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NBA roundup: Grizzlies edge Rockets in final seconds
Jaren Jackson Jr. sank two free throws with 8.6 seconds remaining to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 120-119 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Thursday.,In a matchup of two of the Western Conference's top three teams, the game featured 14 ties and 13 lead changes. Houston had an opportuni...
WTA roundup: Elise Mertens rallies in Singapore
No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium brushed off a loss in a first-set tiebreaker and got past Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Tennis Open.,Mertens rallied from a 3-0 hole in the first set to get to the tiebreaker, only to squande...
Top 25 roundup: Maryland knocks off No. 17 Wisconsin
Ja'Kobi Gillespie delivered 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead a balanced Maryland to a 76-68 victory over No. 17 Wisconsin on Wednesday in College Park, Md.,Rodney Rice also scored 16 points and Selton Miguel added 12 points on four 3 pointers, leading a long-range assault by the Te...
NBA roundup: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 52, but Thunder lose
Stephen Curry bounced back from a four-point first half with five second-half 3-pointers and the Golden State Warriors rallied to overcome Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 52 points and stun the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-109 on Wednesday night in San Francisco.,Andrew Wiggins went for a team-high 27 points...
NHL roundup: Devils score 4 in 2nd, blank Flyers
Brothers Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes each collected a goal and an assist as the New Jersey Devils scored four times in the second period and rolled to a 5-0 rout of the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night in Newark, N.J.,The Devils won for the third time in four games and for a second st...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 6 UConn wins 10th straight
Azzi Fudd and Kaitlyn Chen each scored 17 points as No. 6 UConn rolled to its 10th consecutive win, an 84-58 blowout of DePaul on Wednesday in Chicago.,Sarah Strong added 11 points and a game-high eight rebounds for the Huskies (20-2, 11-0 Big East). UConn had no problem despite the struggles of Pai...
WTA roundup: No. 1 seed Anna Kalinskaya advances in Singapore
Top seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia had to battle in the second set before eliminating Switzerland's Simona Waltert 6-2, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday in the Round of 16 at the Singapore Tennis Open.,Kalinskaya, ranked No. 18 in the world, converted 3 of 5 break-point opportunities and saved 4 of 5. Waltert, ...
Top 25 roundup: No. 12 Kentucky gets by No. 8 Tennessee
Koby Brea scored 18 points and Jaxson Robinson added 17 to help No. 12 Kentucky post a 78-73 victory over No. 8 Tennessee on Tuesday in Knoxville, Tenn.,Otega Oweh logged 14 points, Ansley Almonor had 12 on four 3-pointers and Amari Williams recorded 10 points and a season-high 15 rebounds for the W...
NHL roundup: Tage Thompson, JJ Peterka post hat tricks in Sabres' win
Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each recorded a hat trick and an assist to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-2 win over the visiting Boston Bruins on Tuesday.,Thompson scored in each period en route to his seventh career hat trick and first of the season, while Peterka capped the first of his career with ...
WTA roundup: Elise Mertens cruises in Singapore
No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium needed just 55 minutes to beat Taylor Townsend 6-1, 6-0 in first-round action at the Singapore Tennis Open on Tuesday.,Mertens faced six break points but saved them all, while converting 5 of 8 opportunities to break Townsend's serve. Mertens moves on to face Germ...
NHL roundup: Connor McDavid returns, scores in Oilers' win
Connor McDavid scored in his return from a three-game suspension as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-2 Monday night.,Mattias Janmark, Corey Perry and Mattias Ekholm also tallied for the Oilers, who won for the seventh time in their past nine games. Goaltender Calvin Pickard...
WTA roundup: Emma Raducanu shown early exit in Singapore
Cristina Bucsa of Spain rallied to eliminate No. 7 seed Emma Raducanu of Great Britain 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 in a three-hour-plus marathon during the first round of the Singapore Tennis Open on Monday.,Raducanu, the 2021 U.S. Open champ, hit seven aces but also committed seven double faults. Bucsa broke Rad...
NHL roundup: Avs score with 15 seconds left to edge Rangers
Cale Makar scored twice and set up the tiebreaking goal by Artturi Lehkonen with 15 seconds remaining as the revamped Colorado Avalanche blew a pair of two-goal leads before earning a dramatic 5-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon.,Avalanche goalie Mackenzie Blackwood (33 sa...
Top 25 roundup: No. 17 Illini clamp down on Northwestern
Kylan Boswell scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to an 83-74 Big Ten victory over visiting Northwestern Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.,Starting for 7-foot-1 Tomislav Ivisic, who missed his second straight game due to mononucleosis, freshman center ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Lauren Betts scores 33, No. 1 UCLA hits 20-0
Lauren Betts scored 33 points and No. 1 UCLA stayed undefeated by handling No. 8 Maryland 82-67 on Sunday afternoon in College Park, Md. ,Betts shot 14-for-15 from the field and made five of six free-throw attempts to go with a team-high seven rebounds. Kiki Rice added 19 points for the Bruins (20-0...
NBA roundup: James Harden scores 40 in Clippers' win
James Harden scored 17 of his 40 points in the third quarter and Norman Powell added 33 points as the Los Angeles Clippers finished off a 127-117 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks at Inglewood, Calif.,Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points, while matching a season high with 24 minutes in his seventh...
NHL roundup: Cole Perfetti (hat trick), Jets take down Utah
Cole Perfetti notched his first career hat trick to lead the Winnipeg Jets past the visiting Utah Hockey Club 5-2 on Friday night., ,Nikolaj Ehlers reached 500 career points with a goal and two assists for the Jets, who avenged a 5-2 loss at Utah on Monday., ,David Gustafsson also scored, Dylan DeMe...
NBA roundup: Sixers edge Cavs to halt 7-game skid
Paul George scored 30 points and Tyrese Maxey added 29 as the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 132-129 win over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday.,In a game that featured 18 ties and 30 lead changes, Philadelphia placed all five starters in double figures, as wel...
NBA roundup: Nikola Jokic's 5th straight triple-double lifts Nuggets
Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 22 rebounds and a season-high 17 assists for his fifth straight triple-double, and the host Denver Nuggets held on to beat the Sacramento Kings 132-123 on Thursday night.,Jokic, who was voted an All-Star starter Thursday, has secured each triple-double during his current ...
NHL roundup: Seth Jarvis, Hurricanes thrash Jackets
Seth Jarvis had two goals and sparked the Carolina Hurricanes' big second period in a 7-4 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.,Sebastian Aho and Jarvis both had a goal and two assists in the five-goal second. The Hurricanes, who have won four consecutive games, also...