By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 43 points in the third quarter and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves 127-114 on Monday night. The Timberwolves played without star ...
By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu scored 21 points, Josh Giddey had 18 points and 13 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls rallied to top the Atlanta Hawks 128-123 on Monday night. Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 17 rebounds as Chicago came back from an early ...
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 24 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Toronto Raptors 121-103 on Monday night to match the best start in franchise history. San Antonio has opened a season 4-0 on four occasions, most ...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson and Tim Stutzle each had two goals and an assist to lead the Ottawa Senators over the Boston Bruins 7-2 on Monday night for their third straight win. Claude Giroux, Nick Cousins and Fabian Zetterlund also scored, and Leevi Merilainen made 26 saves. It ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anfernee Simons made six 3-pointers and scored 25 points, and the Boston Celtics earned their first victory over the season by pulling away to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 122-90 on Monday night. Payton Pritchard added 18 points for the Celtics, who outscored the Pelicans ...
DETROIT (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points in just 29 minutes, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 116-95 on Monday night for their third straight victory. The Cavaliers had a 14-0 run in the second quarter that turned a seven-point lead into a 43-26 advantage and ...
By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points, including eight straight during a crucial fourth-quarter stretch, and rookie VJ Edgecombe added 26 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 136-124 without Joel Embiid to improve to ...
By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to become the ninth player in NHL history with 1,700 points and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Monday night. Crosby, who accomplished the feat in the fourth-fewest games, is ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will miss at least one week with a strained right hamstring, after the sixth-year shooting guard was sidelined by the injury in the opening minutes of their last game. Edwards underwent an MRI exam on Monday that revealed the ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Besides Myles Garrett setting a franchise single-game record with five sacks, the Cleveland Browns' only solace from Sunday's 32-13 loss to the New England Patriots is that they have extra time to fix their myriad problems. The Browns (2-6) have a bye this ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Deion Sanders refuses to look too far down the road and especially not in regard to how his recent health concerns might impact any decision on returning as Colorado's coach next season or beyond. All he's focused on at the moment is bouncing ...
By The Associated Press College football could be on the verge of one of the busiest coaching carousels in recent history. Seven Power Four coaches were fired in the first two months of the season, and more are sure to follow in an era that features unprecedented parity, revenue-sharing and ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Dylan Guenther broke a tie with 5:36 left and the Utah Mammoth won their seventh straight game, beating the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Sunday night. Coming off a 6-2 victory in Minnesota on Saturday night, the Mammoth improved to 8-2-0. Logan Cooley and JJ Peterka set up ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley burst free for a 65-yard touchdown on his first carry and topped 100 yards rushing for the first time this season before he left with a groin injury, the kind of setback that could derail last season's 2,000-yard rusher just as he was playing like his old ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan Love spent three years absorbing what he could from Aaron Rodgers. Footwork. Cadence. Throwing motion. Film study. The list of things Love gleaned from his mentor goes on and on, every last item invaluable in Love's development. And seemingly every last one of them ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Myles Garrett had already broken his own Cleveland Browns sack record, and he didn't want to stop. "I don't care how much time is on the clock: If there's a chance we can win, I want to be a part of that," the All-Pro defensive end said after watching from the ...
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — With a Championship 4 spot on the line Sunday, William Byron put the bumper to Ryan Blaney to win at Martinsville Speedway in the third-round finale of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Byron made his winning move with 43 laps remaining, seizing the bottom lane in Turn ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel wanted to add energy in Gillette Stadium after watching his team lose two of its first three games at home to open the season. He did it by bringing back individual pregame introductions for the first time since 2001. It might ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — The winless start for the New York Jets took a toll on Justin Fields. At one point in the runup to Sunday's game in Cincinnati, he found himself laying down in his closet and crying. Helped by the support of family and friends, Fields got up. Then he rallied his ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 24 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, Evan Mobley added 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off the Milwaukee Bucks 118-113 on Sunday night to win their home opener. Mobley was a career-best 12 for 12 on free throws along with eight rebounds ...