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Hot-shooting Bucks earn season sweep of Pacers
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 and Bobby Portis added 29 off the bench to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 134-123 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Sunday afternoon.,It was a near triple-double for Antetokounmpo with 14 rebounds and eight assists. Ryan Rollins added 20 points with seven dim...

Magic, Hawks bring lengthy win streaks into pivotal clash
Two of the NBA's hottest teams will collide Monday when the Orlando Magic visit the Atlanta Hawks in a matchup with heavy Eastern Conference playoff ramifications.,The Hawks have won nine straight, the league's longest active winning streak and the franchise's longest since 2014-15, and are ninth in...

Kyle Kirkwood wins inaugural Grand Prix of Arlington
Kyle Kirkwood won the inaugural Grand Prix of Arlington Sunday, edging Alex Palou to make himself the first-ever winner of the Texas-based race.,Situated on the streets surrounding the stadiums of the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers, the 14-turn, 2.73-mile circuit provided a memorable outcome for i...

Thunder blow past Timberwolves, extend win streak to eight
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at home Sunday.,Gilgeous-Alexander's late surge extended his record streak of 20-point to 128 consecutive. He broke Wilt Chamberlain's ...

Late runs sparks Arkansas over Vanderbilt in SEC final
NASHVILLE -- Tournament Most Valuable Player Darius Acuff Jr. scored 30 points and dished out 11 assists, leading 17th-ranked Arkansas to an 86-75 win over No. 22 Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference tournament final on Sunday.,The third-seeded Razorbacks hit 62.5% of their 3-pointers (15 of 24...

Novak Djokovic (shoulder) withdraws from upcoming Miami Open
Six-time Miami Open champion Novak Djokovic withdrew from this year's tournament due to a right shoulder ailment, the event announced Sunday.,Djokovic reached the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open this past week at Indian Wells, Calif., before falling to Jack Draper in a third-set tie-breaker on ...

Artemi Panarin back in New York as Kings meet Rangers
Artemi Panarin will get his first chance to face his former team when the New York Rangers host the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.,In a cost-cutting move, Panarin was traded to Los Angeles from New York on Feb. 4 in exchange for forward prospect Liam Greentree and a conditional third-round pick ...
Best NCAA Tournament Championship Future Betting Picks Before Selection Sunday
Get the top March Madness 2026 picks and NCAA Tournament betting odds, including Duke, Houston, Purdue, and Michigan State....

TJ Power electric as Penn tops Yale to win Ivy tournament
TJ Power scored 44 points, including a pair of 3-pointers in the final seven seconds of regulation, as Penn advanced to the NCAA Tournament with an 88-84 victory over Yale in the Ivy League championship game Sunday at Ithaca, N.Y.,Power added 14 rebounds and went 14 of 26 from the floor (7 of 14 fro...
Three NBA Moments Everyone Misunderstood Last Week
A closer look at three NBA moments that sparked debate: Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game, Cleveland’s challenge drama, and the confusion around Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s streak....
Sunday NBA Odds and Betting Picks for March 15th
Looking for the best NBA bets today? Here are top picks for Pistons vs Raptors, Warriors vs Knicks, and Jazz vs Kings on Sunday’s NBA slate....

Lindsey Vonn snaps back at retirement talk
Lindsey Vonn said she will retire on her own terms, and not those of anyone else.,Recovering from a horrific crash that nearly led to the amputation of her left leg, the 41-year-old Vonn wasn't in the mood for retirement talk during a recent exchange on social media.,That chatter has grown in volume...

OF Seiya Suzuki returning to Cubs with knee injury
Outfielder Seiya Suzuki is set to return to the Chicago Cubs after Team Japan's run in the World Baseball Classic ended on Saturday, but his availability moving forward is in question with a right knee injury.,Suzuki was injured in the first inning of Saturday's WBC-ending defeat to Venezuela when h...

Mikaela Shiffrin wins record-matching 8th WC slalom this season
Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying eighth World Cup win of the season in the slalom on Sunday in Are, Sweden.,This was the final race of the season before the World Cup Finals, and Shiffrin won in a time of one minute, 43.35 seconds, beating second-place finisher Emma Aicher of...

Kraken try to keep pace in wild-card hunt vs. Panthers
Seattle Kraken coach Lane Lambert tried to temper expectations before Bobby McMann's long-awaited debut.,"Obviously he's a good player. But he's not coming in to be the savior," Lambert said before Saturday's game in Vancouver. "We have to all step up to the plate.",McMann, acquired at the March 6 N...

Fresh off scratch, Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher to return vs. Ducks
The Montreal Canadiens and visiting Anaheim Ducks both will be playing the second game of back-to-back sets when they face off on Sunday night.,The Canadiens, who reside in third place in the Atlantic Division, saw their three-game winning streak snapped on Saturday night with a 4-2 home loss to the...

Macklin Celebrini, Sharks set sights on surging Senators
The San Jose Sharks will look to strengthen their hold on a playoff spot and extend their winning streak to three games when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.,The Sharks are coming off consecutive 4-2 road victories against the Boston Bruins on Thursday and Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Th...

Struggling Bucks bid for season sweep of free-falling Pacers
The struggling Milwaukee Bucks look to right the ship as they host the floundering Indiana Pacers on Sunday afternoon., ,The Bucks reside a season-low 12 games below the .500 mark after they dropped a 122-99 decision to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. They also continued a tough streak of losing big,...

No. 3 Michigan needs to hurdle No. 18 Purdue to repeat at Big Ten champ
With hopes for a shot at another Big Ten tournament title needing a final-minute game-winner, No. 3 Michigan turned to its top scorer to keep winning in the Windy City.,Yaxel Lendeborg and the top-seeded Wolverines will look to repeat as conference tournament champions and lock down a No. 1 seed in ...

Guard play will be key for Vanderbilt, Arkansas in SEC final
NASHVILLE -- No. 22 Vanderbilt will try to win its first Southeastern Conference tournament championship since 2012 when it meets 17th-ranked Arkansas on Sunday.,The Commodores (26-7), playing two miles from their campus, routed fourth-ranked Florida (the tournament's top seed) by a 91-74 score on S...