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NHL roundup: Sidney Crosby rallies Pens past Ducks in OT
Sidney Crosby scored his second goal of the game at 2:35 of overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night., ,Crosby drove to the front of the net and had time to wait out goalie Lukas Dostal before lifting the puck high in the net for his ...
NBA roundup: Spurs' Victor Wembanyama tallies 5x5 vs. Jazz
Victor Wembanyama bounced back from one of his worst NBA outings with a rare 5x5 to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 106-88 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in Salt Lake City., ,A night after scoring a career-low six points in a loss at Oklahoma City, Wembanyama amassed 25 points, nine re...
WTA roundup: Leylah Fernandez reaches Hong Kong quarters
No. 3 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada reached the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Australia's Kimberly Birrell on Thursday at the Hong Kong Tennis Open.,The defending champion saved all three break points in the 80-minute victory and will face ninth-seeded Bernarda Pera in the round of eight....
NHL roundup: Jets get back on track vs. Red Wings
Kyle Connor notched three first-period points while surpassing the 500-point mark for his career as the visiting Winnipeg Jets recovered from their first loss by downing the Detroit Red Wings 6-2 on Wednesday.,Neal Pionk scored twice, Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist and Nino Niederreiter an...
NBA roundup: Pascal Siakam's 3 pushes Pacers past Celtics in OT
Pascal Siakam made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 7.3 seconds remaining in overtime to help the Indiana Pacers defeat the Boston Celtics 135-132 on Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Jaylen Brown missed a 3-point attempt that would have tied the game on Boston's final possession. The defending NBA champ...
WTA roundup: Top seeds Diana Shnaider, Marie Bouzkova head into quarters
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider breezed past Australia's Priscilla Hon 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinal round at the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Wednesday. ,The Russian needed just 72 minutes to advance to her eighth WTA quarterfinal of the season. Shnaider was aided by converting five of six break opportu...
NHL roundup: Marc-Andre Fleury wins in Pittsburgh farewell
Frederick Gaudreau scored two goals and added an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves against their former team, lifting the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 5-3 victory over the reeling Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.,Fleury, a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Penguins, competed presumabl...
NBA roundup: Nuggets outlast Nets for 2nd straight OT win
Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon scored 24 points apiece and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Brooklyn Nets 144-139 in overtime on Tuesday in New York. ,Russell Westbrook had 22 points off the bench, Michael Porter Jr. contributed 16 and Chr...
WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider wins opener in Hong Kong
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider recorded a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Kyoka Okamura on Tuesday in the first round of the Hong Kong Open.,Shnaider, of Russia, fired three aces and won 26 of 32 points on her first serve to dispatch the Japanese native in 77 minutes.,No. 3 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada took adv...
NBA roundup: Magic's Paolo Banchero pours in 50 vs. Pacers
Paolo Banchero became Orlando's first player with a 50-point game in 20 years and flirted with a triple-double Monday night to lead the Magic past the visiting Indiana Pacers 119-115.,Banchero finished with 50 points and matched Tracy McGrady's franchise record for points scored in a half, putting u...
NHL roundup: Oilers lose Connor McDavid, game
The visiting Edmonton Oilers lost center Connor McDavid to a lower-body injury in the opening minute against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday evening and then lost the game 6-1.,McDavid was tripped as he crossed the blue line shortly after winning the opening faceoff. The three-time Hart Memorial...
WTA roundup: Yuan Yue rallies to win in Hong Kong
No. 6 seed Yuan Yue came back from down 3-0 in the second set to win the last six games of the match and defeat former world No. 1 Simona Halep on Monday in the opening round of the Hong Kong Open. ,Yue fired 22 winners and committed 12 unforced errors to beat Halep 6-3, 6-3.,The home court was also...
NBA roundup: 76ers knock off Pacers in OT for first win of season
Tyrese Maxey scored 45 points, including 10 in overtime, and the Philadelphia 76ers completed a late rally to score their first win of the season, a 118-114 defeat of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in Indianapolis.,Maxey's extra-period flourish began with a deep, step-back 3-pointer for the first poin...
NHL roundup: Leon Draisaitl pushes Oilers past Wings in OT on birthday
Leon Draisaitl scored in overtime to cap a two-goal, three-point performance on his 29th birthday and give the visiting Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.,Evan Bouchard scored once and added an assist while Mattias Ekholm and Connor McDavid each tallied two helpers f...
NFL roundup: Commanders sink Bears on last-second Hail Mary
Jayden Daniels threw a 52-yard Hail Mary pass to Noah Brown on the final play of the game and the Washington Commanders beat the Chicago Bears 18-15 on Sunday in Landover, Md.,Roschon Johnson had scored on the ground from 1 yard out with 25 seconds left in regulation, and the Bears (4-3) made good o...
ATP roundup: Jack Draper fends off comeback, wins Vienna title
No. 7 seed Jack Draper clinched the first ATP 500-level title of his career when the Brit defeated Russia's Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the Erste Bank Open on Sunday in Vienna, Austria.,Draper found himself trailing in the second set when Khachanov fought out of a 4-0 hole by winning fi...
WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng KOs Sofia Kenin, wins Pan Pacific Open
Top-seeded Qinwen Zheng outlasted wild card Sofia Kenin 7-6 (5), 6-3 to win the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday in Tokyo.,Zheng, of China, fired 16 aces to dispatch Kenin in one hour, 52 minutes and claim her third WTA Tour singles title of the year and fifth of her career. She also won the ...
Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Texas A&M sinks No. 8 LSU, goes atop SEC
Backup quarterback Marcel Reed rushed for three second-half touchdowns on Saturday night and No. 14 Texas A&M took sole possession of first place in the Southeastern Conference with a 38-23 win over No. 8 LSU in College Station, Texas.,Reed scored on a pair of 8-yard runs in the third quarter after ...
NBA roundup: Kevin Durant hits milestone in Suns win
Kevin Durant recorded 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.,Durant also became the eighth player in NBA history to top 29,000 career points. He finished the game with 29,010.,Devin Booker scored 21 points, Jusu...
NHL roundup: Jets 8-0-0 after dousing Flames
Cole Perfetti's power-play goal broke a third-period tie as the Winnipeg Jets continued their perfect season with a 5-3 road victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,The Jets are the ninth team in NHL history to open a season with eight consecutive victories.,Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton each ...