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No. 12 St. John's rallies past No. 19 UConn for 10th straight win
Kadary Richmond and RJ Luis combined to score 16 of the final 20 points Friday night for No. 12 St. John's, which overcame a 14-point first-half deficit to beat No. 19 UConn 68-62 in Storrs, Conn.,Luis finished with a game-high 21 points and also grabbed seven rebounds for St. John's. Richmond score...

NASCAR welcomes three into Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR's heroes and legends gathered at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday to formally induct the esteemed class of 2025 -- racing greats Ricky Rudd, Carl Edwards and the late Ralph Moody.,They -- along one of the sport's great safety innovators, Dr. Dean Sicking, and one of its mo...

No. 7 Purdue's dominance in paint overwhelms USC
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Braden Smith dished 13 assists and No. 7 Purdue nearly led wire-to-wire in a 90-72 rout of visiting Southern California on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind. ,The Big Ten Conference-leading Boilermakers (19-5, 11-2 Big Ten) overwhelmed the Troj...

ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz eases into Rotterdam semis
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 8 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland will clash in the ABN Amro Open semifinals on Saturday after both posted victories on Friday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Alcaraz, ranked No. 3 in the world, dismissed unseeded countryman Pedro Martinez 6-2, 6-1, while it took Hu...

Flames look to end home skid against Kraken
Home hasn't exactly been sweet for either the Calgary Flames or the Seattle Kraken.,The Flames have lost three in a row and four of their past five games at the Saddledome entering Saturday's matchup with the visiting Kraken, dropping Calgary out of the second and final wild-card playoff position in...

Report: Netflix exploring bid for F1 media rights
Netflix is deliberating making a play for the U.S. broadcast rights of Formula One, The Athletic reported Friday.,Netflix already has a background in the sport, having produced the hit F1 docuseries "Drive to Survive" that debuted in 2019. Thanks in large part to the series, interest in the sport ha...

Thomas Detry moves in front at WM Phoenix Open
Belgium's Thomas Detry went on a late run and turned in a 7-under-par 64 Friday to grab the second-round lead before play was suspended due to darkness at the WM Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.,Thirteen players were still on the course after the announcement at 6:10 p.m. local time. The round will...

Reports: 1B/OF Trey Mancini joining D-backs on minor league deal
Trey Mancini launched his attempt at another comeback on Friday by signing a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, per multiple reports.,The deal includes an invitation to spring training for the veteran first baseman/outfielder, who did not play last season after he opted out of a minor ...

Louisville may be down Chucky Hepburn when lowly Miami visits
Louisville will go after its second straight win on Saturday when its hosts Miami in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup. However, the Cardinals may have to do it without one of the league's best players.,Coach Pat Kelsey told reporters Friday that point guard Chucky Hepburn is day-to-day with a gr...

Wake Forest eyes Bay Area sweep on visit to Cal
Wake Forest gets an opportunity to record an Atlantic Coast Conference first -- a road sweep of the league's new California schools -- when it travels to Berkeley to take on Cal on Saturday afternoon.,The Demon Deacons (17-6, 9-3) became the first ACC team to win a conference game at Stanford when t...

Trail Blazers bring six-game win streak into matchup with Wolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves know better than to judge the Portland Trail Blazers by their record.,On paper, the Trail Blazers are six games under .500 entering Saturday night's tipoff against the Timberwolves in Minneapolis. But the overall standings disguise the fact that Portland has been one of th...

Super Bowl injury report: Eagles’ Brandon Graham questionable
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham is questionable and Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Skyy Moore is doubtful for Super Bowl LIX, according to the final injury report for the game released Friday.,Graham (elbow) was a limited participant in practice Wednesday and Thursday before pract...

Adrian Meronk still on top at LIV Golf Riyadh
Adrian Meronk of Poland remains two shots ahead of Colombia's Sebastian Munoz to stay atop the leaderboard after both carded rounds of 6-under 66 on the second day of LIV Golf Riyadh on Friday in Saudi Arabia.,Munoz kept pace with Meronk, who fired a 62 in the first round and sits at 16-under par he...

Vanderbilt hoping for home spark against Texas
Vanderbilt hopes a return home can help snap a recent swoon when it battles Texas on Saturday afternoon in a Southeastern Conference game in Nashville, Tenn.,It is the first time the teams will square off on the hardwood since a 2016 win for Texas in Austin that tied the all-time series at 4-4. The ...

Damian Lillard set to defend title in 3-point Contest
The NBA set the field for the 3-point Contest during All-Star weekend in San Francisco on Feb. 15, with a group of eight shooters that includes All-Star Game snub Norman Powell of the Los Angeles Clippers and two-time defending champion Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks.,Along with Powell and Li...

MLB commish on Rays' stadium issues: 'It is challenging'
Saying he would like to keep the Tampa Bay Rays in their current market for the long haul, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged that the status of the team's damaged stadium makes things "challenging.",The domed roof of Tropicana Field in St. Peterburg, Fla., was torn apart by Hurricane Milton ...

Red Wings chasing 8th straight win, host Lightning
The Detroit Red Wings will look to accomplish something they haven't done in 17 years when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon.,Detroit carries a seven-game winning streak into the game. The Red Wings haven't won eight straight since Jan. 17-Feb. 5, 2008.,It's their second seven-...

Notre Dame, Virginia Tech out to get on solid footing
Given their losing records and so-so power rankings, Virginia Tech and Notre Dame are more concerned about qualifying for the 18-team ACC tournament than the 68-team NCAA Tournament.,The final three teams in the ACC standings do not qualify for the annual gathering for the league's automatic NCAA be...

Miguel Angel Jimenez gains share of lead in Morocco
Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 4-under-par 69 in the second round on Friday to vault into a share of the lead at the Trophy Hassan II in Rabat, Morocco.,The Spaniard collected six birdies against two bogeys to pull into a tie with Steven Alker of New Zealand at 7-under 139 in the PGA Tour Champions eve...

LIV CEO backs President Trump's involvement in PGA Tour talks
The chief executive officer of LIV Golf is in favor of President Donald Trump getting involved in negotiations to bring about an alliance with the PGA Tour.,"If the leader of the free world is spending his time on golf, [then] I am very happy," LIV's Scott O'Neil said in an interview with Al Arabiya...