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Klay Thompson turns back clock as Mavs blast Wizards
Klay Thompson drained seven 3-pointers in the first quarter on the way to a game-high 23 points and the Dallas Mavericks handed the visiting Washington Wizards a 14th straight loss with a 130-108 blowout on Monday. ,It was a rout from the start, as Dallas needed just 6:13 to open up a 24-5 lead befo...

Cooper Flagg, No. 2 Duke overpower NC State in 2nd half
Cooper Flagg scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half as No. 2 Duke rallied past North Carolina State to win 74-64 on Monday night in Durham, N.C.,Kon Knueppel's 19 points and Sion James' 13 points also boosted the Blue Devils (18-2, 10-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Duke, which came back from a...

Wolves overcome De'Andre Hunter's 35 points to outlast Hawks
Anthony Edwards scored 23 points, Julius Randle added 20 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held on for a 100-92 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night in Minneapolis., ,Rudy Gobert paired 18 points with 10 rebounds for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row. Naz Reid contributed 15 poi...

Amen Thompson has night to remember as Rockets sneak by Celtics
Amen Thompson made a game-winning floater with 1.3 seconds remaining to polish off a career night, lifting the visiting Houston Rockets to a 114-112 victory over the short-handed Boston Celtics on Monday night. ,Thompson's bucket in the lane gave him a career-high 33 points. He also finished with 10...

Micah Parrish scores 18 as Ohio State routs Iowa
Micah Parrish had 18 points and Bruce Thornton 15 when Ohio State pulled away in the second half for a rare runaway victory, 82-65, over Iowa in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday.,Devin Royal and John Mobley Jr. each had 12 points for the Buckeyes (12-8, 4-5 Big Ten), who outscored the Hawkeyes 52-39 over t...

Conor Garland tallies twice to help Canucks beat Blues
Conor Garland scored two goals and Quinn Hughes earned two assists to lead the visiting Vancouver Canucks past the St. Louis Blues 5-2 Monday night.,Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist and J.T. Miller and Pius Suter also scored for the Canucks, who won for just the fourth time in 12 games.,Kevin La...

Knicks roll over Grizzlies for biggest win of season
Karl-Anthony Towns posted another double-double on Monday night and had 16 points during a strong third quarter that helped the New York Knicks pull away for their most decisive win of the season, a 143-106 rout of the visiting Memphis Grizzlies.,Towns finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds for his...

Anthony Davis' monster night leads Lakers past Hornets
Anthony Davis set season highs with 42 points and 23 rebounds to help the visiting Los Angeles Lakers beat the Charlotte Hornets 112-107 on Monday night.,Davis made 17 of 28 shots from the field and reached the 40-point mark for the third time this season. He grabbed eight offensive boards and finis...

TGL: Tiger Woods' team beats Rory McIlroy's despite shot clock violation
Tiger Woods has experienced just about every conceivable situation in nearly three decades as a professional, but it's a safe bet he had never incurred a shot clock violation before Monday.,But that was the pickle Tiger found himself in after dilly-dallying for too long over an 8-foot birdie putt to...

Providence F Bryce Hopkins (knee) out for season again
Providence coach Kim English said Monday that Bryce Hopkins will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, the second straight season the star forward has had cut short.,Hopkins suffered an ACL tear in his left knee on Jan. 3, 2024, and missed not only the end of the 2023-24 season, but also t...

Georgia Tech vying for second win over Notre Dame this season
A pair of Atlantic Coast Conference teams looking to form rare winning streaks will meet Tuesday when Georgia Tech visits Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.,Notre Dame (9-10, 3-5 ACC) has won two of three games following a four-game losing streak. That skid began with an 86-75 loss at Georgia Tech on De...

Slumping Blackhawks get another shot at Lightning
If proximity leads to familiarity, the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning should be getting to know each other pretty well.,They will meet for the second time in five days on Tuesday night, this time in Florida to cap their season series.,The Lightning found their recent visit to Chicago a g...

One losing streak will end when Georgia meets South Carolina
With each team desperate to end losing streaks, Georgia hosts South Carolina in Southeastern Conference play on Tuesday in Athens, Ga.,Georgia (14-6, 2-5 SEC) entered the Top 25 on Jan. 13 for the first time in 14 years after wins over then-No. 6 Kentucky and then-No. 17 Oklahoma, but the Bulldogs h...

Arthur Cazaux defeats Stan Wawrinka in hometown of Montpellier
Arthur Cazaux of France took down Swiss wild card Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Open Occitanie on Monday in Montpellier, France.,Cazaux, 22 years old and ranked No. 101 in the world, is a native of Montpellier. What's more, he and Wawrinka are set to compete in the men's doubles d...

No. 13 Texas A&M welcomes Oklahoma hoping to grow from blown lead
No. 13 Texas A&M will look to its home court to help it recover from a heartrending loss when it squares off against Oklahoma on Tuesday in a Southeastern Conference matchup in College Station, Texas.,The Aggies (15-5, 4-3 SEC) head home after a stunning 70-69 loss at rival Texas on Saturday. Texas ...

Aaron Glenn to Jets: 'Put your seatbelts on and get ready for the ride'
For Aaron Glenn, a former player and scout for the New York Jets, Monday's introductory press conference as the team's new head coach was a full-circle moment -- and one he's fully embracing.,"This is where I started and you can't write a better story than that," the 52-year-old Glenn said. "This wa...

No. 11 Kansas again seeks salve while facing UCF
No. 11 Kansas finds itself in a familiar position as it prepares for a Big 12 rematch with visiting UCF on Tuesday night.,The Jayhawks (14-5, 5-3 Big 12) play UCF (13-6 ,4-4) for the second time this season when they're coming off a rare home defeat.,The Jayhawks traveled to Orlando, Fla., to face U...

Aussie champ Jannik Sinner won't defend Rotterdam title
After winning his second Australian Open over the weekend, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy has opted for rest rather than defend his title at Rotterdam next week. ,"After consulting with my team we had to take the difficult decision to withdraw from the ABN AMRO Open," Sinner said in a statement ...

Report: Ravens to extend contract of OC Todd Monken
Baltimore is working on a contract extension with offensive coordinator Todd Monken, who guided the Ravens to the No. 1 offense in total yards and rushing average this season, ESPN reported on Monday.,After each of the past two seasons in Baltimore, the 58-year-old Monken has drawn interest from NFL...

Islanders place D Ryan Pulock, G Marcus Hogberg on IR
The New York Islanders placed defenseman Ryan Pulock and goaltender Marcus Hogberg on injured reserve on Monday due to upper-body injuries.,The moves are retroactive to Saturday, when they were injured during a 3-2 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes.,Pulock, 30, left the game on his first ...