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Seahawks ride defense, Kenneth Walker to Super Bowl LX victory
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Kenneth Walker III rushed for 135 yards and Seattle's top-ranked scoring defense scored the decisive blow in a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on Sunday.,The Seahawks, who led the NFL in allowing an average of 17.2 points per game dur...
NBA roundup: Knicks forge standings tie with Celtics in head-to-head win
Jalen Brunson scored 31 points and had eight assists to lead the visiting New York Knicks to a 111-89 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.,The victory ended Boston's five-game winning streak and moved the Knicks into a second-place tie with the Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings; both...
Team Vitality takes down FURIA to win IEM Krakow title
Team Vitality outlasted FURIA 3-1 in the grand final to win the Intel Extreme Masters Krakow championship on Sunday in Poland.,Vitality landed the first prize of $400,000, while FURIA received $180,000 as the runner-up. Team Spirit swept MOUZ 2-0 in the third-place match to take home $100,000.,The $...
Trendon Watford making impressions as 76ers close trip at Blazers
The Philadelphia 76ers aim to wrap up a five-game road trip in style when they face the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.,Philadelphia is 3-1 on the Western trip and has won six of its last seven overall games. The 76ers have won by double digits four times during the seven-game run.,Philadelp...
Without star guards, Spencer brothers take Grizzlies-Warriors spotlight
Two teams adapting to life without their star point guard try out their new look on one another Monday night when the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors duel in San Francisco.,Memphis' Ja Morant is expected to miss a 10th straight game because of an elbow injury, and Golden State's Stephen ...
Short-handed Thunder look for others to step up against Lakers
The Oklahoma City Thunder again will be without star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as they try to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season in a visit to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.,Gilgeous-Alexander has missed two games with an abdominal injury as the Thunder lost to the San A...
James Harden learning on the fly for Cavaliers, who visit Nuggets next
James Harden celebrated his Cleveland Cavaliers debut with a win at Sacramento on Saturday night, but he and his new team will have a tougher challenge when Cleveland visits the Denver Nuggets on Monday night.,Harden had 23 points and eight assists in the Cavaliers' 132-126 win over the Kings despit...
No. 1 Arizona brings streak into showdown at No. 11 Kansas
No. 1 Arizona enters its game at No. 11 Kansas on Monday with the best start in program and Big 12 history, topping the Jayhawks' performance in 1996-97.,Arizona (23-0, 10-0 Big 12) also has achieved the longest winning streak in its history. Its nine straight weeks ranked No. 1 is also a program re...
Alycia Parks kicks off Qatar Open by upsetting Diana Shnaider
A recent practice session with the great Serena Williams may have paid off for Alycia Parks, who took down Russian 15th seed Diana Shnaider 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to begin the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Sunday in Doha.,Parks, an American ranked 85th in the world, recently told the website Tennis Majors ...
Cortina smiles on US skier Breezy Johnson after previous pain
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Cortina d'Ampezzo's Olimpia della Tofane piste wrecked Breezy Johnson's Olympic downhill hopes four years ago but made amends on Sunday, even if the gold medal came apart minutes after being hung round her neck.,Johnson held up the separated components - the chunky medal,...
Super Bowl LX: Seahawks take 9-0 halftime lead
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Jason Myers kicked a trio of field goals and Kenneth Walker rushed for 94 yards as the Seattle Seahawks took a 9-0 lead against the New England Patriots into halftime of Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on Sunday.,New England managed only four first downs and 51 yards of total ...
Lindsey Vonn situation sparks debate in Olympic skiing community
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The question of whether Lindsey Vonn should have started the Olympic downhill race on Sunday has expanded beyond a single athlete or race, exposing a deeper tension at the core of elite sport: who decides when an injured competitor is fit to compete and what message that ...
Indiana rolling while Oregon hopes to avoid 10th straight loss
Winners of four of its last five games, Indiana is out for more as it hosts struggling Oregon on Monday night in Bloomington, Ind.,The Hoosiers (16-8, 7-6 Big Ten) are coming off a 78-77 overtime win over visiting Wisconsin in which guard Lamar Wilkerson scored his team's final 10 points, including ...
'Feels like yesterday': Time flies for Games veteran Sidney Crosby
MILAN, Italy -- Sidney Crosby waited 12 years to be back at the Olympics but the Canada captain said on Sunday that he sometimes felt as though no time had passed, as he stepped onto the ice at the Milan Cortina Games for the first time.,Future Hall of Famer Crosby is in the minority as a returning ...
US wins 2nd straight team figure skating gold over Japan, Italy
MILAN, Italy -- "Quad God" Ilia Malinin vaulted the United States above Japan and to the top of the podium at the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday to cap a thrilling team competition that saw host Italy seize bronze.,With the U.S. and Japan tied going into the men's free skate, the 21-year-old Malinin ...
Ilia Malinin rises to pressure of Team USA's golden hopes
MILAN, Italy -- Ilia Malinin stepped onto the ice knowing figure skating's Olympic team event hinged on him - and then delivered just enough to haul the United States past Japan and onto the top step of the podium at the Milano Cortina Games.,Italy, feeding off a roaring home crowd, claimed a hard-e...
Kings hope to avoid unfortunate franchise history against Pelicans
The Sacramento Kings are looking to avoid setting an ignominious franchise record when they face the host New Orleans Pelicans on Monday evening.,With a 132-126 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night, the Kings lost their 12th straight game. That equals the mark held by the 1997-98 team...
Chris Gotterup wins Phoenix Open in playoff after Matsuyama falters
Chris Gotterup posted birdie on the first playoff hole to win the WM Phoenix Open after late mishaps by Japan's Hideki Matsuyama opened the door for him Sunday at TPC Scottsdale's Stadium Course in Arizona.,Gotterup, 26, notched his second victory of 2026 and the fourth of his young career. He shot ...
Super Bowl LX: Patriots LBs Harold Landry, Robert Spillane active
New England officially has linebackers Harold Landry (knee) and Robert Spillane (ankle) available for Super Bowl LX after neither were on the Patriots' inactives list before kickoff Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.,The return of Landry, who had 8.5 sacks in the regular season, is particularly good news...
Auston Matthews named US Olympic hockey captain
The U.S. men's hockey team tabbed Auston Matthews as its captain for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday.,Matthews keeps the C on his chest for the Americans after serving in that role for the 4 Nations Face-Off in February 2025, in which they fell to Canada in an overtime final.,The Toronto...