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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain’s 13-point lead midway through the season is far less comfortable than it appears. Despite a strong summer recruitment drive PSG has been fortunate to lose only once in the French league and relied heavily on individual talent and a strong bench to scrape late

MONACO (AP) — Seven Monaco players have tested positive for the coronavirus on the eve of its French Cup game. The match at second-tier Quevilly-Rouen is still set to go ahead on Sunday. Monaco says none of the seven players show any worrying signs and are isolating. There are 12 other French Cup games scheduled

SYDNEY (AP) — Greece badly missed elbow-injury victim Stefanos Tsitsipas in the singles when it was beaten by Poland on the opening day of the 16-team ATP Cup tournament in Sydney. World number four Tsitsipas was a late withdrawal from his match with ninth-ranked Hubert Hurkacz, who went on to beat replacement Aristotelis Thanos 6-1,

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James scored a season-high 43 points and extended his streak of 30-point games to seven in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 139-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Malik Monk scored 18 points, Carmelo Anthony added 16 points and Russell Westbrook had

SYDNEY (AP) — Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman and Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut led their respective teams to comfortable victories  on the opening day of the 16-team ATP Cup tournament. Argentina beat Georgia 3-0 abd Spain easily accounted for Chile by the same margin. The team-based tournament being played across two Sydney stadiums.  World number 13 Schwartzman

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A year after New Year’s Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 is set to proceed despite a new surge of infections. The 133rd edition of the Pasadena, California, tradition is scheduled to feature actor LeVar Burton as grand

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 39 points and the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-108. Mitchell added six rebounds and five assists in his return from a two-game absence due to a back strain. Bojan Bogdanovic added 24 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Alabama has a chance to repeat. Georgia has a chance for revenge. The rematch is set, and it’ll decide the College Football Playoff national championship. After a pair of easy wins in the semifinals on Friday night, the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs will

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Michigan won the coin toss. And that’s the last thing that went right for the Wolverines in 2021. A team that had barely trailed all season got into a hole quickly and only saw it deepen the rest of the way. Michigan’s stay in

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Stetson Bennett threw three touchdown passes, Nakobe Dean led an angry Georgia defense and the third-ranked Bulldogs returned to their dominant ways, beating No. 2 Michigan 34-11 in the Orange Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff championship. Georgia earned a

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Trae Young scored 35 points, Clint Capela had 18 points and a season-high 23 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks rallied from a 16-point deficit for a 121-118 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. Young made a pair of free throws with 7.6 seconds left after

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant had 30 points, eight assists and six rebounds, leading the Memphis Grizzlies to a 118-105 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Tyus Jones scored 18, Desmond Bane and Brandon Clarke each finished with 17 as Memphis pulled away in the second half. Jakob Poeltl

By TONY SELLARS Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander returned from a one-game absence to score 23 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat a depleted New York Knicks team 95-80 on Friday night. Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning NBA Western Conference Player of the Week, sat out Wednesday’s loss at Phoenix with ankle soreness,

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Alex Ovechkin had two goals in the third period, including the go-ahead score with 2:51 remaining, and the Washington Capitals topped the Detroit Red Wings 3-1. Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, while Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves.Pius Suter scored for Detroit

TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 25 points and matched his career-high with 19 rebounds, Fred VanVleet scored 31 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-108. OG Anunoby scored 26 points and Gary Trent Jr. 10 as the Raptors won for the first time in three games and snapped a four-game

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mika Zibanejad scored the lone goal in a shootout and the New York Rangers stopped Tampa Bay’s seven-game home winning streak by beating the Lightning 4-3 on Friday night. Igor Shesterkin stopped 25 shots, Barclay Goodrow scored twice, and Alexis Lafrenière also had a goal for

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 37 points and the short-handed Miami Heat built a big lead early and held on for a 120-110 win over the Houston Rockets. The Heat extended their winning streak to five games in their return to action after Wednesday’s game at

STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Michigan defensive back Dax Hill started in the Orange Bowl against third-ranked Georgia after his late arrival in Florida. Hill’s status was uncertain after he didn’t join the second-ranked Wolverines in South Florida until Thursday. Coach Jim Harbaugh had said Michigan’s second-leading tackler hadn’t been with

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis had 24 points, nine rebounds and six assists to help the Dallas Mavericks roll past the Sacramento Kings 112-96 on Friday. Jalen Brunson added 23 points and eight assists for the Mavericks. Dwight Powell scored 13 points and made four consecutive dunks as part

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Michigan defensive back Dax Hill started Saturday against No. 3 Georgia in the Orange Bowl. Hill’s status was uncertain after he did not join the team in South Florida until Thursday. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Michigan’s second-leading tackler had not been with