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Hot-starting Flyers blast Devils to boost playoff chances
Trevor Zegras and Tyson Foerster both scored a pair of goals for the Philadelphia Flyers, who strengthened their hold on an Eastern Conference playoff spot by beating the New Jersey Devils 5-1 Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,Zegras' tallies give him 25 goals for the season, while Foerster, who returned last...
Reds avoid near-blanking, force extras to stun Marlins
The Cincinnati Reds -- scoreless against Sandy Alcantara until the ninth inning -- rallied to defeat the host Miami Marlins 6-3 in 10 innings on Tuesday night.,Cincinnati tied the score in the ninth on a two-out wild pitch by Anthony Bender, and the Reds took control in the 10th on Nathaniel Lowe's ...
Rob Dillingham pours in career-best 26 as Bulls blast Wizards
Rob Dillingham's career-high 26 points off the bench highlighted a balanced scoring effort as the Chicago Bulls rolled to a 129-98 rout of the host Washington Wizards on Tuesday.,Chicago (30-49) left little doubt on the way to snapping a seven-game losing streak, pouncing on Washington (17-62) with ...
Timberwolves get off schneid with 124-104 win over Pacers
Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a three-game losing streak with a 124-104 win over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday in Indianapolis.,Julius Randle and Bones Hyland added 19 apiece and Naz Reid contributed 17 for Minnesota (47-32), which strengthened its hold on sixth ...
Kansas State's PJ Haggerty enters transfer portal again
The nation's fourth-leading scorer will be on the move for the fourth time in four offseasons, as Kansas State guard PJ Haggerty entered the transfer portal, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday.,As a junior this past season, Haggerty averaged 23.4 points per game, putting him behind only BYU's A.J....
Bulls prez sees Billy Donovan as integral to future -- if coach wants to stay
The Chicago Bulls aren't looking to move on from Billy Donovan. Now it's up for Donovan to decide what his future holds.,Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf held a video call with media Tuesday and said the team's next front office hires must be "sold" on Donovan as their coach.,"If I intervie...
Spurs likely without Victor Wembanyama with Trail Blazers in town
The San Antonio Spurs are likely to be without star center Victor Wembanyama as they look to stay in the hunt for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs when they host the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday in a game with postseason implications on both sides.,The Spurs (60-19) are guaranteed...
Nuggets eye 10th straight win as depleted Grizzlies visit
The surging Denver Nuggets are fighting for the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference -- and fighting their porous 3-point defense.,Denver (51-28), which has won nine in a row, goes for the first 10-game winning streak in the Nikola Jokic era when it hosts the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. On...
LeBron James to sit, leaving Lakers short-handed vs. Thunder
The Los Angeles Lakers will hold LeBron James out of Tuesday's home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, leaving the team extremely short-handed against the defending NBA champions.,James will not play due to injury management on a left foot injury that has persisted all season. The Lakers alread...
Gunnar Henderson's 2-run HR boosts O's over White Sox
Gunnar Henderson hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the eighth inning as the visiting Baltimore Orioles rallied past the host Chicago White Sox for a 4-2 victory Tuesday afternoon.,Henderson's fourth homer of the season came during a three-run uprising, with his blast off reliever Chris Murphy.,T...
Capitals face Maple Leafs clinging to fading playoff hopes
The Washington Capitals will try to keep their slim playoff hopes alive when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.,With four games remaining in the regular season, Washington (39-30-9, 87 points) trails three teams in the race for third place in the Metropolitan Division and four te...
Colorado QB Dominiq Ponder's BAC double legal limit in fatal wreck
An autopsy report released Tuesday revealed Dominiq Ponder had a blood alcohol limit more than twice the legal limit when he lost control of his 2023 Tesla and struck a utility pole in a fatal accident on March 1. ,The details released by the Boulder County Coroner's office showed Ponder, a 23-year-...
Gary Woodland grateful for Augusta security as he manages PTSD
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- When Gary Woodland last played the Masters in 2024, he was months removed from surgery to remove a brain tumor.,At that point, it may have appeared to outsiders that he'd finished his fight. Woodland, though, said he "didn't know what the future held.",Woodland, now 41, revealed in a...
UCLA's Skyy Clark enters portal, waiting on NCAA waiver
UCLA guard Skyy Clark entered the transfer portal while awaiting official word from the NCAA on a waiver request for a fifth year of eligibility. ,Clark averaged 11.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 26 games this past season for the Bruins, while shooting 42.7% from 3-point range. He missed ...
Patriots trade LB Marte Mapu to Texans
The New England Patriots traded linebacker Marte Mapu to the Houston Texans on Tuesday.,Terms of the trade were not disclosed, though ESPN reported the deal includes a swap of 2027 NFL Draft picks that gives a seventh-round pick to the Texans in exchange for a sixth-rounder.,Mapu is entering the las...
Blue Jays roster shuffle continues as injuries pile up amid slow start
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Cody Ponce will undergo surgery for a right anterior cruciate ligament injury and likely will be lost for the remainder of the regular season, manager John Schneider revealed Tuesday.,The Blue Jays also recalled left-hander Patrick Corbin from Single-A Dunedin and infi...
Texas F Dailyn Swain declares for NBA draft
Texas forward Dailyn Swain plans to enter the 2026 NBA Draft.,Swain came to Austin prior to this season to play for Sean Miller, who was his head coach at Xavier.,"Cincinnati to Austin ... what a ride," Swain said on his Instagram page in announcing his decision Tuesday.,Players have until May 27 to...
Brayan Rocchio delivers winning run in 9th as Guardians top Royals
Brayan Rocchio delivered a tie-breaking RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday afternoon, sending the host Cleveland Guardians to a 2-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals.,Rocchio started 0-for-3 until facing John Schreiber (0-1) with runners at first and second in the...
Report: LeBron James to sit, leaving Lakers short-handed vs. Thunder
The Los Angeles Lakers will reportedly keep LeBron James out of Tuesday's home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, leaving the team extremely short-handed against the defending NBA champions.,James will reportedly not play for injury management on a left foot injury that has persisted all season...
South Carolina's Dawn Staley moving on from spat with UConn's Geno Auriemma
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said Tuesday that she has moved on from an on-court spat with UConn coach Geno Auriemma in the Women's Final Four and would like everyone else to do the same.,Two of the sport's elite coaches had a heated argument after Staley's Gamecocks defeated the defending champ...