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PERTH, Australia (AP) — The scene was set for a hometown star and Sam Kerr delivered for Australia — again — with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Philippines in the Women’s Asian Cup tournament opener on Sunday. The Chelsea striker scored with a header from the edge of the box in the 14th minute following a cross …

With the calendar flipping to March, even more fantasy managers have to plan for their leagues’ playoff weeks. While some teams are competing for draft lottery odds, most are fighting for playoff positioning, leaving a lot to figure out regarding player availability. One of those players is Clippers point guard Darius Garland, who has yet to make his debut for …

SINGAPORE (AP) — Australian Hannah Green has won the HSBC Women’s World Championship for a second time, holding off a fast-finishing American Auston Kim to claim a one-stroke victory on Sunday. Green, the 2019 Women’s PGA Championship winner, closed with a 69, after an erratic back-nine with three birdies and three bogeys nearly opened the door for Kim. Advertisement Green …

HOUSTON (AP) — Mark Delgado had a goal and an assist, Son Heung-Min had two assists and Hugo Lloris posted a second straight clean sheet to help Los Angeles FC beat Houston 2-0 on Saturday night after the Dynamo lost two players to red cards. Houston defender Antônio Carlos was tagged with a red card in the second minute of …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Carr scored 26 points and Obi Agbim hit the winning free throw with 1.3 seconds left to give Baylor an 87-86 victory over UCF on Saturday night. UCF used a 17-6 run, capped by Devan Cambridge’s two free throws, to knot it 86-all with 25 seconds left. Advertisement Following timeouts from both sides with 3.2 …

TORONTO (AP) — Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens each scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night. Thomas Chabot also scored, Cozens added an assist and Linus Ullmark made 21 saves. Advertisement Morgan Rielly and William Nylander scored for Toronto in its third straight loss. Rielly got the scoring started less than three …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Simon Holmstrom scored 1:50 into overtime as the New York Islanders beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Saturday night for their fourth straight win. Holmstrom got the feed from Tony DeAngelo and had a clear path up the right side of the ice before cutting toward the net with a wrist shot to beat Columbus’ …

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 …