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Luka Doncic has happy birthday as Lakers crush Warriors
Luka Doncic celebrated his 27th birthday with 26 points, eight assists and six rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 129-101 rout of the Golden State Warriors on Saturday in San Francisco.,Los Angeles came into the Bay Area on a three-game losing skid but rebounded emphatically. The Lakers su...

Aiden Hezarkhani, Ariath Piol score to lead Real Salt Lake past Sounders
Young players Aiden Hezarkhani and Ariath Piol scored and veteran goalkeeper Rafael Cabral made eight saves, as Real Salt Lake won its home opener 2-1 over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah.,Cabral's last save was perhaps his biggest, as he stopped Snyder Brunell's volley from ab...

Timo Werner tallies assist in MLS debut as San Jose blanks Atlanta
Timo Werner recorded an assist in his MLS debut, helping the San Jose Earthquakes to a 2-0 win over visiting Atlanta United on Saturday.,Werner, the former German international and UEFA Champions League champion with Chelsea FC, entered for his new team in the 61st minute and assisted on Ousseni Bou...

Cale Makar scores twice as Avalanche break through against Blackhawks
Cale Makar scored twice, Gavin Brindley also had a goal, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 in Denver on Saturday night.,Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 14 shots and Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas had two assists each for Colorado, which bounced back from a disappointing h...

Islanders again own overtime, edge Blue Jackets
Simon Holmstrom scored with 3:12 left in overtime for the visiting New York Islanders, who remained perfect in the extra session and earned another comeback win by beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Saturday night.,Islanders defenseman Tony DeAngelo skated back deep into the New York zone befo...

Thunder set to take on injury-depleted Mavericks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has only played one game with Jared McCain but the recently acquired guard has made a big impression for the Oklahoma City Thunder, both during Gilgeous-Alexander's absence with an abdominal strain and during Friday's overtime win over Denver.,Gilgeous-Alexander, McCain, and ...

Oklahoma surges ahead early, cruises past LSU
Nijel Pack scored 21 points, Xzayvier Brown had 20 and Oklahoma pulled away from LSU 83-67 on Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.,Dayton Forsythe scored 13 points and Mohamed Wague added 10 for the Sooners (15-14, 5-11 Southeastern Conference), who won for the fourth time in six games since a nine-game los...

Myles Colvin's big game leads Wake Forest past Syracuse
Myles Colvin scored 32 points behind a blistering shooting effort as Wake Forest topped Syracuse 88-83 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C., ,Colvin had shot a combined 1 of 16 from the field -- including 1 of 9 from long range -- over the last two games, both losses. But he was on fire from the start...

Sharks beat Oilers to halt five-game slide
Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the game-winner on a slap shot midway through the third period as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Saturday.,Michael Misa had a goal and an assist, and 12 different players recorded points for the Sharks, who ended a five-game losing streak...

Pryce Sandfort scores 32 points, No. 12 Nebraska defeats Southern California
Pryce Sandfort scored 32-plus points for a second time in the last week, and No. 12-ranked Nebraska rallied from a second-half deficit to send Southern California to its fifth consecutive loss with Saturday's 82-67 decision in Los Angeles.,The Cornhuskers (25-4, 14-4 Big Ten Conference) shot just 12...

Commanding stretch gets No. 2 Arizona past No. 14 Kansas 84-61
Jaden Bradley scored six of his 10 points in a 16-0 scoring run as No. 2 Arizona took charge to deliver an 84-61 victory over No. 14 Kansas on Saturday at Tucson, Ariz.,The Wildcats (27-2, 14-2 Big 12) avenged their loss at Kansas on Feb. 9, which was their first of the season after a program-record...

Heat rally in 4th quarter to take down Rockets
Bam Adebayo posted a double-double, and Andrew Wiggins ignited a fourth-quarter rally after returning from an in-game injury to lead the Miami Heat to a 115-105 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Saturday.,Adebayo paired 24 points with 11 rebounds to help the Heat snap a two-game skid. Pel...

Georgia reaches 20 wins again, rolls past South Carolina on Senior Day
Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 18 points to help Georgia make history on Saturday with its wire-to-wire 87-68 win over visiting South Carolina on Senior Day in Athens.,Georgia (20-9, 8-8 Southeastern Conference) reached 20 wins for the third consecutive season. The Bulldogs achieved their 16th 20-win sea...

Layne Riggs holds on to claim first NASCAR Trucks street race
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- In a thrilling run to the checkered flag, Layne Riggs bobbed, weaved and saved just enough fuel to keep a pair of hard-charging fellow Ford drivers in Ty Majeski and Ben Rhodes behind him to win the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 on Saturday afternoon.,Riggs' No. 34 Front Row Motor...

Youth is served again as Red Bulls slip past Revolution
Teenage breakout star Julian Hall scored his third goal in two matches, and that was enough for the New York Red Bulls to blank the New England Revolution 1-0 on Saturday in Harrison, N.J., ,Hall, 17, is responsible for all three of New York's goals this season after opening with a brace in last wee...

Kentucky in complete control, exacts revenge on No. 25 Vanderbilt
Colin Chandler scored a career-high 23 points and made six shots from 3-point range as Kentucky exacted some revenge with a 91-77 victory over No. 25 Vanderbilt on Saturday at Lexington, Ky.,Otega Oweh also scored 23 points, Denzel Aberdeen had 15 and Malachi Moreno added 11 as the Wildcats (19-10, ...

On his bobblehead day, Nick Martinelli lifts Northwestern over Oregon
Nick Martinelli produced the game-winning runner with one second remaining as part of his game-high 22 points to lift Northwestern to a 63-62 Big Ten win over Oregon on Saturday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.,On a day Northwestern handed out bobbleheads bearing his likeness, Martinelli added 11 rebound...

Cincinnati cruises past Oklahoma State with 3-point barrage
Day Day Thomas heated up from long range, draining seven 3-pointers en route to a 26-point performance, Moustapha Thiam added 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and host Cincinnati rolled to a 91-68 home victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon.,The Bearcats (16-13, 8-8 Big 12), which entere...

Tre Carroll helps Xavier continue success over Georgetown
Tre Carroll scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half, Roddie Anderson III added 21 points and Xavier powered past Georgetown 91-84 on Saturday in a Big East Conference game at Cincinnati.,Filip Borovicanin added 18 for Xavier (14-15, 6-12 Big East), which beat Georgetown for the eighth time in ...

Rangers come back to beat Penguins in shootout
Vincent Trocheck scored in the first round of the shootout Saturday afternoon as the New York Rangers snapped a five-game losing streak by rallying for a 3-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins.,The Rangers chipped away at a 2-0 deficit after allowing goals to Anthony Mantha and Ryan Shea ...