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Iowa State loses G Keshon Gilbert to injury before NCAA Tournament
Iowa State's run in the NCAA Tournament will come without standout senior guard Keshon Gilbert, who has been ruled out because of a groin injury, coach T.J. Otzelberger announced Sunday.,The Cyclones (24-9), ranked No. 12 in the nation, are seeded third in the South Region with a first-round game Fr...
East Region: No. 1 Duke's chance for title run goes through Cooper Flagg
A decade has passed since Duke won its most recent of five national championships, the longest title drought for the program since claiming its first in 1991. All five of those titles came under the direction of legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski.,Duke has the firepower in 2025 to end an excruciating w...
Islanders score 4 unanswered, double up Panthers
Marc Gatcomb, Maxim Tsyplakov and Noah Dobson scored in a span of a little more than six minutes in the third period Sunday night for the New York Islanders, who stormed back to beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 in Belmont Park, N.Y.,The Islanders (30-28-8) were outshooting the Panthers 27-12 when Gatco...
MLB betting primer: Top picks for futures markets
It's finally upon us: the start of another season of Major League Baseball. ,It's time for the Boys of Summer to play and for stats nerds like me to analyze all the data I can muster to figure out how I want to bet on some of the many MLB futures markets.,One of the beautiful aspects of this game is...
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins assists all 3 Oilers goals to top Rangers
Viktor Arvidsson scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins assisted on each Edmonton goal as the visiting Oilers won 3-1 over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.,Leon Draisaitl extended his career-high point streak to 18 games with an assist on Corey Perry's fi...
Anthony Edwards goes for 41 points as Timberwolves crush Jazz
Anthony Edwards scored 41 points on 16-for-27 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 128-102 win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night in Minneapolis.,Jaden McDaniels added 20 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota (40-29), which won its eighth game in a row. Julius Randle and Donte DiVinc...
UCLA grabs No. 1 overall seed in Women's NCAA Tournament
For nearly a monthlong span, UCLA wasn't the best team in its own city, losing twice to Southern California in conference play.,But after defeating USC in the Big Ten championship, the Bruins (30-2) regained Los Angeles bragging rights -- and on Sunday, they earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA...
Inter Miami top Atlanta United with 89th minute tally
Substitute Fafa Picault scored his first goal for Inter Miami in the 89th minute, Lionel Messi also scored his first of the regular season and Inter Miami earned a dramatic 2-1 victory at Atlanta United on Sunday evening.,Miami (3-1-0) triumphed despite six saves from Atlanta's Brad Guzan, who playe...
Backed by James Harden, Clippers extend dominance over Hornets
James Harden scored 31 points with 10 rebounds and Kawhi Leonard added 23 points as the Los Angeles Clippers continued their March surge with a 123-88 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday at Inglewood, Calif., ,Ivica Zubac had 17 points, 14 rebounds and a career-best eight assists as the Cli...
Angel City, Wave kick off season with 1-1 draw in rivalry tilt
Alyssa Thompson scored early in the second half as Angel City FC pulled off a 1-1 tie against the San Diego Wave on Sunday in the rivals' season opener in Los Angeles.,Thompson dribbled in on goal and created just enough space on Wave defender Kristen McNabb to fire a right-footed shot toward the le...
Is Duke the team to beat at the NCAA Tournament?
There are enough factors to make Duke, the No. 1-ranked team in the East, an appealing choice to win the college basketball national championship.,The pieces will be in place if freshman Cooper Flagg is back in action for the NCAA Tournament.,It's no mystery that Duke has been eyeing its status as a...
Anfernee Simons, Trail Blazers shoot past Raptors
Anfernee Simons scored 22 points and Toumani Camara added 21 points and seven rebounds to fuel the host Portland Trail Blazers to a 105-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.,Simons sank six 3-pointers and Camara had five for the Trail Blazers (29-39), who outscored the Raptors (24-44) by a...
Jack Draper breezes past Holger Rune to win at Indian Wells
Lucky No. 13 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain dominated No. 12 seed Holger Rune of Denmark 6-2, 6-2 in just 69 minutes to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday at Indian Wells, Calif.,The 23-yaer-old notched his first ATP Masters 1000 title with the victory.,"It's incredible. I wasn't expecting this,"...
Ex-Rookie of the Year Paul Flatley dies at 84
Former NFL Rookie of the Year Paul Flatley of the Minnesota Vikings has died, the team said Sunday. He was 84.,Flatley died on Saturday, according to the team.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vikings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">...
Slumping Kings look to regroup vs. Grizzlies
Time is of the essence for the Sacramento Kings, whose tenuous grasp on a spot in the play-in tournament weakened over the past week.,Sacramento (33-33) has lost four straight heading into a matchup against the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Monday and is ninth in the Western Conference standings.,Th...
Rory McIlroy, J.J. Spaun headed for Monday playoff at Players
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- World No. 2 Rory McIlroy and overnight leader J.J. Spaun will take The Players Championship into a Monday playoff after they both ended a weather-delayed final round Sunday level at 12-under-par 276.,It is the ninth time The Players has spilled over into a Monday finish, a...
Josh Berry nabs first career Cup Series win at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Josh Berry of Wood Brothers Racing pulled ahead of Daniel Suarez with 14 laps to go and earned his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory at the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.,Berry's win is the 101st in the NASCAR Cup Series for Wood Brothers Racing, their first si...
Galaxy's Christian Ramirez scores late for tie with Timbers
Christian Ramirez came off the bench to score in the 81st minute as the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy pulled off a 1-1 tie against the Portland Timbers on Sunday.,Ramirez's late score allowed the Galaxy (0-3-1, 1 point) to earn their first point of the season after becoming the first team in MLS histo...
Akron, Drake, Grand Canyon top NCAA Tournament Cinderella candidates
Favorites are easier to follow in the NCAA Tournament, factoring familiarity and knowledge of known commodities with single-digit seeding in the bracket.,Spoiler alert: An underrated Cinderella team or three will pull an upset most don't see coming this week and fracture many bracket predictions alo...
Mirra Andreeva wins Indian Wells with upset of Aryna Sabalenka
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva recorded six aces and overcame a first-set deficit to post a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday at Indian Wells, Calif.,The ninth-seeded Andreeva is the tournament's third-youngest champion at 17 years, 301 days...