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Auburn topples No. 15 Texas A&M in 4OT thriller
Auburn's Payton Thorne tossed a two-point scoring pass to KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the fourth overtime to give the host Tigers a 43-41 upset of No. 15 Texas A&M on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play.,The Aggies had a chance to force another extra session, but Amari Daniels dropped Marcel...
Texas Tech outscores Oklahoma State in wild offensive display
Behren Morton threw for four touchdowns and Tahj Brooks ran for three and caught another as Texas Tech prevailed in a wild game with Oklahoma State, winning 56-48 on Saturday at Stillwater, Okla.,With all the offense, it was a defensive play that perhaps made the biggest difference. Instead of Oklah...
Hobbled Quinn Ewers leads No. 3 Texas past Kentucky
Quinn Ewers passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns while playing the final two and a half quarters with a gimpy right leg as No. 3 Texas handled Kentucky 31-14 on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference dustup in Austin, Texas., ,The Longhorns (10-1, 6-1 SEC) survived despite fumbling six times (they...
Tyrese Maxey, 76ers host Clippers in matchup of short-handed squads
Sunday's showdown between the Philadelphia 76ers and visiting Los Angeles Clippers is not going to materialize in the way Paul George had hoped.,After five seasons with the Clippers, George signed a four-year, $212 million deal with the Sixers in the offseason. However, the team has won only three t...
Texas' balanced scoring enough to beat Saint Joseph's
Tre Johnson scored 17 points to lead four Texas scorers in double figures, and the Longhorns beat Saint Joseph's 67-58 to win the Legends Classic championship on Friday in New York City.,Texas (5-1) went back-and-forth with Saint Joseph's (4-2) for most of the night, combining for eight ties and 10 ...
Short-handed Sixers snap 5-game skid with win over Nets
Jared McCain scored 30 points, Tyrese Maxey added 26, and despite playing without Joel Embiid or Paul George, the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a five-game losing skid on Friday with a 113-98 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets for their first NBA Cup victory.,The rookie McCain posted his seventh conse...
Texas Tech tops Syracuse for third place at Legends Classic
Darrion Williams scored 20 points, including five straight in a key stretch of the second half, and Texas Tech held on to defeat Syracuse 79-74 in the third-place game of the Legends Classic in New York on Friday night.,JT Toppin finished with 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks and Chance McMi...
NWSL expansion finalists: Cincinnati, Cleveland and Denver
The three finalists to become the NWSL's 16th franchise are Cincinnati, Cleveland and Denver, commissioner Jessica Berman announced Friday.,The winner will begin play in 2026 along with the expansion team from Boston.,The bidding process is in the final stages and a decision is expected in the comin...
Knights sign F Brett Howden to 5-year, $12.5M extension
Vegas Golden Knights forward Brett Howden signed a five-year, $12.5 million contract extension through the 2029-30 NHL season on Friday.,Howden, 26, has appeared in 20 games this season and has nine points. He and Ivan Barbashev are tied for second on the team with eight goals, trailing Pavel Dorofe...
Broncos-Chargers in, Browns-Bengals out in 'TNF' flex
The Week 16 contest between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers is moving game days and into prime time, the first-ever flex on the "Thursday Night Football" schedule on Amazon Prime Video.,Making way for the AFC West clash, which could have a bearing on the postseason schedule, is the AFC N...
Saint Joseph's vies for victory vs. Texas in Legends Classic title game
Texas and Saint Joseph's will square off for just the second time ever on Friday night when they tip off in the Legends Classic championship game in New York.,Texas rides a four-game winning streak into the final, while Saint Joseph's has been victorious in three straight contests. Their meeting wil...
Syracuse, Texas Tech seek bounce-back effort at Legends Classic
Syracuse and Texas Tech can feel each other's pain. ,In Thursday's semifinal round of the Legends Classic, both teams forged late rallies that came up a few points short, leading to their first losses of the season. Now the Orange (3-1) will face the Red Raiders (4-1) in the tournament's consolation...
Saint Joseph's slips by Texas Tech at Legends Classic
Justice Ajogbor made a free throw with 13.7 seconds left as Saint Joseph's edged Texas Tech 78-77 Thursday in a Legends Classic semifinal matchup in Brooklyn, N.Y.,Erik Reynolds II scored 26 points to lead the Hawks (4-1), while Xzayvier Brown went 13 of 13 from the foul line en route to 20 points. ...
Michigan's second-half surge sinks Tarleton State
Roddy Gayle Jr. scored 16 points to lead Michigan to a 72-49 win over Tarleton State in Ann Arbor on Thursday. ,Sam Walters and Tre Donaldson each scored 13 and Vlad Goldin added 12 for Michigan (4-1). Donaldson dished out a game-high five assists.,Bubu Benjamin scored 15 and Ronnie Harrison Jr. chi...
Paul George has bone bruise in knee, out at least 2 games
The Philadelphia 76ers will be without Paul George for at least two games due to a bone bruise in his left knee.,The team said Thursday that an MRI on George's knee showed no structural damage after he went down early in the third quarter of Wednesday's 117-111 road loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.,At...
Oklahoma uses late run to pull away from East Texas A&M
Jeremiah Fears scored a game-high 20 points as Oklahoma pulled away late from East Texas A&M in an 84-56 win on Thursday night in Norman, Okla.,Duke Miles had 19 points and hit 3 of 6 three-pointers and Glenn Taylor Jr. added 16 points for Oklahoma.,TJ Thomas, Scooter Williams Jr. and Josh Taylor ea...
Texas edges Syracuse to reach Legends Classic final
Arthur Kaluma logged a double-double Thursday night and freshman Tre Johnson sank six foul shots in the last minute as Texas held off Syracuse 70-66 in a semifinal of the Legends Classic in New York.,Kaluma scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds before fouling out with 10.8 seconds left. Johnson a...
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has fractured fibula, out 4-6 weeks
The Washington Capitals will be without their captain and goal-scoring machine Alex Ovechkin for four to six weeks after he was diagnosed Thursday with a fractured left fibula.,Ovechkin, 39, exited Monday's 6-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club with 14:30 remaining following a collision with Utah forwar...
Still in search of cohesion, 76ers set to face Nets
As the Brooklyn Nets begin a road swing on Friday with a visit to Philadelphia, the host 76ers are ending one of their own swings away from home that went poorly for the sputtering club. ,The 76ers into Friday's NBA Cup East: Group A matchup against the Nets on a five-game losing streak, including a...
OK State targets first Big 12 win with defensive weakling Texas Tech on deck
Late November games with low-level stakes aren't a familiar concept to Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.,And in a season that began with the Red Raiders and Cowboys plotting a big impact in the new-look Big 12 Conference, they're both surprised to be here.,But that's the backdrop when they meet after n...