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Dylan Samberg's OT winner lifts Jets over Kraken
Dylan Samberg had a goal and an assist, scoring the winner at 1:47 of overtime, as the Winnipeg Jets rallied to defeat the host Seattle Kraken 3-2 Sunday night to regain first place in the NHL's overall standings.,Cole Perfetti also had a goal and an assist, Kyle Connor tallied and Vladislav Namestn...
Can South Carolina repeat in NCAA Women's Tournament?
South Carolina has found extra incentive going into the NCAA Women's Tournament.,Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said she felt slighted by the selection committee's decision to give South Carolina (30-3) the No. 2 overall seed.,What matters is where they end up on the season's final weekend. But for now...
Goals are plentiful for Blues in win over struggling Ducks
Dylan Holloway and Jake Neighbours each had a goal and an assist as the St. Louis Blues rolled past the visiting Anaheim Ducks 7-2 on Sunday.,The Blues won their 10th straight game against the Ducks and improved to 9-2-2 overall in their last 13 games.,Brayden Schenn, Pavel Buchnevich, Radek Faksa, ...
SMU, Dayton among top seeds in NIT as teams decline bids
SMU, Dayton, UC Irvine and San Francisco are the No. 1 seeds in the 2025 National Invitation Tournament, organizers revealed Sunday night.,Only four of the 32 teams in the field -- SMU, Stanford, Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State -- hail from one of the five power conferences, marking a potentially sh...
Utah rallies to beat Canucks for boost in playoff chase
Logan Cooley's goal 5:08 into the third period broke a tie and the Utah Hockey Club came from behind to defeat the host Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Sunday night.,Kevin Stenlund and Clayton Keller also scored for Utah, which had lost four of its last six and is battling to remain in playoff contention. ...
East Region: No. 1 Duke's chance for title run goes through Cooper Flagg
A decade has passed since Duke won its most recent of five national championships, the longest title drought for the program since claiming its first in 1991. All five of those titles came under the direction of legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski.,Duke has the firepower in 2025 to end an excruciating w...
UCLA grabs No. 1 overall seed in Women's NCAA Tournament
For nearly a monthlong span, UCLA wasn't the best team in its own city, losing twice to Southern California in conference play.,But after defeating USC in the Big Ten championship, the Bruins (30-2) regained Los Angeles bragging rights -- and on Sunday, they earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA...
Is Duke the team to beat at the NCAA Tournament?
There are enough factors to make Duke, the No. 1-ranked team in the East, an appealing choice to win the college basketball national championship.,The pieces will be in place if freshman Cooper Flagg is back in action for the NCAA Tournament.,It's no mystery that Duke has been eyeing its status as a...
Cameron Johnson helps Nets rally past Hawks
Cameron Johnson scored 28 points as the Brooklyn Nets rallied late in the third quarter and took control late in the fourth for a 122-114 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night.,Johnson shot 7-of-16 from the field and produced his highest point total since Dec. 26. The forward hit a...
Jack Draper breezes past Holger Rune to win at Indian Wells
Lucky No. 13 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain dominated No. 12 seed Holger Rune of Denmark 6-2, 6-2 in just 69 minutes to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday at Indian Wells, Calif.,The 23-yaer-old notched his first ATP Masters 1000 title with the victory.,"It's incredible. I wasn't expecting this,"...
Ex-Rookie of the Year Paul Flatley dies at 84
Former NFL Rookie of the Year Paul Flatley of the Minnesota Vikings has died, the team said Sunday. He was 84.,Flatley died on Saturday, according to the team.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vikings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">...
Madness begins: Auburn lands No. 1 overall seed over Duke
The 2025 NCAA Tournament drama started the moment CBS revealed the first team on Selection Sunday., ,Despite losing three of its last four games, Auburn was rewarded with the No. 1 overall seed - ahead of a Duke squad that ranked No. 1 in the country according to the Associated Press, the USA Today ...
Akron, Drake, Grand Canyon top NCAA Tournament Cinderella candidates
Favorites are easier to follow in the NCAA Tournament, factoring familiarity and knowledge of known commodities with single-digit seeding in the bracket.,Spoiler alert: An underrated Cinderella team or three will pull an upset most don't see coming this week and fracture many bracket predictions alo...
Mirra Andreeva wins Indian Wells with upset of Aryna Sabalenka
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva recorded six aces and overcame a first-set deficit to post a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday at Indian Wells, Calif.,The ninth-seeded Andreeva is the tournament's third-youngest champion at 17 years, 301 days...
Luka Doncic powers Lakers past Suns
Luka Doncic had 33 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, Austin Reaves added 28 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 107-96 win over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Sunday.,Jaxson Hayes matched his season high with 19 points and Dorian Finney-Smith added 10 for t...
Knicks, missing Jalen Brunson, host freefalling Heat
The New York Knicks spent the last four games of their West Coast road trip trying to figure out their offense without Jalen Brunson.,The Miami Heat have spent a far longer period of time trying to rediscover themselves.,A pair of struggling Eastern Conference rivals will meet Monday night, when the...
Jets agree to terms with former Chiefs DT Derrick Nnadi
Defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi has reached a contract agreement with the New York Jets, his agents announced Sunday.,Terms of the deal weren't disclosed for Nnadi, a key performer for the Kansas City Chiefs during the team's three Super Bowl championships over his seven NFL seasons.,The 28-year-old ...
Skidding Blue Jackets seek offensive awakening vs. Devils
The Columbus Blue Jackets will aim to snap a three-game losing streak when they host the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.,Monday is the third of a four-game homestand for the Blue Jackets, who were blanked 4-0 by the New York Rangers on Saturday.,"I'll be honest, there was some frustration at the ...
76ers continue Mavericks' misery with big third quarter
Quentin Grimes led seven Philadelphia scorers in double-figures with 28 points, and the 76ers snapped a three-game losing skid with their 130-125 road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.,Grimes shot 10-of-19 from the floor and dished six assists, fueling Philadelphia's highest-scoring outing si...
Green with envy: MLB's big spenders in their own subdivision
The Los Angeles Dodgers famously play in the National League West, with the New York Mets in the NL East.,The distance between Dodger Stadium and Citi Field is about 2,500 miles, which is not as far as Shohei Ohtani hitting a home run toward the east for the Dodgers, or Juan Soto hitting one west fo...