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Led by Kawhi Leonard, Clippers halt skid with victory over Pelicans
Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points, four teammates scored in double figures and the Los Angeles Clippers ended a three-game losing streak by defeating the visiting New Orleans Pelicans 137-117 on Sunday night.,Jordan Miller added 19 points, Derrick Jones Jr. scored 17, Brook Lopez had 16 and John Collin...
Reports: Search for NFLPA's next executive director includes 3 finalists
Three names have emerged as finalists in the NFL Players Association's search for a permanent executive director, according to reports from ESPN and The Athletic.,The list includes interim executive director David White, former NFLPA president and later chief strategy officer JC Tretter and American...
D.J. Smith hopes to kickstart Kings vs. NHL-best Avalanche
The Los Angeles Kings will have a new coach behind the bench when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night.,Jim Hiller was fired Sunday morning and replaced by D.J. Smith, who will try to kickstart a team that's just three points out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference with 23 games ...
Stars aim for franchise-best winning streak on trip to Canucks
Confidence is riding high in Dallas as the Stars take their franchise-tying eight-game winning streak on the road to face the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.,Wyatt Johnston and Nathan Bastian scored in regulation, and Jason Robertson added the overtime winner as the Stars erased a 2-0 deficit to ...
Warriors star Steph Curry out at least 5 more games with knee injury
The Golden State Warriors on Sunday said Stephen Curry will miss the next five games before his right knee injury is re-evaluated.,Curry, who hasn't played since Jan. 30, is officially out for Monday's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers with "right patellofemoral pain syndrome," also called ...
Kraken hope to finish hat trick this time vs. red-hot Hurricanes
Business is presumably booming at the Seattle Kraken's souvenir store.,Because a lot of fans are again unnecessarily in need of a new hat entering Monday's game against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes.,For the second time in five weeks, Kraken fans rained their headwear down on the ice at Climate P...
Onyeka Okongwu, rejuvenated Hawks dismantle Trail Blazers
Onyeka Okongwu scored 25 points, setting the pace with 20 in the first half, to help the Atlanta Hawks to a 135-101 win over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday and extend their winning streak to four games.,The victory enabled the Hawks to reach the .500 mark (31-31) for the first time si...
Colorado QB Dominiq Ponder, 23, dies in car accident
Colorado quarterback Dominiq Ponder died Sunday, head coach Deion Sanders said in a social media post. Ponder was 23.,Per reports from DNVR Buffs and FOX 31, Ponder was confirmed to be the driver of a 2023 Tesla that was involved in a single-car crash around 3 a.m. Sunday in Boulder County.,"God ple...
USC G/F Chad Baker-Mazara no longer with team
Southern California's leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara is no longer a member of the program, the University said in a statement Sunday.,The announcement comes with two games left in the regular season before USC heads to Chicago for the Big Ten tournament. The Trojans have lost five straight games.,...
No. 2 Arizona seeks clinching win in showdown vs. No. 4 Iowa State
No. 2 Arizona can clinch an outright Big 12 regular-season championship and No. 1 seed in the conference tournament with a victory over No. 4 Iowa State on Monday at Tucson, Ariz.,Arizona (27-2, 14-2 Big 12) will face the Cyclones (24-5, 11-5) for the first time this season.,Texas Tech, at 12-4 in t...
Tayvon Gray's late header lifts NYCFC past 10-man Philadelphia
Tayvon Gray scored on a header in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time to lift New York City FC to a wild 2-1 victory over the 10-man Philadelphia Union on Sunday in Chester, Pa.,Gray's second career MLS goal, and the first since the 2024 season, came eight minutes after Philadelphia defend...
Arvid Soderblom posts first shutout as Blackhawks beat Mammoth
Arvid Soderblom made 22 saves for his first career shutout and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Utah Mammoth 4-0 in Salt Lake City on Sunday.,It was Soderblom's 104th career game.,Teuvo Teravainen had a power-play goal and a shorthanded tally while Nick Foligno and Landon Slaggert also scored for...
Timberwolves salvage finale of season series with Nuggets
Anthony Edwards scored 21 points, Jaden McDaniels finished with 20 points, and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves beat Denver 117-108 on Sunday to move a game ahead of the Nuggets in the Western Conference standings.,Minnesota swept its three-game road trip and salvaged the final matchup of the sea...
Shane Lowry's collapse allows Nico Echavarria to win Cognizant Classic
Colombia's Nico Echavarria played a steady final round of 5-under-par 66 and benefited from late struggles from Ireland's Shane Lowry to win the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches on Sunday at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Echavarria, who trailed by three strokes on the backside, turned in a 17-under ...
Daniil Medvedev among players stuck in Dubai after U.S. airstrikes
Former World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev, his family and his team were stranded in Dubai on Sunday, one day after he won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for his 23rd career ATP title.,Tallon Griekspoor, who withdrew from the title match due to injury, and Andrey Rublev also were in Dubai after th...
Fading Maple Leafs target rally against Flyers
With their playoff hopes fading, the Toronto Maple Leafs will be out to end a three-game losing streak Monday night against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.,The Maple Leafs have dropped all three games since returning from the Olympic break and they have seldom looked worse than Saturday in their 5...
No. 1 Duke questing for outright ACC title at NC State
No. 1 Duke has accomplished plenty the past couple of weeks and dives in for more Monday night in Raleigh, N.C.,That's where the Blue Devils face North Carolina State in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.,Already having secured the top seed for the ACC tournament, Duke can collect the outright regul...
Blue Jackets in pursuit of quick turnaround vs. Rangers
For the first time since replacing Dean Evason with Rick Bowness behind the bench, the Columbus Blue Jackets are on a losing streak.,After surging into the playoff race under their new coach, the Blue Jackets attempt to avoid a third straight loss Monday night when they visit the New York Rangers.,T...
Rockets want walk to match the talk against Wizards
Feisty Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets are in Washington on Monday night to take on the sagging Wizards.,Houston, third in the Western Conference, is coming off a 115-105 loss at Miami Saturday. In that contest, Durant and Heat star Tyler Herro had a heated conversation in the first quarter nea...
FIBA postpones qualifying games set for Lebanon and Qatar
Four FIBA World Cup qualifying games slated for Lebanon and Qatar on Monday have been postponed after the United States' military strikes against Iran on Saturday.,The U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran, the nation's capital, and other major cities in Iran and President Donald Trump said ...