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NHL roundup: Mitch Marner posts hat trick in Leafs' win
Mitch Marner notched his third career hat trick with three straight goals within the first two periods and the Toronto Maple Leafs wrecked Todd McLellan's Red Wings coaching debut with a 5-2 victory at Detroit on Friday night.,Marner scored twice in the first period and added another goal late in th...
NBA roundup: Anthony Edwards' late 3 helps Wolves edge Rockets
Anthony Edwards drilled a 3-pointer with 23.2 seconds left to cap a stunning fourth-quarter rally and lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 113-112 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday.,The Timberwolves closed the game on a 23-6 run over the last five minutes. The surge featured two 3-pointers ...
NBA roundup: Lakers nip Warriors in final second
Austin Reaves drove for a go-ahead layup with one second left to cap a triple-double, LeBron James added to his Christmas Day lore with 31 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame an injury to Anthony Davis to outlast the Golden State Warriors 115-113 on Wednesday night in San Francisco.,Despite l...
NHL roundup: Sabres rout Islanders to halt 13-game skid
Beck Malenstyn scored just 2:07 into the game Monday night for the visiting Buffalo Sabres, who never trailed as they snapped a 13-game losing streak by routing the New York Islanders 7-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,Jiri Kulich posted his first career two-goal game while Rasmus Dahlin collected a career-high fo...
NBA roundup: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (41) leads Thunder to 8th straight win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overcame a slow start to score 41 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder powered to a 123-105 home win over the Washington Wizards on Monday.,The Thunder extended their regular-season winning streak to eight, their longest winning streak since January 2018. Oklahoma City hasn't ...
Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Oklahoma cruises, improves to 12-0
Duke Miles scored 29 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field to lead the host Oklahoma Sooners to an 89-66 victory over Central Arkansas on Sunday afternoon in Norman, Okla.,The 14th-ranked Sooners (12-0) matched their best start to a season since 2015-16, when they last advanced to the Final Fou...
NHL roundup: Oilers stay hot, halt Sens' win streak
Zach Hyman extended his goal streak to six games and Stuart Skinner made 20 saves as the Edmonton Oilers moved into second place in the Pacific Division with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Sunday night.,Hyman's go-ahead goal in the second period enabled him to match his career-hi...
NFL roundup: Jalen Hurts injured as Eagles fall to Commanders
Jayden Daniels threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jamison Crowder with six seconds remaining and the Washington Commanders beat the visiting Philadelphia Eagles 36-33 on Sunday.,Philadelphia's Jake Elliott hit a pair of late field goals to give the Eagles -- who lost quarterback Jalen Hurts to a concu...
Women’s Top 25 roundup: Hidalgo, Miles power No. 3 Notre Dame
Hannah Hidalgo poured in 33 points in 33 minutes, Olivia Miles recorded her second triple-double of the season and No. 3 Notre Dame crushed visiting Loyola (MD) 97-54 on Sunday in South Bend, Ind.,Miles racked up 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists after a 20-10-10 effort on the opening night of t...
Top 25 roundup: North Carolina rallies late to stun No. 18 UCLA
North Carolina freshman Ian Jackson, playing in his hometown, poured in a season-high 24 points and RJ Davis made the go-ahead free throw as the Tar Heels rallied past No. 18 UCLA to win 76-74 on Saturday afternoon at the CBS Sports Classic in New York.,North Carolina (7-5) overcame a 16-point defic...
NHL roundup: Owen Tippett's OT goal pushes Flyers past Jackets
Owen Tippett scored 3:30 into overtime as the host Philadelphia Flyers staged a series of third-period rallies before nipping the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 on Saturday.,Morgan Frost scored twice and Tippett added three assists for Philadelphia, which tallied four goals in the third period, including...
NBA roundup: Magic stun Heat after franchise-record rally
Holding visiting Miami to just eight fourth-quarter points, the Orlando Magic set a franchise record in rallying from 22 points down at the start of the final period to beat the Heat, 121-114, on Saturday.,Orlando, having trailed by as many as 25 points in the first half, began chipping away at the ...
CFP roundup: Quick start sends Ohio State past Tennessee
Will Howard threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns, both to Jeremiah Smith, while TreVeyon Henderson rushed for two scores as No. 8 seed Ohio State routed No. 9 seed Tennessee 42-17 in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.,The Buckeyes (11-2) will play No. 1 ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 7 USC edges No. 4 UConn
No. 7 Southern California blew an 18-point lead but survived a rocky finish to defeat No. 4 UConn 72-70 on Saturday in Hartford, Conn.,JuJu Watkins poured in 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including six points in the final four-plus minutes as USC (8-4) regained the lead and didn't let go again.,Wat...
Women's Top 25 roundup: South Florida holds off No. 9 Duke
South Florida built a big lead early and held off No. 9 Duke 65-56 in their nonconference matchup on Saturday in Tampa, Fla.,The Bulls' Sammie Puisis scored 14 of her team-high 23 points in the fourth quarter. After Taina Mair hit a 3-pointer to pull Duke (10-3) within three in the first minute of t...
NHL roundup: Igor Shesterkin, Rangers stop Stars
With the New York Rangers in dire need of a win, Igor Shesterkin turned in a spectacular performance on Friday. The goalie made 41 saves to end his team's three-game losing streak in a 3-1 victory against the host Dallas Stars.,Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist while Reilly Smith and Chris K...
NBA roundup: Cup champion Bucks no match for Cavs
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 124-101 home win over the Bucks on Friday, swiftly bringing Milwaukee down from its NBA Cup-championship high., ,Five other Cavs scored in double-figures, with Darius Garland putting up 16 and Evan Mobley and Dean Wade adding 15 ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Alabama heats up, knocks off No. 15 Michigan State
Alabama took time to get cranked up, then tallied 54 points in the middle two quarters in handing No. 15 Michigan State its first loss, 82-67 on Friday in the West Palm Beach Classic in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Aaliyah Nye finished with 18 points, Zaay Green had 17 and Essence Cody posted 16 points and...
NHL roundup: Oilers rally for OT win over Bruins
Mattias Ekholm scored at 1:04 of overtime as the Edmonton Oilers completed a two-goal comeback to defeat the visiting Boston Bruins 3-2 on Thursday night., ,Ekholm snapped off the deciding goal as the trailer on the rush. He received a feed from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who picked the puck off Boston go...
NBA roundup: Grizzlies hand Warriors 51-point loss
Santi Aldama scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Memphis Grizzlies, who drained a franchise-best 27 3-pointers to overwhelm the visiting Golden State Warriors 144-93 on Thursday.,It was the second-biggest win in terms of margin in Grizzlies history, trailing only a 152-79 rout of the Ok...