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US finishes with record 12 gold medals at Milan Cortina Olympics
The United States set a national record with 12 gold medals in this month's Milan Cortina Olympics, two more than the prior Winter Olympics record set during the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.,The U.S. finished in second place in both gold medals (12) and total medals (33), trailing only Norway (18 gold...
Warriors C Kristaps Porzingis (illness) out vs. Nuggets
Golden State Warriors center Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Denver Nuggets in San Francisco due to an illness.,Acquired at the trade deadline from Atlanta this month, Porzingis made his Warriors debut in a 121-110 home loss to the Boston Celtics on Thursday. Comin...
Report: Guardians signing 1B Rhys Hoskins to minor league deal
The Cleveland Guardians are signing free-agent first baseman Rhys Hoskins to a minor league contract, The Athletic reported Sunday.,He will earn a $1.5 million base salary should he make the major league roster, per the report. He still must pass a physical but was in the Guardians clubhouse at spri...
Team USA defeats Canada, wins first hockey gold since 1980
Jack Hughes scored at 1:41 of overtime to lift the United States to a 2-1 victory against Canada in the gold medal game on Sunday at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.,Hughes scored with a one-timer from the inside edge of the left circle off a feed from defenseman Zach Werenski. The goal gave the A...
Twins' Joe Ryan gets MRI, has lower back inflammation
Minnesota Twins All-Star right-hander Joe Ryan is nursing inflammation in his lower back after being scratched from his spring training start on Saturday afternoon.,Ryan underwent an MRI and revealed the news on Sunday, two days after the team announced right-hander Pablo Lopez will undergo Tommy Jo...
German bobsledders close dominant Games with four-man gold, silver
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Germany's Johannes Lochner collected his second bobsled gold of the Milan Cortina Olympics in the four-man event on Sunday, completing a hugely dominant week for the sliding superpower.,Compatriot and double-defending champion Francesco Friedrich took silver but Germany's...
Skidding 76ers face tough challenge vs. Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves
The sliding Philadelphia 76ers have their work cut out for them as they endeavor to stop Anthony Edwards and the red-hot Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis on Sunday.,It will be the second leg of a back-to-back road set for the Sixers, whose losing streak stretched to four -- all by double digits...
Daniel Munie's 2-goal effort powers Earthquakes past Sporting Kansas City
Defender Daniel Munie scored a brace as the host San Jose Earthquakes spoiled Rapha Wicky's head coaching debut for Sporting Kansas City with a 3-0 victory on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.,Preston Judd also scored a goal and Daniel made one save for his 13th career shutout (reg...
Donovan Dent goes end to end as UCLA tops No. 10 Illinois at OT buzzer
Donovan Dent drove the length of court for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to give UCLA an electric 95-94 overtime victory over No. 10 Illinois in Big Ten play on Saturday night in Los Angeles.,Dent had 14 points and a career-high 15 assists in helping the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) h...
Donovan Dent goes end to end as UCLA tops No. 10 Illinois at the buzzer
Donovan Dent drove the length of court for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to give UCLA an electric 95-94 overtime victory over No. 10 Illinois in Big Ten play on Saturday night in Los Angeles.,Dent had 14 points and a career-high 15 assists in helping the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) h...
Late Minnesota equalizer sets up season-opening draw vs. Austin
Kelvin Yeboah's headed goal on a pass from Devin Padelford in the 90th minute helped Minnesota United come away with a 2-2 draw against host Austin FC on Saturday in the season-opening match for both teams., ,Yeboah waited unmarked in front of the net for Padelford's pass, directing the shot past Au...
Spurs hand woeful Kings their 16th straight loss
Victor Wembanyama racked up 28 points, 15 rebounds, six assists and four blocked shots to lead a balanced San Antonio attack in a 139-122 win over the hapless Sacramento Kings on Saturday in Austin, Texas, the Spurs' home away from home.,The Spurs led by eight points at halftime and 11 after three q...
Ilia Malinin highlights dangers of social media in gala performance
MILAN, Italy -- Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating program at the Milan Cortina Games.,Barely a week on from his shock eighth-place finish in...
Report: Suns G Dillon Brooks breaks left hand vs. Magic
Phoenix Suns guard Dillon Brooks broke his left hand in a home victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday and will be out for an extended time, ESPN reported Saturday night.,Brooks left with 4:46 remaining in the first quarter with a left-hand injury and did not return. Phoenix went on to beat the M...
Vikings WR Rondale Moore dead at 25
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore died Saturday, the Floyd County (Ind.) coroner confirmed to The Athletic. He was 25 years old.,According to multiple reports by news outlets in Minnesota and Indiana, New Albany (Ind.) Chief of Police Todd Bailey said Moore was found inside a garage and ...
Finland thumps Slovakia to win men's hockey bronze
MILAN -- Defending champions Finland swatted aside Slovakia to win the men's Olympic bronze medal on Saturday, scoring four goals in the final period to see off the bronze medalists from four years ago in a 6-1 win at Santagiulia Arena.,The Finns had little time to lick their wounds after letting a ...
Late surge secures TCU's victory over West Virginia
David Punch scored seven points to spark a 17-5 run in the final 7:38 as TCU defeated West Virginia 60-54 in a Big 12 game Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.,West Virginia (16-11, 7-7) led 49-43 before Punch started the rally with a free throw.,Xavier Edmonds and Liutauras Lelevicius led the Horned Frog...
Kevin Denkey, Nick Hagglund score as FC Cincinnati beat Atlanta United
Kévin Denkey's left-footed goal in the 80th minute and Nick Hagglund's header in the 90th completely tipped the scales in FC Cincinnati's favor, and was the difference in a 2-0 season-opening home win over Atlanta United on Saturday.,After nearly 80 minutes of no scoring, Cincinnati's offense took o...
Spring training roundup: Aaron Judge's 2 homers lead Yankees past Tigers 20-3
Aaron Judge homered twice, drove in four runs and scored two Saturday afternoon to power the host New York Yankees to a 20-3 rout of the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game in Tampa, Fla.,Judge, who won the American League MVP Award last season after getting 53 homers and 114 RBIs -- hit a two-...
Speed skating: Jorrit Bergsma, 40, takes mass start gold; Jordan Stolz fourth
MILAN -- Jorrit Bergsma turned back the clock to claim men's mass start gold at the Winter Games on Saturday, securing the second Olympic title of his career at the age of 40, while Marijke Groenewoud triumphed in the women's race to seal a Dutch double.,As Bergsma approached the final straight, he ...