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Robert Thomas tallies deep in OT as Blues overtake Oilers
Robert Thomas scored with nine seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 comeback win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Friday.,Down 2-0 with less than eight minutes remaining in the third period, the Blues equalized on goals from Pius Suter and Cam Fowler. Thomas then added the ...
Rockets steal win after Pelicans' late collapse
Kevin Durant scored a team-high 32 points, Amen Thompson flirted with a triple-double and the Houston Rockets survived a late rally from the visiting New Orleans Pelicans to claim a 107-105 win on Friday.,Behind Dejounte Murray, who tallied a season-high 35 points, and Zion Williamson (21 points), t...
Nuggets, Lakers clash amid tight Western playoff race
The crowded Western Conference seeding battle will get more clarity when the surging Los Angeles Lakers host the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.,Entering Friday, five teams were within two games of third place, currently occupied by Los Angeles following a four-game winning streak. The Lakers can ...
Dominican Republic mercy-rules South Korea 10-0 in WBC quarterfinal
The Dominican Republic quickly turned its World Baseball Classic quarterfinal into a blowout, routing South Korea 10-0 on Friday night in Miami, with the mercy rule ending the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.,The Dominicans piled up 10 runs on nine hits, building a lead so quickly that Sout...
Mexico MF Marcel Ruiz tears ACL, will miss World Cup
Toluca's 3-2 loss Wednesday to San Diego FC in the CONCACAF Champions Cup put the Mexican side a goal down in the two-match aggregate round.,The ramifications for the Mexican national team may be much, much bigger.,Star midfielder Marcel Ruiz left the pitch in tears after being substituted out in th...
Olivia Moultrie goal carries Thorns past Spirit in NWSL opener
Olivia Moultrie scored in the 51st minute and the visiting Portland Thorns earned a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit on Friday in the opening match of the 2026 NWSL season.,Moultrie followed her heavy touch in the penalty area and scored with her left foot past Spirit goalkeeper Sandy MacIver,...
Raptors rally to knock off Suns
Brandon Ingram scored 36 points Friday night and the Toronto Raptors came back to defeat the visiting Phoenix Suns 122-115.,RJ Barrett added 22 points for the Raptors, who trailed by 10 points early in the fourth quarter and finished the game on a 27-10 run.,Immanuel Quickley scored 17 points for th...
Jalen Brunson, Knicks deal Pacers 12th consecutive defeat
Jalen Brunson scored 29 points and handed out nine assists on Friday to help the New York Knicks post a 101-92 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis.,OG Anunoby added 25 points while Mitchell Robinson had 12 points and 22 rebounds for New York, which won its second straight game to finish ...
Ole Miss shocks No. 15 Alabama to reach SEC tournament semifinals
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine had 14 of his 16 points in the second half and 15th-seeded Ole Miss still has never trailed in the Southeastern Conference tournament after an 80-79 victory over second-seeded Alabama in the quarterfinals in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday.,Malik Dia added 14 p...
Ducks D Radko Gudas suspended 5 games for kneeing Auston Matthews
Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas was handed a five-game suspension for his knee-on-knee hit Thursday night that injured Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews.,The NHL Department of Player Safety announced the decision Friday after a phone hearing with Gudas. Five games was the maximum suspens...
Evan Mobley scores 23 in first half as Cavs crush Mavs
Evan Mobley scored 23 of his season-high-tying 29 points in the first half and Donovan Mitchell posted 24 points and eight assists, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 138-105 win over the host Dallas Mavericks in the first game of a home-and-home set Friday.,James Harden had 17 points, seven rebou...
Jalen Duren's monster day gets Pistons past Grizzlies
Jalen Duren powered for 30 points and 13 rebounds and the host Detroit Pistons rolled past the injury-riddled Memphis Grizzlies, 126-110, on Friday night., ,Cade Cunningham had 17 points and 15 assists, while Marcus Sasser supplied 16 points and Duncan Robinson added 14. Ronald Holland tossed in 12 ...
USMNT's James Sands (ankle surgery) in doubt for World Cup
The U.S. men's national team might not have the services of defender James Sands in the World Cup after a left ankle injury ended his Bundesliga season last weekend.,Sands, 25, was scheduled to have surgery on his ankle Friday in Munich, Germany, according to his club, FC St. Pauli.,The club offered...
Anze Kopitar on cusp of history as Kings hold off Isles
Anze Kopitar inched closer to the Kings' all-time scoring record, notching the second goal in a three-goal first-period flurry that carried Los Angeles to a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Friday in Elmont, N.Y.,Kopitar, who has spent his entire 20-year career with the Kings and plans to reti...
Report: WADA mulls rule that could bar President Trump from LA Olympics
President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and other members of the U.S. government could be prevented from going to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles if the World Anti-Doping Agency institutes a proposed new rule, the Associated Press reported on Friday.,The potential statute also migh...
Arizona sinks Iowa St. on Jaden Bradley's buzzer-beater in Big 12 semis
Jaden Bradley sank an 18-foot jumper as time expired to give top-seeded Arizona a dramatic 82-80 victory over fifth-seeded Iowa State on Friday night in Kansas City, Mo., sending the Wildcats to the Big 12 tournament title game.,Anthony Dell'Orso matched his career best of six 3-pointers and scored ...
Trinidad Chambliss: NCAA eligibility fight cost chance at EA video game cover
The fight to keep Trinidad Chambliss on the field is now spilling into a very different kind of scoreboard.,In a court filing Thursday made in the Chancery Court of Lafayette County, Miss., the Ole Miss quarterback said the ongoing uncertainty around his NCAA eligibility cost him a chance to land on...
Virginia in ACC final after shutting down Miami in rout
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ugonna Onyenso racked up 17 points and four blocked shots off the bench and No. 10 Virginia didn't let Miami get untracked in an 84-62 romp in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals Friday night.,Thijs De Ridder and Sam Lewis both scored 16 points, Malik Thomas posted...
Purdue handles Nebraska, advances to Big Ten semifinals
Fletcher Loyer had 19 points and seventh-seeded Purdue led for all but 27 seconds in a 74-58 win over No. 2 seed Nebraska in the Big Ten Conference tournament quarterfinals on Friday in Chicago.,The 18th-ranked Boilermakers (25-8) will face either No. 3 seed Michigan State or No. 6 seed UCLA in Satu...
Stars chase franchise history as they host reeling Red Wings
The Dallas Stars will be chasing a franchise record when they host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.,The Stars stretched their point streak to 14 games (13-0-1) with a 7-2 home win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. That's one-game shy of the franchise record 15-game point streak whi...