The 2020 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest at the United Center in Chicago already had the potential to be memorable Saturday night. 2008 winner Dwight Howard was returning! Pat Connaughton was participating for the first time! Derrick Jones Jr. was back ...
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Arizona coach Sean Miller kept talking about needing to find different ways to win games. The Wildcats found a way in Saturday's 69-60 victory over Stanford. Freshman Zeke Nnaji scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and ...
OTTAWA -- Sheldon Keefe said he will never forget the Toronto Maple Leafs' 4-2 win against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. The Toronto coach provided buses for 40 people from Pembroke, Ontario, a town 75 miles northwest of Ottawa, to attend the game ...
LOS ANGELES — The UCLA Bruins are making a habit of these comeback victories. Chris Smith scored 20 points and Cody Riley added 15 points and seven rebounds as UCLA rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit for a 67-57 win over Washington on ...
It was a celebration that Tom Brands sounded like he just wanted to get through. Iowa's 35-6 win over Minnesota on Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena clinched the Big Ten regular-season wrestling title. The top-ranked Hawkeyes (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) ...
Pat Connaughton may not have won the Slam Dunk Contest, but he was certainly the most theatrical contestant in the field. As athletic as the former three-sport star is, in a crowded field featuring three other former Slam Dunk Contest entrants, he needed to ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin tested Antti Raanta early with a hard slap shot from his customary power-play spot in the left circle. He tried to slip a quick release past Arizona's goalie late and tried shots from all angles, 17 in all. One got through ...
CHICAGO (AP) — The NBA and USA Basketball are still considering playing in China later this year, though the complexities of both the political rift caused by a tweet last fall and the ongoing health concerns in the world's most populous country are making ...
The agent for Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph says Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett opened himself up for potential legal action after reiterating his claim that Rudolph used a racial slur shortly before their infamous brawl in November. During an ...
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Alex Nylander had two goals and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a five-game losing streak with an 8-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Jonathan Toews, Dominik Kubalik, Alex DeBrincat, Brandon Saad, ...
He doesn't spend his time after games partying or hanging with his buddies, as do most NBA players, who are understandably enjoying the life and luxury of being a professional athlete. Tatum has been a father all but two months of his NBA career. His son ...
COLUMBIA, Mo. — As Missouri's two point guards, Dru Smith and Xavier Pinson rarely play on the same side in practice. The pair looked comfortable together on Saturday, each scoring 28 points as Missouri beat No. 11 Auburn 85-73. "It was a little weird at ...
So how do you like the trade now? I know one thing: Jason Zucker and the Penguins love it. Advertisement. Zucker's smile after the first of his two goals Friday night in a 1:42 span in a 4-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens gave it away. So did the joy on the ...
Liverpool have sealed their place in next season's Champions League through their 1-0 win over Norwich on Saturday, assuming Manchester City's suspension from the competition is upheld. Sadio Mane's strike 78 minutes into the tie sealed the three points ...
CHICAGO — Russell Westbrook bounced 2-year-old Noah on his knee, his son having moved on from the joys of potato chips to experiment with the wonders of amplification from the All-Star media day podium. For Westbrook, this was a take your son to work ...
A fourth chance this season at a Big Ten Conference series sweep ended just as the first three did for the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team. Instead of building on a series-opening victory, the Badgers lost their momentum early in the third period of a ...
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Baylor Lady Bears didn't leave any room for doubt as they raced past Oklahoma State, 69-42, on Saturday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena. As has become the Lady Bears' custom, they held Oklahoma State below 30-percent shooting ...
LAFAYETTE — Round 1 to the Ragin' Cajuns. Senior transfer Megan Kleist checked LSU on four hits and gave up only one unearned run, and her UL teammates made two second-inning runs stand up in a 2-1 win Saturday in an early-season matchup of ...
Five-time Major League Baseball All-Star Tony Fernandez, who collected 2,276 hits with a .288 batting average over 17 seasons from 1983 to 2001 and also won four Gold Gloves at shortstop, died Saturday night at age 57. Tony Fernandez, baseball ...
Shelby Houlihan will be chasing another winning double today when the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships conclude in the Albuquerque Convention Center. The mid-distance dynamo from the Portland-based Bowerman Track Club controlled the ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Ole Miss Athletics) The Ole Miss men's basketball team saw its winning streak come to an end as a back-and-forth contest ended in favor of No. 12 Kentucky. With seven lead changes over the final five minutes, the Wildcats (20-5, 10-2 SEC) ...
ST. LOUIS — Viktor Arvidsson would rather forget the last time the Predators visited St. Louis. But the Predators forward can't help but remember Robert Bortuzzo's bruising hit that Arvidsson called "dirty." The double crosscheck in front of the Blues' net cost ...
Corey Anderson entered the main event of UFC Fight Night 167 riding high after scoring a knockout over the light heavyweight division's latest hot new thing in Johnny Walker back at UFC 244. The momentum of that win came to a stunning halt before the end ...
The NFL Scouting Combine is the annual event where most NCAA college players to be measured, interviewed, tested, and medically examined, all in the hope to solidify their upcoming NFL draft position. Each NFL team, including the LA Rams, projects ...
As Israel Folau made a try-scoring debut for his new club Catalan Dragons on Saturday, a man watching from the stands was told to remove a rainbow flag unfurled in support of the LGBT movement. Folau has been widely condemned for posting homophobic ...
Nashville, Tenn. (WKRN)- Saturday Fight Night in Music City did not disappoint, as Nashville's own Caleb Plant defended his IBF Super Middleweight championship with a technical knockout of Germany's Vincent Feigenbutz early in the 10th round.
Grubauer was injured in Saturday's game versus the Kings, Adrian Dater of ColoradoHockeyNow.com reports. Grubauer was run into by teammate Ian Cole early in the third period and couldn't continue with the injury. Per Dater, it appeared to be a ...
MADISON, Wis. — The cold didn't stop people from freezing for a reason Saturday morning. The annual Polar Plunge at Olin Park benefited the Special Olympics of Wisconsin. It's the biggest fundraiser of the year for the group. Participants jumped into icy ...
Brooklyn Nets forward Joe Harris will aim to defend his title at the 3-Point Contest at All-Star weekend on Saturday night. Harris outlasted Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry last year. Allen Iverson Tragedy: From Making $200,000,000 To Not Affording ...
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