PHILADELPHIA -- In the first two meetings between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers this season, the Sixers bludgeoned the Celtics into submission. Those games, though, featured superstar center Joel Embiid, one of the league's biggest and ...
TAMPA -- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves to help the Tampa Bay Lightning to their ninth straight win, 4-0 against the Arizona Coyotes at Amalie Arena on Thursday. Nikita Kucherov scored two goals for the Lightning (26-13-4), who tied the second-longest ...
It's a rivalry that began in 2016. Trending Now. 0:47 · Rivera promises fans he'll bring team to a Super Bowl · 0:23 · Rivera has an idea of how to get Trent Williams to return · 1:01 · Ron Rivera explains why he chose the Redskins · 0:47 · A meeting of the ...
The Blue Jackets lost for just the second time in 16 games -- both against the Sharks -- with a 3-1 setback vs. San Jose at the SAP Center on Thursday night. Game in a Paragraph. It was another game where Columbus didn't have its A-game, with the team ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The top-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs had their swagger back after looking flat during the opening weekend of West Coast Conference play. That meant the outmanned San Diego Toreros didn't stand a chance. Joel Ayayi scored 20 points ...
Mike Leach and Lane Kiffin in the SEC? In the same division? It's happening… Since Joe Moorhead was ousted at Mississippi State, Mike Leach has been on the periphery of discussions as to potential replacements. Overnight, however, it was reported that ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put the clamps on Chelsea Dungee and cruised to another win. Zia Cooke had 21 points, Aliyah Boston added 19 points and a career-high 25 rebounds and the fourth-ranked Gamecocks cleared another significant ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A special night for Corey Perry and Andrew Cogliano ended with yet another businesslike victory for their Dallas Stars. Ben Bishop made 27 saves in his 33rd career shutout, and Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist in the Stars' sixth ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Remy Martin scored 24 points to lead Arizona State to an 82-76 victory over Oregon State on Thursday. The Sun Devils took their biggest lead at 62-45 on Martin's jumper with 9:34 remaining. Oregon State responded with a 9-2 run ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Kim Mulkey and Baylor are making a habit of ending Connecticut's streaks. Teá Cooper scored 27 points and No. 6 Baylor used a dominant fourth quarter to beat top-ranked UConn, 74-58, on Thursday night, ending the Huskies' ...
The quarterback class for the 2020 NFL draft has become much clearer in the last week. Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa and Georgia's Jake Fromm have now declared for the draft, and Justin Herbert from Oregon was confirmed as a Senior Bowl participant.
As the Lakers took off for Dallas on Thursday, it was unclear whether they would have Anthony Davis for Friday's game against the Mavericks. Davis is listed as questionable after sustaining a bruise on his buttocks during Tuesday's game against the New ...
The scoring summary, the one chock o' block full of goals for David Pastrnak (three) and Jake DeBrusk (two), didn't have a whole lot for the fourth line to boast about Thursday night in the Bruins' 5-4 win over the Jets at the Garden. But sometimes the numbers ...
The play of the Denver Broncos' safety corps was stellar in 2019, with both Kareem Jackson and Justin Simmons putting up strong cases to be recognized with end-of-season accolades. Lost in all the hype has been the impact made by reserve safety and ...
One of the great golf course architects of all-time, Pete Dye, passed away on Thursday at the age of 94. Dye was a World Golf Hall of Fame inductee and his list of courses is nearly peerless. His most acclaimed work is one of the more famous courses in the ...
John Hynes got his first win with Nashville and Colin Blackwell scored his first NHL goal, but the game belonged to Rinne after one historic shot. Rinne became the 12th goaltender in NHL history to score when he converted an empty-netter with 22 seconds ...
MINNEAPOLIS — With Karl-Anthony Towns sidelined for nearly a month, the Minnesota Timberwolves have had to find ways to make up for his scoring. They've also tightened things up on the defensive end in their star big man's absence. That was certainly ...
CALGARY, Alberta – The second half is only three games old, and the schedule has yet to hit the All-Star break. But already the Wild is starting to feel a sense of urgency to assemble a win streak to stay in the Western Conference playoff race after it fell further ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Serbia's Novak Djokovic battled through a stirring challenge from rising Canadian star Denis Shapovalov on Friday to propel his country into the semi-finals of the inaugural ATP Cup team event in Sydney with a 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) victory.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Cassius Winston scored 18 of his 27 points in the second half while Xavier Tillman finished with 19 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, leading No. 8 Michigan State to a 74-58 win over Minnesota on Thursday night. The Spartans ...
MONTREAL — Alex Chiasson won't forget his goal that capped a comeback win over the Montreal Canadiens. Chiasson delivered the go-ahead score in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers extended their winning streak to three games, rallying to beat ...
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech's graduate transfers grabbed the spotlight Thursday night. Taja Cole scored a game-high 21 points and Lydia Rivers grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to help the Hokies beat Pittsburgh 68-56 at Cassell Coliseum. "They've ...
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls expect center Wendell Carter Jr. to miss four to six weeks because of a sprained right ankle. Carter rolled his ankle going for a layup when he landed on Mavericks center Dwight Powell's foot in the third quarter of Monday's ...
Falling behind in the first period against Pittsburgh and St. Louis was understandable, albeit not the preferred strategy against two of the NHL's top teams. But doing it against last-place Los Angeles on Thursday night left Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant ...
MOSCOW, Idaho — Harald Frey scored 22 points, including a go-ahead free throw with 13 seconds to play, and Montana State beat Idaho 71-68 on Thursday night. Frey's foul shot put the Bobcats up 69-68 before Idaho's Trevon Allen missed a jumper and ...
It was a game in which senior guard Zavier Simpson couldn't hit a dart board with shotgun. Then he was leading the offense in double overtime. In a back-and-forth slugfest characterized by sloppy basketball, a tense second half and two thrilling overtime ...
MORAGA, Calif. — Jordan Ford scored 24 points with four 3-pointers, and Malik Fitts added 17 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two steals to help Saint Mary's rebound from a shocking overtime loss to hold off BYU 87-84 late Thursday night at UCU ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A rule created to increase opportunities for minorities in the NFL coaching ranks is under fire, and Chiefs Offensive Coordinator Eric Bieniemy is now part of the controversy through no fault of his own. "We got to make sure we are ...
Eddie Stansberry scored 25 points, including a key jumper with 43.9 seconds to play, to lift Hawaii to a 75-69 basketball victory over Cal State Fullerton in Titan Gym. The Rainbow Warriors opened Big West play by winning the first game of a two-game road ...
Conor McGregor has received a stark warning from Donald Cerrone ahead of UFC 246 (Image: CONOR MCGREGOR / INSTAGRAM / GETTY). Conor McGregor has been warned by Donald Cerrone not to talk about his family ahead of their ...