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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Dominick Pickett tossed in 18 points and sank two free throws with 12 seconds remaining to lift UC Riverside to a 65-64…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow led an efficient offense that scored on six drives, including two of his…

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Thomas Bell scored 17 points with six rebounds and four assists to lead North Texas to a 65-60 win over Western Kentucky.…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Bryce Thompson scored the game’s final six points and finished with 19 as Oklahoma State…

FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Isaiah Wilkins had 20 points with eight rebounds and four steals to lead Longwood to a 66-60 win over Gardner-Webb. Anthony…

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrn Flowers had 30 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to lead Long Island University to an 83-61 victory over Central…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Malachi Smith hit a game-tying layup with 1:02 remaining and added two free throws with 7 seconds left to lift…

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Marlon Hargis scored 15 points and Saint Francis (Pennsylvania) defeated Merrimack 62-46, handing the Warriors their…

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Aaron Estrada scored a career-high 30 points to lead Hofstra to an 82-77 win over Delaware. Estrada hit 12 of 18 shots. He…

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Bryson Mozone hit a jumper with three seconds left to earn South Carolina Upstate a 76-73 win at UNC Asheville. Mozone…

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Tosan Evbuomwan scored 21 points to lead five in double figures as Princeton held off Brown for a 76-74 victory. Drew…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Jalen Johnson scored 16 points and Mercer defeated UNC Greensboro 58-49. Felipe Haase added 13 points and five assists for the…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Trevian Tennyson scored 20 points to lead Texas A&M Corpus Christi to an 80-64 victory over Incarnate Word.…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Trenton Massner scored 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Luka Barisic added 28 points as Western Michigan pulled away in…

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) — B.J. Mack totaled 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists and Isaiah Bigelow hit four 3-pointers and scored 19 with five…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Charles O’Bannon’s baseline 3-pointer with 27.3 seconds remaining in overtime proved to be the winner in TCU’s 59-58…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jamarius Burton scored 20 points and John Hugley added 19  and Pittsburgh won for the second time in three games with 65-53 win…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — DaRon Holmes scored 18 points to lead Dayton to a 72-52 win over Duquesne. Kobe Elvis added 16 for the Flyers. Tre Williams,…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jake LaRavia scored 15 points to lead four in double figures and Wake Forest pulled away in the final six minutes to…

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Adham Eleeda scored a career-high 26 points on 8-for-13 shooting from 3-point range and Bryant beat Mount Saint Mary’s…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan Davis had 21 points and nine rebounds, Finn Sullivan added 20 points and Vermont defeated UMBC 86-69. The Catamounts shot 53%…

By JOE STIGLICH Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 32 points and Andrew Nembhard had 19 as No. 2 Gonzaga routed Santa…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Henry Coleman III scored 18 points, Hassan Diarra made two free throws with three seconds left and Texas A&M rallied to…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Jalen Moore finished with 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals to propel Oakland to a 76-68 victory over…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Caleb Mills knocked down 5 of 6 3-point shots to score 19 points and Florida State denied Syracuse in the final minutes to…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams must play without both of their starting safeties in their opening playoff…

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Vivian Gray scored 23 points, Bryn Gerlich added  a career-high 16 and Texas Tech raced to a 64-45 win over No. 25 Kansas…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Armour-Davis announced his…

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Madi Williams scored 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting, grabbed 11 rebounds and No. 23 Oklahoma rolled to a 100-71 win over TCU.…

By BRYAN LAZARE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jaylin Williams hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with slightly more than a minute to play,…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Ron Harper Jr. scored a career-high 31 points shooting 6 for 8 from 3-point range and Rutgers turned it around in the…

By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Wilson scored early, Alex Ovechkin added an empty-net goal late, and Vitek Vanecek made 23…

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Gabe Kalscheur hit 6 of 12 attempts from 3-point range, including a pair of long-range shots in…

KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Taylor Hall scored off a rebound of David Pastrnak’s shot 1:41 into overtime, lifting the red-hot…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — David McCormack had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Jalen Wilson added 23 points and eight…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Mark Williams had 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks to lead eighth-ranked Duke’s…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Lexi Donarski scored 23 points, and No. 9 Iowa State rolled past Oklahoma State 74-60.…

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Philippe Coutinho came off the bench to score a late equalizer on his debut for Aston Villa in a 2-2 draw against…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The death of Tampa Bay Rays bullpen catcher Jean Ramirez near his home in Fort Worth, Texas, has been ruled a suicide.…

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Martin Necas had a goal and an assist on his 23rd birthday and the Carolina Hurricanes stopped…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Georgia coach Kirby Smart told a near-capacity crowd at Sanford Stadium the Bulldogs don’t plan to wait another 41…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — JuJu Smith-Schuster’s season isn’t over after all. The Pittsburgh Steelers have activated the star wide receiver off…

CINCINNATI (AP) — Defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins is active for the Las Vegas Raiders’ opening-round playoff game against the Cincinnati…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Phlandrous Fleming Jr. and Kowacie Reeves scored 14 points each and Florida beat South Carolina 71-63 for its first…

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Freshman TyTy Washington Jr. scored a career-high 28 points, Sahvir Wheeler returned from…

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Colby Jones scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half as No. 17 Xavier rallied to defeat…

