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Canadiens aim to stop slide in visit to Sharks
The struggling Montreal Canadiens will try to end their winless drought when they visit the last-place San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.,The Canadiens fell to 0-4-1 in their last five games with a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. ,Montreal led 2-0 through 33 minutes before the Ducks quickly ...
New-look Canucks vie to halt skid in encounter vs. Avalanche
The Vancouver Canucks will play with a renewed sense of joy when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.,The Canucks hope to avoid a third straight loss after their roster underwent a dramatic makeover following two trades on Friday, including one that sent last season's top scorer, J.T. ...
Wings out to complete perfect road trip, take on Kraken
The Detroit Red Wings are red hot. ,A six-game winning streak has Detroit at the top of the Eastern Conference wild-card race heading into a meeting with the host Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.,"That's awesome," Detroit forward Patrick Kane said of the Red Wings' place in the standings following a...
Clemson, riding win streak, faces short-handed Georgia Tech
Still on the outside looking in on the AP Top 25, Clemson brings its six-game winning streak into a Tuesday matchup with visiting Georgia Tech.,The Tigers (18-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) received 182 votes in the Monday poll, placing them as the first team out of the rankings, despite four co...
Confident USC takes on struggling Northwestern
Southern California heads to Evanston, Ill., on Tuesday hoping to build on a Top 10 win when it faces the slumping Northwestern Wildcats.,USC (13-8, 5-5 Big Ten) arrives brimming with belief after a 70-64 home win on Saturday over then-No. 7 Michigan State. Desmond Claude finished with 19 points and...
Xavier, Georgetown in must-win mode to keep at-large hopes alive
Two teams with hopes of making a push for postseason play meet Tuesday night when Xavier hosts Georgetown in Cincinnati.,The Musketeers (13-9, 5-6 Big East) are coming off an 86-77 loss to Creighton on Wednesday and have had five days of rest to prepare for their first of nine remaining regular-seas...
Devin Booker becomes Suns' all-time leading scorer
Devin Booker became the all-time leading scorer in Phoenix Suns franchise history when he knocked down a 3-pointer in the third quarter of a meeting with the host Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. ,The trey with 7:34 left in the quarter gave Booker 24 points for the game and 15,668 for his car...
Jalen Brunson guides Knicks to comeback win over Rockets
Jalen Brunson scored 11 of the final 13 points Monday night for the New York Knicks, who overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to top the visiting Houston Rockets 124-118.,Brunson finished with 42 points, 10 assists and six rebounds for the Knicks, who went 4-1 on their now-concluded homestand...
Thunder finish off Bucks in matchup of short-handed teams
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 125-96 home win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday in a battle of short-handed teams.,Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton, Brook Lo...
Eagles not ready to talk Nick Sirianni extension
NEW ORLEANS -- Nick Sirianni is the first coach in Philadelphia Eagles' history to take the team to the Super Bowl twice. He's already in elite company among peers reaching the season's final game again, something only Mike Tomlin and Joe Gibbs can claim in their first four seasons as head coach.,Bu...
Back in the Top 25, No. 20 Arizona looks to ace BYU trip
After surviving one rowdy environment on Saturday, Arizona's basketball team is about to enter another one.,Fresh off an emotional 81-72 win on Arizona State's home court, the No. 20 Wildcats (15-6, 9-1 Big 12) visit Provo, Utah, for a late Tuesday night showdown with surging BYU (15-6, 6-4).,"It wa...
Eagles' Zack Baun, C.J. Gardner-Johnson in familiar territory in NOLA
NEW ORLEANS -- Zack Baun and C.J. Gardner-Johnson have played plenty of games in the Caesars Superdome.,But they've never experienced one like they will Sunday, when they and their Philadelphia Eagles teammates face the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX in their former...
Hawks eke out win over Pistons, end 8-game skid
Trae Young scored the winning basket with 1.6 seconds left as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 132-130 victory over Detroit on Monday night.,Young led Atlanta with 34 points and nine assists. De'Andre Hunter had 20 points, and Dyson Daniels supplied 19 points, se...
Amid Luka Doncic buzz, Lakers focus on game vs. Clippers
Luka Doncic is not expected to be ready to make his Los Angeles Lakers debut on Tuesday, and that is just fine with the crosstown Los Angeles Clippers, who are set to host a meeting between rivals in Inglewood, Calif.,Doncic was essentially acquired for Anthony Davis in a swap of superstars that sho...
Sliding Penn State, Minnesota seek elusive Big Ten win
A once-promising season for Penn State has completely fallen apart.,The reeling Nittany Lions are desperate for a win Tuesday when they host Minnesota in Big Ten action.,Penn State (13-9, 3-8 Big Ten) defeated then-No. 8 Purdue as part of a 12-2 start to the season that had players and fans thinking...
No. 14 NC State rallies for victory over No. 10 Duke
Aziaha James poured in a career-high 36 points and No. 14 North Carolina State overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 10 Duke 89-83 on Monday in Raleigh, N.C.,The host Wolfpack (18-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) earned their seventh consecutive victory overall and their 18th ...
Someone's losing streak will end when Flyers visit Utah
Two teams in dire need of a turnaround will face off Tuesday in Salt Lake City when the Utah Hockey Club host the Philadelphia Flyers.,The teams have a combined eight-game losing streak, although the reasons for each team's losses differ. Philadelphia visits Utah having been shut out in three straig...
After streaks end, No. 5 Houston not panicking as Oklahoma St. visits
The laundry list of streaks was long and impressive, and it represented in part what No. 5 Houston can accomplish when performing at its peak.,On Saturday, the Cougars were not at their best and visiting Texas Tech made them pay, claiming an 82-81 overtime win that snapped three notable winning stre...
Sooners shoot for another upset -- this time at No. 1 Auburn
Oklahoma faces a tough road test as it looks to pull off its second consecutive Top 25 upset on Tuesday at No. 1 Auburn.,The Sooners (16-5, 3-5 SEC) dominated then-No. 24 Vanderbilt in a 97-67 blowout on Saturday in Norman. Freshman guard Jeremiah Fears racked up 21 points while Oklahoma's top score...
No. 14 Kentucky, No. 25 Ole Miss both looking to get back on track
After a rough weekend on the Southeastern Conference hardwood, No. 14 Kentucky and No. 25 Ole Miss will try to get their seasons pointed in the right direction Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss.,For Kentucky (15-6, 4-4 SEC), the drama of former coach John Calipari's return to Lexington and its historic ...