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Tundra upset HEROIC in Fissure Playground Belgrade playoffs
HEROIC, one of two teams that posted perfect records in the group stage of the Fissure Playground Belgrade event, lost their playoff opener on Tuesday in Serbia.,Tundra Esports edged HEROIC 2-1 in an upper-bracket quarterfinal match.,The other unbeaten team in the group phase, BetBoom Team, posted a...
Cal hopes to slow SMU's ACC-leading offense
SMU and Cal will meet Wednesday for the first time as Atlantic Coast Conference members on the hardwood, squaring off in Dallas. Both teams are bringing some momentum with them.,SMU (15-5, 6-3 ACC) has won four of its past five games, including a 63-57 victory at North Carolina State on Saturday. Ca...
Wyatt Johnston caps hat trick in OT as Stars top Knights
Wyatt Johnston scored a natural hat trick, including the game-winner 20 seconds into overtime, as the Dallas Stars rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night.,After Dallas trailed 3-1, Johnston scored a short-handed goal in the second period, then tied the game at 11:54...
Deni Avdija scores 30 as Trail Blazers beat Bucks
Deni Avdija scored a career-best 30 points and collected nine rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers spoiled Damian Lillard's return to town for the second straight season with a solid 125-112 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.,Anfernee Simons registered 25 points and seven...
Rutgers, Northwestern both dealing with injuries to key scorers
Northwestern and Rutgers both occupy the bottom third of the Big Ten as the Wildcats prepare to host the Scarlet Knights on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill.,The schools also share an objective: to climb from those depths over the final five-plus weeks of the regular season.,"We're close," Rutgers coach S...
Logan Thompson shines in hometown as Capitals handle Calgary
Logan Thompson made 32 saves in his hometown one day after signing a contract extension with Washington, helping the Capitals beat the host Calgary Flames 3-1 on Tuesday night.,Pierre-Luc Dubois, Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas all scored for Washington, which rebounded from its first regulation lo...
Kanon Catchings' career game lifts BYU over Baylor in OT
Kanon Catchings had a perfect 8-for-8 night from the floor, hitting four 3-pointers in a 23-point performance, and BYU pulled away for a 93-89 overtime victory over Baylor on Tuesday in Provo, Utah.,Catchings, a freshman, topped his previous career high of 21 points set against Florida A&M on Dec. 2...
Arizona State keeps Colorado winless in Big 12 play
Adam Miller scored 18 points, Alston Mason finished with 17 and Arizona State hung on to beat scuffling Colorado 70-68 in Boulder, Colo., on Tuesday night.,Shawn Phillips Jr. scored 13 points and Basheer Jihad contributed 11 for the Sun Devils (12-8, 3-6 Big 12). BJ Freeman, who entered Tuesday aver...
Balanced-scoring No. 13 Texas A&M gets past Oklahoma
Zhuric Phelps scored 15 points to lead a balanced Texas A&M attack as the 13th-ranked Aggies defeated Oklahoma 75-68 on Tuesday in a gritty Southeastern Conference clash at College Station, Texas.,The Aggies (16-5, 5-3 SEC) led by a point at halftime and were up 61-53 with 6:35 to play. Oklahoma clo...
USWNT's Crystal Dunn exits Gotham after one season
Crystal Dunn is out at Gotham FC after just one season.,The team and the U.S. women's national team stalwart announced their separation on Tuesday.,"Crystal is an accomplished player who has achieved so much in her career," Gotham FC general manager Yael Averbuch West said in a statement. "We wish h...
Pitt takes control late to take down North Carolina
Zack Austin scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:35 remaining as Pittsburgh executed down the stretch and earned a 73-65 victory over visiting North Carolina on Tuesday night.,Austin made 5 of 7 shots and none were bigger than his triple with 2:35 left ...
Scottie Scheffler eager for return from injury at Pebble Beach
After a freak accident in the kitchen kept him out of the first few PGA Tour events of 2025, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is set to return this week at tghe AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.,Scheffler was just over two weeks removed from his victory at the Hero World Challenge in December when he badly cut...
Notre Dame uses late surge to slide past Georgia Tech
Markus Burton scored a game-high 26 points, helping Notre Dame rally for a 71-68 win over visiting Georgia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Tuesday in South Bend, Ind.,Burton also had four assists and three steals, while Braeden Shrewsberry added 15 points for the Fighting Irish (10-10, 4-5...
Big second half lifts No. 9 Marquette over Butler
Stevie Mitchell scored 14 of his career-high 22 points in the second half to fuel No. 9 Marquette to a 78-69 victory over host Butler on Tuesday in Indianapolis.,Mitchell made 9 of 14 shots from the floor to eclipse his previous career high of 21 points, set in the Golden Eagles' win over Purdue on ...
Wolves vying for fourth straight win in visit to Suns
Western Conference counterparts who are jockeying for position in the crowded postseason chase meet on Wednesday when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Phoenix Suns.,Minnesota brings a three-game winning streak into Phoenix following its 100-92 home win over Atlanta on Monday. Anthony Edwards sco...
Reports: Mercury acquiring F Alyssa Thomas from Sun
The Phoenix Mercury are set to acquire five-time All-Star forward Alyssa Thomas in a trade with the Connecticut Sun, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.,Thomas and guard Tyasha Harris are set to join the Mercury from the Sun, who would receive guards Natasha Cloud and Rebecca Allen and a first-...
Surging Islanders handle Avs for fifth straight win
Simon Holmstrom scored twice in the third period Tuesday night for the surging New York Islanders, who extended their season-best winning streak to five games with a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Elmont, N.Y.,Anders Lee scored in the second period for New York before Holmstrom tallied t...
Landon Slaggert delivers in season debut to help 'Hawks beat Lightning
Landon Slaggert scored the go-ahead goal in his season debut as the Chicago Blackhawks opened a three-game Eastern Conference road trip with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. ,Slaggert, who was recalled from the American Hockey League on Sunday, broke a 1-1 tie in the second p...
Providence hangs on for victory over Seton Hall
Jayden Pierre scored 16 points and Providence withstood a late comeback by Seton Hall to prevail 69-67 in a Big East battle on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,The Friars (11-10, 5-5 Big East) improved to 2-4 in true road games this season.,The Pirates (6-15, 1-9) took their sixth straight loss and fell for ...
Georgia never trails in easy win over scuffling South Carolina
Asa Newell collected 17 points and 10 rebounds, helping Georgia post a wire-to-wire 71-60 victory over South Carolina on Tuesday night in Southeastern Conference play in Athens, Ga.,Dakota Leffew added 14 points and Silas Demary Jr. chipped in 12 as Georgia (15-6, 3-5 SEC) snapped a four-game losing...