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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 …

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lens missed a chance to top Ligue 1 after it fought back from a goal down to draw at Strasbourg 1-1 on Friday. Argentine striker Joaquin Panichelli scored for the third game in a row to put the home side ahead after 18 minutes at Stade de la Meinau. Advertisement Panichelli’s 14th goal of the season …

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lens missed a chance to top Ligue 1 after it fought back from a goal down to draw at Strasbourg 1-1 on Friday. Argentine striker Joaquin Panichelli scored for the third game in a row to put the home side ahead after 18 minutes at Stade de la Meinau. Advertisement Panichelli’s 14th goal of the season …

Without federal legislation codifying rules on athlete compensation and eligibility or an entirely new structure, there is likely no end in sight for the stream of lawsuits being filed by schools and athletes looking out for their interests in college athletics. Duke and Cincinnati have filed lawsuits demanding their quarterbacks pay damages for allegedly breaching revenue-sharing contracts when they entered …

A lot is going on in Long Island! Even before Friday morning’s moves that sent Grant Nelson to Brooklyn on a 10-day, returned Ben Saraf to the big club, and sent Drake Powell to the G League, the Nets’ G League affiliate lost a tight one, 119-116, to the Grand Rapids Gold Thursday night at Nassau Coliseum. And in the …

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have dismissed assistant defensive line coach LaTroy Lewis, the team announced Friday. The dismissal came shortly after the Falcons said they were looking into sexual assault allegations that recently surfaced on social media. Advertisement “We are aware of allegations regarding LaTroy Lewis,” the Falcons said in a statement on Friday before making …

The United States swept the hockey gold medals at the Winter Olympics for the first time, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in both the men’s and women’s tournaments and finishing the tournaments unbeaten. It set off a celebration that quickly became political: Advertisement The celebrations — Women’s team: The players largely steered away from politics. Many said they failed to …

The NBA’s top offense takes on the league’s best defense when Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets (37-22) take on the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder (45-15) at Paycom Center tonight. The Thunder lineup gets a major boost with the return of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who is set to play after missing nine games with an abdominal injury. Losers of five …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. A pair of tanking teams face off in the Lone Star State tonight, where the Dallas Mavericks host the Memphis Grizzlies. Advertisement Both teams are decimated by injuries, which is why my Grizzlies vs. Mavericks predictions expect Memphis forward Taylor Hendricks to continue …

The Cleveland Cavaliers (37-23) travel to Little Caesars Arena tonight for a battle against the league-leading Detroit Pistons (43-14). The Pistons lead the season series against the Cavs having won two of the first three games. Each team sits Top 4 in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons sit atop the East by 5.5 games over the Celtics while the Cavs …

The Dallas Cowboys are set to place the franchise tag on George Pickens on Friday, a move that would guarantee the receiver nearly $30 million in 2026 while the sides work on a long-term contract, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. Dallas will use the non-exclusive tag on Pickens, one of the people said, meaning …

Each week during the 2025-26 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. Last week: The NBA’s response is enough to curb its tanking epidemic Fact or Fiction: The NBA’s MVP award is up for grabs In …

This game felt like the Rockets season in microcosm. Amen Thompson returned from being out in the previous game, and the Rockets traveled to Orlando for the second game of a back to back. Orlando was at home, and last played Tuesday in Los Angeles. After a game of beating the woeful Kings easily with a more spacing friendly lineup, …

How many “worst losses of the season” in a row could the Lakers string together in the coming week, because it seems like they’re trying to do as much. After a lifeless loss to the Celtics and handing a game away to the Magic, the Lakers went to Phoenix against an undermanned Suns team and blew a double-digit second half …

The Dallas Mavericks (21-37) will play for the second consecutive night with a game Friday against the Memphis Grizzlies (21-36) that tips at 7:30 p.m. at American Airlines Center. Dallas snapped a two-game winning streak in losing 130-121 to the Kings Thursday. Naji Marshall scored 36 in the effort and the team was once again without Cooper Flagg, who missed …

New Orleans Pelicans (18-42, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (18-41, 13th in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans visits the Utah Jazz after Saddiq Bey scored 42 points in the Pelicans’ 129-118 victory over the Utah Jazz. Advertisement The Jazz are 10-28 against conference opponents. Utah has a 4-7 …