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Simon Nemec nets 3rd OT goal of season as Devils nip Flames
Simon Nemec scored in overtime, again, to give the visiting New Jersey Devils a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday.,Dawson Mercer also tallied for the Devils, who have won three of four and opened a four-game road swing on a positive note.,New Jersey's Jacob Markstom made 21 saves in an e...
Indiana caps stunning title run with tight win over Miami
Fernando Mendoza rushed for a touchdown, Mikail Kamara had a key blocked punt and Indiana won its first football national championship with a 27-21 victory over Miami in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday night at Miami Gardens, Fla.,Miami native Jamari Sharpe intercepted the Hurrican...
Blackhawks halt 3-game skid with shutout win over Jets
Spencer Knight posted a 32-save shutout and Jason Dickinson and Connor Bedard scored as the host Chicago Blackhawks blanked the Winnipeg Jets 2-0 on Monday to stop a three-game losing streak.,Knight notched his third shutout of the season and eighth of his career. He blanked Calgary on Nov. 7 and th...
Champ Madison Keys shaky early but advances in Australian Open
For the first time in her career, Madison Keys walked out onto a Grand Slam stage on Tuesday as the tournament's defending champion.,For the ninth-seeded Keys, the first hour and 12 minutes vs. Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova represented a major reality check.,After a slow start, Keys cruised in the...
Behind Travis Konecny's 2 goals, Flyers edge Knights, end skid
Travis Konecny scored two breakaway goals, including a short-handed tally that proved to be the game-winner, as the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday in Las Vegas.,It was the 30th multigoal game of Konecny's career and the...
Pistons fend off Celtics in battle of East's best
Tobias Harris scored 25 points and the host Detroit Pistons squeaked out a 104-103 win over the Boston Celtics in a showdown of the Eastern Conference's top teams on Monday.,Jalen Duren supplied 18 points and nine rebounds, while Cade Cunningham -- named an All-Star starter earlier in the day -- had...
Hurricanes stay hot on home ice in win over Sabres
Seth Jarvis broke a third-period tie and Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes' 2-1 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Monday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,Jarvis converted on a power play 2:10 into the final frame to give Carolina the lead for the first time. Sebasti...
Marcus Foligno's first hat trick carries Wild past Maple Leafs
Marcus Foligno registered his first career hat trick Monday night as the visiting Minnesota Wild defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3.,Foligno scored his third goal into an empty net after Toronto had cut a four-goal deficit in half in the third period. The 15-year veteran was playing in his 915th c...
No. 19 Kansas heads to Colorado without coach Bill Self
Bill Self did not make the trip with No. 19 Kansas ahead of Tuesday's game against Colorado in Boulder, Colo., after he was hospitalized Monday as a precautionary measure.,"Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self felt under the weather earlier (Monday) and, out of an abundance of caution, was taken ...
Suns bomb in 20 3-pointers, stave off Nets
Dillon Brooks scored 27 points, hitting a season-high six 3-pointers, and the Phoenix Suns led most of the way in their 126-117 victory over the Brooklyn Nets Monday night in New York.,Brooks hit four 3s in the first half when he scored 16 points and the Suns held a 20-point lead before allowing the...
All-Star starter Tyrese Maxey's big night lifts 76ers over Pacers
Tyrese Maxey recorded 29 points, eight assists and a career-high eight steals Monday to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers to a 113-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers.,After getting named an All-Star Game starter for the first time earlier Monday, Maxey took over down the stretch for Philadelphia, wh...
Lakers hope to exploit absence of Nuggets' big men
The Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets forged a rivalry through the playoffs over the past six seasons, so when they play in the regular season it carries more meaning.,That rivalry will be renewed Tuesday night when Los Angeles visits Denver for the first of three meetings in the regular season....
Dolphins hire Jeff Hafley as new head coach
The Miami Dolphins hired Jeff Hafley as their new head coach on Monday, the same day he had a second interview with the club.,Hafley spent the past two seasons as defensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers.,"Jeff is a man of integrity, intellect and great passion who players will buy into and pl...
Alex Nedeljkovic, surging Sharks fight past Panthers
Alex Nedeljkovic made 36 saves and had his second career fight in a 4-1 win for the San Jose Sharks against the Florida Panthers on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.,Will Smith, Vincent Desharnais, Mario Ferraro and Barclay Goodrow scored for the Sharks, who are 8-3-0 in their past 11 games. Igor Chernyshov a...
Kansas State aims to take 'next step' of first Big 12 win vs. Utah
Kansas State did not have designs on a last-place finish in the Big 12 headed into Jerome Tang's fourth year, especially on the heels of back-to-back postseason-less campaigns.,And yet the Wildcats find themselves in a battle for last place anyway, as Kansas State hosts rebuilding Utah Tuesday in Ma...
Marquette capitalizes on Providence fouls in 105-104 OT win
Nigel James Jr. scored a career-high 38 points along with eight assists to lead Marquette to a thrilling 105-104 overtime victory against visiting Providence on Monday in Milwaukee.,It's just the third time all season that Marquette (7-13, 2-7 Big East) had five players score in double figures. Royc...
Butler finds something to build on, faces upstart DePaul next
Butler, who was on a four-game losing streak, had been looking for a spark to turn its season around. The Bulldogs are hoping a 77-66 road win over then-No. 25 Seton Hall on Saturday can help steer them in the right direction.,"One game at a time and I think we got DePaul on Tuesday," Butler head co...
Two desperate teams clash when Oklahoma visits South Carolina
For Oklahoma and South Carolina, the NCAA Tournament might as well begin this week, because another loss for either team may well eliminate them from the Big Dance.,That may sound like hyperbole in mid-January, but with both teams already floundering in the unforgiving Southeastern Conference standi...
Victor Wembanyama, Spurs beat Jazz to earn third straight win
Victor Wembanyama, who earlier in the day was named a starter on the All-Star team for the first time, rang up 33 points and took a team-high 10 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs dispatched the visiting Utah Jazz 123-110 on Monday to win their third consecutive game.,San Antonio led by just four poi...
Penguins open road trip with a victory at Kraken
Connor Dewar scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins opened a four-game trip with a 6-3 victory in Seattle on Monday.,Parker Wotherspoon, Brett Kulak, Justin Brazeau and Rickard Rakell also scored and Anthony Mantha, Sidney Crosby and Blake Lizotte each had two assists for the Penguins, who had lost...