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WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. (AP) — Braden Smith scored 20 points and led six Purdue scorers in doubles figures as the No. 1 Boilermakers topped Oakland 87-77 on Friday night. Smith, a preseason All-American selection, added nine assists and seven rebounds. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Fletcher Loyer scored 15 points and Oscar Cluff and C.J. Cox added […]

DENVER (AP) — Stephen Curry missed his second straight game with an illness when the Golden State Warriors played the Nuggets in Denver on Friday night. Draymond Green (ribs) and Jimmy Butler (back) returned to the Warriors’ lineup after missing the Warriors’ 121-116 loss to Sacramento on Tuesday night when Butler also was sidelined. Advertisement […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant and rookie Cedric Coward scored 21 points each as the Memphis Grizzlies built a big first-half lead and coasted to a 118-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA Cup game on Friday night. Jaren Jackson added 17 points for Memphis and Santi Aldama finished with 16 points […]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Braeden Shrewsbury led with 19 points, five other Fighting Irish reached double digits, and Notre Dame cruised past Detroit Mercy 102-70 on Friday. Shrewsbury, the son of Fighting Irish head coach Micah Shrewsbury, was 5 of 8 from the field and a perfect 4 for 4 from the charity stripe […]

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders special teams coordinator Tom McMahon was fired Friday after yet another performance in which the kicking team helped cost Las Vegas a victory. Derius Swinton II will become the interim coordinator. He was the assistant special teams coach. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Making an in-season coaching change has become a nearly […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — Four races, three drivers, two sprints and the world title on the line. McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen resume their fight in Formula 1 this weekend at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Norris, coming off a win in Mexico City, leads the driver […]

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — JC French IV threw a season-high 352 yards and Georgia Southern held off Appalachian State 25-23 on Thursday night. Appalachian State trailed 22-3 midway through the third quarter before AJ Swan threw a short-yardage TD pass, and then Jaquari Lewis broke loose on a 27-yard touchdown run early in the fourth […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice and Bryan Rust delivered the go-ahead goal midway through the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Thursday night. The 39-year-old Crosby’s two first-period power-play goals boosted his season total to an NHL-best 11. Rust’s fifth of the season helped […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist to lead the Philadelphia Flyers past the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Thursday night. Matvei Michkov and Noah Cates also scored for the Flyers, and Dan Vladar made 23 saves. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Ryan O’Reilly scored and Juuse Saros stopped 23 shots for Nashville, […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Alex Condon had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Micah Handlogten notched his second double-double in as many games and No. 3 Florida bounced back from a season-opening loss with a 104-64 drubbing of North Florida on Thursday night. It was so lopsided that 7-foot-9 walk-on Olivier Rioux, the world’s tallest teenager, […]

DALLAS (AP) — Leo Carlsson’s short-handed goal midway through the third period proved to be the winner as the Anaheim Ducks rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 7-5 on Thursday night. Carlsson scored on a slap shot 10:38 into the third period to give the Ducks a 6-4 lead. Troy Terry had an assist on […]

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Keyshawn Hall scored 25 points to lead No. 20 Auburn to a 95-57 win over Merrimack on Thursday night. Hall also had 14 rebounds for his first double-double with the Tigers. The 6-foot-7 UCF transfer has been the leading scorer for Auburn (2-0) in both games; he had 28 points in […]

Arizona (3-5) at Seattle (6-2) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Seahawks by 6 1/2 Against the spread: Seahawks 6-2, Cardinals 5-3 Series record: Seahawks lead 30-22-1. Last meeting: Seahawks beat Cardinals 23-20 in Arizona on Nov. 9, 2025. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Last week: Seahawks beat Commanders 38-14 on Sunday night; Cardinals beat […]

