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Women's Top 25 roundup: Hidalgo beats buzzer for Notre Dame to stun USC
Hannah Hidalgo's pull-up from off the right elbow fell with two seconds to go, and No. 24 Notre Dame toppled rival No. 11 Southern California 61-59 on Friday night in South Bend, Ind.,Hidalgo finished with 22 points and seven rebounds and helped the Fighting Irish (4-1) turn the game in their favor ...
World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul grabs 3-shot lead at Tour Championship
The two best players in the world were the two best players on the course at the CME Group Tour Championship on Friday.,Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul fired a 9-under-par 63 to vault into a three-stroke lead at the LPGA's season finale at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. And Nelly Korda made a charge wi...
Flavio Cobolli's heroics send Italy back to Davis Cup final
Italy is one win away from three-peating as Davis Cup champions, as the host nation swept Belgium 2-0 Friday to get back to the finals in Bologna, Italy.,The semifinal fixture was not without drama, as Flavio Cobolli saved a whopping seven match points against Zizou Bergs to win the clinching match ...
Top 25 roundup: No. 1 Purdue overcomes slow start in Bahamas
Fletcher Loyer scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the second half and No. 1 Purdue remained perfect with an 80-71 win over Memphis in the semifinals of the Baha Mar Championship at Nassau, Bahamas.,C.J. Cox scored a season-high 18 points while Trey Kaufman-Renn added 12 points with 11 rebounds ...
NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin nets hat trick as Caps hammer Habs
Alex Ovechkin registered his 33rd career hat trick and added an assist, and the Washington Capitals beat the Canadiens 8-4 in Montreal on Thursday night.,Ovechkin extended his goal streak to four games in the first meeting between the teams since Washington eliminated Montreal four games to one in a...
NBA roundup: Tyrese Maxey nets career-best 54 in 76ers' OT win
Justin Edwards' only 3-pointer of the game opened the scoring in overtime and gave Philadelphia a lead it never relinquished and Tyrese Maxey scored a career-best 54 points as the 76ers pulled away for a 123-114 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.,In a game without injured stars...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 19 Iowa knocks off No. 7 Baylor
Iowa held Baylor to one point over the final 5:49 of the game and closed on a 9-1 run as the 19th-ranked Hawkeyes knocked off the No. 7 Bears 57-52 in a battle of early-season unbeatens at the WBCA Showcase in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Thursday.,Iowa (5-0) held Baylor (4-1) without a field goal for...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 5 LSU hits triple digits again
Fifth-ranked LSU continued its run of triple-digit-scoring games to open the season, hitting the century mark for the sixth consecutive time with a 112-49 rout of visiting Alcorn State in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday night.,Flau'jae Johnson and MiLaysia Fulwiley led the latest onslaught for LSU (6-...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 9 Maryland overwhelms Bethune-Cookman
Eight Maryland players scored at least seven points and every Terrapin who saw the floor scored as the ninth-ranked team in the nation routed Bethune-Cookman 95-49 in College Park, Md., on Thursday.,Kyndal Walker, Oluchi Okananwa and Kaylene Smikle led the balanced scoring effort for Maryland (6-0) ...
2026 MLS schedule features 7-week break for World Cup
A seven-week break is built into next year's Major League Soccer calendar to permit players to compete in the World Cup.,The 2026 schedule release on Thursday showed MLS will pause from May 25 -- FIFA's mandatory player reporting date -- until July 16 to accommodate the 48-team tournament, which the...
Pelicans hope lightning strikes twice on Mavericks' floor
The New Orleans Pelicans haven't enjoyed much success this season, but one of their two victories came against the Mavericks in Dallas.,The Pelicans will be back in "Big D" on Friday night for a rematch against the Mavericks as the teams square off in NBA Cup West Group B play.,New Orleans and Dalla...
Timberwolves, Suns meet in clash of NBA Cup unbeaten teams
Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards, a marketing face in the NBA Race for the Cup, will take another run at it Friday.,Two Cup contenders will continue to battle for a spot in the knockout phase when the Timberwolves (10-5, 2-0) visit the Phoenix Suns (9-6, 1-0). They are among nine remaining unbeaten t...
Spain, Germany round out semifinalists at Davis Cup
Thanks to some wild doubles wins, Spain and Germany clinched the last two berths into the Davis Cup semifinals Friday in Bologna, Italy.,Spain took down fourth-seeded Czech Republic 2-1, while No. 2 seed Germany rallied to defeat Argentina by the same score in the other quarterfinal on Thursday.,Now...
NHL roundup: Canes rally late, but Wild prevail in shootout
Jesper Wallstedt made 42 saves through regulation and overtime, then stopped all three shots he faced in a shootout to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Matt Boldy scored during regulation and tallied the lone goal during the sh...
NBA roundup: Nikola Vucevic, Bulls best Blazers on buzzer-beater
Nikola Vucevic drained a 3-pointer as time expired to cap a 27-point effort and give the Chicago Bulls a 122-121 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.,Chicago blew a 21-point fourth-quarter lead and trailed in the final seconds as Coby White drove into the lane. He spotted...
Top 25 roundup: No. 4 Arizona squeezes past No. 3 UConn
Jaden Bradley's game-high 21 points included a clutch layup with 16 seconds left in regulation to lift No. 4 Arizona to a 71-67 win over No. 3 UConn in an early-season showdown on Wednesday night in Storrs, Conn.,The Wildcats (5-0) used a late 7-0 run to turn a two-point deficit into a lead that the...
NBA roundup: Alperen Sengun, Rockets hold off Cavs
Alperen Sengun scored 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Kevin Durant added 20 points and the visiting Houston Rockets emerged with a 114-104 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.,Sengun also had seven assists in Houston's fifth straight win.,The Rockets built a 22-point lead in t...
Women's Top 25 roundup: St. John's stuns No. 18 Oklahoma State
Brooke Moore scored six of her 13 points in the fourth quarter and St. John's pulled away for a 74-67 upset of No. 18 Oklahoma State on Wednesday night in New York.,St. John's (4-1) had a 10-point halftime lead erased in the third quarter and entered the final frame tied with the ranked visitors 47-...
Harris English hints at future PGA Tour seasons starting after Super Bowl
Veteran Harris English is following a "whatever it takes is what it takes" philosophy when it comes to rumored changes for the betterment of the PGA Tour.,That includes his hint Wednesday at possibly moving the annual start of the season to after the Super Bowl so customary tournaments in Hawaii and...
Mexico to host 6-team playoff tournament for World Cup spots
Two FIFA World Cup 2026 spots will be up for grabs in a six-team playoff tournament that will take place during March in Mexico.,Iraq, Congo, Jamaica, Suriname, Bolivia and New Caledonia will gather March 23-31 in the cities of Guadalajara and Monterrey for one last chance at making the World Cup, w...