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Struggling Nuggets strive to get right against Rockets
The Denver Nuggets waited nearly four months to get their starting lineup intact again, and now the task is to return to that unit's early season success.,Denver started 8-2 with its opening-day lineup together but has lost its first two games since it reunited last week. The Nuggets will try to get...
Clemson ready to shed ACC tourney infamy, starting with Wake Forest
Of the seven charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson is the only one never to capture an ACC men's basketball tournament title.,That's the painful legacy the fifth-seeded Tigers will try to erase this week as they tip off in the ACC tournament for the 73rd time.,Clemson (22-9) will...
TCU on quest for 3rd season victory over Oklahoma State
TCU is bringing plenty of momentum into the Big 12 tournament as it faces Oklahoma State in the second round on Wednesday night in Kansas City, Mo.,This will be the third meeting between the teams this season. TCU (21-10), the No. 6 seed in the tournament, captured three-point wins in both contests ...
Lakers catch Wolves in standings thanks to Luka Doncic's triple-double
Luka Doncic posted 31 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers earned a 120-106 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday in a battle of playoff-hopeful Western Conference teams.,Austin Reaves scored 31 points and Deandre Ayton added 14 points and 12 rebounds fo...
Predators pick up crucial comeback win over Kraken
Ryan Ufko scored his first career NHL goal and Juuse Saros made a season-high 43 saves as the Nashville Predators rallied for a 4-2 victory against the host Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.,Tyson Jost, Reid Schaefer and Steven Stamkos also scored and Jonathan Marchessault had two assists for the Pre...
Anthony Roy scores 24 to lead Oklahoma State past Colorado
Anthony Roy poured in 24 points, Christian Coleman impressed with 17 points and 14 rebounds and 14-seed Oklahoma State went on to a 92-83 victory over 11-seed Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 tournament Tuesday night at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.,The Cowboys (19-13) advance to ...
Matt Snell, Jets' Super Bowl III hero, dies at 84
Matt Snell, the bruising running back who powered the New York Jets to their iconic moment in a shocking Super Bowl III victory, died Tuesday morning on Long Island at the age of 84, the team announced.,Snell's role in Jets history is closely linked to the upset that changed professional football. I...
Midgame 3-goal flurry sends Ducks to win over Jets
Alex Killorn, Ryan Poehling and Jackson LaCombe each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Anaheim Ducks, who scored three times in a 1:44 span of the second period in a 4-1 victory against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.,Tim Washe also scored and Lukas Dostal made just 12 saves for the Duck...
Suns sink Bucks behind season-high 24 3-pointers
Devin Booker scored 27 points and dished seven assists while leading the Phoenix Suns to a 129-114 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.,Phoenix sank a season-high 24 3-pointers (on 51 attempts) to begin its six-game road trip with a third consecutive victory. Jalen Green added 25 ...
Rockets break open tight game in 4th, knock off Raptors
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 29 points, while Amen Thompson and Jabari Smith Jr. chipped in 23 points apiece as the Houston Rockets pulled away in the fourth quarter of a 113-99 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.,Durant made 12 of 16 shots from the field, including four 3-point...
Islanders erase 3-0 deficit for dramatic win over Blues
Mathew Barzal scored in overtime to complete an unlikely New York Islanders' comeback in a 4-3 road win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.,Down 3-0 midway through the second period, the Islanders scored three goals to force extra time. Barzal assisted on two of those tallies before delivering the ...
Hawks extend streak to seven with late spree against Mavs
Jalen Johnson scored 13 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to help the Atlanta Hawks to a 124-112 win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks for their seventh straight win.,The win broke Atlanta's four-game losing streak against Dallas and sent the Mavericks to their eighth consecutive loss, their l...
Sabres steamroll Sharks en route to 8th straight victory
Jack Quinn recorded a hat trick and an assist, Jason Zucker added a goal and an assist and Ramus Dahlin had three assists as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, 6-3, for their NHL-best eighth straight win.,Alex Tuch and Beck Malenstyn also scored for Buffalo, which i...
Wake Forest deals blow to Virginia Tech's tourney hopes with OT win
Myles Colvin scored 18 points as Wake Forest beat bubble team Virginia Tech 95-89 in overtime in the first round of the ACC Tournament on Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina.,This first round game between the No. 12 Hokies (19-13) and the 13th-seeded Demon Deacons (17-15) marked the 50th over...
Conor Garland records another 2-goal outing as Jackets down Lightning
Conor Garland crafted his second straight two-goal game as the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets swept the three-game season series from the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 5-2 victory on Tuesday night.,Acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in a trade last week, Garland broke a 24-game scoreless drought with ...
Aryna Sabalenka wins long-awaited rematch with Naomi Osaka
The last time Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka faced off, neither had won a Grand Slam title.,When they clashed for the second time, on Tuesday in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., each entered as a four-time major winner. The current top seed, Sabalenka, emerged with ...
Oklahoma rides late surge into SEC tourney vs. South Carolina with bubble at stake
Inching closer to the NCAA Tournament bubble, Oklahoma desperately needs to stay hot against South Carolina in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.,Oklahoma (17-14) finished 11th in the SEC after winning its last four regular-season games, catapu...
Ronda Rousey skewers UFC's parent company for 'greed' over stewardship
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano could have fought one another in a UFC pay-per-view, but Rousey said it wasn't "meant to be.",But Rousey did not shy away from sharp criticism aimed at TKO Group, the public company that now owns UFC.,Both Rousey and Carano appeared at a press conference Tuesday to promo...
Turnover-prone Knicks eager for fewer miscues against Jazz
The New York Knicks spent two nights in Los Angeles and struggled with turnovers.,Coming off two of their highest turnover totals all season, the Knicks attempt to avoid a third straight loss Wednesday night when they meet the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.,New York, which won 16 of 21 before landing ...
Maryland stifles Oregon in first half, hangs on to win tourney opener
David Coit scored 17 points to help 17th-seeded Maryland to a wire-to-wire, 70-60 victory over 16th-seeded Oregon in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament Tuesday in Chicago.,Elijah Saunders made 5 of 6 shots from 3-point range, scoring all 15 of his points from deep for the Terrapins (12-20),...