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Kings blank Capitals to pick up 4th straight win
Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for the Los Angeles Kings in a 3-0 win against the visiting Washington Capitals on Thursday night.,It's the 34th career shutout and third of the season for Kuemper, who was traded to the Kings from Washington last June in exchange for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois.,Quinton By...

Kentucky PG Lamont Butler exits due to ailing shoulder
Kentucky standout point guard Lamont Butler exited the Wildcats' Southeastern Conference tournament second-round game against Oklahoma on Thursday after he aggravated his left shoulder injury.,Butler was hurt just past the midway point of the first half and missed the rest of the game. Wildcats coac...

Alex Karaban's big 2nd half sends UConn past Villanova
NEW YORK -- Alex Karaban scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half and hit two clutch 3-pointers in the final six-plus minutes as third-seeded UConn pulled away for a 73-56 victory over sixth-seeded Villanova on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.,The Huskies (23-9) won the...

Jack Draper reaches first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal
Jack Draper earned one of the biggest wins of his career on Thursday when he topped Ben Shelton 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.,The 13th-seeded London native is headed to the semifinals of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in his career.,...

LIV Golf announces broadcast partnership for much of world
LIV Golf's broadcast reach will extend to Japan, Canada and much of Europe thanks to a multiyear partnership with London-based sports entertainment platform DAZN, the golf league and streaming service announced on Thursday.,The 3-year-old league, which landed a contract with Fox Sports for U.S. broa...

Lewis Hamilton ahead of Ferrari debut: 'Not here to prove anything'
Lewis Hamilton is only days away from his debut with Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix, but the seven-time world champion said the only pressure he feels is from within.,Hamilton shocked the Formula 1 world when he signed with the iconic Italian team in February 2024 before closing out his histor...

No. 10 Clemson puts clamps on SMU en route to ACC quarterfinal win
Third-seeded Clemson took a shaky first step in pursuit of its first Atlantic Coast Conference title as Chase Hunter scored 21 points in a 57-54 quarterfinal victory over sixth-seeded SMU on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C.,Jaeden Zackery added 11 points and three steals as the Tigers (27-5) held the Mus...

AD: UNLV can afford only first 2 years of Dan Mullen's contract
UNLV athletic director Erick Harper told the school's Board of Regents last week that his department does not have enough funds to cover the final three years of football coach Dan Mullen's contract, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.,Mullen signed a five-year, $17.5 million contract in Dece...

Iga Swiatek makes Indian Wells semis ... again
Defending champion Iga Swiatek made history in Indian Wells, Calif., on Thursday, becoming the first woman to advance to the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open four years in a row.,The second-seeded Polish player rolled past eighth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.,Swiatek,...

No. 20 Purdue holds off USC in Big Ten tournament
Trey Kaufman-Renn matched his career high of 30 points and sixth-seeded Purdue avoided the upset with a 76-71 victory over 14th-seeded Southern California on Thursday night in Big Ten tournament play in Indianapolis.,Fletcher Loyer scored 14 points and Braden Smith added 12 points and nine assists f...

Rangers snap skid with overtime win over Wild
Braden Schneider scored at the 1:51 mark of overtime to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday in Saint Paul, Minn.,Vincent Trocheck and Jonny Brodzinski also scored for New York, which snapped a four-game losing streak (0-2-2). Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin ...

CONCACAF Champions Cup: Lionel Messi scores as Miami advances
Luis Suarez and second-half substitute Lionel Messi scored as Inter Miami beat Cavalier SC 2-0 on Thursday in Kingston, Jamaica, to win a CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 series.,Miami completed a 4-0 aggregate victory, having prevailed 2-0 at home last week to open the two-game, total-goal set.,M...

Bulls rally past Nets thanks to Coby White's big night
Coby White scored 31 points as the Chicago Bulls earned a fourth straight win by beating the visiting Brooklyn Nets 116-110 on Thursday night.,The Bulls won for the sixth time in nine games and earned a fourth straight victory for the first time since December 2023 thanks to White, who produced his ...

No. 21 Missouri outlasts Mississippi State's comeback bid
Tamar Bates scored 25 points to lead seventh-seeded Missouri to an 85-73 win over 10th-seed Mississippi State in the second round of the SEC tournament Thursday in Nashville.,Tony Perkins added 20 points for the Tigers (22-10), who beat the Bulldogs for the second time this season.,But while the Tig...

Big first half leads to Magic rout of Pelicans
Paolo Banchero had 34 points and 11 rebounds, Franz Wagner scored 27 and the visiting Orlando Magic routed the New Orleans Pelicans 113-93 on Thursday night.,The Magic, who had lost six of their previous seven games, built a 30-point halftime lead and coasted to their seventh consecutive victory aga...

Third-period surge lifts Devils over sliding Oilers
Defenseman Simon Nemec scored his first goal of the season to snap a third-period tie, fueling the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday in Newark, N.J.,New Jersey's Jesper Bratt collected a goal and two assists for the second straight game, and defenseman Brett Pes...

Flyers' Owen Tippett hits shootout winner to beat Lightning
Owen Tippett scored the decisive shootout goal as the Philadelphia Flyers picked up a badly needed home victory by defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday.,After both teams failed on their first shootout attempt, Philadelphia's Matvei Michkov beat Jonas Johansson. Tampa Bay quickly evened ...

Creighton escapes with 2OT victory over DePaul
NEW YORK -- Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 32 points, including the go-ahead hook shot with 2:12 remaining in the second overtime as Creighton survived a major scare from DePaul to earn a wild 85-81 victory on Thursday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.,Creighton rallied from an 11-point deficit in ...

Penguins continue strong post-deadline play, take down Blues
Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust each had a goal with an assist while Tristan Jarry made 33 saves in another solid outing, as the host Pittsburgh Penguins won their third straight, 5-3 on Thursday night.,Conor Timmins and Connor Dewar each scored their first goal with Pittsburgh, while Ryan Graves also...

Power play propels Panthers to win over Maple Leafs
Sam Bennett scored two power-play goals as the visiting Florida Panthers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday night.,Niko Mikkola also scored for the Panthers. Sam Reinhart and Mackie Samoskevich each added two assists, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots.,John Tavares and Max Domi sco...