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Jeeno Thitikul sets LPGA season record while winning Tour Championship
World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul had a pedestrian -- by her standards -- 4-under-par 68 at the CME Group Tour Championship, but it was more than enough for her to set an LPGA record and coast to victory on Sunday in Naples, Fla.,Thitikul had built a six-stroke lead on the field coming into the day and fin...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Rhode Island upsets No. 16 NC State
Vanessa Harris scored 15 points off the bench as Rhode Island knocked off No. 16 North Carolina State 68-63 on Sunday in Raleigh, N.C.,Palmire Mbu had 14 points and Ines Debroise added 13 points for the Rams (6-1), who benefited from 16 Wolfpack turnovers.,The score was tied going to the fourth quar...
Italy clinches 3rd straight Davis Cup with sweep of Spain
Italy became the first country to win three consecutive Davis Cups since the United States between 1968-72 with a 2-0 sweep of Spain in Sunday's final in Bologna, Italy.,Even without their two top-10-players in World No. 2 Jannik Sinner and No. 8 Lorenzo Musetti, the Italians prevailed without even ...
Mikaela Shiffrin wins second consecutive World Cup slalom event
Mikaela Shiffrin is staking her claim as the one to beat in the upcoming Winter Olympics, winning her second consecutive slalom race to start the 2025 World Cup season.,Shiffrin put together two strong runs Sunday to win the slalom on Sunday in Gurgl, Austria, topping Lara Colturi of Albania and Cam...
Top 25 roundup: No. 12 Utah wins despite giving 472 rushing yards
Devon Dampier threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns and ran for the go-ahead touchdown with 56 seconds remaining to rally No. 12 Utah to a 51-47 victory over Kansas State on Saturday in Salt Lake City.,Dampier also ran for 94 yards and two scores to help the Utes (9-2, 6-2 Big 12) stay in the Colle...
NHL roundup: Oilers double up Panthers in regular-season rematch
Jack Roslovic scored twice in the opening period as the Edmonton Oilers chased Sergei Bobrovsky in a get-right 6-3 victory Saturday night over the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla., in a rematch of the last two Stanley Cup Finals.,Mattias Ekholm and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers, while...
NBA roundup: James Harden scores Clippers-record 55 in win
James Harden went on an early scoring tear and scored a franchise-record 55 points as the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating the host Charlotte Hornets 131-116 on Saturday afternoon.,Harden made 10 of 16 shots from 3-point range and was 17 of 26 overall from the fie...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Baylor escapes Davidson in OT
Yuting Deng drove from the top of the key and banked in a 3-footer over two defenders with three seconds left in overtime to lift No. 7 Baylor to a 74-72 WBCA Showcase victory over Davidson on Saturday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.,The Bears (5-1) never trailed in overtime but they needed Deng's heroics...
Spain upsets Germany to reach Davis Cup Finals
The doubles team of Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez won the deciding match to propel underdog Spain to a 2-1 victory over Germany in the semi-finals of the 2025 Davis Cup played in Bologna, Italy.,Spain, playing without the world's top player Carlos Alcaraz, advances to Sunday's Cup Finals matc...
World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul in command at Tour Championship
Firing an 8-under par 64, World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand doubled her lead to six strokes after Saturday's third round at the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla.,At 22-under 194, Thitikul is well ahead of her closest competitors, Nelly Korda and Thailand's Pajaree Anannarukarn, who bo...
NBA roundup: Raptors become 1st to advance in Cup
Brandon Ingram and RJ Barrett scored 24 points each as the Toronto Raptors dominated the visiting Washington Wizards 140-110 on Friday for their sixth straight win.,The Raptors improved to 3-0 in the NBA Cup group stage and clinched a spot in the knockout rounds, being the first team to do so.,Scott...
NHL roundup: Sabres ring up 9 goals vs. Blackhawks
Ryan McLeod and Mattias Samuelsson scored eight seconds apart in the second period to help the Buffalo Sabres to a 9-3 win against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Friday evening.,It was the fastest two goals by the Sabres since Cody Hodgson and Nathan Gerbe scored six seconds apart on April 19, 2...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Azzi Fudd, No. 1 UConn edge No. 6 Michigan
Azzi Fudd sank seven 3-pointers and scored 21 points as No. 1 UConn held on for a 72-69 win over No. 6 Michigan in the Hall of Fame Women's Showcase on Friday in Uncasville, Conn.,Sarah Strong added 16 points, 20 rebounds, six assists, four blocks and three steals for the Huskies (5-0).,UConn led by...
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...