By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Michigan earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021 on Sunday and will lead the Big Ten's pursuit of its first national championship in men's basketball since 2000. The Wolverines (31-3) are the third overall seed behind Duke ...
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Braden Smith ripped his jersey in frustration because he missed some early shots. His day was far from a loss. Smith found his touch, moved within one assist of the NCAA career record held by Bobby Hurley of Duke and helped No. 18 ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Denny Hamlin returned to victory lane at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday for his first win since he lost the NASCAR championship four months ago, and first since the death of his father in a December house fire. "I knew it took a ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Defending national champion Florida's path to another Final Four could include a rematch with Houston, whom it beat in the final a year ago, only this time in a South Region finale that would be played just a short drive from the Cougars' campus. The ...
TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Ingram had a game-high 34 points and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Detroit Pistons 119-108 on Sunday. RJ Barrett added 27 points and six rebounds for Toronto, which has won back-to-back games. The win helped the Raptors hang on to sixth in the Eastern ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Haydn Fleury scored his first goal in more than two years and added an assist, Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele each had their 31st goal and the Winnipeg Jets edged the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Sunday. Eric Comrie made 29 saves in his career-high 21st start of the ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cooper Flagg scored 27 points, Naji Marshall added 25 and the Dallas Mavericks bounced back from a 33-point loss to Cleveland two days ago to defeat the Cavaliers 130-120 on Sunday afternoon. The Mavericks, who were routed 138-105 on Friday ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — John Calipari told his 17th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks to use the Southeastern Conference Tournament title game to measure where they are before the NCAA Tournament. Nick Pringle disagreed, saying a league championship was on ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 20 points and 10 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-103 on Sunday for their eighth straight win. Gilgeous-Alexander barely extended his record streak of games ...
NICE, France (AP) — Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard has won Paris-Nice, a year after crashing out of the weeklong race. The Visma-Lease a Bike leader, who built his success in the mountains earlier in the week, finished second in Sunday's final stage behind Bahrain ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jrue Holiday and Scoot Henderson each scored 25 points, Donovan Clingan had 21 points and 15 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 124-114 on Friday night. With Golden State's loss to Minnesota, the Trail Blazers moved within a half-game of the ...
DETROIT (AP) — Duncan Robinson scored 19 points and the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 131-109 on Thursday night for their second straight victory after a season-worst four-game losing streak. Javonte Green added 17 points, and Jalen Duren had 14 ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Travis Konecny scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. After Flyers goalie Dan Vladar stopped all three Wild attempts, Konecny ended it with a wrister over Jesper Wallstedt's ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday night. Vegas, which had lost six of seven, snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the Pacific Division. With Edmonton losing ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored a season-high 28 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on for a 104-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday in a game they led by as many as 28. Grimes shot 10 for 22 and had eight rebounds for the short-handed 76ers, who were missing Joel ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3 on Saturday night. Acciari won a battle for the puck with Nick Schmaltz and scored on a close-range snap shot to help the Penguins ...
DALLAS (AP) — Evan Mobley matched his season high with 29 points, Donovan Mitchell had 24 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Dallas Mavericks 138-105 on Friday night in the opener of a home-and-home series. Mobley had 16 points in the first quarter and was already up to 23 by halftime, the ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Reserve Shammah Scott scored 12 points and his 25-foot, 3-point basket with six seconds left helped Akron to a 79-76 win over Toledo in the Mid-American Conference title game on Saturday. Austin Parks' desperation 3-point attempt for Toledo bounced off the back of the rim ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored his 25th goal and lifted a backhander over Dan Vladar in the third round of a shootout to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. The Blue Jackets extended their points streak to nine games as ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Top seeds beware: Maryland-Baltimore County is back in the NCAA Tournament. UMBC is headed to the Big Dance for the first time since 2018, when the Retrievers beat Virginia to become the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 in the history of the men's ...