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Mikaela Shiffrin gets 99th career victory with World Cup slalom win
Mikaela Shiffrin extended her record World Cup victories to 99 with a win Saturday in the women's slalom in Gurgl, Austria.,Shiffrin won in a combined time of 1 minute, 40.22 seconds, beating Italian prodigy Lara Colturi, who starts for Albania, by 0.55 seconds and Camille Rast of Switzerland by 0.5...
After foul performance from line, Lakers seek improvement vs. Nuggets
A first-round playoff matchup from a season ago will get a rewind Saturday when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Denver Nuggets.,The defending champions at the time, the Nuggets proved to be too much to handle and delivered a 4-1 series victory over the Lakers before they were eliminated in the Weste...
Luis Gil vs. Mason Miller: One Rookie Got the Hype, the Other Got the Outs
A’s Mason Miller dominated with 104 relief strikeouts, but Yankees’ Luis Gil stole the Rookie of the Year spotlight. Who deserved it more?...
College Football Week 13 Best Bets: Saturday November 23rd Top Betting Picks
These are our top sports betting picks and predictions for November 23rd's college football slate, including bets for Kansas vs. Colorado, Florida vs. Ole Miss and more....
Surging Bucks out to avenge earlier loss to Hornets
The Milwaukee Bucks will seek a fourth consecutive win and a dose of retribution when they host the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night.,The Bucks looked to be in big trouble as they limped through a six-game losing streak and fell to 1-6 earlier in the season, but they have reversed their fortunes ...
Balanced Rockets seek back-to-back wins over struggling Blazers
It seems counterintuitive to expect Houston to thrive offensively when Fred VanVleet, the Houston Rockets' third-leading scorer, takes two shots and scores only two points like he did on Friday.,In their 116-88 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers -- the first of back-to-back games between the te...
Sharks look to deny Sabres' bid for sweep of California foes
The San Jose Sharks admittedly are in the early stage of their rebuild and quite a ways removed from re-creating their days as a Stanley Cup contender. ,The Sharks, however, will look to create a good memory in honor of that time when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Before the game, the Sh...
Penguins meet Utah HC in matchup of struggling teams
The slumping Pittsburgh Penguins will look to take the first step toward reversing their fortunes on Saturday night when they host the struggling Utah Hockey Club.,Michael Bunting scored the lone goal Friday as the Penguins fell for the seventh time in nine games (2-4-3) with a 4-1 setback to the Wi...
Cardinals look to resume high-flying ways at Seahawks
When a team is going bad, a bye week is a welcome respite.,But what about when a team is going good?,The Arizona Cardinals (6-4), who have a one-game lead over the three other teams in the NFC West, had last week off in preparation for Sunday's divisional showdown at Seattle (5-5).,"When you're in a...
Not Purdy: 49ers hit Green Bay with backup QB, no Nick Bosa
Quarterback Brock Purdy and defensive end Nick Bosa are not available for the San Francisco 49ers as they enter Green Bay with designs on finding their finishing kick on Sunday afternoon.,Purdy is out with a right shoulder injury and won't leave the sideline at Lambeau Field, head coach Kyle Shanaha...
Butler uses 28-2 run to blow out Merrimack
Pierre Brooks II logged a game-high 23 points and 12 rebounds for Butler, which started the second half with a decisive run to beat Merrimack 78-39 on Friday night in Indianapolis.,Andre Screen had 12 points and nine rebounds while Jahmyl Telfort and Patrick McCaffery put up 11 points apiece for the...
Nebraska bottles up Ryan Kalkbrenner, defeats No. 14 Creighton
Juwan Gary scored 16 points with seven rebounds and helped make Ryan Kalkbrenner a non-factor on offense as visiting Nebraska upset No. 14 Creighton 74-63 on Friday in Omaha, Neb.,Brice Williams also finished with 16 points for Nebraska (4-1). Connor Essegian had a season-high 15 points, Berke Buyuk...
Naji Marshall has big night as Mavericks dump Nuggets
Naji Marshall scored a career-high 26 points, P.J. Washington had 22, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 123-120 on Friday night in the NBA Cup West Group C game.,Kyrie Irving finished with 19 points, Quentin Grimes added 14, Daniel Gafford 13 and Dereck Lively II had 11 and t...
Jiri Kulich lifts Sabres to overtime win against Ducks
Jiri Kulich scored in overtime to give the visiting Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 come-from-behind win against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.,Kulich collected a rebound in the bottom of the right circle and beat a sprawled John Gibson at 4:00 of the extra frame.,Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist, Jason Zucker...
Pair of freshmen lead No. 12 Duke's win over No. 17 Arizona
Cooper Flagg scored 24 points and Duke picked up its first victory against a power-conference team this season by defeating Arizona 69-55 on Friday night at Tucson, Ariz.,Kon Knueppel scored most of his 13 points courtesy of three 3-pointers as Duke's top two scorers were freshmen in the team's firs...
Michigan State sends Purdue to 10th consecutive loss
Aidan Chiles completed 15 of 31 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns to help Michigan State earn a 24-17 win over Purdue on Friday in East Lansing, Mich.,Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams gained 85 yards on 18 carries for the Spartans (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten), who kept their hopes of bowl-eligibility alive. Nate Car...
Adou Thiero, No. 20 Arkansas hold off Little Rock
Adou Thiero had 23 points, eight rebounds and six steals for No. 20 Arkansas, which withstood a late charge from Little Rock to earn a 79-67 victory on Friday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Thiero blocked a would-be Ante Beljan dunk with 1:35 left to keep the Trojans from making it a two-possession game. Thi...
Giannis Antetokounmpo's triple-double helps Bucks past Pacers
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his second triple-double of the season with 37 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists as the Milwaukee Bucks led wire-to-wire in a 129-117 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Friday night in an NBA Cup game.,Damian Lillard had 24 points and 12 assists for his third str...
Rockets roll past Blazers, continue recent surge
Dillon Brooks scored a season-high 28 points and Tari Eason added 22 off the bench as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 116-88 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.,Brooks shot 10 of 15 from the floor and finished 6-for-8 on 3-pointers, leading Houston to its seventh win in its p...
Bulls score season-best 136, take down Hawks
Zach LaVine scored 26 points and Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White added 20 apiece to spark seven Chicago players in double figures and boost the Bulls to a 136-122 victory against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday in an NBA Cup game.,Nikola Vucevic posted 18 points and 13 rebounds for Chicago. Josh Gid...