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AJ Dybantsa near-triple-double lifts No. 23 BYU past No. 6 Iowa State
AJ Dybantsa recorded 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead No. 23 BYU to a riveting 79-69 upset over No. 6 Iowa State on Saturday night in Big 12 play at Provo, Utah.,Kennard Davis Jr. scored 17 points for the Cougars (20-7, 8-6), who improved to 11-2 at home. Mihailo Boskovic added a care...
Ariel Lassiter's late strike lifts Portland past Columbus
Ariel Lassiter scored in the 88th minute to lift the Portland Timbers to a 3-2 win over the visiting Columbus Crew Saturday in the season-opening match for both teams.,Felipe Mora and Antony Alves Santos also scored for Portland. ,Wessam Abou Ali had a goal and an assist and Diego Rossi also tallied...
San Diego FC throttles CF Montreal as Duran Ferree gets shutout
Marcus Ingvartsen had one goal and one assist and San Diego FC opened the season with a resounding 5-0 victory over visiting CF Montreal on Saturday night.,Christopher McVey, Amahl Pellegrino, Onni Valakari and Bryan Zamble also scored goals for San Diego FC, the second-year franchise that won the W...
Sean Strickland snaps Anthony Hernandez's win streak with TKO victory
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland delivered a knee to the body followed by punches to finish Anthony Hernandez with a TKO victory at 2:23 of the third round in the main event of Saturday's UFC Fight Night event in Houston.,After a slow-paced start, Strickland picked up the pace at the...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 19 West Virginia crushes Oklahoma State
Gia Cooke scored a game-high 21 points and Kierra Wheeler posted an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double as No. 19 West Virginia cruised to a 72-40 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.,The Mountaineers (22-6, 12-4 Big 12), who have won five of their last six games, jumped out t...
LAFC shut out Lionel Messi, Inter Miami in season opener
David Martinez scored in the first half, Denis Bouanga scored and added an assist in the second and Los Angeles FC completed a 3-0 victory over Lionel Messi and visiting Inter Miami in both teams' season opener on Saturday night.,Substitute Nathan Ordaz added the final goal for the hosts, who moved ...
Donovan Dent goes end to end as UCLA tops No. 10 Illinois at OT buzzer
Donovan Dent drove the length of court for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to give UCLA an electric 95-94 overtime victory over No. 10 Illinois in Big Ten play on Saturday night in Los Angeles.,Dent had 14 points and a career-high 15 assists in helping the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) h...
Sam Surridge scores twice, Nashville opens season with New England rout
Sam Surridge scored a pair of first-half goals on Saturday night to help propel Nashville SC to a 4-1 victory over the visiting New England Revolution in each team's regular-season opener on Saturday,Surridge, who had his contract extended through the 2027-28 season earlier in the day, began the new...
Petar Musa scores twice, including tiebreaker, as FC Dallas beat Toronto FC
Petar Musa's brace Saturday night, including a tiebreaker in the 74th minute, lifted FC Dallas to a 3-2 win over visiting Toronto FC in each team's MLS opener in Frisco, Texas.,The match-winner came moments after Toronto was unable to clear the ball out of danger. Logan Farrington got possession on ...
Donovan Dent goes end to end as UCLA tops No. 10 Illinois at the buzzer
Donovan Dent drove the length of court for the game-winning layup with no time remaining to give UCLA an electric 95-94 overtime victory over No. 10 Illinois in Big Ten play on Saturday night in Los Angeles.,Dent had 14 points and a career-high 15 assists in helping the Bruins (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) h...
Texas A&M emerges with win over Oklahoma as offenses struggle
Rashaun Agee scored 18 points to lead Texas A&M to a 75-71 win over Oklahoma on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference game in Norman, Okla.,The Aggies won despite missing nine of their last 10 shots.,The Sooners trailed by nine, their largest deficit of the game, with just more than six minutes rema...
Providence holds off DePaul to snap brief losing streak
Jaylin Sellers had 21 points while Stefan Vaaks scored 14, including a key 3-pointer in the closing minutes, as visiting Providence held on for a 71-68 win over DePaul in Big East play Saturday night at Chicago.,Jason Edwards added 17 points off the bench for the Friars (12-15, 5-11), who overcame 1...
Heat win big to continue Grizzlies' misery
Andrew Wiggins poured in 28 points and Norman Powell 25 as the host Miami Heat defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 136-120 on Saturday night.,The Heat, who improved to 17-11 at home, also got 14 points and a game-high-tying six assists from Tyler Herro, who played just his second game since missing more ...
Jalen Duren leads the way in return as Pistons extend Bulls' skid
Jalen Duren had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris scored 18 points apiece to lead the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 126-110 defeat of the skidding Chicago Bulls on Saturday.,Detroit forced 23 Chicago turnovers while sending the Bulls to their season-worst eighth straig...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz triumphs in Doha
Carlos Alcaraz needed just 50 minutes to capture the Qatar ExxonMobil Open title as he earned a 6-2, 6-1 victory over France's Arthur Fils on Saturday in Doha.,Building on his triumph at the Australian Open, the top-seeded Spaniard won 88.9% (24 of 27) of his first serves and allowed the unseeded Fi...
Ilia Malinin highlights dangers of social media in gala performance
MILAN, Italy -- Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating program at the Milan Cortina Games.,Barely a week on from his shock eighth-place finish in...
Report: Suns G Dillon Brooks breaks left hand vs. Magic
Phoenix Suns guard Dillon Brooks broke his left hand in a home victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday and will be out for an extended time, ESPN reported Saturday night.,Brooks left with 4:46 remaining in the first quarter with a left-hand injury and did not return. Phoenix went on to beat the M...
Sheldon Creed earns NOAPS breakthrough in Atlanta
Incredible. That's how Sheldon Creed described his first career victory in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.,That's likely how anyone who watched the Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250 would describe the final dramatic run to the checkered flag Saturday night at EchoPark Speedway in Hampt...
Vikings WR Rondale Moore dead at 25
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore died Saturday, the Floyd County (Ind.) coroner confirmed to The Athletic. He was 25 years old.,According to multiple reports by news outlets in Minnesota and Indiana, New Albany (Ind.) Chief of Police Todd Bailey said Moore was found inside a garage and ...
Teenager Julian Hall leads Red Bulls past Orlando City
Julian Hall had a brace in the first half as the New York Red Bulls looked dominant throughout their season-opening 2-1 win over host Orlando City in coach Michael Bradley's first game in charge.,Hall tallied twice from close range, first in the eighth minute off an assist from Emil Forsberg and aga...