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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jacob Markstrom made 25 saves, Timo Meier and Dougie Hamilton had second-period goals and the New Jersey Devils beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Saturday to end a five-game losing streak. Markstrom lost his shutout bid with 1:18 left when Pavel Buchnevich scored with goalie Jordan Binnington off for an extra attacker. Advertisement Nico Hischier …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pryce Sandfort scored 32 points — one off his career high — and No. 12 Nebraska pulled away in the second half to beat Southern California 82-67 on Saturday for its school-record 14th Big Ten victory and third straight overall. The Cornhuskers (25-4, 14-4) improved to 7-2 on the road in league play with one away …

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany clinched their seventh men’s doubles World Cup luge overall season title Saturday, while Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria claimed the women’s doubles crown for the second straight season. Wendl and Arlt were third in the men’s doubles race at St. Moritz, good enough to lock up …

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Collin Chandler scored a career-high 23 points to lead Kentucky to a 91-77 win over No. 25 Vanderbilt on Saturday. Otega Oweh also had 23 points for Kentucky (19-10, 10-6 Southeastern Conference), which split the regular-season series after losing to the Commodores 80-55 on Jan. 27 in Nashville. The Wildcats notched their second straight victory after …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bobby Durkin, Cade Tyson and Langston Reynolds combined to score 65 points to lead Minnesota past UCLA 78-73 on Saturday. Durkin scored 23 points exclusively on his 7 of 11 behind the arc, before hitting a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left. Tyson and Reynolds each scored 21. Tyson was 8 of 12 from the …

ATLANTA (AP) — Robert McCray V scored 20 points, his ninth 20-plus point game of the season, and Florida State pulled away in the second half to defeat Georgia Tech 80-71 on Saturday. The Seminoles (15-14, 8-8 ACC) led 41-36 at halftime and maintained control after the break, winning in Atlanta for the first time in their last four visits. …

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks have waived point guard Tyus Jones, one of the players involved in the three-team trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards. The move announced Saturday gives Jones a chance to pursue a deal with a contender needing backcourt help. The 29-year-old made the playoffs three consecutive seasons with Memphis from 2021-23. Advertisement …

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chris Gabehart made his first public appearance as a Spire Motorsports employee on Saturday — at the IndyCar race in St. Petersburg. The employee at the center of a federal lawsuit concerning his employment status sat inside the Andretti Autosport hospitality as lawyers work behind the scenes to come to a resolution with Joe Gibbs …

Tyus Jones signing with Orlando seemed like one of the smarter pickups of the offseason, a team that needed stability at the point signs up a veteran guard who knows how to run a team and doesn’t turn the ball over. It didn’t work on the court as smoothly as expected, and Jones was traded to Charlotte, then a day …

Bournemouth stretched its unbeaten run in the Premier League to eight games by fighting back to draw 1-1 with Sunderland on Saturday thanks to an equalizer by substitute Evanilson. The Brazilian striker converted Marcus Tavernier’s cross with his shoulder in the 63rd minute to cancel out Eliezer Mayenda’s opener for Sunderland. Advertisement Bournemouth is making a late run for European …

On Sunday, after a long and arduous wait, the calendar will turn to March. With it will come a tense two weeks for dozens of men’s college basketball teams across the country, whose results over the final stretch of the regular season will determine whether their NCAA Tournament dreams will live or die. Advertisement Such is life on the dreaded …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander marked his return from injury with 36 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 127-121 in overtime. The NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player had been out of action since sustaining an abdominal strain on 3 February and missed nine games. Advertisement He played 34 minutes on his return, but remained on the bench in overtime …

The Nets were locked in a third quarter fight in Boston when they rolled over. They went from competing to quitting. And it happened in a quarter. Brooklyn got shredded 148-111 by Boston before 19,156 at TD Garden on Friday night. Advertisement It was the most points the Nets had allowed all season. So was the 66.7 percent shooting they …

Commentary on the alleged basketball game that transpired on Friday between the Dallas Mavericks (21-38) and the Memphis Grizzlies (22-36) is not worth the bits and bytes it took to make the web page you’re reading appear on your screen. You would have sworn you were watching an NBA Summer League game if it weren’t for the calendars hanging from …

Watching the Mavericks lose 124-105 to the Memphis Grizzlies felt like a test of mental strength, rather than something a normal person would do for fun. But, when the injury list is as long as the active roster, it makes some sense. Advertisement Unfortunately, let’s get to the grades. Brandon Williams: C 16 PTS / 8 REB / 4 AST …

SINGAPORE (AP) — Australians Hannah Green and Minjee Lee moved to the top of the leaderboard Saturday to lead by one stroke after three rounds of the HSBC Women’s World Championship. Green, the 2019 Women’s PGA Championship winner and who won the Singapore tournament in 2024, shot a 4-under 68 and three-time major winner Lee 69 to post three-round totals …

Champaign, IL — Michigan basketball fans owe a huge thank you to Mrs. May, according to coach Dusty May. In his second year leading the program, May and the No. 3-ranked Wolverines clinched the Big Ten Conference regular season title with a dominant 84-70 win over No. 11 Illinois on Friday, Feb. 27, at the State Farm Center in Champaign, …

While many expected the Cavaliers to struggle against the Pistons without their star backcourt. Instead, the Cavaliers went toe to toe with the relentless Pistons, eventually falling to the number one seed in the East 122-119 in overtime. Winners The Cavalier Bigs Advertisement Many would think that without James Harden and Donovan Mitchell on the floor, it would be difficult …

BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics have been one of the NBA’s hottest teams since returning from the All-Star break. They can add one of the best offensive performances in league history to their list of accomplishments as they await a possible return of star Jayson Tatum to action. Advertisement Boston shot a season-high 66.7% (52 of 78) from the field …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Morez Johnson Jr. had 19 points and 11 rebounds against his former team as No. 3 Michigan defeated No. 10 Illinois 84-70 on Friday night and clinched Big Ten regular-season title. Johnson, who played for the Illini last season after verbally committing three years earlier, was booed throughout the game by Illinois fans. Advertisement Aday Mara …

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 28 points, nine assists and seven rebounds and the Boston Celtics rolled past the Brooklyn Nets 148-111 on Friday night. Nikola Vucevic finished with 28 points and 11 rebounds for his third double-double since joining the Celtics. Payton Pritchard added 22 points for Boston, which has won five of six since returning from the …

The Knicks (37*-22) visit the Bucks (26-31) tonight at Fiserv Forum with a chance to take the season series after splitting the first two meetings. Milwaukee has won eight of its last 10 and did so without Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf). Things that make you go hmmm! Meanwhile, New York, with two days of rest, will want to take care of …

A game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons needed a buzzer-beater in the third quarter Friday. A clash of two of the top teams in the East was put on hold when the horn at Little Caesars Arena sounded continuously for more than 12 minutes. The fun began when play was stopped with 7:24 left in the quarter, during …

Miami (Ohio) basketball’s perfect season lives another night. The No. 25 RedHawks survived a scare from Western Michigan on Friday, Feb. 27, at University Arena in Kalamazoo, Michigan, when Trey Perry hit a game-winning layup with 0.4 seconds remaining. Miami improved to 29-0 on the season with the win. REQUIRED READING: How Miami Ohio became college basketball’s most unlikely undefeated …

Olympians Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Erin Ambrose have all been placed on long-term injured reserve by their PWHL clubs after sustaining injuries during the Milan Cortina Games. Knight, a five-time Olympian and captain of the United States team that won gold, will be out of the Seattle Torrent’s lineup indefinitely after sustaining a lower-body injury in Italy, the …