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Cavaliers finding 'synergy' ahead of clash vs. spiraling Bulls
Looking to make headway in the Eastern Conference playoff race, the Cleveland Cavaliers will play the second of three straight road games when they visit the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. ,Cleveland (42-27) bounced back from a 130-120 loss at home on Sunday to struggling Dallas with a 123-116 win in Mi...
Lakers bring star power, winning streak into game against Heat
Luka Doncic and LeBron James are headed to Miami as the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Heat on Thursday night.,Doncic leads the NBA in scoring (33.0 points) and ranks third in assists (8.5).,James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, is set to return to Miami, where he led the Heat to four straight Eas...
Islanders attempt to extend road success vs. Senators
While the New York Islanders continue to jockey for playoff position, the Ottawa Senators are doing their best to remain relevant in the postseason chase.,Eyeing a fourth straight road win, the Islanders will look to hand the Senators a second straight loss on Thursday, something Ottawa hasn't exper...
Blue Jackets bring pressure-based mindset into meeting with Rangers
The Columbus Blue Jackets are on a 10-game point streak (6-0-4) as they prepare to host the New York Rangers on Thursday night.,That run and a 17-2-4 record in the past 23 games have put the Blue Jackets on the brink of a playoff position. Columbus (35-21-11, 81 points) sits one point back of both t...
Miami (Ohio) shakes off lone loss, tops SMU in First Four
DAYTON, Ohio -- Eian Elmer scored 23 points and Brant Byers added 19 as Miami (Ohio) used a 3-point barrage to beat SMU 89-79 in an NCAA Tournament final First Four contest Wednesday night in Dayton, Ohio.,Luke Skaljac added 17 and Almar Atlason had 12 as Miami (32-1) rebounded from its only loss of...
Mammoth can't dwell on huge win with capable Knights on deck
Coming off arguably their biggest win of the season, the Utah Mammoth travel to Las Vegas to take on the Vegas Golden Knights in the front end of a key back-to-back for their playoff hopes.,Utah (35-27-6, 76 points), fourth in the loaded Central Division, returns home afterward to host the Anaheim D...
Browns ask NFL to allow draft-pick trades up to 5 years out
The Cleveland Browns, who have won one playoff game in 27 years since re-entering the NFL, are lobbying for more wiggle room when making trades with an eye toward the future.,A proposal submitted by the Browns asks the league to permit the trading of draft picks up to five years in the future. The c...
Hawks win 11th in a row, extend Mavericks' home skid
Powered by 24 points by CJ McCollum and 22 from Nickeil Alexander-Walker, the visiting Atlanta Hawks soared to their 11th straight win, taking down the Dallas Mavericks 135-120 on Wednesday night.,Atlanta's win streak is the longest by any NBA team this season. It is also the longest win streak for ...
Lightning out to rediscover 'winning feeling' vs. lowly Canucks
The Tampa Bay Lightning's championship window may not be starting to close after all., ,The Lightning (41-21-4, 86 points) are looking to snap back into a consistent winning mode as they travel to Vancouver on Thursday night to face the Canucks (21-38-8, 50 points) in a clash between teams that have...
Timberwolves dismantle Jazz with 2nd-half outburst
Ayo Dosunmu scored 23 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished six assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 147-111 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Rudy Gobert registered a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota (43-27), which won for the sec...
Slumping Sharks plot to end to Sabres' road success
The Buffalo Sabres are feeling quite at home on the road and will look to keep that going when they visit the San Jose Sharks on Thursday for the second game of a four-game road trip.,The Sabres (42-20-6, 90 points) are 20-11-3 as the visitors this season. On Tuesday, they set a franchise record for...
76ers hoping for Joel Embiid's return against Kings
The Philadelphia 76ers hope to have Joel Embiid back in the lineup when they continue a three-game Western swing with a matchup against the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night., ,After sweeping a two-game homestand, the Embiid-less 76ers (37-32) took a pounding at the hands of Nikola Jokic and the De...
All Miami Open matches postponed due to rain
Heavy, unrelenting rain prevented play at the Miami Open on Wednesday, with all matches being postponed.,Among the matchups that originally were scheduled for the day included France's Alexandre Muller against Italy's Matteo Berrettini as well as American Reilly Opelka vs. Portugal's Nuno Borges.,Th...
College Hall of Famer Tom Brown, a Minnesota great, dies at 89
Tom Brown, the Minnesota two-way standout whose 1960 season remains one of the defining years for a lineman in college football history, died March 12 at age 89.,Brown played guard and on defense for the Golden Gophers from 1958-60 and became the rare interior lineman who didn't just anchor a champi...
Wild, Blackhawks run it back after overtime thriller
After a day off, the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks will face each other in a rematch.,The Wild escaped with a 4-3 overtime victory Tuesday night in Chicago. Both teams headed north after the game, and they will face off again Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn., to finish their home-and-home...
Prairie View A&M bests Lehigh for 1st NCAA tourney win
Dontae Horne scored 25 points as Prairie View A&M earned its first ever NCAA Tournament victory with a 67-55 win over Lehigh in a First Four matchup Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio., ,In a contest between 16th-seeded longshots, the Panthers (19-17) dominated the second half, outscoring the Mountain Hawks ...
Struggling Panthers look to ice-out familiar foe Oilers
The Stanley Cup Final reunion returns to Wild Rose Country as Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers host the Florida Panthers on Thursday., ,This marks the teams' second regular-season meeting. The Oilers won 6-3 in Sunrise, Fla., on Nov. 22, five months after the Panthers claimed their second stra...
Kraken open key road trip against Predators with wild-card grip slipping
By the time the Seattle Kraken return home, the Mariners will have started their baseball season and NBA owners will likely have voted on whether the SuperSonics will be one of the league's next expansion franchises.,And the Kraken might have a better sense of their postseason chances.,Seattle opens...
Jaylen Waddle thrilled about reunion with Broncos star Patrick Surtain II
One of the perks of being traded to the Denver Broncos for wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is the opportunity to be a teammate of close friend Patrick Surtain II.,The former Alabama teammates often discussed being on the same NFL team at some point during their careers, even more so when both were top-1...
Canadiens, Red Wings vie for playoff position in clash
The Eastern Conference playoff picture changes on a daily basis. The contenders for most of the playoff spots are tightly-bunched, making every remaining game important., ,The Montreal-Detroit matchup Thursday night can certainly be classified as pivotal. The Canadiens will venture into Detroit with...