DALLAS -- Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic sustained a moderate right ankle sprain Saturday in the opening minutes of Dallas' 122-118 overtime loss to the Miami Heat, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. X-rays on the ankle were negative, ...
It's no secret that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn't a man of many words. When it comes to his press conferences, answers don't tend to extend longer than a sentence or two. But when the six-time Super Bowl champion coach was asked about ...
SAN JOSE -- Bob Boughner got his first win as San Jose Sharks coach, 4-2 against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center on Saturday. Boughner replaced Peter DeBoer, who was fired on Wednesday. He lost his debut 6-3 to the New York Rangers on ...
Don't say I didn't try to warn you. Back in July, six weeks before the college football season was to begin, I was doing something I do a lot of during the offseason. I was digging into stats to see if I could find anything interesting I hadn't noticed before or ...
MELBOURNE, Australia – When Patrick Reed arrived at the first tee for his Sunday singles match with C.T. Pan, he was greeted by fans chanting, "The Imperial March," otherwise known as Darth Vader's theme, the catchy tune that plays in the Star Wars ...
The Dallas Stars scored four unanswered goals in the second period of a 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday. Blake Comeau, Roope Hintz, Jamie Oleksiak and Andrew Cogliano scored, and Alexander Radulov had two ...
LAS VEGAS -- One of the most impressive runs -- at any weight class -- in UFC history has come to an end. Australian featherweight Alexander Volkanovski (21-1) officially ended Max Holloway's (21-5) reign over the UFC's featherweight division on Saturday, ...
As tipoff approached Saturday night, both the Clippers and Chicago Bulls found themselves in positions neither wanted to be in. After an 8:45 p.m. tipoff in Minneapolis the previous night, the Clippers arrived at their Chicago hotel just before 4 a.m. Saturday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Facing the second game of a back-to-back set on the road against a top team in the Western Conference and without their scoring leader, the struggling New Jersey Devils were poised for an eighth straight loss. So it was easy to ...
LeBron James has had his fair share of storybook moments. The block that won Cleveland its first championship in over five decades, his Game 6 decimation of the Boston Celtics, his NBA Finals duels with the San Antonio Spurs, the list is practically endless, ...
A strong connection between Thompson quarterback Sawyer Pate and Central-Phenix City's Eddie Williams was on full display for the Alabama All-Stars, but two blocked kicks in the second half were enough to keep the Alabama All-Stars from preventing a ...
HOUSTON — When the Detroit Pistons had a comfortable lead entering the fourth quarter Saturday night, coach Dwane Casey knew the Houston Rockets would make a run late and he'd need someone to step up to hold them off. He got that boost from ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — David McCormack scored a career-high 28 points, Devon Dotson added 18 and second-ranked Kansas overwhelmed Kansas City 98-57 on Saturday night in its annual Jayhawk Shootout at the Sprint Center. Marcus Garrett added 13 ...
NEW YORK — Egidijus Kavaliauskas was the "Mean Machine," as advertised. Too bad for him, Terence Crawford was just meaner. The WBO welterweight champion retained his title by dropping Kavaliauskas three times en route to a ninth-round TKO at ...
LAS VEGAS — Amanda Nunes retained her status the greatest fighter in women's MMA history on Saturday at UFC 245 by adding one more victory over a former champion to her historic resume. Nunes (19-4) extended her winning streak to 10 by dominantly ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With an eye toward the upcoming Sun Bowl, as well as an eye toward their future under new head coach Mike Norvell, the Florida State Seminoles took to the practice fields on Saturday afternoon. And it might have been one of the most ...
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Austin Johnson scored a season-high 22 points as UC Irvine easily beat Pacific Union 120-63 on Saturday night. Tommy Rutherford added 21 points for the Anteaters. John Edgar Jr. had 14 points for UC Irvine (6-5). Eyassu Worku ...
Mikayla Pivec says the difference this year for the Beavers is versatility. Pivec had 18 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, and fourth-ranked Oregon State improved to 9-0 with a 75-46 victory over Utah State on Saturday night. Destiny Slocum had 17 points ...
Joe Schobert is one of the AFC's most productive linebackers, but it appears the former fourth-round pick is going to hit the open market instead of returning to the Cleveland Browns. Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reported on Saturday that Browns are ...
Peter Yan said prior to UFC 245 that he would be happy to send Urijah Faber back into retirement. He may have done just that. Faber returned to the Octagon with an impressive win over bantamweight upstart Ricky Simon earlier this year, but it was a much ...
Even when she's on the road, Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu draws a crowd of admirers. Ionescu had 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and No. 3 Oregon rolled past Long Beach State 81-45 on Saturday. Ionescu scored 15 points in the first quarter, going ...
The Jose Aldo bantamweight experiment didn't end with the former UFC featherweight champ's hand raised, but still has to be considered a success when compared with pre-fight expectations. Aldo came up just short in a highly-competitive, split decision ...
Philippe Coutinho bagged a hat-trick in Bayern Munich's Bundesliga meeting with Werder Bremen today, and his recent performances for the German champions have led many to believe he is back to his best. Since leaving Liverpool for Barcelona in 2018 ...
The St. Louis Blues were looking to keep the momentum they gained from a win over Vegas going. The Chicago Blackhawks proved a little more difficult this time around. The St. Louis Blues had made a habit of getting off to slow starts in so many games in ...
A day after Major League Baseball threatened to walk away from the current minor-league format and forge a new system with independent leagues and teams, Minor League Baseball on Saturday struck a slightly more conciliatory tone. "MiLB agrees with ...
NORWALK (Los Angeles County) — A noon start. Four turnovers. Twelve penalties. Maybe the first fact has nothing to do with the other two. Maybe it was simply that Pacifica-Oxnard was a superior team than McClymonds-Oakland on Saturday in the CIF ...
There was no drama for the Gophers volleyball team this time. Just an overpowering display of the team's power and balance, and the program's first trip to the Final Four since 2016. The No. 7-seeded Gophers dispatched unseeded Louisville in three sets in ...
Minnesota hockey giant Doug Woog, one of the winningest coaches in University of Minnesota history and a U.S. Hockey hall of famer from South St. Paul, died Saturday. He was 75 years old. Woog was the coach of the Gophers men's hockey team from ...
The Detroit Lions' injury riddled 2019 season keeps progressing in the wrong direction. Saturday, the team placed two more players on injured reserve effectively ending their season. Linebacker Jarrad Davis and offensive lineman Joe Dahl were the latest ...
Austin Reed threw two touchdowns passes in the fourth quarter and Andre Duncombe had an interception and fumble recovery among six turnovers forced by the defense as West Florida rallied to defeat Ferris State 28-14 in the NCAA Division II semifinals on ...
ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves third baseman Josh Donaldson gifted his mother a $70,000 Maserati after she quit smoking. According to TMZ, Donaldson made a deal with his mom a couple of years ago — telling her if she cut out cigarettes, he'd deliver the ...
STATE COLLEGE — When Pat Chambers needs his best player to pick up the pace on defense, he doesn't need to ask. Lamar Stevens just does his thing. Penn State's leading scorer scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half, grabbed 11 rebounds and ...