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Top 25 roundup: No. 4 Alabama overpowers 8th-ranked Kentucky
Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest in Lexington, Ky.,Mark Sears added 24 points and nine assists as the Crimson Tide (15-3, 4-1 SEC) won for the ninth ...
NBA roundup: Surging Hawks rally, top Celtics in OT
Trae Young had 28 points and 11 assists to help the visiting Atlanta Hawks extend their winning streak to three games by defeating the Boston Celtics 119-115 in overtime on Saturday.,Dyson Daniels added 23 points for the Hawks, who won despite shooting 9-for-37 from 3-point range and committing 18 t...
NBA roundup: Nuggets spoil Jimmy Butler's return to Heat
Nikola Jokic posted his league-leading 17th triple-double of the season, bundling 24 points with 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the Denver Nuggets' 133-113 road win over the Miami Heat on Friday night.,Jamal Murray led all scorers with 30 points for Denver, which won for the fifth time in six games a...
Top 25 roundup: Minnesota edges No. 20 Michigan at OT buzzer
Dawson Garcia hit a game-winning 3-pointer from near half-court just before the buzzer sounded to end overtime, giving Minnesota an 84-81 win over No. 20 Michigan on Thursday in Minneapolis., ,After Michigan's Danny Wolf tied the game at 81-81 on a layup with seven seconds left in OT, Minnesota brou...
NHL roundup: Oilers rally from 3-goal deficit to beat Avs
Evan Bouchard scored the winning goal late in the third period, capping the Edmonton Oilers' rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night.,Bouchard also had an assist, Connor McDavid also had a goal and an assist, and Brett Kulak and Viktor Arvidsson...
NBA roundup: Thunder clobber Cavs in battle of NBA’s best
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 134-114 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in a matchup between the two teams with the NBA's best records.,The Cavs came in as the No. 1 offensive team in the league, while Oklahoma City ranked atop the NB...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Notre Dame thumps No. 17 Ga. Tech
Sonia Citron put up 21 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals to propel No. 3 Notre Dame past No. 17 Georgia Tech 81-66 on Thursday in South Bend, Ind.,Maddy Westbeld added 20 points to help the Fighting Irish (15-2, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) notch their 10th consecutive victory whi...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Notre Dame wins without Hidalgo again
Sonia Citron put up 21 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals to propel No. 3 Notre Dame past No. 17 Georgia Tech 81-66 on Thursday in South Bend, Ind.,Maddy Westbeld added 20 points to help the Fighting Irish (15-2, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) notch their 10th consecutive victory whi...
NFL, law enforcement goal is officer per block at Super Bowl in New Orleans
NFL and law enforcement officials are in New Orleans working through a modified plan for increased security in the city ahead of Super Bowl LIX.,The response and amended plan are directly correlated to the New Year's Day terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, when a man drove a truck into a crowd and k...
Super Bowl or Bust: Detroit Lions Fans Brace for Glory or Gut-Punch
The Detroit Lions fans have been waiting 58 years to see their team make a Super Bowl, but they need to win the game in order for this season to be deemed a success....
Top 25 roundup: Curtis Jones carries No. 2 Iowa St. past No. 9 Kansas
Curtis Jones scored 25 points on 9-for-17 shooting, including 5-for-6 accuracy from 3-point range, and No. 2 Iowa State pulled away for a 74-57 win over No. 9 Kansas on Wednesday in Ames, Iowa.,Dishon Jackson scored 17 points for Iowa State (15-1, 5-0 Big 12), which won its 12th game in a row. Joshu...
NBA roundup: Clippers lay historic beating on Nets
Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 23 points and the Los Angeles Clippers posted the largest margin of victory in franchise history by obliterating the visiting Brooklyn Nets 126-67 on Wednesday night.,James Harden added 21 points, 11 assists and six rebounds for Los Angeles, which won by 59 points ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 24 Michigan St. gets past Rutgers
Julia Ayrault and Emma Shumate scored 12 points apiece and Grace VanSlooten added 11 as No. 24 Michigan State survived for a 70-60 win over Rutgers on Wednesday in Piscataway, N.J.,VanSlooten netted eight points in the third quarter as the Spartans (14-3, 4-2 Big Ten) broke away from a halftime tie ...
NBA makes wildfire-related schedule updates
The NBA announced nine changes to the regular season schedule on Wednesday.,Two games were postponed last week because of the Los Angeles wildfires, while Saturday's game in Atlanta was postponed due to icy weather. Six other scheduling changes were made to accommodate the rescheduling.,--Charlotte ...
Top 25 roundup: Missouri knocks off No. 5 Florida
Caleb Grill racked up 22 points off the bench and sank a pair of clutch free throws with five seconds remaining as Missouri upset No. 5 Florida 83-82 on Tuesday night in Gainesville, Fla. ,Grill's key foul shots came just one second after Alex Condon converted a layup to get the Gators (15-2, 2-2 So...
NHL roundup: Avs rally late, sink Rangers in OT
Devon Toews scored with 37 seconds left in overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in Denver on Tuesday night.,Artturi Lehkonen and Parker Kelly also scored, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for Colorado. With the Avs traili...
NBA roundup: Bucks stop Kings’ 7-game winning streak
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard combined for 25 points during a 47-point first quarter that propelled the Milwaukee Bucks to a 130-115 win over the visiting Kings on Tuesday night, snapping Sacramento's seven-game winning streak.,Antetokounmpo finished with a game-high 33 points and Lillard...
Tiger Woods' team drops TGL opener
Tiger Woods entered the venue for his TGL debut to the sounds of "Eye of the Tiger" on Tuesday, but his team ended up as the prey instead of the predator in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Los Angeles Golf Club routed Woods' Jupiter Links Golf Club 12-1 in the new simulated golf league's second-ever match....
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Maryland survives No. 24 Minnesota's rally
Shyanne Sellers scored a season-high 27 points and Kaylene Smikle added 19 as No. 8 Maryland nearly blew a 20-point lead in the final three minutes but held off No. 24 Minnesota 99-92 on Tuesday in College Park, Md.,Smikle hit six consecutive free throws in the final 29 seconds, with four of those c...
Jon Rahm vows Ryder return, plans 'to be at Bethpage'
Jon Rahm vows to be part of Team Europe when the Ryder Cup begins this fall while he awaits the appeal of his DP World Tour fines assessed for playing in LIV Golf events. ,The next Ryder Cup will be played Sept. 26-28 at the Bethpage Black Golf Course in Farmingdale, N.Y. ,"I don't know what's going...