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Steven Ashworth's bank shot lifts Creighton over Villanova
Steven Ashworth banked in a 3-pointer from a difficult angle with 5.8 seconds left as Creighton won its seventh straight game with a wild 62-60 victory at Villanova on Saturday.,Ryan Kalkbrenner had 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting to pace Creigton (16-6, 9-2 Big East). Ashworth chipped in 13 points, s...
Arizona comes out on top in feisty matchup with Arizona State
Caleb Love finished with 27 points, including 18 points in the second half, before he was ejected along with Arizona State's BJ Freeman in the waning seconds of Arizona's 81-72 victory Saturday at Tempe, Ariz.,Love and Freeman were ejected with 30 seconds left after Freeman head-butted Love when the...
ATP roundup: U.S. tops Taiwan in Davis Cup qualifiers
The United States beat Taiwan 4-0 in Saturday's Davis Cup qualifiers in Taipei City behind the experience of Olympic silver medalists Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.,Krajicek and Ram set up the Americans' first home tie in three years by beating Ray Ho and Wu Tung-lin 6-4, 7-6(4). ,"Fortunately we w...
No. 15 St. John's holds off furious Providence rally
Kadary Richmond hit a free-throw line jumper with 3 seconds left as St. John's held off a furious second-half Providence rally in a 68-66 win on Saturday in New York.,Along with 24 points overall, Richmond also had eight rebounds and eight assists for St. John's who are winners of eight straight gam...
WTA roundup: Finals set in Austria, Singapore
No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova reached her second consecutive final in Linz, Austria, on Saturday with a dominating 6-0, 6-4 win over top seed Karolina Muchova at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.,Alexandrova, of Russia, needed just 73 minutes to beat the Czech and move to 4-1 in their head-to-head s...
Report: 3 more women accuse Ravens K Justin Tucker of misconduct
Three more massage therapists allege Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior during massage sessions, The Baltimore Banner reported Saturday.,The allegations follow a report published by The Banner on Thursday in which six other women made similar accusations.,...
No. 19 Memphis meets Rice in matchup of teams on different paths
It's not always as impressive as its fans -- or probably its players and coaches -- would prefer, but No. 19 Memphis continues to win even when it doesn't play its best.,After muddling through a first half in which it led by only three points in a 68-56 American Athletic Conference win at Tulane on ...
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal aim for better result vs. Manchester City
Arsenal and Manchester City have drawn in their past two Premier League fixtures.,If either club wants to make a serious title bid, the three points at stake in their Sunday clash in London could be crucial.,Second-place Arsenal (13-2-8, 47 points) enter the weekend only six points back of leaders L...
Canucks & Flames Go All-In: Will Bold NHL Trades Pay Off or Backfire?
The Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames made big trades well ahead of the NHL trade deadline. Were these good trades or desparate attempts at the playoffs?...
Ohio State hopes to stay 'dialed in' vs. No. 18 Illinois
Ohio State will seek its fourth straight win when it faces struggling No. 18 Illinois on Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.,The Buckeyes (13-8, 5-5 Big Ten) have turned around their season with strong defense and the guard play of John Mobley Jr. and Bruce Thornton.,It's been a good stretch for Ohi...
Kevin Durant, Suns play first of two vs. Trail Blazers
Kevin Durant's streak of 20-point outings came to an end on Friday, but the potency of the Phoenix Suns wasn't affected.,Now, the Suns will seek another strong offensive performance on Saturday night when they visit the Trail Blazers for the first of two consecutive games in Portland. ,The teams als...
Enigmatic Heat face Spurs, aim to get 'a lot more physical' in rebounding
There's no telling what to expect when the circus called the Miami Heat roars into San Antonio on Saturday night for an inter-conference clash. ,The Heat will face the Spurs to open a four-game road trip after a 126-106 loss at home to Cleveland on Wednesday. Terry Rozier scored 22 points off the be...
Sidney Crosby, Penguins take aim at visiting Predators
The Pittsburgh Penguins will return home to host the Nashville Predators on Saturday night after wrapping up their season-long seven-game road trip with a 3-2 overtime win in Utah.,Superstar captain Sidney Crosby scored at the 3:54 mark in overtime as the Penguins snapped a three-game losing streak....
Nuggets visit Hornets, look to curtail turnovers
The Denver Nuggets won't have a winless road trip, but they would like to return home with more than one victory on the trek.,To do so, they must take down the host Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night on the last stop of Denver's five-game road stretch.,The Nuggets doused a season-worst three-game l...
Timeless, Spacestation Gaming open Overwatch Champions Series with wins
Timeless and Spacestation Gaming opened play in the 2025 Overwatch Champions Series North America with wins on Friday.,Timeless topped Team Liquid 3-0, with Spacestation Gaming taking out NTMR 3-1.,The $100,000 tournament, played online, features eight teams. The regular-season round robin will conc...
Royal Ravens extend stay at CDL Major 1
The Carolina Royal Ravens won six of the seven maps they contested on Friday while winning two matches in the lower bracket of the Call of Duty League Stage 1 Major in Madrid. ,After sweeping the Vegas Falcons 3-0, the Royal Ravens raced past OpTic Texas 3-1 to move into the lower-bracket quarterfin...
Syracuse, facing Cal, looks for Bay Area split
Syracuse aims to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday when it wraps up a West Coast trip with a game against Cal in Berkeley, Calif.,The Orange (9-12, 3-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened the road swing with a 70-61 loss to Stanford on Wednesday. Despite the result, Syracuse might have found a ...
Markus Burton, Notre Dame aim to pick on skidding Miami
Markus Burton and Notre Dame hope to keep their hot streaks going against Miami on Saturday in Coral Gables. Fla.,The Fighting Irish (10-10, 4-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) are coming off a 71-68 home win against Georgia Tech on Tuesday, when Burton scored a game-high 26 points. He hit 9 of 17 shots ...
Texas gets rare non-Top 25 matchup against LSU
Texas is getting used to playing ranked teams as part of its first season in the Southeastern Conference.,The Longhorns (14-7, 3-5 SEC) have played four straight games and seven of the past eight against ranked opponents in league play. They will get a rare break in that department when they face LS...
Stanford takes 4-game win streak into matchup with SMU
Coaches who were former Pac-12 Conference rivals will attempt to continue successful first-year runs with new teams when Stanford faces SMU at Dallas in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Saturday night.,Former Washington State coach Kyle Smith has led Stanford (15-6, 7-3 ACC) into the upper ti...