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Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards posts 44 points in win over Suns
Anthony Edwards recorded 44 points, seven assists and five rebounds to help the Minnesota Timberwolves post a 116-98 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Sunday night.,Donte DiVincenzo scored 24 points on a season-high eight 3-pointers and also had a career-best six steals as Minnesota won for just...

NTMR, Timeless survive in lower bracket of OWCS NA Stage 1 playoffs
NTMR and Timeless stayed alive with victories in the lower bracket of the North American Stage 1 playoffs of the Overwatch Champions Series on Sunday.,NTMR blanked Rad Esports 3-0 and Timeless eliminated Avidity 3-1. Those winners will square off in the lower-bracket semifinal on March 8. The two re...

Thunder's Jalen Williams drops 41 points on Spurs
Jalen Williams poured in a career-high 41 points to go with seven assists and six rebounds as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the second half in beating the San Antonio Spurs 146-132 on Sunday.,The Thunder trailed by as many as nine points late in the second quarter and by five at halft...

Luis Suarez (goal, 3 assists) leads Inter Miami past Dynamo
Luis Suarez scored a goal and assisted on three others to lead Inter Miami to a dominant 4-1 victory over the host Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.,Inter Miami (1-0-1, 4 points) picked up its first victory of the MLS season despite the absence of superstar Lionel Messi, who remained in South Florida ...

Reports: Ex-NFL star Bill Romanowski owes $15.5 million in unpaid taxes
A federal judge in California has ruled that former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski and his wife owe $15.5 million in unpaid taxes, according to multiple outlets, including Sportico.,U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter H. Kang issued a recommendation on the case brought forth by the U.S. Department of Justic...

Christopher Bell surges late at Austin for back-to-back wins
The NASCAR Cup Series schedule just moved to March, but Christopher Bell finds himself streaking early in 2025.,The Joe Gibbs Racing driver finally found his way around Kyle Busch with five laps to go and went back-to-back with wins, capturing Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Serie...

DreamLeague Season 25 grand final ppd. after DDOS attack
The grand final of DreamLeague Season 25 between Tundra Esports and Team Spirit was postponed with Spirit ahead 2-1 due to an alleged DDOS attack on Sunday.,Members of Team Spirit paused during Game 4 of the best-of-five match because of technical issues, and the grand final was frozen in place for ...

Sebastian Aho's 5th OT goal of season lifts Hurricanes over Flames
Sebastian Aho scored with 1:44 remaining in overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 victory against the Calgary Flames on Sunday in Raleigh, N.C.,Aho scored for the third game in a row, and the Hurricanes won for just the second time in their last five games.,Defenseman Jaccob Slavin scored C...

Christopher Bell closes late at Austin for back-to-back wins
Christopher Bell finally found his way around Kyle Busch with five laps to go and went back-to-back with wins, capturing Sunday's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.,In a restart with 14 circuits left on the first road course of 2025, Be...

PJ Haggerty, No. 18 Memphis surge past UAB
PJ Haggerty scored a game-high 25 points Sunday while Dain Dainja put together a double-double as No. 18 Memphis took a big step toward an American Athletic Conference regular-season title, stopping UAB 88-81 in Birmingham, Ala.,Dainja scored 16 points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds for the Tig...

Joe Highsmith rallies to win Cognizant after making cut on number
Joe Highsmith shot 7-under-par 64 for the second day in a row, coming from behind to win the Cognizant Classic by two strokes for his first PGA Tour victory Sunday at PGA National Resort's Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Highsmith made the cut on the number Friday, but by Sunday afternoo...

South Carolina wins coin flip to decide No. 1 seed in SEC
The bracket for the SEC women's basketball tournament came down to a coin toss.,South Carolina (27-3) earned the No. 1 seed in this week's conference tournament over Texas (29-2) after commissioner Greg Sankey performed a coin flip televised live on ESPN Sunday.,South Carolina, the defending nationa...

Former LIV golfer Laurie Canter qualifies for The Players
Laurie Canter of England became the first player with LIV Golf ties past or present to qualify for The Players Championship.,Canter, who last played on the LIV Golf circuit in 2023, finished second this weekend at the South African Open on the DP World Tour to rocket into the top 50 of the Official ...
Three Early Winners From the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine
These three players have been declared early winners from the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, improving their draft stock due to impressive showings in workout drills....

Thunder's Chet Holmgren (ankle) out vs. Spurs
Oklahoma City Thunder center/forward Chet Holmgren has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the host San Antonio Spurs due to a sprained left ankle.,Holmgren scored seven points and played just 15 minutes in Oklahoma City's 135-119 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.,The 7-foot-1 Holmgren i...

Agent: Wizards' Justin Champagnie signing 4-year deal
Enjoying the best season of his young career, Washington Wizards forward Justin Champagnie landed a four-year, $10 million contract, his agent told ESPN on Sunday.,Champagnie, 23, in his second season in Washington, is averaging career highs in points (7.5), field goal percentage (50.4), 3-point per...

Warriors' Jimmy Butler faces lawsuit over unpaid rent, property damages
Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler has been sued for allegedly failing to pay $260,000 in rent and leaving behind more than $127,000 in damages related to a luxury home he leased in Miami Beach, Fla.,Butler was traded from the Miami Heat to the Warriors last month after requesting a trade.,F...

Rangers to sit F Reilly Smith on Sunday with trade deadline approaching
The New York Rangers won't play forward Reilly Smith on Sunday night against the Nashville Predators for roster management reasons.,Smith, 33, is a likely candidate to be traded before the NHL deadline on Friday. The Rangers do not want to take a chance that he'll sustain an injury ahead of the dead...

Reports: Commissioner weighs removing Pete Rose from MLB ineligible list
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing whether to reinstate the late Pete Rose from baseball's ineligible list, multiple outlets reported.,The move comes after President Donald Trump blasted MLB in a social media post late Friday for Rose's lifetime ban in 1989 for gambling. Tru...

Bulls G Ayo Dosunmu (shoulder) out for season
Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu will undergo surgery on his left shoulder and miss the remainder of the season, the team announced Sunday.,Dosunmu sat out three games due to left shoulder subluxation before returning to collect 11 points and five rebounds in Chicago's 125-115 overtime victory over t...