TULSA, Okla. -- The final play wasn't quite what Tulsa drew up. It was, though, more than Elijah Joiner ever could've imagined. With his father watching him play in college for the first time, Joiner caught an inbounds pass with 3.3 seconds left, raced from one ...
The first three times the Philadelphia 76ers played the Boston Celtics this season, they won all three games by a combined 30 points. As for Saturday night's matchup between the two teams? Well, it did not follow the same script. The Celtics jumped out to a ...
Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving said he would undergo an MRI after spraining his right knee. Irving left Saturday night's 113-107 road loss to Washington in the fourth quarter, after getting tangled with the Wizards' Bradley Beal and falling back awkwardly ...
NEWARK, N.J. -- Joe Pavelski scored 1:39 into overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Saturday. Ben Bishop made 29 saves, and Joel Kiviranta scored his first NHL goal for the Stars (29-18-4).
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren left Saturday's game against the New York Knicks in the third quarter with a head injury and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, according to coach Nate McMillan. Warren left after falling under the ...
Random dribbles following the Cavaliers' embarrassment of a 131-112 home loss to the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. 1. Things just keep getting worse, which is basically the opposite of what you want when you tell everyone you're rebuilding.
The Hawks dropped their 37th game of the season Saturday night to the Mavericks, 123-100. Outgunned and outmanned, Atlanta never quite found the energy or shooting touch to stay in the game, and the more Dallas continued to pour on points, the more ...
The late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was honored at his alma mater Lower Merion High School on Saturday, and the tribute included the revealing of his jersey, which was returned after being stolen three years ago. ESPN @espn. In Lower ...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Andrien White didn't make any shots in the first half of Wake Forest's 56-44 victory over Clemson on Saturday night. But he wasn't alone. The two teams combined to make only 2 of 20 3-point attempts in an opening half that ...
And then there was one. We're through January and No. 4 San Diego State (23-0) is still the only remaining undefeated men's basketball team for the 2019-20 season after Alabama prevented No. 4 Auburn from reaching 16-0. Three-hundred and fifty-three ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Bey scored 16 points and No. 20 Colorado routed Southern California 78-57 on Saturday night to salvage a road split. The Buffaloes (17-5, 6-3 Pac-12) lost by four points at UCLA on Thursday. Against the Trojans, they took ...
Seymour missed out on election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, the second straight year the brilliant former Patriots defensive lineman narrowly missed getting the call after being named a finalist. "I respect the process . . . 2021,'' Seymour ...
Kyler Murray believes he can reach the level of the last two NFL MVPs, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson, after being named Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2019. Murray turned his back on an MLB career to declare for last year's NFL Draft, and the ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — With a measuring-stick game at Michigan State up next, No. 24 Penn State easily could have overlooked Nebraska. All coach Patrick Chambers had to do to keep his players on task was to remind them that the Nittany Lions had never ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Chandler Stephenson, Nicolas Roy and Reilly Smith scored, Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Saturday night. The Golden Knights have won two straight, ...
SCOTTSDALE. Ariz. (AP) -- Tony Finau and Webb Simpson crashed golf's biggest party with some back-nine fireworks. Finau shot a 9-under 62 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Simpson in the Waste Management Phoenix Open, making an eagle ...
PULLMAN, Wash. — Stone Gettings hadn't felt this good on the basketball court since his days playing at Cornell. The senior, who averages 5.6 points per game, put up 19 points on 8 of 13 shooting and had his first double-double of the season to lead ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - (AP) -- The Boston Bruins used the break to recharge their power play. The time off sure didn't slow David Pastrnak down. Then again, few opponents have done that this season. The NHL scoring leader matched his career high with his 38th ...
STANFORD, Calif. — Oscar da Silva handled a lot of the scoring for Stanford. Everyone on the court contributed on defense. Da Silva had a career-high 27 points and added 15 rebounds, helping the Cardinal rally in the second half to beat No. 11 Oregon ...
Keyontae Johnson and Noah Locke helped Florida end its three-game losing streak. Johnson scored 20 points and Locke added 17 as the Gators beat Vanderbilt 61-55 on Saturday night. Florida coach Mike White said his team would have been lost without ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sixth-ranked Louisville turned in a mistake-filled start to Saturday's game at North Carolina State, then had trouble protecting a comfortable second-half lead. And yet, the Cardinals responded each time with the veteran composure that has ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night. The Jets snapped a five-game losing streak and are 12-12-2 at home this season. Roslovic believes the ...
