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USC on quest for a full-game effort in finale vs. UCLA
UCLA is rolling and Southern California is sputtering as the Los Angeles rivals meet Saturday night on the USC campus in their regular-season finale.,The Bruins (20-10, 12-7 Big Ten) have won three of their past four games, including their most recent matchup with USC -- an 81-62 home victory on Feb...
Texas, Oklahoma eager to polish tournament resumes
Texas and Oklahoma will look to improve on their chances for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament when they play their respective regular-season finales on Saturday in Austin, Texas.,The Longhorns (18-12, 9-8 Southeastern Conference) are the more likely team to earn the berth in the NCAA Tournamen...
Sounders in search of points during trek to St. Louis City
The Seattle Sounders continue the longest road trip in club history on Saturday night when they visit St. Louis City SC.,Seattle (1-1-0, 3 points) opened the season with a 2-0 victory over the visiting Colorado Rapids on Feb. 22. The Sounders followed that up with a 2-1 loss at Real Salt Lake last w...
Unbeaten clubs clash as Minnesota United oppose Nashville SC
Minnesota United visit Nashville SC on Saturday as both teams look to continue unbeaten starts to their season.,Minnesota and Nashville have identical 1-0-1 records through the first two matches of the MLS campaign. Nashville also won its first two matches in CONCACAF Champions' Cup play, routing At...
Heretics join middle-of-pack scrum at CDL Stage 2 Major qualifying
The Miami Heretics climbed into a five-way tie for fourth place in qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major, sweeping G2 Minnesota 3-0 on Friday as Week 4 got underway.,The result leaves the Heretics and G2 with 3-3 records, level with the Riyadh Falcons, the Toronto KOI and the Carolina...
FURIA cruise into LoL Americas Cup grand final
After both teams breezed through the semifinals with sweeps, something had to give when FURIA and Sentinels faced off Friday at the League of Legends 2026 Americas Cup upper-bracket final in Sao Paulo.,That something was Sentinels.,FURIA had little trouble with Sentinels, winning 3-0 to advance to t...
No. 2 Arizona determined not to have letdown in finale at Colorado
No. 2 Arizona, which has clinched the Big 12 regular-season title, will try to guard against a letdown at Boulder, Colo., on Saturday night when the Wildcats play the Buffaloes.,Colorado (17-13, 7-10 Big 12) has won three of its past four games, with the victories coming against lower-tier Big 12 te...
Wild get strong debut from Michael McCarron, topple Golden Knights
Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves and Michael McCarron had a goal and an assist in his Minnesota debut as the Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Friday in Las Vegas.,Mats Zuccarello, Zach Bogosian and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored goals for Minnesota, which completed a three-game sweep of the r...
Blues slip past Sharks on Robert Thomas' OT goal
Robert Thomas scored his second goal of the night in overtime, leading the visiting St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday.,Jimmy Snuggerud collected one goal and one assist and Dylan Holloway posted three assists for the Blues, who responded to seeing two key players tr...
Spurs overcome 25-point deficit to beat Clippers
Victor Wembanyama racked up 27 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Julian Champagnie added 20 points, 17 of them in the pivotal third quarter, as the host San Antonio Spurs came back from 25 points down to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-112 on Friday.,It was the Spurs' largest comeb...
Devin Booker, Suns hold off late charge to beat Pelicans
Devin Booker scored 32 points, Jalen Green added 25 and the host Phoenix Suns nearly squandered a 14-point fourth-quarter lead before holding off the New Orleans Pelicans 118-116 on Friday. ,Oso Ighodaro had 13 points and Grayson Allen and Collin Gillespie had 12 apiece for the Suns, who made 20 3-p...
Jannik Sinner kicks off Indian Wells campaign with easy win
Second-seeded Jannik Sinner needed just 64 minutes to cruise through his opening match at the BNP Paribas Open, routing Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina 6-1, 6-1 on Friday in the second round at Indian Wells, Calif.,The Italian, who received a first-round bye, won 81% of the points on his first serve...
Aaron Judge sets tone as US pours it on late in WBC opener vs. Brazil
Team captain Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Logan Webb tossed four strong frames Friday night for the United States, which beat Brazil 15-5 in both teams' World Baseball Classic Pool B opener in Houston.,Bobby Witt Jr. led off with a single and stole second as Bryce Harper s...
No. 18 St John's tops Seton Hall to clinch share of Big East title
Zuby Ejiofor scored 21 points and withstood foul trouble as No. 18 St John's clinched at least a share of the Big East regular-season title and the top seed in the conference tournament by outlasting Seton Hall in a physical 72-65 victory Friday night in Newark, N.J.,The Red Storm (25-6, 18-2 Big Ea...
Jackson Blake scores twice in 3rd as Hurricanes top Oilers
Jackson Blake scored two third-period goals and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Oilers 6-3 in Edmonton on Friday night.,Nikolaj Ehlers scored his fifth goal in three games and added an assist for the Hurricanes, who have won seven of their last eight. K'Andre Miller recorded three assists and F...
Canucks snap 7-game skid with 3rd-period surge past Blackhawks
Brock Boeser scored the tiebreaker for one of his two third-period goals to help the visiting Vancouver Canucks snap a seven-game losing streak with Friday night's 6-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. ,Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist, Drew O'Connor and Teddy Blueger also scored and Max Sas...
Valeri Nichushkin plays hero as Avs top Stars in battle of NHL's best
Valeri Nichushkin forced overtime in the final minute of regulation, then added a shootout goal for the visiting Colorado Avalanche, who ended the Dallas Stars' 10-game winning streak with a 5-4 win Friday night.,Martin Necas, who had a goal and three assists in regulation, beat Jake Oettinger for t...
No. 16 Alabama stands in way of Auburn's late NCAA push
Auburn's NCAA Tournament hopes are dwindling due to a recent stretch of seven setbacks in eight games.,But the Tigers have a real opportunity to nab a big win and perhaps ignite a late-season charge when they visit No. 16 Alabama on Saturday night at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Auburn (16-14, 7-10 Southeastern...
Amen Thompson rallies Rockets to win over Blazers
Amen Thompson scored 26 points and fueled a critical fourth-quarter rally that pushed the Houston Rockets to a 106-99 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Friday.,After Alperen Sengun, who scored a game-high 28 points on 11-for15 shooting, picked up his fifth foul with 8:29 left to pl...
Chandler Blanchet grows lead to 4 at Puerto Rico Open
Rookie Chandler Blanchet is halfway to his first PGA Tour title as he enters the weekend with a four-stroke lead at the Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.,Blanchet followed his opening-round 64 with a 5-under-par 67 on Friday to move to 13 under for the event. Go...