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West Virginia upsets No. 19 West Virginia to snap 3-game skid
Honor Huff scored 19 points and dished out six assists to lead West Virginia to a 79-71 upset win at home over No. 19 BYU in a Big 12 Conference game on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Brenen Lorient racked up 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds, and DJ Thomas scored 13 points off the bench for W...

Shane van Gisbergen charges to victory in NASCAR O'Reilly Series race at COTA
AUSTIN, Texas -- With a bold, brilliant move moments after the final restart of Saturday's Focused Health 250 at Circuit of the Americas, Shane van Gisbergen once again exhibited his road course supremacy.,Taking the inside line into Turn 1 after the restart with five laps left, van Gisbergen made a...

Heat rally in 4th quarter to take down Rockets
Bam Adebayo posted a double-double, and Andrew Wiggins ignited a fourth-quarter rally after returning from an in-game injury to lead the Miami Heat to a 115-105 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Saturday.,Adebayo paired 24 points with 11 rebounds to help the Heat snap a two-game skid. Pel...

Flyers strike in 3rd to snap Bruins' 8-game point streak
The Philadelphia Flyers scored back-to-back goals to start the third period and held on to defeat the visiting Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Travis Konecny and Jamie Drysdale both scored and assisted on each other's goals for Philadelphia, which has won two of its three games since the Ol...

Jalen Duren's surge for East-leading Pistons tests Magic
One word springs to mind for Detroit forward Ausar Thompson when asked to describe teammate Jalen Duren's recent surge.,"Domination," Thompson said.,It's an ominous thought for the Orlando Magic, who host in-form Duren and the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons on Sunday.,Duren matched his season an...

Miami closes first half on big run to take care of Boston College
Tre Donaldson scored 15 points, Tru Washington added 14 as Miami beat Boston College 76-54 on Saturday afternoon in Coral Gables, Fla.,Ernest Udeh Jr. had 11 points and 12 rebounds, while reserve Noam Dovrat scored a season-high 12 points for the Hurricanes (23-6, 12-4 Atlantic Coast Conference).,Th...

On his bobblehead day, Nick Martinelli lifts Northwestern over Oregon
Nick Martinelli produced the game-winning runner with one second remaining as part of his game-high 22 points to lift Northwestern to a 63-62 Big Ten win over Oregon on Saturday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.,On a day Northwestern handed out bobbleheads bearing his likeness, Martinelli added 11 rebound...

Shane Lowry soars into share of lead at Cognizant Classic
Ireland's Shane Lowry shot 8-under-par 63 to surge into a share of the lead with Austin Smotherman through three rounds of the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches on Saturday at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Smotherman, who was the second-round leader, had an eagle putt from inside 16 feet on the final...

Milos Uzan’s 26 points lead No. 5 Houston to definitive win over Colorado
Milos Uzan poured in 26 points while hitting on five of his seven 3-point shots as host No. 5 Houston got back on the winning track with a 102-62 win over Colorado on Saturday afternoon in a late-season Big 12 Conference dustup.,The Cougars (24-5, 12-4 Big 12) shrugged off a ragged start to build a ...

Tyler Reddick starts bid for 3rd straight NASCAR Cup win with pole run
AUSTIN, Texas -- One of the few things that wasn't startling about Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Circuit of the Americas was Tyler Reddick's run for the pole position.,Negotiating the 2.4-mile road course in 97.760 seconds (88.380 mph) in the second qualifying group, Reddick cla...

F1 'closely monitoring' situation in Middle East
Formula 1 officials are "closely monitoring" the situation in the Middle East ahead of April's races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.,Retaliatory missile strikes rocked the region Saturday after the United States and Israeli launched an attack on Iran.,The F1 season begins in Australia next weekend, the...

Austin looks to continue successful history against D.C. United
Austin FC will look to continue their successful history against D.C. United and break into the win column when the sides square off on Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas.,The Verde (0-0-1, 1 point) kicked off the 2026 season with a 2-2 draw at home with Minnesota United on Feb. 21. Austin got goals ...

Pistons rally past Cavaliers in OT behind Jalen Duren
Jalen Duren scored 33 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and the host Detroit Pistons rallied from a nine-point deficit late in regulation to win 122-119 in overtime against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday.,Cade Cunningham supplied 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists before fouling out in regula...

SMU tries to rebound at Stanford after late slip vs. Cal
SMU looks to end its trip out West on a high note when it visits Stanford for a Saturday afternoon Atlantic Coast Conference battle.,This is the first meeting of the season between the ACC rivals. They split the season series in 2025, with each team winning on their home court. In the most recent ga...

No. 21 Miami (Ohio) escapes Western Michigan on Trey Perry's winner
Trey Perry made a go-ahead layup with 0.4 seconds left, helping No. 21 Miami (Ohio) remain unbeaten with a 69-67 victory over Western Michigan on Friday in Kalamazoo, Mich.,Justice Williams sank a 13-foot jumper to forge a 67-67 tie with 12.8 seconds remaining before Perry used his body to fend off ...

Austin FC acquire veteran F Christian Ramirez off waivers
Austin FC claimed forward Christian Ramirez off waivers from the Los Angeles Galaxy on Friday.,Ramirez started the Galaxy's CONCACAF Champions Cup match against Academia de Futbol Sporting San Miguelito on Feb. 19. He was waived two days later, with the Galaxy exercising a buyout.,"Christian is wide...

Oregon, Northwestern each peaking down the stretch
Saturday's game between Oregon and Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., might not look to be an especially significant game given that neither team is particularly close to the NCAA Tournament bubble.,But it could be important for two teams hoping to avoid having to play an extra game at the Big Ten tour...

No. 19 BYU in need of fast start vs. West Virginia
Slow starts for No. 19 BYU have festered into something more significant lately.,When the Cougars travel to West Virginia, they'll look to exhibit the form they showed earlier this season in a Big 12 Conference tilt on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va.,On Tuesday, BYU (20-8, 8-7 Big 12) was throttled i...

Streaking Reed Sheppard leads Rockets into matchup with Heat
The Houston Rockets were on the verge of completing a stunning rally from a 19-point deficit against the Orlando Magic on Thursday but needed one final push to get over the hump.,Up stepped reserve guard Reed Sheppard, who followed his 28-point performance against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday w...

Miami out to maintain top-four ACC spot vs. Boston College
Amid a remarkable turnaround, Miami will be out to solidify its NCAA Tournament credentials when it plays host to Boston College in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Saturday.,What seemed unlikely before the season began is within reach for the Hurricanes under first-year head coach Jai Lucas. A com...