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New Orleans rallies to beat Minnesota, end skid
Saddiq Bey scored 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the New Orleans Pelicans rallied for a 119-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Zion Williamson added 29 points on 11-for-13 shooting for New Orleans, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Trey Murphy III...

No. 22 St. John's knocks off No. 3 UConn for 9th straight win
Zuby Ejiofor totaled 21 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists as No. 22 St. John's extended its winning streak to nine games in an 81-72 victory over No. 3 UConn in front of an electric sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden Friday night in New York.,The win marked St. John's first victory over a t...

Bucks build big lead, then hang on to top Pacers
Kevin Porter Jr. scored 23 points and dished eight assists to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 105-99 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Friday night.,Milwaukee has won three games in a row for the first time all season. Ryan Rollins added 22 points while Bobby Portis scored 21 and Jericho Sim...

Celtics overcome slow start to beat Heat, extend win streak to 5
Jaylen Brown scored 29 points and Payton Pritchard finished with 24 as the Boston Celtics overcame a 22-point deficit to defeat the visiting Miami Heat 98-96 Friday night.,Miami had possession with a chance to tie or win the game, but Davion Mitchell missed a 3-point attempt from the corner with 2.7...

Pistons crush Knicks to snap New York's 8-game win streak
Daniss Jenkins scored 18 points, helping the host Detroit Pistons snap the New York Knicks' eight-game winning streak with an emphatic 118-80 win on Friday night.,Isaiah Stewart and Tobias Harris scored 15 points apiece as the Pistons overwhelmed New York in a matchup of the Eastern Conference's top...

Without Luka Donic, Lakers welcome Steph Curry-less Warriors
While struggling to get their top players all on the court at the same time, the Los Angeles Lakers will continue their season-long eight-game homestand when the Golden State Warriors pay a visit Saturday.,LeBron James started the season sidelined due to sciatica, Austin Reaves missed over a month w...

No. 25 Tennessee hits road for rematch vs. rebounding Kentucky
Peaking as it enters the second half of Southeastern Conference play, No. 25 Tennessee is searching for revenge and its fifth straight win on Saturday against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.,Since squandering a 17-point lead in an 80-78 home loss to Kentucky, Tennessee (16-6, 6-3 SEC) has rattled off fou...

New-look Bulls adjusting to faster pace, entertain Nuggets
The Chicago Bulls revamped their roster ahead of Thursday's NBA trade deadline, making a flurry of deals that shipped eight players away.,That didn't equate to a retooled style, however, as Chicago's new acquisitions have learned.,On Saturday, they'll hope to maintain the preferred frenetic pace of ...

Olivia Hutcherson, No. 23 Princeton push past Penn in second half
Olivia Hutcherson tallied team highs of 19 points, seven rebounds and five steals, fueling No. 23 Princeton to a 69-50 win over visiting Penn on Friday.,The Tigers (19-2, 7-1 Ivy League) shook off a two-point halftime deficit by dominating the second half, 41-20. They capitalized on 16 Penn turnover...

Super Bowl LX: Seahawks healthy, ready for big-game environment
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Seattle held a 1-hour, 36-minute practice Friday that began at 12:05 p.m.,Safety Nick Emmanwori, who injured an ankle earlier in the week, joined the defensive backs in drills and participated in full. He played catch with a ball boy during break. Emmanwori has no injury designat...

Super Bowl LX: Patriots try to capture usual Friday feeling at practice
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The New England Patriots finished their on-field preparations for Super Bowl LX with a nearly 90-minute practice at Stanford Stadium. ,Head coach Mike Vrabel tried to keep many of the team's typical Friday practice traditions in place while also getting his team ready for the un...

WTA roundup: Ekaterina Alexandrova rallies to advance to Abu Dhabi finals
Second-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova dropped the first set but battled back to defeat Hailey Baptiste of the United States on Friday, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3, to secure herself a spot in the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open final in the United Arab Emirates,The Russian competitor saved a match point in the second s...

ATP roundup: Two Frenchmen reach semifinals in Montpellier
Adrian Mannarino overcame 12 aces to defeat fellow Frenchman Arthur Gea in the quarterfinals of the Open Occitanie on Friday in Montpellier, France.,The wild card Gea won the first set thanks to a lost serve from Mannarino, but Mannarino was able to win the match in just more than 2 1/2 hours, 5-7, ...

Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune, Hideki Matsuyama 1-2 at Phoenix Open
Ryo Hisatsune chipped in for birdie in surprising fashion to cap a back-nine hot streak and overtake Japanese countryman Hideki Matsuyama for the second-round lead at the WM Phoenix Open on Friday in Arizona.,Hisatsune is 11 under for the week after his stellar 8-under-par 63. The 23-year-old is sea...

Elvis Smylie, Peter Uihlein tied for Riyadh lead heading to LIV's first-ever 4th round
LIV Golf spent four seasons promoting 54 holes as a core part of its identity. On Friday in Riyadh, it revealed a new side as the third round concluded with a leaderboard that didn't decide anything yet. This is the league's first regular-season event staged over 72 holes, a notable change for 2026....

Alabama tackles rival Auburn with Charles Bediako case pending
Alabama split back-to-back games against Southeastern Conference co-leaders Florida and Texas A&M.,The Crimson Tide (15-7, 5-4 SEC) bounced back from a 100-77 thrashing at the hands of the host Gators to defeat the visiting Aggies 100-97 on Wednesday. That left them just two games behind the confere...

LSU looks to build off OT win as Georgia chases SEC reset
Both Georgia and LSU have a lot of catching up to do as they begin the second half of the Southeastern Conference season against each other Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.,The Bulldogs (16-6, 4-5 SEC) have fallen to 11th in the conference after losing three straight games. The Tigers (14-8, 2-7) are in...

Political tensions surface at slick Milan Cortina opening ceremony
MILAN/CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Italy launched the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday with a slick and colorful ceremony that celebrated the country's history, arts and fashion but where global political tensions surfaced in the crowd reaction.,Italian President Sergio Mattarella formally dec...

No. 20 Clemson continues west coast road trip at Cal
For 20th-ranked Clemson and unranked California, Saturday night's clash between the teams at Berkeley, Ca. is a potential resume booster for both sides.,The Tigers (19-4, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) enter the contest projected as a No. 6 seed by ESPN's Bracketology and No. 32 in the latest KenPom...

Seton Hall wary of tournament exclusion, heads west to face Creighton
Wednesday was not a good night for Seton Hall's NCAA Tournament hopes.,Not only did the Pirates (16-7, 6-6 Big East) lose 72-60 at Villanova, but a game halfway across the country made their Big Dance dreams even slimmer.,When Oklahoma State upset No. 16 BYU 99-92 on Wednesday, it put the Cowboys in...