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NBA roundup: Spurs rally past Raptors for 10th straight win
Devin Vassell scored 21 points Wednesday night and the visiting San Antonio Spurs rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Toronto Raptors 110-107 for their 10th consecutive win.,San Antonio outscored Toronto 32-17 in the final period after trailing by 15 late in the third.,De'Aaron Fox added 20 ...
WTA roundup: Andorran qualifier earns marathon win in Merida
Andorran qualifier Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva advanced to her third career WTA Tour quarterfinal by outlasting eighth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Wednesday in the Merida (Mexico) Open Akron.,The match lasted 3 hours, 20 minutes, tied for the fourth longest on the tour this y...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Michigan downs No. 13 Ohio State in OT
Olivia Olson scored a career-high 31 points and hit the game-winning jumper as No. 8 Michigan edged No. 13 Ohio State 88-86 in overtime in a Big Ten classic in Columbus, Ohio.,Olson also had nine rebounds while Syla Swords added 22 points for the Wolverines (23-5, 14-3 Big Ten), who moved ahead of I...
ATP roundup: Tallon Griekspoor knocks off No. 2 seed in Dubai
Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands used his strong serve to upset No. 2 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the Round of 16 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday.,Griekspoor fired off 14 aces without a double fault and won 35 of 40 first-service points (87.5%). H...
Top 25 roundup: Themus Fulks leads UCF to upset of No. 19 BYU
Themus Fulks scored 24 points and handed out 11 assists to lead hot-shooting UCF to a 97-84 upset win over No. 19 BYU on Tuesday in Provo, Utah.,Jordan Burks also rang up 24 points, Jamichael Stillwell contributed 12 points and 12 rebounds and George Beale Jr. pitched in 10 points for UCF (20-7, 9-6...
NBA roundup: Magic edge Lakers as LeBron James misses at buzzer
Paolo Banchero scored 36 points with 10 rebounds and Desmond Bane added 22 points as the Orlando Magic finished off a successful road trip against Western Conference foes with a 110-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.,Wendell Carter Jr. scored 20 points and Tristan da Silva added 13 ...
WTA roundup: Ajla Tomljanovic KOs Venus Williams in Austin opener
Venus Williams remained winless on the year after dropping her first-round match to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday at the ATX Open in Austin, Texas.,Williams, 45, is 0-4 for the season, including a loss to Serbia's Olga Danilovic at the Australian Open last month. The seven-time ma...
ATP roundup: Ugo Humbert wins battle of ex-Dubai champs
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas didn't win a single match as the defending champion of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, falling to the man who preceded him as the champion in the United Arab Emirates.,France's Ugo Humbert beat Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday in first-round action.,Humbert saved a...
Spring training roundup: Pirates prospect Konnor Griffin homers twice
The No. 1 prospect in baseball, shortstop Konnor Griffin, hammered two home runs over the replica Green Monster at the spring training home of the Red Sox to power the Pittsburgh Pirates' 16-7 win over Boston on Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla.,They were Griffin's first two homers of the spring, and they...
NBA roundup: Kings top Grizzles, end franchise-worst 16-game skid
Russell Westbrook scored 25 points and Precious Achiuwa added 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Sacramento Kings earned a 123-114 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night to snap a franchise-record 16-game losing streak., ,The Kings, who won on the road for only the fourth time in 30 games,...
WTA roundup: Rebeka Masarova pulls off first-round upset in Austin
Swiss qualifier Rebeka Masarova overpowered third-seeded Xinyu Wang of China 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the ATX Open on Monday in Austin, Texas.,Masarova won 85.7% of her first-serve points (30 of 35) and saved four of the five break points she faced. She avenged a loss to Wang three weeks ago i...
Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 18 Baylor stays in race for top Big 12 seed
Taliah Scott scored 20 points, Bella Fontleroy added 16 and No. 18 Baylor cruised past Kansas State 80-54 on Monday night in Waco, Texas.,Darianna Littlepage-Buggs contributed 10 points and 11 rebounds as the Bears pulled away by shooting 61.5% in the second half. Baylor outrebounded Kansas State 43...
ATP roundup: Felix Auger-Aliassime wins opener in Dubai return
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada returned to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and worked to pull out a 6-3, 7-6 (4) opening-round win over China's Zhizhen Zhang on Monday.,Auger-Aliassime was a finalist in 2025 and lost to Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. On Monday, he saved all four break points he...
Spring training roundup: Tarik Skubal starts strong, Tigers lose to Twins
Two-time defending American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal delivered two shutout innings in his spring training debut, but his Detroit Tigers were blanked in a 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins Monday in Lakeland, Fla.,Skubal, who will earn $32 million this season after winning his arbitration ca...
NBA roundup: Mavericks get by Pacers to halt 10-game skid
Khris Middleton's 25 points led six Dallas scorers in double figures, and the Mavericks snapped a 10-game skid with their 134-130 defeat of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in Indianapolis. ,Pascal Siakam scored a game-high 30 points for the Pacers, who lost their third straight game.,Dallas, winless si...
Spring training roundup: Pete Alonso homers again as O's tie Tigers
Offseason acquisition Pete Alonso homered for the second time in as many games to fuel the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-4 tie against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in Lakeland, Fla.,Signed to a five-year, $155 million contract in December, Alonso belted a two-run homer in Friday's game against the New Yo...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Louisville, No. 9 Duke fall on late threes
Romi Levy made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining and visiting Virginia pulled off an Atlantic Coast Conference stunner, defeating No. 8 Louisville 74-72 on Sunday.,Levy's shot made it 74-72 before Louisville had two attempts to tie or take the lead. With four seconds left, the Cardinals...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Virginia's late 3 stuns No. 8 Louisville
Romi Levy made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining and visiting Virginia pulled off an Atlantic Coast Conference stunner, defeating No. 8 Louisville 74-72 on Sunday.,Levy's shot made it 74-72 before Louisville had two attempts to tie or take the lead. With four seconds left, the Cardinals...
Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Duke knocks off No. 1 Michigan in D.C.
Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 3 Duke held on to beat No. 1 Michigan 68-63 in a much-anticipated nonconference showdown Saturday night in Washington, D.C., ,Isaiah Evans racked up 14 points, Caleb Foster provided 12 points and Patrick Ngongba II turned in 11 points for Duke (25-2). Boozer g...
NBA roundup: Jalen Green's buzzer-beater lifts Suns past Magic in 2OT
Grayson Allen scored 27 points in his return from a four-game absence and Jalen Green made up for a miserable shooting night with a game-winning 3-pointer at the final buzzer as the host Phoenix Suns overcame an injury to Dillon Brooks in a 113-110 double-overtime victory over the Orlando Magic on S...