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Mavericks hunting season sweep of stumbling Spurs
The Dallas Mavericks will be hunting a season sweep of the swooning San Antonio Spurs when they meet for the second time in three nights on Wednesday in the Alamo City.,Dallas captured the first game of the miniseries 133-129 on Monday despite suiting up the NBA-mandated minimum of eight players and...
Red Wings look to bust slump as Sabres visit
Another agonizing loss pushed the Detroit Red Wings further down the Eastern Conference standings. ,Their losing streak has ballooned to six games, something they'll try to pop when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.,Detroit tested Ottawa goaltender Linus Ullmark with a whopping 49 sho...
Hawks and Hornets have hot streaks in common
The suddenly hot Charlotte Hornets will try to slow down the streaking Atlanta Hawks when they meet on Wednesday in Atlanta.,The Hornets, who are next-to-last in the Eastern Conference standings, have won two straight games and stunned the playoff-bound Miami Heat 105-102 on Monday. It was Charlotte...
Butler, Providence enter Big East tourney on downturns
NEW YORK -- Providence and Butler ended disappointing regular seasons with the dubious claim of being among the Big East's coldest teams.,Two teams on lengthy losing streaks will open the Big East tournament Wednesday afternoon when eighth-seeded Providence faces ninth-seeded Butler in an opening ro...
Collin Morikawa on tough Arnold Palmer finish: 'Frustration'
Collin Morikawa didn't speak to reporters on Sunday after the Arnold Palmer Invitational when the tournament that he led by three strokes with five holes to play slipped away.,On Tuesday, amid his preparation for The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Morikawa explained his emotions af...
Thunder visit Celtics in potential Finals preview
Two of the favorites to win this year's NBA championship will meet Wednesday night when the Boston Celtics close out a seven-game homestand against the Oklahoma City Thunder.,Boston will enter the game as the No. 2 team in the Eastern Conference behind Cleveland. The Celtics have won five in a row a...
Iowa, Ohio State embrace 'fresh start' in Big Ten tourney
Iowa begins the Big Ten tournament against Ohio State on Wednesday in Indianapolis looking to use the experience from having already played an elimination game.,The No. 15 seed Hawkeyes (16-15) defeated host Nebraska 83-68 on Sunday to claim the final tourney berth over the Cornhuskers.,"It's good i...
Texas faces uphill climb in SEC first-round game vs. Vanderbilt
No. 13 Texas will be playing for its NCAA Tournament life when it squares off against No. 12 Vanderbilt on Wednesday afternoon in a first-round game in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn.,The winner of that game plays fifth-seeded Texas A&M in the second round on Thursday afte...
Northwestern opens Big Ten tourney vs. well-matched Minnesota
Minnesota and Northwestern both ended the Big Ten regular season on two-game losing streaks.,The 12th-seeded Golden Gophers and 13th-seeded Wildcats realize wiggle room will be out the window on Wednesday when they meet in the opening round of the conference tournament in Indianapolis.,"Yeah, I thin...
Georgia Tech, Virginia aim to start ACC tournament run
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Georgia Tech and Virginia have pieced together enough stretches during the season to provide doses of encouragement.,They'll need to show the ability for sustained batches in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, beginning with their meeting in a second-round game on Wednesday...
Red Sox again delay Rafael Devers' spring debut
Boston Red Sox All-Star Rafael Devers will not make his spring training debut Wednesday as planned, shifting his scheduled first game to this weekend after a few more days of live batting practice. ,Devers was expected to play March 5 before the Red Sox said he would play Tuesday or Wednesday servin...
Reports: Giants add S Jevon Holland on 3-year deal
Safety Jevon Holland agreed to a three-year contract worth $45.3 million with the New York Giants, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday.,Per reports, the deal could be worth up to $46.8 million with incentives and includes $30.3 million in guaranteed money.,The addition of Holland comes one da...
Bucks, Pacers aim to end short losing streaks
Rivals jockeying for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference will match up when the Indiana Pacers host the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in Indianapolis. ,It will be the second night of a back-to-back set for the Pacers, who lost their third game in a row Monday night, 121-103 to the host ...
No. 19 Saint Mary's looks to take down Gonzaga in WCC title game
Saint Mary's is locked into a berth in the NCAA Tournament but the No. 19 Gaels badly want to add the West Coast Conference tournament championship to their regular-season title.,Not to forget that top-seeded Saint Mary's is the defending tournament champion as it goes into Tuesday's title contest a...
Wild aim to bounce back in clash with streaking Avs
If the Minnesota Wild want a strong finish to the regular season, they need to find a way to have a strong finish near the net. ,That's the message from Wild veteran forward Marcus Foligno. He and his teammates will try to snap a two-game skid when they take on the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday nigh...
Senators aim to stay hot vs. reeling Flyers
The resurgent Ottawa Senators will aim for their fourth straight victory on Tuesday when they visit the scuffling Philadelphia Flyers.,Ottawa improved to 4-0-1 in its past five games when it notched a 2-1 home victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday. The Senators had lost five consecutive conte...
Pistons aim to avoid letdown ahead of two games vs. Wizards
A four-game road trip produced mixed results for the Detroit Pistons. But they're still very much in the mix for a top-five seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.,Detroit defeated the Utah Jazz at the start of the trip on March 3 and survived a late rally by the Portland Trail Blazers at the end o...
Cavaliers host Nets, look to seal another 15-game win streak
Looking to match their franchise-record 15-game winning streak that began the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.,Cleveland, which picked up its 14th consecutive win Sunday in Milwaukee, hasn't lost since Feb. 4. ,In a 112-100 victory over the Bucks, Clevela...
Carlos Alcaraz extends Indian Wells win streak
Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz needed just 93 minutes to win his third-round match at the BNP Paribas Open, beating Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-4 on Monday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Alcazar, who is seeded second, saved three of the four break points he faced. The Spaniard won 64 percent on the...
Surging Kings, Islanders battle for playoff position
The New York Islanders and Los Angeles Kings both desperately needed a day off Monday.,But the Kings probably enjoyed it much more than the Islanders.,The Kings will look to extend their winning streak to three games, and the Islanders will attempt to win the rubber game of a three-game road trip Tu...