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Washington grabs win in first meeting with Maryland
Great Osobor scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as host Washington defeated Maryland 75-69 on Thursday night in Seattle for their first Big Ten Conference victory.,Freshman Zoom Diallo came off the bench and scored 17 of his career-high 18 points after the intermission for the Huskies (10-4, 1...
Avalanche pull off late comeback, stun Sabres in OT
Devon Toews scored 48 seconds into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in Denver on Thursday night.,It was the second time this season Colorado overcame a big deficit to beat the Sabres. The Avalanche trailed 4-0 after one period in Buffalo on Dec. 3 and won 5...
Washington emerges with win in first meeting against Maryland
Great Osobor scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as host Washington defeated Maryland 75-69 on Thursday night in Seattle for their first Big Ten Conference victory.,Freshman Zoom Diallo came off the bench and scored 17 of his career-high 18 points after the intermission for the Huskies (10-4, 1...
Pair of goals by Lawson Crouse helps Utah get past Flames
Lawson Crouse scored twice, including the game-winning tally, and Clayton Keller collected one goal and one assist to lead the visiting Utah Hockey Club to a 5-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.,Logan Cooley and Kevin Stenlund also scored goals while Olli Maatta netted a pair of assists ...
No. 14 Ole Miss makes statement in routing Duke in Gator Bowl
Jaxson Dart threw four touchdown passes and Ulysses Bentley IV ran for a pair of scores as No. 14 Mississippi overwhelmed Duke in a 52-20 Gator Bowl romp Thursday night in Jacksonville, Fla.,Coach Lane Kiffin, who expressed his displeasure regarding the College Football Playoff selections, had his t...
Avs' G Scott Wedgewood exits game with apparent injury
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood left Thursday night's game against Buffalo with an apparent right-leg injury.,Wedgewood was hurt just over a minute into the third period when Sabres forward Zach Benson was battling with Avalanche center Parker Kelly near the Colorado goal. Benson fell ...
No. 19 Gonzaga extends decades of dominance over Portland
Nolan Hickman scored 13 points and Michael Ajayi collected a season-high 15 rebounds as No. 19 Gonzaga cruised to an easy 81-50 victory over visiting Portland on Thursday night in West Coast Conference play at Spokane, Wash.,Dusty Stromer scored a season-best 12 points as the Bulldogs defeated Portl...
Roope Hintz, Stars double up on Senators
Roope Hintz scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal midway through the second period, and the stingy Dallas Stars won their third straight, 4-2 over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.,With Dallas trailing 2-1, Jamie Benn and Hintz scored in a 1:08 span of the second. Meanwhile, Jak...
Thunder keep streak alive with comeback win over Clippers
The Oklahoma City Thunder earned their 13th consecutive victory -- and longest winning streak since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City -- in a 116-98 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night.,Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and Jalen Williams added 18 to help the Thunder move w...
Bobby McMann's two goals just enough as Leafs edge Islanders
Bobby McMann scored twice, including the game-winner on the power play with 2:59 left in regulation, as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night in Elmont, N.Y.,McMann's third two-goal game of the season was all the support Joseph Woll (32 saves) needed. Nicholas...
Jayson Tatum, Celtics hold off Timberwolves
Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished nine assists, and the Boston Celtics held on for a 118-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Derrick White added 26 points on 10-for-20 shooting for Boston, which won its second game in a row. Sam Ha...
Hot start sends Tom Hoge to lead in PGA Tour opener
Tom Hoge birdied four of his first five holes and finished with a 9-under-par 64 on Thursday to grab the first-round lead at The Sentry, the PGA Tour season opener at The Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii.,Will Zalatoris checked in with a bogey-free 8 under, and that score was matched late in the...
Wild continue dominance vs. Capitals with shootout win
Matt Boldy scored in the second round of the shootout to lift the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday.,Boldy rebounded after hitting the post late in overtime by wristing a shot past Charlie Lindgren in the shootout. Marc-Andre Fleury preserved the win b...
Jonatan Berggren's late goal lifts Detroit past Columbus
Jonatan Berggren's breakaway goal with 36 seconds left broke a tie and gave the visiting Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.,Alex DeBrincat had a goal and two assists, Dylan Larkin and Patrick Kane each collected a goal and an assist and defenseman Erik Gust...
Penn State hangs on to beat Northwestern in bizarre finish
Zach Hicks scored 20 points and Ace Baldwin Jr. chipped in 17 as host Penn State nipped visiting Northwestern 84-80 in a controversial Big Ten contest Thursday in University Park, Pa.,The Wildcats trailed by a bucket in the waning seconds, when an inadvertent whistle erased a goaltending call -- and...
No. 21 Memphis pulls away from Florida Atlantic
Tyrese Hunter scored a game-high 20 points, PJ Haggerty added 19 and No. 21 Memphis raced past host Florida Atlantic for a 90-62 win on Thursday night in Boca Raton, Fla., in the American Athletic Conference opener for both teams.,The Tigers (11-3, 1-0 AAC) kept Florida Atlantic at arm's length in t...
Buffalo looks to keep rolling vs. Liberty in Bahamas Bowl
Most teams that go to bowl games these days must deal with multiple opt-outs and players hitting the transfer portal, thinning out the depth chart for the year's last game.,Not so at Buffalo.,"Our team is largely intact going into the bowl game," first-year coach Pete Lembo said. "Very few guys goin...
Lakers F/C Anthony Davis (ankle) ruled out vs. Trail Blazers
Los Angeles Lakers star forward/center Anthony Davis was ruled out of Thursday's home game against the Portland Trail Blazers with a left ankle sprain.,Davis, who tweaked his ankle in a Christmas Day game against the Golden State Warriors, will miss his second game of the season after sitting out a ...
Grizzlies to put 'competitive fire' up against Kings
The Memphis Grizzlies will bring their impressive new form to Northern California, starting with a matchup against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.,Winners in 15 of their last 19 games, the Grizzlies will venture down the road to take on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.,The challenging ba...
Notre Dame stymies Georgia at Sugar Bowl, moves on to CFP semis
NEW ORLEANS -- Jayden Harrison had a record kickoff return for a touchdown, Notre Dame's defense dominated and the No. 7 seed Fighting Irish defeated No. 2 seed Georgia 23-10 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday.,The Irish's Riley Leonard passed fo...