Provo • Trailing by one point late in the game, Zac Seljaas brought down the very much needed defensive rebound to give BYU possession. Coach Mark Pope called a time out with 17.8 seconds left on the board. His Cougars needed something big to put the ...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — This, essentially, was where Sofia Kenin was going to win or lose the Australian Open final: She was down love-40 while serving at 2-all in the third set against two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza. Kenin sensed this ...
Sasha Stefanovic made a 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left and Trevion Williams scored 13 points as Purdue rallied to beat Northwestern 61-58 on Saturday night. After more than 7 minutes without a field goal, Purdue (12-10, 5-6 Big Ten) woke up and went on ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two days after smashing his stick in frustration, Sabres captain Jack Eichel held his arms up in celebration. Eichel scored 36 seconds into overtime to secure Buffalo's 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. At the other ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Gila River Arena likely hasn't seen a game that entertaining in a long time. The Arizona Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks put on a show on Saturday. Entertainment value doesn't count for points in the standings though, as the Coyotes ...
Miles Bridges scored 25 points, giving him back to back 20-point games for the first time in his career, but an abysmal second half wiped it all away as the Charlotte Hornets lost to the San Antonio Spurs, 114-90. Marvin Williams got the surprise start over PJ ...
PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Hayes and Joel Farabee scored two goals each and seldom-used reserve goaltender Alex Lyon made 28 saves to earn his first win in nearly two years as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Saturday night.
They held down BYU all afternoon, but Gonzaga players couldn't hold back the tears after getting the news about teammate Katie Campbell's injury Saturday afternoon. With 4 minutes left in the Zags' 59-44 win at the Kennel, the senior guard was driving ...
With the new year now finally upon us, speculation ahead of the 2020 NBA Trade Deadline is in full swing. Whether Boston Celtics fans are in consensus about what the team ought to do before the Feb. 6, 2020 cut off or not, anticipation mounts across all ...
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Anthony Edwards recorded a double-double with 29 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to lead Georgia past Texas A&M 63-48 on Saturday,. The Bulldogs snapped a four-game losing streak. Edwards had eight points in a 15-6 run to ...
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will look to hammer home his dominance of the Australian Open when he takes on Austria's Dominic Thiem looking for a record-extending eighth title on Sunday. The Serb has proved indomitable in finals at Rod Laver ...
MIAMI — During the NFC championship game, Joe Buck, calling the game for Fox, offered an observation about San Francisco 49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan, whose team appeared headed to the Super Bowl. Shanahan, the son of two-time Super ...
Pour it up. The Brooklyn Nets, led by Kyrie Irving's dazzling performance, put on a show in front of the home fans and came away with a convincing win against the Chicago Bulls last night. It was the team's second straight win. Gotta start getting into that ...
Perhaps it's fitting that Bob Baffert earned his 3,000th training victory in North America with a talented 3-year-old. After all, he's won two Triple Crowns and saddled the second most Kentucky Derby winners in history. Thousand Words, one of Baffert's many ...
Oklahoma typically utilizes a balanced attack, but Brady Manek quickly made Saturday's game an exception. He scored 17 points in the first eight minutes and finished with 30 to help the Sooners beat Oklahoma State 82-69. Manek finished a point short of his ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With a key player missing from the Ohio State lineup, Kaleb Wesson put the Buckeyes on his back again. The junior big man scored 15 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, dominating Indiana in the paint in a 68-59 Ohio State win ...
BOSTON — He has started only 170 of 380 career games since being drafted by the Celtics in 2014. Marcus Smart has never minded whether he's on the floor for the tip-off or whether he's one of the first reserves brought in off coach Brad Stevens' bench.
Despite ankle injury, Barrett wants to suit up. By Alex Smith | 8:14PM. Share: Dec 28, 2019; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; New York Knicks forward RJ Barrett (9) advances the ball against the Washington Wizards during the second quarter at Capital ...
The boy cannot stop scoring. Teenage sensation Erling Braut HÃ¥land continued his incredible record for new club Borussia Dortmund after he netted a brace in the team's 5-0 thrashing of Union Berlin on Saturday. The 19-year-old — who joined the German ...