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USC hosts struggling Grambling State to end homestand
USC concludes its season-opening six-game homestand when it hosts a Grambling State team in the midst of a five-game road odyssey.,USC (4-1) rebounded from its first loss of the season, a 71-66 setback on Nov. 17 vs. Cal, with an 82-68 defeat of San Jose State on Wednesday. First-year Trojans head c...
Connor McDavid, Oilers rough up Rangers
Connor McDavid scored twice in the third period and added an assist in the second and Leon Draisaitl collected a goal and an assist as the host Edmonton Oilers rolled to a 6-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.,McDavid notched at least three points in a game for the fourth time thi...
Jaylen Blakes' game-winner lifts Stanford over Santa Clara
Jaylen Blakes buried a tiebreaking jumper with two seconds remaining, Maxime Raynaud poured in a game-high 32 points and visiting Stanford remained unbeaten with a 71-69 victory over Santa Clara in a nonconference matchup game Saturday night.,Blakes' heroics came after a series of missed free throws...
Seton Hall, FAU strive for stronger finish at Charleston Classic
Seton Hall and Florida Atlantic will try to finish otherwise disappointing showings at the Charleston Classic on a positive note when they collide in the tournament's third-place game Sunday in Charleston, S.C., ,Sophomore guard Isaiah Coleman's career-high 20 points weren't enough for the Pirates (...
De'Aaron Fox, Cameron Johnson carry hot hand into Kings-Nets clash
Two teams that have found no luck in the NBA Cup return to the traditional schedule Sunday night when the Brooklyn Nets visit the Sacramento Kings.,Sunday's matchup pits two of the league's surging scorers against each other, as the Nets' Cameron Johnson (19.3 points per game) will square off agains...
Florida State, UMass enter matchup heading in different directions
Florida State and UMass are set to clash Sunday afternoon on the third and final day of the Naismith Hall of Fame Tip-Off in Uncasville, Conn.,Both teams are trending in opposite directions as they enter the nonconference contest.,The Seminoles (5-1) won their first game of the event 78-69 over Temp...
LSU stops 3-game slide with 24-17 win over Vanderbilt
Josh Williams rushed for two touchdowns, Garrett Nussmeier passed for one and host LSU ended a three-game losing streak by defeating Vanderbilt 24-17 on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La., ,Williams finished with 90 rushing yards and 61 receiving yards. Nussmeier completed 28 of 37 passes for 332 ya...
BYU cruises past Mississippi Valley State, improves to 5-0
Fousseyni Traore had 15 points and 11 rebounds to spark BYU to an 87-43 win over visiting Mississippi Valley State on Saturday night in Provo, Utah.,Kanon Catchings added 14 points and Trevin Knell chipped in 12 points off the bench as the Cougars (5-0) won their fifth straight game at the Marriott ...
Oklahoma's defense does number on No. 7 Alabama
Oklahoma forced two big turnovers in the third quarter and freshman running back Xavier Robinson ran for 107 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Sooners to a 24-3 home win over No. 7 Alabama on Saturday.,The win snapped a four-game losing streak in the Southeastern Conference for Oklahoma (6-5, 2-5...
Surging Bucks top Hornets despite LaMelo Ball's 50 points
The Milwaukee Bucks survived a career-best 50-point night from LaMelo Ball to beat the visiting Charlotte Hornets 125-119 and extend their winning streak to four in a row.,Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Milwaukee, while Damian Lillard scored 31 points.,Ball star...
Blazers win second game of back-to-back with Rockets
Anfernee Simons hit a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 28.7 seconds remaining and the Portland Trail Blazers claimed the second game of a back-to-back with the host Houston Rockets 104-98 on Saturday.,Simons finished with a team-high 25 points to help Portland survive a wild fourth quarter that included ...
Scotty Pippen Jr.'s career night leads Grizzlies past Bulls
Scotty Pippen Jr. scored a career-high 30 points, helping lead the visiting Memphis Grizzlies to a wire-to-wire, 142-131 win over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.,Pippen added 10 assists while Jaylen Wells added a career-high 26 points for the Grizzlies, who won their second in a row. Jaren Jackson Jr...
Pride shut out Spirit to capture first NWSL championship
Barbra Banda scored in the 37th minute and the defense did the rest for the Orlando Pride, who defeated the Washington Spirit 1-0 in the NWSL championship game Saturday night in Kansas City, Mo., ,The Pride, who began this season on a 23-match unbeaten run and earned the top playoff seed, won their ...
Blue Jackets clip Canes in shootout after back-and-forth battle
Elvis Merzlikins recorded 32 saves and then made three more in the shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied past the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Saturday., ,After Columbus won in overtime against Tampa Bay on Thursday, the Blue Jackets provided their home crowd another entertaining cont...
Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson lead Islanders past Blues
Kyle Palmieri scored twice Saturday night as the New York Islanders finally preserved a third-period lead in defeating the St. Louis Blues 3-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,Palmieri scored late in the first and even later in the third on an empty-netter for the Islanders, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0...
Baylor tops Houston, still has shot to make Big 12 title game
Sawyer Robertson threw two touchdown passes, Bryson Washington rushed 28 times for 113 yards and Baylor stayed alive for a berth in the Big 12 championship game by defeating host Houston 20-10 on Saturday night., ,Baylor (7-4, 5-3) is one of nine teams with a mathematical chance to play for the Big ...
Golden Knights explode for 5 goals in 2nd period, crush Canadiens 6-2
Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev each had a goal and two assists and the visiting Vegas Golden Knights tied a franchise record by scoring five goals in the second period en route to a 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night., ,Callahan Burke scored his first NHL goal and Tomas Hertl,...
Devils use power-play goals to slip past Capitals
Tomas Tatar and defenseman Dougie Hamilton each scored a power-play goal to lift the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.,Tatar also had an assist on defenseman Brenden Dillon's goal in the second period. ,Jake Allen made 23 saves to propel the Devils...
Utah slams Pittsburgh despite Sidney Crosby's 600th goal
Dylan Guenther scored twice and added an assist, leading the Utah Hockey Club to a 6-1 victory over the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.,Jack McBain, Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Bjugstad, and Alexander Kerfoot also scored for Utah, which snapped a three-game losing streak.,Clayton Keller had ...
Jonathan Drouin leads surging Avalanche past Panthers
Jonathan Drouin scored his first two goals of the season, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-4 win over the host Florida Panthers on Saturday night in Sunrise.,Mikko Rantanen also scored for Colorado, giving him 10 goals in his past nine games. He also had three assists.,Cale Makar added two assi...