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Zaccharie Risacher (season-best 21) steers Hawks past Magic
Zaccharie Risacher scored 11 of his team's first 13 points finished with a season-high 21 while leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 127-112 win over the visiting Orlando Magic on Tuesday.,Risacher hit 7 of 14 attempts from the field as part of Atlanta's 55.6% shooting effort.,Six players scored in double...

Strong second half leverages Oklahoma State over Oral Roberts
Vyctorius Miller scored a game-high 21 points to lead Oklahoma State to a 95-71 win over Oral Roberts on Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla., ,Parsa Fallah scored 15 points and had eight rebounds and Jaylen Curry racked up 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Cowboys., ,Christian Coleman had a...

Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett lead red-hot Raptors in rout of Milwaukee
RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes scored 23 points each Tuesday night and the Toronto Raptors easily defeated the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 128-100 for their third straight win.,Immanuel Quickley added 15 points for the Raptors and reserve Sandro Mamukelashvili also scored 15. Gradey Dick scored 14 point...

Grading first CFP rankings: What committee got right, wrong
The College Football Playoff committee had a few surprises in store when it released its first rankings and projected field of 12 teams of the season Tuesday night.,Much was as expected, with Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama and Georgia making up the top five. On the less anticipated side of ...

Blackhawks hope to end record losing streak to Canucks
Winners of 11 straight games against Chicago, the Vancouver Canucks look to make it a dominant dozen when the Blackhawks visit on Wednesday.,The 11 consecutive victories are tied for the most in a row against a single opponent in Vancouver franchise history. The Canucks already added to the streak w...

Hot-shooting second half leads No. 9 Kentucky past Nicholls
Sophomore Collin Chandler scored 11 of his career-best 15 points in the second half as Kentucky pulled away for a 77-51 win over Nicholls on Tuesday to open both teams' seasons in Lexington, Ky.,The Wildcats began the second half with a 13-4 run in the first 3 1/2 minutes en route to a 49-point seco...

Meechie Johnson shines in return as South Carolina handles NC A&T
Meechie Johnson scored 14 points in his first game back with South Carolina after a year away and the Gamecocks used balanced scoring in a 91-72 victory against North Carolina A&T on Tuesday night in Columbia, S.C.,Nordin Kapic had 13 points, Kobe Knox notched 12 points and Elijah Strong and Eli Ell...

Kraken keen to defend home-ice advantage against Sharks
In the past, the Seattle Kraken almost faced a home-ice disadvantage.,In their first four seasons after joining the NHL as an expansion franchise in 2021-22, the Kraken posted a 71-75-18 record at Climate Pledge Arena.,But this season has been different. The Kraken are 4-0-2 at home heading into Wed...

Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M lead first CFP rankings of season
Ohio State claimed the No. 1 spot in the initial rankings released by the College Football Playoff committee on Tuesday night, with Big Ten rival Indiana right behind at No. 2.,The defending national champion Buckeyes won't face the Hoosiers until a potential collision in the Big Ten championship ga...

Braden Smith moves up assist list as No. 1 Purdue subdues Evansville
Fletcher Loyer scored a career-high 30 points Tuesday night and Braden Smith moved into third place in Big Ten Conference history for most assists as top-ranked Purdue opened its season by walloping visiting Evansville 82-51 in West Lafayette, Ind., ,Jack Benter added 11 and three 3-pointers for the...

Spurs coming off 1st loss with visit to fellow Western power Lakers
A pair of early-season Western Conference powers will meet Wednesday when the San Antonio Spurs visit the Los Angeles Lakers.,Only the defending league champion Oklahoma City Thunder sit higher in the West standings through two weeks of the season than the Spurs and Lakers.,San Antonio will have to ...
Why the New York Jets’ Fire Sale Won the 2025 NFL Trade Deadline
The New York Jets traded Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams to stockpile draft picks, setting up for a franchise-changing 2026 and 2027. Here’s why they won the NFL trade deadline....

Heat ready for climb to break nine-year losing streak in Denver
The Miami Heat started their four-game road trip with consecutive losses but can finish with two wins when they face the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night., ,Miami lost to the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers to kick off the trip but rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday nig...

Blue Jackets eyeing better start as they begin trek at Flames
Having had time to reflect on the bitter disappointment of their last outing, the Columbus Blue Jackets kick off a four-game Western road trip against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday aiming to point their season back in the right direction.,The Blue Jackets had a four-game winning streak snapped in ...

Grizzlies dealing with team drama as Rockets come to town
The Memphis Grizzlies play host to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday but find themselves mired in a three-game losing skid with an unhappy superstar.,Grizzlies All-Star guard Ja Morant, who served a one-game suspension for comments directed to the Memphis coaching staff after Friday's home loss to th...

Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns meets up again with Timberwolves
With a few more wins in their respective conference finals series last spring, the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves would have advanced to the NBA Finals and figured out the ultimate way to determine the winner of their blockbuster October 2024 trade.,But the evidence continues to mount th...

No. 23 Creighton, restocked after departures, opens vs. South Dakota
No. 23 Creighton officially will begin life after Ryan Kalkbrenner on Wednesday when it hosts South Dakota in the team's season opener in Omaha, Neb.,Replacing Kalkbrenner, a four-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, wasn't the only assignment for head coach Greg McDermott. He also saw the de...

After losing two top-five picks, Rutgers begins campaign vs. Rider
Rutgers fell flat and missed the NCAA Tournament last season despite having two future top-five NBA draft picks on the roster., ,Is it possible the Scarlet Knights will be better without Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey?, ,That's what Rutgers is set to find out as it opens the 2025-26 season at home agai...

Bears acquire DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka from Browns
The Chicago Bears are acquiring defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the same draft, the team announced Tuesday.,The move comes two days after Bears defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo sustained a season-ending Achill...

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks soar into Toronto after dramatic win
RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram are forming a dynamic duo for the Toronto Raptors, who will look for more heroics from the pair when they play host to the Milwaukee Bucks for the second time in 12 days on Tuesday.,The Bucks have a hero of their own, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who arrives in C...