The NFL wild-card round over the past week saw a decline in TV viewership compared to last year, including the weekend's most competitive contest, according to figures released Wednesday.,The overall drop-off from the same round of games a year ago was 9.3 percent.,The Washington Commanders' 23-20 w...
SMU stuns Virginia on Boopie Miller's last-second 3
Boopie Miller's 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left lifted SMU to a 54-52 win over Virginia in Atlantic Coast Conference action on Wednesday night in Charlottesville, Va., ,The Mustangs (13-4, 4-2 ACC) overcame a five-point deficit with 31 seconds remaining. Miller and Chuck Harris each scored 12 points...
Justin Allgaier to lead JR Motorsports' attempt at Daytona 500
Reigning Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier will head up JR Motorsports' attempt to make its NASCAR Cup Series debut in February, the group announced Wednesday.,Allgaier, 38, has 25 wins and 282 top-10 finishes in his Xfinity career.,"It's been really special," Allgaier told NASCAR.com. "To be ...
Ella Hamlin, one of TCU's 'Underfrogs,' awarded full scholarship
It's the ultimate Underfrog story.,Ella Hamlin, one of four TCU students who walked on to the women's basketball team last season after a rash of injuries forced the Horned Frogs to forfeit two games, was awarded a full scholarship on Tuesday.,It was almost one year ago when Horned Frogs head coach ...
Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin gets 1-game ban for bumping ref
The NBA issued a one-game suspension to Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin for bumping a referee in a Tuesday game.,In a ruling announced Wednesday by the league's head of basketball operations, Joe Dumars, the NBA cited Mathurin "for making inappropriate contact with and verbally abusing a gam...
J'Wan Roberts' big night leads No. 10 Houston past West Virginia
J'Wan Roberts scored a game- and season-high 22 points as No. 10 Houston extended the nations' longest home winning streak to 32 games with a 70-54 win against West Virginia on Wednesday.,L.J. Cryer scored 18 points and Emmanuel Sharp added 14 points for Houston (13-3, 5-0 Big 12).,Amani Hansberry l...
Virginia Tech chases down NC State, wins in last seconds
Jaden Schutt scored 17 points, including two free throws with two seconds remaining, to help Virginia Tech defeat visiting North Carolina State 79-76 in the Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Wednesday night in Blacksburg, Va.,The Hokies (8-9, 3-3 ACC) trimmed a 15-point deficit from early in the ...
Ian Jackson stars as North Carolina handles Cal
Ian Jackson had 20 points and seven rebounds, his sixth 20-point game in the last seven games, to lead the North Carolina Tar Heels to a resounding 79-53 Atlantic Coast Conference win over the California Golden Bears on Wednesday.,Elliot Cadeau finished with 15 points for UNC (12-6, 5-1 ACC), while ...
Hunter Sallis pours in 30 as Wake Forest defeats Stanford
Hunter Sallis scored in bunches on his way to 30 points as Wake Forest overcame visiting Stanford for an 80-67 victory Wednesday night in Atlantic Coast Conference play at Winston-Salem, N.C.,Tre'von Spillers cranked out 18 points and 10 rebounds as the Demon Deacons (13-4, 5-1 ACC) won their fourth...
Devin McGlockton's heroics help Vanderbilt slide past South Carolina
Vanderbilt's Devin McGlockton made two critical plays in the final seconds to help the host Commodores squeak past South Carolina 66-63 on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.,McGlockton first kept the game tied when he blocked Collin Murray-Boyles' short jumper with 10 seconds to play. He then won the gam...
2025 The American Express: Preview, Props & Best Bets
The PGA Tour returns to the mainland for the first time in 2025 with The American Express, the only tournament on the schedule that features both a pro-am format and an event taking place over three courses.,While World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 2 Xander Schauffele withdrew due to medical issu...
Lightning could gather measure of revenge vs. Ducks on Thursday
The Tampa Bay Lightning return to Florida having received a little bit of everything on their three-game road trip, but now the attention turns to settling a score with a Western Conference club.,Coach Jon Cooper's team heads back out onto home ice Thursday night to cap the season series with the An...
Justin Thomas hopes to end drought at The American Express
Justin Thomas isn't settling for top-10 finishes on this year's PGA Tour.,After tallying six of those last year, the world's No. 21 golfer wants more success in 2025.,"The next step is definitely winning, winning and winning more," Thomas said.,Thomas will aim to take that step and secure his first ...
Sam Darnold's value plunges after Vikings' free-fall finish
Sam Darnold closed out 2024 as one of the feel-good NFL stories of the year.,The 27-year-old journeyman had led Minnesota to a 14-2 record ahead of a Week 18 showdown against the Detroit Lions that would decide the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs.,There was talk of Darnold landing a Baker Mayfield-li...
Hot teams clash when Senators host Capitals
The Washington Capitals look to extend their point streak to nine games when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.,Ottawa has a streak of its own, winning three games in a row after losing four straight.,Both teams were winners Tuesday night as the Capitals blanked the visiting Anaheim D...