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Nijel Pack scored 14 points, Mark Smith made a key 3-pointer with just over a minute left,…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Greg Elliott made a tiebreaking free throw with 1.8 seconds left and Marquette withstood a long…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ryan Young had 18 points and eight rebounds, helping Northwestern hold on to beat No. 10…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Martins Dukurs of Latvia and Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands will likely be the favorites in the Olympic skeleton…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Caroline Ducharme scored 20 points, Christyn Williams added 19 and No. 10 UConn…

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — It was a tale of two celebrations in Turin as Juventus beat relegation-threatened Udinese 2-0 in…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappe scored his 10th goal of the French league to help leader Paris Saint-Germain overcome…

NORWICH, England (AP) — Norwich secured its first English Premier League victory since November by beating Everton 2-1 to pile more pressure on…

By The Associated Press Former U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden has undergone knee replacement surgery at age 36. Holden said Friday on Instagram that…

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Adama Traore has scored his first goal of the season and Wolverhampton has survived a late rally to beat Southampton…

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Joao Pedro snatched a victory from Newcastle’s grasp by scoring in the 88th minute to earn Watford a 1-1 draw in an…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Pep Guardiola’s biggest challenge now might be convincing his Manchester City players the English Premier…

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Robert Lewandowski has bagged a hat trick as Bayern Munich scored for a record 66th Bundesliga game in succession to beat…

By JOCELYN GECKER and JEROME PUGMIRE Associated Press To his critics, Novak Djokovic has been cavalier and reckless in the face of a deadly pandemic.…

HOULTON, Maine (AP) — Two radio announcers calling a Maine high school girl’s basketball game have been fired after they mocked players for being…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — Brandt Snedeker is ready to put last year behind him in a big way. His last two years were his…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Kamila Valieva has underlined her status as the favorite for the women’s Olympic figure skating gold medal as she won the…

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky basketball coach Joe B. Hall has died at age 93. Hall succeeded longtime…

OBERHOF, Germany (AP) — Johannes Ludwig of Germany clinched his first World Cup men’s overall season championship Saturday, becoming the fourth…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Tottenham has called for “clarity and consistency” from the Premier League after Arsenal’s request to call…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne has curled home a brilliant second-half goal to earn Manchester City a 1-0 win over Chelsea and a…

GENOA, Italy (AP) — Genoa has fired Andriy Shevchenko as coach just two months after hiring the former AC Milan and Chelsea forward. Shevchenko won…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — It is never easy for Switzerland to watch an Austrian downhiller win its signature ski…

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — American Kaillie Humphries got a win. Elana Meyers Taylor got an overall title. And the U.S. bobsled team got more…

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami has won the fourth women’s World Cup downhill of the season after Olympic…

SYDNEY (AP) — Andy Murray’s impressive run ended one win short of a 47th career title when he lost the Sydney Tennis Classic final 6-3, 6-3 to…

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Former US Open finalist Madison Keys has warmed up for the Australian Open in strong form winning an all-American final…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Katie Uhlaender now has made five of the six U.S. Olympic women’s skeleton teams. She’s also the first…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Orlando Robinson had 24 points and 11 rebounds to lead Fresno State to a 73-68 victory over UNLV. Anthony Holland had 14 points…

HONOLULU (AP) — Todd Graham resigned as the University of Hawaii’s football coach Friday, stepping down amid controversy after completing the…

By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press Athletes will need to be vaccinated and tested daily at the Winter Olympics in Beijing next month. Clapping is OK to…

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Luka Doncic had  27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in his 40th career triple-double, and…

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Marvin Bagley III had season highs of 26 points and 13 rebounds and the Sacramento…

By JOHN PYE and HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writers MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal has expressed thoughts shared by many others in the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A verdict is expected later Sunday in tennis star Novak Djokovic’s appeal against a…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has taken several steps to improve diversity among leadership positions, yet Mike Tomlin is the only…

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nazem Kadri scored the winner in a shootout and the Colorado Avalanche extended the NHL’s longest…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — No. 2 Stanford knocked off the last remaining undefeated team in Division I basketball,…

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kofi Cockburn scored 21 points and hauled in 10 rebounds to help No. 25 Illinois over…

RICHMOND, Va. — Michael Jones had a career-high 29 points, including a 3-pointer with three seconds left, to lead Davidson to an 87-84 win over…

By MIKE COOK Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy and Mats Zuccarello scored four seconds apart early in a four-goal third period,…

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Darius Garland scored 28 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat San Antonio 114-109,…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 24 points, Jimmy Butler returned from a three-game absence with a sprained…

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Daryl Banks III came off the bench to score 13 points to lead St. Peter’s to a 67-62 win over Monmouth. Saint Peter’s first…

KENT, Ohio — Sincere Carry matched his career high with a season-high 32 points as Kent State defeated Akron 67-55. Tervell Beck had 11 points for…

By PAUL GEREFFI Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Bennett scored his second hat trick this season and added an assist to lead the Florida…

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle has been found dead in a Kansas federal prison where he was being held on…

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Trey Lyles scored 21 points, Cade Cunningham and Hamidou Diallo each added 18 and the Detroit Pistons…

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Jalen Adaway had a career-high 25 points as Saint Bonaventure easily beat VCU 73-53. Jaren Holmes had 17 points for Saint…

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points, Deandre Ayton had 27 points and 12 rebounds and the NBA-leading…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Moritz Wagner scored a season-high 26 points, younger brother Franz added 19 points and the…