Cleveland (2-6) at New York Jets (1-7) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL Odds: Browns by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Browns 3-5; Jets 4-4. Series record: Browns lead 16-14. Last meeting: Browns beat Jets 37-20 on Dec. 28, 2023, in Cleveland. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Last week: Browns had a bye, lost to Patriots […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Infielder Justin Turner became a free agent Thursday after the Chicago Cubs declined a $10 million mutual option. Turner will receive a $2 million buyout as part of a contract that included a $4 million salary this year. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement A first baseman and third baseman who turns 41 on Nov. […]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian skiers are challenging their continuing ban from competitions as they try to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday. Six skiers, six Para-athletes and the Russian ski federation have filed an appeal against a decision last month by the International Ski and Snowboard […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James is ready for contact basketball activity, and he will be re-evaluated by the Los Angeles Lakers’ team physician in one to two weeks as he prepares to begin his unprecedented 23rd NBA season. James has yet to play this season or practice with the Lakers after being shut down […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic had 35 points, 13 assists, nine rebounds and five steals, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter before surviving a frantic final second for their fifth consecutive victory, 118-116 over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. The Lakers finished the game on a 21-10 run, […]

DENVER (AP) — Miami’s Bam Adebayo checked himself out of Wednesday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets late in the first quarter after experiencing pain in his left foot. He didn’t return. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The presence of the Heat’s forward/center was missed in the middle as the Nikola Jokic-led Nuggets dominated the boards in […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Amen Thompson had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Alperen Sengun added 20 points and 16 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 124-109 on Wednesday night. Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason scored 16 apiece as Houston won its fifth straight game. Thompson and Sengun each had seven assists. […]

DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 19 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter as the Detroit Pistons won their fourth straight, beating the Utah Jazz 114-103 on Wednesday night. Jalen Duren added 22 points and 22 rebounds for the Pistons, which improved to 6-2, and Ausar Thompson added 18. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Detroit, […]

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics shook off a double-digit first-quarter deficit to beat Washington 136-107 on Wednesday night and send the Wizards to their sixth straight loss. Brown scored 16 points in the first quarter and had five rebounds and five assists before leaving the game with two […]

Paige Bueckers was a No. 1 pick for the second time this year, going first to The Breeze in Unrivaled’s draft on Wednesday. The Breeze is one of two new clubs for the 3-on-3 league that plays in Miami in the winter. The Hive, which is the other new squad, had the No. 2 pick […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green joined star Stephen Curry on the injured list as the Golden State Warriors visited the Sacramento Kings in a matchup of teams missing several top players. Curry was sick following Tuesday night’s win over Phoenix and was ruled out for the game in Sacramento on Wednesday […]

AMSTERDAM (AP) — With a hat trick, Victor Osimhen has moved atop the Champions League scoring table. The Nigeria striker netted all three goals in Galatasaray’s 3-0 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Osimhen now has six goals this season in Europe’s elite club competition. That’s one more than Harry Kane, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit pitcher Jack Flaherty and Toronto pitcher Shane Bieber exercised their player options for 2026 rather than become eligible for free agency. San Diego pitcher Wandy Peralta also exercised his option, while Arizona outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Baltimore outfielder Tyler O’Neill and Texas outfielder Joc Pederson decided not to opt out […]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets linebacker Quincy Williams says he has lost his starting job on the team’s defense. Williams, an All-Pro in 2023, was the subject of trade rumors in recent weeks leading up to the NFL’s trade deadline on Tuesday. He thought he might be on the move when he […]

NBA staff members met with congressional staffers Wednesday to discuss the league’s relationship with sportsbooks and other matters related to the gambling scandals that led to federal indictments of Miami guard Terry Rozier, Portland coach Chauncey Billups and others last month, two people with knowledge of the talks said. The people, who spoke to The […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Amanda Anisimova reached the last four of the WTA Finals by beating second-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. The 24-year-old American earned her second consecutive victory over Swiatek since losing to the Polish player 6-0, 6-0 in the Wimbledon final. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Anisimova, ranked No. 4, […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is going on injured reserve because of a nagging foot injury that’s caused him to miss the past three games. Coach Jonathan Gannon made the announcement Wednesday, one day after he confirmed that veteran backup Jacoby Brissett would make his fourth straight start against the Seattle […]