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SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Southampton has announced that Rubén Sellés will manage the team until the end of the Premier League season. Last Sunday, Southampton fired manager Nathan Jones after a 2-1 loss to Wolverhampton a day earlier that left the team in last place in the Premier League. Fans called for Jones to be

By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jake DeBrusk scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:38 left in the third period and the Boston Bruins edged the Seattle Kraken 6-5. The win avenged Boston’s first regulation home loss of the season, which was a 3-0 defeat to Seattle back on Jan. 12, still the only

HONOLULU (AP) — Zyon Pullin scored 24 points, Lachlan Olbrich added a double-double and UC Riverside turned back Hawaii 54-52. Pullin made 11 of 19 shots from the floor and added six rebounds and three steals for the Highlanders (20-10, 13-5 Big West Conference), who have won four straight. Olbrich finished with 13 points and

By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter each scored twice, and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2. Granlund has nine goals this season. Niederreiter extended his goal streak to three games. Yakov Trenin and Tommy Novak also scored for Nashville. Matt Duchene had three

SAN FRANCISCO — Khalil Shabazz scored 30 points to help San Francisco hold off Portland 92-89. Shabazz added seven rebounds for the Dons (18-12, 7-8 West Coast Conference). Tyrell Roberts finished with 19 points and six assists, while Marcus Williams hit five 3-pointers and scored 17. The Pilots (13-17, 5-10) were led by Moses Wood

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Fans of the upcoming World Baseball Classic are going to see two versions, depending if the games are in the United States, Taiwan, or Japan. In the United States and Taiwan, fans can cheer and need not wear masks. Taiwan dropped most of its mask mandates

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — TJ Bamba scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half, Mouhamed Gueye added a double-double and Washington State held off Stanford 67-63. Bamba sank 9 of 14 shots, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range, for the Cougars (14-15, 9-9 Pac-12 Conference). Gueye finished with 15 points and 15

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and Tyger Campbell added 18 to lift No. 4 UCLA to a 78-71 win over Utah. Jaquez, who was UCLA’s only effective offensive player in the second half, made a 3-pointer with

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Pietrangelo scored on a rebound 42 seconds into overtime to complete the Vegas Golden Knights’ rally from two goals down in the third period to beat the Calgary Flames 4-3.  Jack Eichel had the secondary assist for his second point of the night. His

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Terrence Shannon Jr. shook off a slow start in his return from a concussion, scoring 24 of his 26 points in the second half as Illinois rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat No. 21 Northwestern 66-62. Shannon scored 15 of the Illini’s last 24

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen hit three free throws with 4.6 seconds left in overtime to give Utah the lead and finished with 43 points and 10 rebounds as the Jazz beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-119. Markkanen scored 18 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Jazz

By TOMMY CONMY Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Drew Timme had 22 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 12 Gonzaga beat San Diego 97-72 on Thursday night. The win sets up a matchup between Gonzaga and No. 15 Saint Mary’s for the West Coast Conference regular season title on Saturday. The Gaels haven’t

By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 31 points, Domantas Sabonis had his seventh triple-double of the season and the Sacramento Kings beat the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 133-116 on Thursday night. Sabonis had 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists to help the Kings improve to 33-25. Terence Davis

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer

SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Chris Childs scored 25 points and Lindenwood held off Southeast Missouri State 105-102 in double overtime on Thursday night. Childs shot 6 of 12 from the field and 11 for 12 from the free-throw line for the Lions (10-20, 5-12 Ohio Valley Conference). Kevin Caldwell Jr. added 18 points and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Malik Beasley scored 25 points, Austin Reaves had 17 off the bench and the Los Angeles Lakers returned from the All-Star break with a 124-111 victory over the Golden State Warriors Thursday night. The Lakers had seven players in double figures in what ended up