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NHL roundup: Connor Hellebuyck-led Jets top Andrei Vasilevskiy, Lightning
Connor Hellebuyck won a battle between elite goaltenders, Morgan Barron and Mark Scheifele scored second-period goals and the Winnipeg Jets topped the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Thursday night.,In a matchup between two of the five active Vezina Trophy-winning goalies, Hellebuyck made 26 sav...
Big Ten tournament roundup: Illinois holds on to upset Michigan St.
Cearah Parchment tallied 15 points and six rebounds as Illinois used a late defensive stand to upset No. 18 Michigan State 71-69 on Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament in Indianapolis.,The 10th-seeded Illini (21-10) weathered a career-high 30 points from Kennedy Blair, who...
Spring training roundup: Sandy Alcantara deals as Marlins beat Astros
Former National League Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara struck out four and retired all nine batters he faced on Thursday to help the Miami Marlins post a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros at Jupiter, Fla.,Alcantara threw 31 of his 43 pitches for strikes at the outset of a contest in which five Miami p...
Big Ten tournament roundup: Ohio State handles Indiana
Big Ten tournament No. 5 seed Ohio State overwhelmed 13th-seeded Indiana 83-59 with a stifling defensive effort in Thursday's second of four second-round matchups in Indianapolis. ,Ranked No. 11 in the country, the Buckeyes (25-6) held the Hoosiers (18-14) to just 19-of-57 shooting from the floor (3...
SEC tournament roundup: Clara Strack (33 points), Kentucky handle Georgia
Clara Strack scored a career-high-tying 33 points, Teonnie Key had a double-double and No. 9 Kentucky pulled away from No. 22 Georgia 76-61 in the second-round opener of the SEC women's tournament Thursday afternoon in Greenville, S.C., ,Key finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds, Tonie Morgan scor...
Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Purdue ekes out victory over Northwestern
C.J. Cox scored 21 of his career-high 27 points after halftime and Trey Kaufman-Renn had 11 points and 10 rebounds to boost No. 15 Purdue to a 70-66 victory against Northwestern on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill.,Purdue (23-7, 13-6 Big Ten) stopped a two-game skid while snapping a three-game winning str...
NHL roundup: Tomas Hertl, Knights rally past Wings for OT win
Tomas Hertl scored a 4-on-3 power-play goal 2:11 into overtime as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday.,Hertl took a pass from Mitch Marner at the bottom of the right circle and then buried a spinning wrist sh...
NBA roundup: Thunder survive Knicks' late surge
Chet Holmgren poured in 28 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 26 as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder held off a late charge to beat the New York Knicks 103-100 on Wednesday.,The Thunder led by seven with just more than a minute remaining, but the Knicks had a chance to send the game to over...
Big Ten tournament roundup: Indiana rallies to beat Nebraska
Shay Ciezki tallied 22 points to help No. 13 seed Indiana rally from 20 points down to defeat 12th-seeded Nebraska 72-69 in the Big Ten women's basketball tournament opener Wednesday in Indianapolis.,The Hoosiers (18-13) trailed by 20 points before Ciezki ended first-half scoring with a 3-pointer. I...
Spring training roundup: United States routs Rockies in WBC prep
The United States national team routed the Colorado Rockies 14-4 in its second double-digit win of the World Baseball Classic exhibitions on Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz.,Team USA has outscored its opponents 29-5 in its two exhibitions and opens the tournament on Friday against Brazil in Houston.,T...
NHL roundup: Kirill Kaprizov sets Wild's all-time goal mark
Kirill Kaprizov set the Wild's all-time goal-scoring record Tuesday night as Minnesota rolled to a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Saint Paul, Minn.,With his club comfortably ahead and the Lightning net empty, the 28-year-old Kaprizov tallied the history-making goal, his 220th, at 16:41 ...
NBA roundup: Cavaliers extend home win streak, top East-best Pistons
Jaylon Tyson scored seven of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and James Harden finished with 18 points and seven assists as the host Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons 113-109 on Tuesday night.,Evan Mobley had 18 points and Dennis Schroder scored 15 for the Ca...
Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Florida blitzes Mississippi State, seals SEC title
Alex Condon netted a season-high 26 points and added seven rebounds as fifth-ranked Florida claimed the Southeastern Conference's regular-season title outright for the first time since 2014 with a 108-74 pasting of Mississippi State on Tuesday in Gainesville, Fla.,In their home finale, the Gators (2...
Spring training roundup: United States clobbers Giants in WBC tune-up
Fifteen different players had hits as the United States national team obliterated the San Francisco Giants 15-1 in the first of two World Baseball Classic tune-up games Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz.,The American team, loaded with major league talent, racked up 19 hits. Yankees right fielder Aaron Jud...
Spring training roundup: Late HR lifts Blue Jays over Canada
Riley Tirotta belted a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning to propel the Toronto Blue Jays to a 10-7 victory over Canada's national team on Tuesday in a World Baseball Classic tune-up game in Dunedin, Fla.,Jesus Sanchez had two hits and drove in three runs, and Nathan Lukes added a two-run...
NHL roundup: Stars top Canucks for team-record 9th straight win
Lian Bichsel scored twice, including the eventual game-winner, as the visiting Dallas Stars extended their win streak to a franchise-record nine games with a 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.,Colin Blackwell, Matt Duchene and Jason Robertson each added a goal and an assist for the ...
NBA roundup: Giannis Antetokounmpo returns but Bucks fall to Celtics
Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to the court after missing 15 games with a strained right calf, but his Milwaukee Bucks fell 108-81 to the visiting Boston Celtics on Monday night.,Payton Pritchard had a team-high 25 points and nine assists for the Celtics, who received 18 points and 16 rebounds, both...
Spring training roundup: Framber Valdez makes impressive debut for Tigers
Framber Valdez, this season's prized free agent pitching acquisition, made an impressive spring debut for the Detroit Tigers in a 5-2 loss to the visiting Atlanta Braves in Lakeland, Fla.,Valdez pitched three scoreless innings, fanning three and allowing just a pair of hits. He threw 30 of 43 pitche...
NBA roundup: Knicks halt Spurs' 11-game winning streak
Mikal Bridges scored 25 points and Jalen Brunson added 24, helping the host New York Knicks halt the San Antonio Spurs' 11-game winning streak with a 114-89 victory on Sunday afternoon.,Bridges made 10 of 17 shots from the floor and 5 of 9 from 3-point range. He also contributed five rebounds and fi...
NHL roundup: Surging Ducks edge Flames in shootout win
Mason McTavish scored the shootout-winning goal to give the host Anaheim Ducks an entertaining 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday to run their winning streak to five games.,Cutter Gauthier scored twice for the Ducks, who have won 12 of 14 games and moved within one point of the Vegas Gold...