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NBA roundup: Nuggets outlast Nets for 2nd straight OT win
Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon scored 24 points apiece and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Brooklyn Nets 144-139 in overtime on Tuesday in New York. ,Russell Westbrook had 22 points off the bench, Michael Porter Jr. contributed 16 and Chr...
WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider wins opener in Hong Kong
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider recorded a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Kyoka Okamura on Tuesday in the first round of the Hong Kong Open.,Shnaider, of Russia, fired three aces and won 26 of 32 points on her first serve to dispatch the Japanese native in 77 minutes.,No. 3 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada took adv...
NBA roundup: Magic's Paolo Banchero pours in 50 vs. Pacers
Paolo Banchero became Orlando's first player with a 50-point game in 20 years and flirted with a triple-double Monday night to lead the Magic past the visiting Indiana Pacers 119-115.,Banchero finished with 50 points and matched Tracy McGrady's franchise record for points scored in a half, putting u...
NHL roundup: Oilers lose Connor McDavid, game
The visiting Edmonton Oilers lost center Connor McDavid to a lower-body injury in the opening minute against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday evening and then lost the game 6-1.,McDavid was tripped as he crossed the blue line shortly after winning the opening faceoff. The three-time Hart Memorial...
WTA roundup: Yuan Yue rallies to win in Hong Kong
No. 6 seed Yuan Yue came back from down 3-0 in the second set to win the last six games of the match and defeat former world No. 1 Simona Halep on Monday in the opening round of the Hong Kong Open. ,Yue fired 22 winners and committed 12 unforced errors to beat Halep 6-3, 6-3.,The home court was also...
NBA roundup: 76ers knock off Pacers in OT for first win of season
Tyrese Maxey scored 45 points, including 10 in overtime, and the Philadelphia 76ers completed a late rally to score their first win of the season, a 118-114 defeat of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in Indianapolis.,Maxey's extra-period flourish began with a deep, step-back 3-pointer for the first poin...
NHL roundup: Leon Draisaitl pushes Oilers past Wings in OT on birthday
Leon Draisaitl scored in overtime to cap a two-goal, three-point performance on his 29th birthday and give the visiting Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.,Evan Bouchard scored once and added an assist while Mattias Ekholm and Connor McDavid each tallied two helpers f...
NFL roundup: Commanders sink Bears on last-second Hail Mary
Jayden Daniels threw a 52-yard Hail Mary pass to Noah Brown on the final play of the game and the Washington Commanders beat the Chicago Bears 18-15 on Sunday in Landover, Md.,Roschon Johnson had scored on the ground from 1 yard out with 25 seconds left in regulation, and the Bears (4-3) made good o...
Padraig Harrington wins inaugural Simmons Bank Championship
Padraig Harrington made four birdies on the front nine and held on to capture the inaugural Simmons Bank Championship on Sunday in Little Rock, Ark.,The Irishman won his third PGA Tour Champions event of the season and leapt seven spots to No. 4 in the playoff standings entering next week's season f...
ATP roundup: Jack Draper fends off comeback, wins Vienna title
No. 7 seed Jack Draper clinched the first ATP 500-level title of his career when the Brit defeated Russia's Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the Erste Bank Open on Sunday in Vienna, Austria.,Draper found himself trailing in the second set when Khachanov fought out of a 4-0 hole by winning fi...
WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng KOs Sofia Kenin, wins Pan Pacific Open
Top-seeded Qinwen Zheng outlasted wild card Sofia Kenin 7-6 (5), 6-3 to win the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday in Tokyo.,Zheng, of China, fired 16 aces to dispatch Kenin in one hour, 52 minutes and claim her third WTA Tour singles title of the year and fifth of her career. She also won the ...
Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Texas A&M sinks No. 8 LSU, goes atop SEC
Backup quarterback Marcel Reed rushed for three second-half touchdowns on Saturday night and No. 14 Texas A&M took sole possession of first place in the Southeastern Conference with a 38-23 win over No. 8 LSU in College Station, Texas.,Reed scored on a pair of 8-yard runs in the third quarter after ...
NBA roundup: Kevin Durant hits milestone in Suns win
Kevin Durant recorded 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.,Durant also became the eighth player in NBA history to top 29,000 career points. He finished the game with 29,010.,Devin Booker scored 21 points, Jusu...
NHL roundup: Jets 8-0-0 after dousing Flames
Cole Perfetti's power-play goal broke a third-period tie as the Winnipeg Jets continued their perfect season with a 5-3 road victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,The Jets are the ninth team in NHL history to open a season with eight consecutive victories.,Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton each ...
ATP roundup: Finals set in Basel, Vienna
Behind his strong serve, Ben Shelton moved into the final of the Swiss Indoors Basel following his 6-3, 7-6 (9) defeat of Frenchman Arthur Fils on Saturday.,In the process, Shelton, the sixth seed, snapped seventh-seeded Fils' streak of 13 consecutive match wins in ATP 500 tournaments. Shelton won 8...
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin reaches Tokyo finals, seeks first win since 2020
Sofia Kenin qualified for her first singles final of 2024, defeating Katie Boulter of Great Britain 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to set up a finals showdown with top seed Qinwen Zheng at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.,Kenin, who won the 2020 Australian Open and reached No. 4 in the world that season, has be...
NBA roundup: Knicks crush Pacers in bounce-back win
Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 26 points and Karl Anthony-Towns posted a double-double Friday night for the host New York Knicks, who shut down Tyrese Haliburton and rolled to a 123-98 win over the Indiana Pacers., ,Towns and fellow newcomer Mikal Bridges both bounced back from their rough Knicks ...
NHL roundup: Late flurry lifts Knights past Senators
Tomas Hertl, Keegan Kolesar and Ivan Barbashev all scored with less than four minutes remaining in the third period Friday to rally the Vegas Golden Knights past the Ottawa Senators 6-4 in Las Vegas.,Nicolas Roy and Nicolas Hague also tallied goals for the Golden Knights, while Adin Hill stopped 35 ...
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton upsets Andrey Rublev to reach Basel semis
Sixth-seeded Ben Shelton won all eight break points in the match and emerged with a 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 upset of top-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel.,Shelton saved all six break points he faced and converted each of his two break chances -- one to...
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin upsets Daria Kasatkina in Tokyo
Sofia Kenin advanced to the Toray Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina on Friday in Tokyo.,Kenin converted six of 10 break points and eliminated her Russian opponent in 78 minutes. She will meet ninth-seeded Katie Boulter of Great Britain, a 6-2, 6-1 winner...