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Providence defeats former coach Ed Cooley, Georgetown
Jayden Pierre and Bensley Joseph each scored 14 points and Providence got some revenge against a familiar face with a 78-68 victory over visiting Georgetown on Saturday afternoon. , ,The Friars (10-10, 4-5 Big East) were playing with some extra pep in their step with Hoyas coach Ed Cooley back in t...

UCLA holds on to beat skidding Washington
Aday Mara scored 12 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked five shots as UCLA outlasted Washington 65-60 on Friday in Seattle.,Skyy Clark also scored 12 and Kobe Johnson and Eric Dailey Jr. added 11 points apiece for the Bruins (14-6, 5-4 Big Ten), who won their third straight game. Johnson grab...

Filip Forsberg, Preds surging offensively with Ducks up next
Filip Forsberg will look to break his own franchise record by scoring a goal in his eighth straight game on Saturday night when the Nashville Predators finish a two-game California road trip against the Anaheim Ducks., ,Forsberg scored twice in a 6-5 victory over the host San Jose Sharks on Thursday...

Report: Houston Dash seeking investment, possible sale
Houston Dash owner Ted Segal is exploring options for potentially selling the team, according to multiple media reports on Friday.,Segal hired investment bank PJT Partners to evaluate whether the team could add new investors, perform a controlled sale or keep ownership as is, according to a Sportico...

Hawks try to avoid two-game sweep to visiting Raptors
It hasn't exactly been "home sweet home" on the current homestand for the Atlanta Hawks, a trend they hope to reverse when they host the Toronto Raptors on Saturday for the latter game of their two-game series.,Atlanta has lost three in a row, including the first two of a three-game homestand, and i...

Goal-starved Senators host Atlantic Division-leading Leafs
The second leg of the Battle of Ontario will take place on Saturday when an Ottawa Senators team looking to get into playoff position hosts the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs.,Ottawa enters the game having lost two straight on the road, both by shutout. Getting blanked has been a more...

After road success, Creighton back home vs. Seton Hall
Creighton aims for a fifth straight win when it comes back to the comforts of home to play host to struggling Seton Hall on Saturday afternoon in Omaha, Neb.,The Bluejays (13-6, 6-2 Big East) are tied for third in the conference with No. 19 UConn and coming off a lopsided 73-49 road win over DePaul ...

Feeling at home on road, young Pistons visit Magic
Life on the road clearly agrees with the Detroit Pistons, who are trending upward ahead of their matchup against the host Orlando Magic on Saturday.,Detroit won for the 12th time in its last 16 games on Wednesday, notching another road victory by beating the Atlanta Hawks 114-104. Cade Cunningham le...

Austin FC acquire F Myrto Uzuni on club-record deal
Austin FC announced the acquisition Friday of Albanian forward Myrto Uzuni for a club-record transfer fee.,Multiple reports put the price tag at $12.3 million to acquire the 29-year-old from Spain's second-division Granada CF.,Uzuni joins Austin as a designated player on a guaranteed three-year cont...

Georgia, Mike White chasing elusive win at No. 5 Florida
Since taking over as coach at Georgia three years ago, Mike White has yet to beat his former school or his successor at Florida, Todd Golden.,Under White, the Bulldogs had five cracks at the Gators and lost each time -- with none of the games decided by more than 10 points.,On Saturday afternoon in ...

'Dialed' Bruins host inconsistent Avalanche
The Boston Bruins have been fighting the injury bug in recent games, while battling to remain among the playoff contenders with less than three months remaining in the regular season.,After producing one of their most complete efforts of the season, the Bruins are looking for more as a run of three ...

Victor Wembanyama, Spurs seek sweep of Pacers in Paris
The San Antonio Spurs will look to build on their most impressive offensive showing in two seasons Saturday when they square off against the Indiana Pacers for the second of two meetings in the NBA's Paris Games.,The Spurs rolled to a 140-110 win Thursday in the series opener, outscoring Indiana 45-...

No. 7 Houston puts stingy defense to test vs. No. 12 Kansas
No. 7 Houston seems to have a semi-permanent spot atop the national scoring defense leaders, and now the Cougars are coming off their stingiest effort of the season.,Houston again will rely on defense as it aims to stretch its winning streak to 12 games on Saturday evening in a Big 12 showdown again...

Ed Cooley, Georgetown return to likely loud Providence
Coming away with a win would hold some extra value for Providence when it faces visiting Georgetown on Saturday afternoon.,There are some hard feelings between the Friars (9-10, 3-5 Big East) and Hoyas coach Ed Cooley, who was at the helm in Providence from 2011-23 before making the move to Georgeto...

Alexander Zverev into Aussie Open final, to meet No. 1 Jannik Sinner
Alexander Zverev qualified for his first Australian Open final when Novak Djokovic retired after the first set of their semifinal match in Melbourne on Friday.,Djokovic, 37, clearly was struggling with a left leg injury throughout the first set, which went to a tiebreaker. When the Serbian put a vol...

Predators blow three-goal lead, still edge Sharks 6-5
Fedor Svechkov scored a third-period go-ahead goal in a two-point performance and Filip Forsberg tallied twice as the visiting Nashville Predators earned a 6-5 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.,Tommy Novak notched a goal and an assist while Gustav Nyquist and Steven Stamkos also scored f...

Late surge leads Raptors to victory over Hawks
RJ Barrett sank a tiebreaking 3-pointer to put Toronto ahead for good with 2:51 remaining, and the visiting Raptors defeated the Atlanta Hawks 122-119 on Thursday.,Scottie Barnes scored a team-high 25 points, Bruce Brown had 18 points off the bench and Chris Boucher and Jakob Poeltl contributed 17 a...

Joonas Korpisalo stops 29 shots as Bruins blank Senators
Morgan Geekie scored the game-winning goal and Joonas Korpisalo recorded a 29-save shutout as the Boston Bruins beat the visiting Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Thursday night.,Geekie tallied at 2:06 of the second period, his second goal in as many games and fourth in a six-game span.,David Pastrnak dished ...

Washington trying to keep spirits up ahead of rematch with UCLA
First-year Washington coach Danny Sprinkle has called his team's January schedule "a month from hell.",It's hard to argue, with the Huskies having suffered five consecutive defeats -- all to ranked teams.,It won't get much easier Friday night when the Huskies (10-9, 1-7 Big Ten) play host to UCLA in...

Eagles K Jake Elliott top under-the-radar storyline of Championship Sunday
Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen certainly are going to do their part. And Saquon Barkley might have his own chapter in the Commanders' defensive game plan. Nobody doubts the significance of Jayden Daniels' role for Washington. ,But the matchups within the matchups are set to determine which teams adv...