KENNINGTON SMITH III Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Braden Smith scored 29 points, including 21 in the second half, and No. 2 Purdue beat eighth-ranked Alabama 87-80 on Thursday night in the first matchup of top-10 teams this season. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 19 points and 15 ...
TORONTO (AP) — Quinton Byfield scored on a one-timer 35 seconds into overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 victory over the injury-hit Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. Warren Foegele, Kevin Fiala and Alex Laferriere also scored for Los Angeles. The Kings have won three in a row ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Brock Purdy will return to the starting lineup for the San Francisco 49ers this week after missing the last six games with a toe injury. Purdy made it through the first two days of practice this week without a ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Another injury to Lamar Jackson briefly threatened to disrupt Baltimore's preparation for Sunday's AFC North matchup at Cleveland. Luckily for the Ravens, Jackson sitting out Wednesday's practice with a sore knee was only a slight hindrance. Jackson, a ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Harlan Obioha had 19 points, Honor Huff scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half, and West Virginia beat Pittsburgh 71-49 on Thursday night in the 192nd Backyard Brawl. West Virginia (4-0) has won seven of the last nine meetings in the series, with blowout ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Quarterback Fernando Mendoza has experienced nothing but success in his one season at No. 2 Indiana. Receiver Omar Cooper Jr. has been through just about everything in his four years with the Hoosiers. Now the tandem that created one of college football's ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edmonton's Jack Roslovic took advantage of a turnover by Cam York and scored off a 2-on-none break 1:19 into overtime, giving the Oilers a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers thought they were in line for a win when, with only 23.5 seconds remaining in ...
MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown walked out of a Miami jail on Thursday, released on $25,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a second-degree attempted murder charge. Brown, 37, embraced attorney Mark Eiglarsh outside the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The individual trophy cases for Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal are growing increasingly full. The next step in the evolution of baseball's two best pitchers is winning — preferably where they are. The 23-year-old Skenes capped his blistering rise to stardom by capturing ...
MIAMI (AP) — Jarrett Allen had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers stopped Miami's four-game win streak with a 130-116 victory over the Heat on Wednesday night. De'Andre Hunter scored 21 points for the Cavaliers, who lost 140-138 in overtime at Miami on ...
Cincinnati (3-6) at Pittsburgh (5-4) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL Odds: Steelers by 5 1/2. Against the spread: Bengals 3-6; Steelers 4-5. Series record: Steelers lead 71-41. Last meeting: Bengals beat Steelers 33-31 on Oct. 16, 2025, in Cincinnati. Last week: Bengals were off; ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians star pitcher Emmanuel Clase pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he took bribes to help gamblers win bets on his pitches. The 27-year-old reliever was released on $600,000 bond following his appearance in Brooklyn federal court. Clase also ...
Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference: Game of the week No. 15 Utah (7-2, 4-2 Big 12, No. 13 CFP) at Baylor (5-4, 3-3), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Utah's four Big 12 wins are by an average margin of nearly 36 points, and its only losses are to No. 8 Texas Tech and at No. 12 ...
By HENRY KRUEGER Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Graham Ike had 20 points and 10 rebounds as No. 19 Gonzaga smothered No. 23 Creighton in the second half of a 90-63 victory Tuesday night. Braden Huff added 14 points, Mario Saint-Supery scored 13 off the bench and the Bulldogs ...
By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored 35 points, rookie Ace Bailey added 20 points and the Utah Jazz scored the most points in an NBA game this season with a 152-128 win over the reeling Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. Bailey, the No. 5 pick ...
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Thomas Haugh had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Boogie Fland added 18 points and No. 10 Florida handed rival Florida State its first loss under new coach Luke Loucks, 78-76 on Tuesday night. The defending national champions nearly ...
By STEVE STEIN Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic scored 23 points and blocked a potential tying 3-pointer in the final seconds as No. 14 Illinois defeated No. 11 Texas Tech 81-77 on Tuesday night. Kylan Boswell had 22 points and three players — David Mirkovich, ...
By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Robert Wright III and Richie Saunders each scored 26 points to lead No. 7 BYU to an 85-68 victory over Delaware on Tuesday night. Wright also had nine assists and nine rebounds. Saunders added 10 rebounds and went 6 of 11 from 3-point ...
By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 21 points and Kelly Oubre Jr. scored the go-ahead basket on a follow with 8.7 seconds left to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 102-100 win over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night. Justin Edwards had a team-high 22 ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kohl Rosario scored 16 points to help make up for the absence of fellow freshman Darryn Peterson, and No. 25 Kansas bounced back from last week's loss to North Carolina with a 77-46 rout of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday ...