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Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 10 TCU edges WVU on buzzer-beating trey
Marta Suarez sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer, lifting No. 10 TCU to a 51-50 win over West Virginia on Wednesday in Morgantown, W.Va.,The lead changed hands six times in the fourth quarter, and the Mountaineers' Jordan Harrison made 1 of 2 foul shots with 2.8 seconds to go for a two-point lead. Donovy...
WTA roundup: Emma Raducanu rallies in Hobart
Completing a first-round match that lasted two days, No. 1 seed Emma Raducanu earned a 6-3, 7-6 (2) victory against Colombian Camila Osorio on Wednesday at the Hobart International in Australia.,Osorio was leading 4-2 in the second set Tuesday when rain ended play. After Britain's Raducanu earned th...
ATP roundup: Tommy Paul secures 1st win in 4 months
No. 2 seed Tommy Paul earned his first tour-level victory in four months with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of compatriot Reilly Opelka on Wednesday at the Adelaide International in Australia.,Sidelined late in 2025 by a foot injury, the two-time Adelaide semifinalist needed only 72 minutes to advance to the qu...
Top 25 roundup: Kansas ends No. 2 Iowa State's perfect start
Tre White scored 19 points and freshman sensation Darryn Peterson added 16 as Kansas shocked No. 2 Iowa State 84-63 on Tuesday in Lawrence, Kan.,The Jayhawks (12-5, 2-2 Big 12) dominated the Cyclones (16-1, 3-1) from the start while ending Iowa State's school-record 16-game winning streak. Iowa Stat...
NBA roundup: Thunder finally get past Spurs on 4th try
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of his 34 points in the third quarter to help Oklahoma City earn a 119-98 home win over San Antonio on Tuesday, the Thunder's first victory in four matchups with the Spurs this season.,The Spurs were held below 100 points for the first time this season. They have lo...
NHL roundup: Lightning edge Pens in shootout for 11th straight win
Nikita Kucherov scored the game-winning goal in a shootout as the Tampa Bay Lightning earned their franchise-record-tying 11th straight victory by edging the host Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night.,Kucherov couldn't extend his 10-game point streak, but he was able to give the Lightning the wi...
ATP roundup: Aleksandar Vukic pulls upset in Adelaide
Australian qualifier Aleksandar Vukic thrilled the home crowd Tuesday with a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) upset of No. 7 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the first round of the Adelaide International.,Vukic withstood 13 aces in a match with no service breaks by controlling the tiebreaks, building a 4-2 lead...
WTA roundup: Venus Williams falls in Aussie Open tuneup
Sixth-seeded Tatjana Maria recorded a 6-4, 6-3 win over Venus Williams in the first round at the Hobart International in Australia on Tuesday.,Maria, 38, took advantage of five double faults by Williams, 45, to win the match in 87 minutes. The match featured the highest combined age (83) of a single...
NBA roundup: Pascal Siakam, Pacers sink Jaylen Brown-less Celtics
Pascal Siakam scored a go-ahead basket with 6.8 seconds left on Monday night, propelling the Indiana Pacers to a 98-96 victory over the Boston Celtics in Indianapolis.,After Siakam's clutch floater off the glass, Boston's Derrick White missed a 3-point attempt as time expired.,Siakam produced 21 poi...
NHL roundup: In OT, Leafs halt Avs' home win streak at 17
William Nylander scored at 3:59 of overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs ended Colorado's 17-game home winning streak with a 4-3 win in Denver on Monday night.,It was the first home loss for Colorado since Oct. 23. The Avalanche remain unbeaten at home in regulation (17-0-3) but missed out on a chanc...
NHL roundup: Lightning rout Flyers as win streak hits 10
Nikita Kucherov registered multiple points for the ninth straight game and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 5-1 road victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday., ,It was a successful trip to the City of Brotherly Love for the Lightning, who posted a 7-2 wi...
WTA roundup: McCartney Kessler stunned in Hobart
Serbia's Olga Danilovic stunned defending champion McCartney Kessler 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round on Monday at the Hobart International in Australia.,Danilovic trailed 4-3 in the deciding set, then collected a crucial break in the ninth game to pull ahead and served out the match in two hours an...
ATP roundup: Action underway in Adelaide, Auckland
Thanasi Kokkinakis thrilled the home fans in Australia on Monday with a first-round comeback to beat Sebastian Korda at the Adelaide International.,Kokkinakis finished the 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory in two hours and 26 minutes, tallying 15 aces and saving six of nine break points. His second-round op...
NBA roundup: Raptors' Scottie Barnes sinks game-winning free throw, 76ers in OT
Scottie Barnes made the game-winning free throw in the final second of overtime to help the Toronto Raptors defeat visiting the Philadelphia 76ers 116-115 on Sunday in the first game of a back-to-back between the teams.,The 76ers took a four-point lead in overtime before the Raptors rallied with a 7...
NFL wild-card roundup: 49ers oust defending champ Eagles on late TD
Brock Purdy threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey with 2:54 left and the San Francisco 49ers ended the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles' season with a 23-19 win in Sunday's wild-card playoff game in Philadelphia.,Purdy passed for 262 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions...
NHL roundup: Tomas Hertl's career night spurs Knights' rout of Sharks
Tomas Hertl collected two goals and three assists, Jack Eichel also scored twice, and the visiting Vegas Golden Knights completed a sweep of their season series with the San Jose Sharks for the third straight season with a 7-2 victory on Sunday night.,It was a career-best five-point game for Hertl a...
WTA roundup: Aryna Sabalenka repeats in Brisbane
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka defended her Brisbane International title with a straight-sets victory against Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk on Sunday in Australia.,The top-seeded Belarusian defeated the No. 16 seed 6-4, 6-3 in 78 minutes to claim her 22nd career WTA Tour title, third among active players beh...
NHL roundup: Two Bruins combine for 7 goals in 10-2 rout of Rangers
Marat Khusnutdinov netted four goals and an assist, Pavel Zacha registered his first career hat trick, and David Pastrnak tied a Boston franchise record with six assists, helping the Bruins roll past the visiting New York Rangers 10-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Khusnutdinov and Zacha became the first Br...
NBA roundup: Hornets lead by as many as 57 points, crush Jazz
LaMelo Ball scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers as the Charlotte Hornets led by as many as 57 points in routing the Utah Jazz 150-95 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,The Hornets made 24 3-pointers while shooting 41% from 3-point range. They led wire-to-wire in recording the second-largest ...
WTA roundup: Top seeds surge into finals in Brisbane, Auckland
No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka needed just 89 minutes to defeat Czech Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-4 and reach her third consecutive Brisbane International final on Saturday.,Muchova had defeated Sabalenka, of Belarus, in their past three meetings. But in Brisbane, Sabalenka was in control, staving off four ...