PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Scoot Henderson scored a season-high 28 points on 10-of-15 shooting and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the skidding Indiana Pacers 131-111 on Sunday night. Jerami Grant and Jrue Holiday added 21 points apiece for the Blazers, who handed Indiana its ninth straight ...
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 29 points, De'Aaron Fox had 20 points and 10 assists and the San Antonio Spurs won their fourth straight, rolling to a 145-120 victory over the Houston Rockets. Stephon Castle added 23 points for San Antonio, ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paolo Banchero scored 33 points and the Orlando Magic cruised to a 130-91 win Sunday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, who rested Giannis Antetokounmpo in the second game of a back-to-back. Jalen Suggs added 20 points and Desmond Bane had 18 for the Magic, who won their fourth ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trent McDuffie and the Los Angeles Rams are closing in on a contract extension that will make him the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — John Gibson and Cam Talbot combined to make 31 saves, Dominik Shine scored his first NHL goal and the Detroit Red Wings beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Sunday night. Opening a four-game trip, Detroit ended a two-game losing streak and stopped the Devils' winning streak ...
By JOE YERDON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Doan opened and closed the scoring with power-play goals and the Buffalo Sabres outlasted the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-7 on Sunday night in a wild and feisty showdown for the Atlantic Division lead. Doan broke a tie with 4:17 left ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo had 24 to go over the 10,000-point mark for his career, and the Miami Heat beat Detroit 121-110 on Sunday night to extend the Pistons' season-worst losing streak to four games. Jaime Jaquez Jr. ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half and Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 18 points, leading No. 3 Michigan in a 90-80 win over No. 8 Michigan State on Sunday to give the Big Ten champions a 15th straight ...
WACO, Texas (AP) — Tounde Yessoufou scored 26 points, and Baylor coach Scott Drew collected his 500th career win with the Bears' 101-75 rout over Utah on Saturday in a Big 12 Conference regular-season finale. Drew, in his 23rd season at the helm with the Bears, is one of 25 active Division-I ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points, nine rebounds and eight assists as the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a four-game skid by beating the Utah Jazz 113-99 on Saturday night. Antetokounmpo did all that while playing just 27 minutes as the Bucks continue to monitor the two-time ...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Robert Wright III scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half, rallying BYU to an 82-76 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech on Saturday night. Wright made his first seven shots after halftime to help the Cougars (21-10, 9-9 Big 12) snap a three-game losing streak and beat a ...
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Julia Taubitz spent four months chasing another World Cup title. The German sliding superstar won it by about the slimmest possible margin. The Olympic champion is the women's World Cup luge singles champion once again, clinching her fifth consecutive title and ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 35 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 24 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-116 on Saturday night for their season-best sixth straight victory. Atlanta, which had two five-game runs during the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored the only goal of the shootout to help the Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Saturday night. Owen Tippett, Alex Bump and Denver Barkey scored for the Flyers, and Dan Vladar stopped 20 shots. Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell and Erik ...
NEW YORK (AP) — St. John's forward Zuby Ejiofor was the only unanimous selection Sunday to an All-Big East first team that included an unprecedented three players from No. 4 UConn. Ejiofor propelled the 18th-ranked Red Storm (25-6, 18-2) to their second consecutive outright regular-season ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime to complete a wild comeback in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. Anthony Mantha scored two third-period goals to help Pittsburgh — playing without franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kiki Rice scored 17 points to lead five UCLA players in double figures and the Bruins won their school-record 24th consecutive game, 72-62 over No. 11 Ohio State on Saturday in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Conference Player of the Year Lauren Betts and Angela ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Logan Cooley scored his second goal of the game at 2:08 of overtime and the Utah Mammoth overcame Columbus' tying third-period burst to beat the Blue Jackets 5-4 on Saturday night for their third straight victory. Clayton Keller broke free on the right side in the ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 23 points and Jayson Tatum had 20 in his second game back from a torn right Achilles, lifting the Boston Celtics to a 109-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a battle of Eastern Conference contenders on Sunday afternoon. Brown also had nine rebounds ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Celtics power forward Jayson Tatum was grateful that he made his comeback from a ruptured right Achilles tendon at home in Boston. The six-time All-Star was almost as pleased that his second game was on the road Sunday afternoon. Tatum scored six of his 20 points in the ...