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In midst of change, Washington State battles Utah State in Potato Bowl
Washington State and Utah State get a head start on their upcoming future as conference mates when they square off Monday afternoon in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise, Idaho.,Utah State is exiting the Mountain West and will join the Cougars in the reconfigured Pac-12. The two teams will be mee...
NHL's hottest teams clash when Avalanche visit Wild
The top three teams in the NHL reside in the Central Division, and two of them face off Sunday when the Minnesota Wild host the Colorado Avalanche in Saint Paul, Minn.,Colorado, with 57 points, is atop the league standings and is riding a four-game winning streak. The only team hotter than the Avala...
Caps out to get back on track, split home-and-home vs. Wings
The Red Wings won't have long to savor their impressive win at the Washington Capitals on Saturday afternoon as the teams will play the second game of a home-and-home set Sunday afternoon in Detroit.,The Red Wings jumped out to a 4-0 second-period lead before holding on for a 5-2 win, their third in...
Team Yandex in grand final at DreamLeague Season 27
Team Yandex advanced on Saturday to the grand final, awaiting the winner of Team Spirit vs. PARIVISION in the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs.,Team Spirit and PARIVISION will battle in Sunday's lower-bracket final to determine the remaining berth in the grand final later that day.,The $1 million Dota...
Reports: Rams fire assistant Chase Blackburn after special teams miscues
The Los Angeles Rams, after special teams miscues proved costly in the overtime loss Thursday at Seattle, have fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn, according to multiple media reports on Saturday.,Blackburn, in his third season with the Rams, is the first in-season coaching change in hea...
Clippers rout Lakers, halt 3 skids; Luka Doncic injures leg
Kawhi Leonard scored 32 points with 12 rebounds, James Harden added 21 points with 10 assists and the Los Angeles Clippers ended an eight-game home losing streak with a 103-88 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday at Inglewood, Calif., ,The Lakers not only opened the game with...
Flames score early, often to double-up Golden Knights
Mikael Backlund scored two goals for the second straight game and Connor Zary and MacKenzie Weegar each had three assists to lead the host Calgary Flames to a 6-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night.,It was the 23rd multi-goal game of Backlund's career. Joel Farabee scored a shor...
Ducks avenge Tuesday loss to Blue Jackets with 4-3 win Saturday
Pavel Mintyukov scored the eventual game-winner as the Anaheim Ducks topped the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Saturday night.,Mikael Granlund scored and added an assist, and Jacob Trouba and Mason McTavish also found the back of the net for the Ducks, who won for just the second time in six ...
Blazers hang on, sweep home-and-home set vs. Kings
Deni Avdija recorded 24 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers notch a 98-93 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Saturday night to sweep a home-and-home set.,Shaedon Sharpe had 23 points, Toumani Camara added 15 points and four steals while Donovan Clingan reg...
No. 1 Arizona cranks up the D, limits San Diego State to 45 points
No. 1 Arizona overcame an eight-point first-half deficit by limiting San Diego State to 26.3% shooting from the field and by going on a 21-5 run in the second half in Saturday night's 68-45 victory in Phoenix.,The Wildcats (11-0) were fueled by Anthony Dell'Orso's two 3-pointers in that deciding str...
Jazz rally from 19 down to force OT, but Magic prevail
Desmond Bane drove for a go-ahead layup with 0.9 seconds left to lift the Orlando Magic to a 128-127 overtime victory over the host Utah Jazz on Saturday night. ,Bane led Orlando with 32 points and six rebounds. Paolo Banchero added 23 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and two blocks. Anthony Blac...
Lakers G Luka Doncic (leg contusion) ruled out vs. Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic was ruled out after halftime of Saturday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers because of a left leg contusion., ,Doncic struggled in the first half, going 4 of 13 from the floor with 12 points. At one point, he could be seen sitting on the Lakers bench with a ...
With Cade Tyson emerging as a star, Minnesota to host Campbell
Cade Tyson has brought star power to Minnesota this season.,Tyson will look to keep up his sharp play when Minnesota (6-5) tips off against Campbell (5-6) on Sunday in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers will go for back-to-back victories after knocking off Texas Southern last weekend.,Tyson poured in 3...
Cal hosts Columbia with 8-game winning streak on the line
Two teams enjoying historic nonconference runs hope to write another happy chapter at the other's expense when Columbia and Cal duel on Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,Columbia (9-2) saw an eight-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday night when the Lions were beaten 77-73 in overtime at St...
TCU hopes to play complementary basketball as FAMU visits
TCU has won five of its last six games, but for coach Jamie Dixon, there's still room for improvement on the offensive side.,For the most part, the Horned Frogs (8-3) have taken care of business during their nonconference schedule, but they have struggled to put up big numbers on offense. In their l...
Warriors build cushion in 4th, then fend off pesky Suns
Stephen Curry had 28 points and Jimmy Butler III 25 as the Golden State Warriors avenged a road loss two days earlier with a 119-116 victory over the Phoenix Suns in the second half of a home-and-home sequence Saturday night in San Francisco.,Curry compiled a game-high nine rebounds and a game-high-...
Freshman Shelton Henderson leads Miami into battle with North Florida
Five-star freshman Shelton Henderson appears to be coming of age, and that's great news for the Miami Hurricanes.,Miami (10-2) will be looking for its sixth straight win on Sunday afternoon when the Hurricanes play host to the North Florida Ospreys (2-9) in Coral Gables.,Henderson is coming off a ca...
USC welcomes Div. III Santa Cruz in Brown's stead
Southern California closes its nonconference slate on Sunday in Los Angeles with a visit from Div. III UC Santa Cruz.,USC (11-1) was slated to play Ivy League member Brown, but the game was canceled Tuesday due to the fatal shooting on Brown's campus on Dec. 13. The Banana Slugs (6-6) stepped forwar...
Wizards pick up rare win at short-handed Grizzlies' expense
CJ McCollum and Kyshawn George scored 28 points apiece and the visiting Washington Wizards overcame a 20-point first-half deficit to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 130-122 on Saturday night.,The Wizards snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Grizzlies in Memphis and won for the first time at FedExF...
Rutgers' Tariq Francis (34) sinks Penn on last-second 3
Tariq Francis scored a career-high 34 points and made his only 3-pointer of the night in the final second to lift Rutgers past Penn 70-69 on Saturday night in Piscataway, N.J., ,Rutgers trailed 66-59 with 2:24 to go but came back thanks to eight free throws -- seven by Francis -- and one triple on t...