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Naomi Osaka retires from third-round Australian Open match
Naomi Osaka exited the Australian Open the same way she bowed out of her previous two events -- retiring midmatch due to injury.,The 27-year-old Japanese star pulled out of her third-round match against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic after losing the first set 7-6 (3) on Friday in Melbourne, Australia...
Knicks C Karl-Anthony Towns questionable to face Wolves
Karl-Anthony Towns' first game in Minnesota as an opposing player reminded the Timberwolves how valuable he was during his nine seasons there.,On Friday night, the New York Knicks might join the Timberwolves in realizing just how tough it can be to win without the four-time All-Star.,New York hopes ...
Carlos Alcaraz strolls into 4th round at Australian Open
Carlos Alcaraz finally lost a set at the Australian Open on Friday, but the third-seeded Spaniard still powered to a third-round victory in Melbourne.,Alcaraz downed Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 in just under three hours.,In his prior matches this week, Alcaraz was never even pushed...
Clippers claim another easy win, blast Blazers
Norman Powell scored 23 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers complete a perfect back-to-back set with a convincing 118-89 win over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.,James Harden added 19 points and six assists for Los Angeles before being rested for the entire fourth quarter for ...
Aryna Sabalenka extends Australian Open win streak
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus owns the longest Australian Open women's singles winning streak in more than a decade after advancing out of the third round on Friday in Melbourne.,Sabalenka got past Denmark's Clara Tauson 7-6 (5), 6-4 in 2 hours, 6 minutes.,The victory was th...
Clippers claim another easy win, blasting Blazers
Norman Powell scored 23 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers complete a perfect back-to-back set with a convincing 118-89 win over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.,James Harden added 19 points and six assists for Los Angeles before being rested for the entire fourth quarter for ...
Down by 3 goals, Oilers storm back to top Avalanche
Evan Bouchard scored the winning goal late in the third period, capping the Edmonton Oilers' rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night.,Bouchard also had an assist, Connor McDavid also had a goal and an assist, and Brett Kulak and Viktor Arvidsson...
Jannik Sinner says coach Darren Cahill will retire after season
Jannik Sinner will part ways with veteran coach Darren Cahill after this season, the world's top-ranked tennis player revealed Thursday in Melbourne, where Sinner advanced to the third round of the Australian Open.,Cahill, 59, is retiring after this year, Sinner said. Cahill joined Sinner's coaching...
Northwestern's Nick Martinelli beats OT buzzer, Maryland
Nick Martinelli caught an inbounds pass and made a 10-foot jumper at the overtime buzzer to give Northwestern a 76-74 win against Maryland on Thursday in Evanston, Ill.,Martinelli finished with 22 points. His decisive play came when the Wildcats inbounded from the offensive end line with 0.7 seconds...
In their first shootout of season, Predators knock off Blackhawks
Filip Forsberg's 300th career goal tied the game late in regulation, and the Nashville Predators went on to beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in a shootout Thursday night.,Nashville trailed 2-1 when a streaking Forsberg took a stretch pass from Nick Blankenburg, then drilled the puck past Chi...
Miguel Angel Jimenez on top again at Hualalai
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, a three-time champion of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, rolled in a long eagle putt and wound up tied for the lead after the event's first round on Thursday.,In the PGA Tour Champions season opener at Hualalai Golf Club in Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii, Jim...
Canadiens capture another road win, at Stars
Jakub Dobes made 32 saves and Alex Newhook scored a go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 road win over the Dallas Stars on Thursday.,Juraj Slafkovsky and Joel Armia scored for the Canadiens, and Nick Suzuki had two assists.,The Canadiens are on a six-...
Brayden Schenn, Blues continue mastery of Flames
Brayden Schenn scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues past the visiting Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night.,The Blues swept their three-game season series with the Flames for the second straight campaign.,Colton Parayko and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues, who went 3-1 on their homestand....
Jaguars interview Ravens OC Todd Monken for head coaching job
The Jacksonville Jaguars interviewed a seventh candidate, Baltimore offensive coordinator Todd Monken, on Thursday night for their head coaching vacancy.,The Jaguars are searching for a replacement for Doug Pederson, who was fired on Jan. 6 after Jacksonville finished 4-13 in his third season with t...
Flyers extend sudden surge, dump Islanders
Sean Couturier, Garnet Hathaway and Morgan Frost scored in the second period Thursday night for the Philadelphia Flyers, who beat the New York Islanders 5-3 in Elmont, N.Y.,Cam York scored what proved to be the game-winner early in the third, and Noah Cates added an empty-netter with 1:12 left for t...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder romp over Cavaliers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 134-114 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.,The game was a marquee matchup between the two teams with the NBA's best records.,But it turned into a blowout early, as the Thunder reeled off a 22-2 run over t...
William Nylander lifts Maple Leafs past Devils in OT
William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday night.,Nylander, who also had an assist, scored on a breakaway to end Toronto's three-game losing streak.,Auston Matthews tied the game at 15:47...
Alex Ovechkin strikes in OT, Capitals beat Senators 1-0
Alex Ovechkin scored at 3:07 of overtime to lift the visiting Washington Capitals over the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Thursday night.,Ovechkin took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on the rush and beat Leevi Merilainen from the left circle for his 874th NHL goal. He is now 21 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's...
Jamal Mashburn Jr., Temple upset No. 18 Memphis
Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored 21 points Thursday night to lead five players in double figures as Temple upset No. 18 Memphis 88-81 in an American Athletic Conference game in Philadelphia.,Quante Berry added 19 for the Owls (11-6, 3-1), who canned 46.8 percent of their field goal attempts and nearly doub...
Blue Jackets stay hot, deal struggling Sharks another loss
James van Riemsdyk scored twice, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-1 victory over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.,Kent Johnson scored and added an assist, and Adam Fantilli scored the other goal for the Blue Jackets, who have won six straight and nine of 11.,Columbus, which wr...