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Minnesota relinquishes big lead, still beats No. 19 Iowa
Langston Reynolds scored 22 points on 9-for-13 shooting and Minnesota escaped with a 70-67 win over No. 19 Iowa in a Big Ten Conference matchup Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Cade Tyson added 16 points for Minnesota (10-5, 3-1), which continued its surprise start to the conference season under first-...
No. 1 Indiana's Peach Bowl challenge: Beat No. 5 Oregon... again
ATLANTA -- No. 1 Indiana just won its biggest game in school history. In order to replace that victory with an even more important triumph, the Hoosiers will have to tackle a new challenge -- beating a team twice.,Hoping to add on to the best season the program has seen, the Hoosiers will have to ta...
Trevor Zegras pots two against old pals as Flyers trounce Ducks
Trevor Zegras scored twice against his former team, lifting the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 home victory over the slumping Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.,Cam York and Nikita Grebenkin each added a goal and an assist for Philadelphia, which has won five of its last seven games. Travis Sanheim also scored...
Contending Blues, Blackhawks renew rivalry on upswing
The St. Louis Blues seek their first three-game winning streak of the season Wednesday when they visit a team riding such a tear, the Central Division rival Chicago Blackhawks.,After sweeping a two-game homestand from Vegas and Montreal on Friday and Saturday, the Blues aim to maintain that momentum...
Sabres go up 4 goals, hold off Canucks' third-period rally
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 32 of 35 shots as the host Buffalo Sabres held on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Tuesday night.,Ryan McLeod, Zach Metsa, Josh Doan and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres, who have won 11 of their last 12 overall and five...
Rockets, Blazers upbeat heading into first of 2-game set
Two hot teams get together for the first game of a back-to-back when the Houston Rockets visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.,Both Western Conference teams have won five of their past six games. The second contest is Friday, also in Portland.,Houston star Kevin Durant may arrive with an ex...
Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans propel No. 6 Duke past No. 20 Louisville
Cameron Boozer poured in 27 points as No. 6 Duke used a second-half comeback to defeat No. 20 Louisville 84-73 on Tuesday night in Louisville, Ky.,Boozer, the freshman phenom, tied his season-best field goal percentage by sinking 10 of 12 shots from the floor as the Blue Devils (14-1, 3-0 ACC) won t...
Blackhawks' Connor Bedard returns to practice, considered day-to-day
Nearly four weeks after sustaining an upper-body injury, Chicago Blackhawks leading scorer Connor Bedard returned to practice on Tuesday with potential to play as soon as Friday against the Washington Capitals.,Bedard, who piled up 19 goals and 25 assists in 31 games before getting hurt on Dec. 12 a...
Warriors resume homestand vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks
Golden State Warriors fans will get a look at the prize atop their trade-deadline wish list when Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks make their annual visit to San Francisco on Wednesday night.,Antetokounmpo put on quite a show in the California capital on Monday when he shoehorned 37 poin...
Rangers G Igor Shesterkin lands on IR after noncontact injury
The New York Rangers placed top goaltender Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve Tuesday, one day after he suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of a loss to Utah.,Shesterkin must miss at least seven days while on IR, and ESPN reported that the Rangers feel they avoided a "worst-case scenari...
Kentucky out to strike a better chord vs. Missouri
Kentucky will take another shot at its first SEC win when the Wildcats host Missouri on Wednesday in Lexington, Ky.,Kentucky (9-5, 0-1 SEC) opened conference play Saturday with an 89-74 loss at then-No. 14 Alabama. Despite 22 points from Otega Oweh and 21 points from Jaland Lowe, it wasn't enough as...
Mississippi State, Oklahoma put five-game winning streaks to test
Oklahoma and Mississippi State will put five-game winning streaks on the line in a Southeastern Conference showdown on Wednesday in Starkville, Miss.,Both teams have rallied around the stiff challenge of SEC play.,"Conference play has the rallying cry of a new season," Mississippi State coach Chris ...
Marquette, Xavier desperate for some Big East success
Marquette looks to get over the hump and claim its first Big East victory on Wednesday when Xavier comes to Milwaukee.,The losing streak sits at six for Marquette (5-10, 0-4) after Sunday's 73-57 loss at No. 4 UConn. The Golden Eagles haven't gone this long without a win since the 2014-15 season.,Ni...
Lull has Thunder embracing 'challenge' with Jazz up next
The Oklahoma City Thunder made the early part of the season look easy. Not only with their 24-1 start, but their margin of victory.,Heading into Wednesday's home matchup against the Utah Jazz, though, the Thunder are looking to snap out of a rut.,After one of the best starts in NBA history, Oklahoma...
Stanford, Virginia Tech out to build off strong starts
When Virginia Tech hosts Stanford on Wednesday at Blacksburg, Va., there will be plenty in common between the teams.,Both sides enter with 12-3 overall records, while also going 1-1 to open Atlantic Coast Conference play.,Virginia Tech, recipients of two votes in the most recent AP poll, opened ACC ...
Knicks try to back up owner's belief with better play vs. Clippers
New York Knicks owner Jim Dolan spent Monday afternoon giving a rare interview in which he said he expected the Knicks to win the NBA Finals.,Hours later, the Knicks didn't exactly make Dolan look prescient.,The Knicks will look to snap their longest losing streak of the season Wednesday night when ...
Miami set to put fearless style up against Wake Forest
Malik Reneau, Tre Donaldson and Miami look to continue their strong play on Wednesday when they visit Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.,In the Hurricanes' last outing, a 76-69 victory over Pitt on Dec. 30, Reneau overcame first-half foul trouble to score 17 of his season-high 28 points after interm...
No. 18 Arkansas heads to Ole Miss on road not recently traveled
After just one SEC game, No. 15 Arkansas already sees a brighter road ahead., ,The Razorbacks (11-3, 1-0, SEC), who lost their first five conference games under coach John Calipari last season, won their league opener Saturday when they defeated then-No. 19 Tennessee 86-75 at Fayetteville, Ark., ,No...
Report: Akshay Bhatia rejects 'lucative' offer from LIV Golf
Akshay Bhatia turned down a "lucrative" offer to join LIV Golf, GolfChannel.com reported Tuesday.,Bhatia, who turns 24 on Jan. 31, has won two times on the PGA Tour -- the 2023 Barracuda Championship and the 2024 Valero Texas Open.,He also advanced to the Tour Championship in each of the last two se...
Avalanche F Gabriel Landeskog, D Devon Toews out weeks
The Colorado Avalanche expect forward Gabriel Landeskog and defenseman Devon Toews to miss numerous weeks with upper-body injuries.,Landeskog will probably return after Toews, who has been ruled out for at least two weeks, coach Jared Bednar said Tuesday ahead of the Avalanche's road game against th...