AP National Sports

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press Jessica Pegula’s rout of world No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the United Cup in Sydney has placed the United States in a dominant position to progress to the final of the mixed teams event. The American defeated Swiatek 6-2, 6-2, leaving the world’s top-ranked woman sobbing afterwards as she struggled

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Branden Carlson finished with 27 points and 11 rebounds, Marco Anthony added a double-double and Utah never trailed in a 79-60 victory over Oregon State. Carlson made 10 of 19 shots with two 3-pointers for the Utes (12-4, 5-0 Pac-12 Conference). Anthony finished with 14 points and 12 boards. Gabe

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray sparked Denver early by scoring 13 of his 18 points in the first quarter, and the Nuggets led by as many as 43 in cruising to a 122-91 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Nuggets picked the perfect time to turn in one

By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho — Callum McRae scored 27 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Sacramento State to an 85-83 overtime victory over Idaho on Thursday night. The Hornets improved to 9-6 with the win and the Vandals fell to 6-10.

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Lauri Markkanen had a career-high 49 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 131-114 win over the Houston Rockets Thursday night that snapped a five-game skid. Markkanen got out to a quick start, scoring 18 points in the first quarter to help the Jazz to

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Angel Reese had a school-record 28 rebounds and 26 points as No. 7 LSU matched its best start to a season with its 15th straight win, beating Texas A&M 74-34. The unbeaten Tigers (15-0, 3-0 SEC) joined the 2002-03 team with a 15-win start. Reese, who missing her first four

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Jon Rahm shares the lead at the Sentry Tournament of Champions with a 64. Collin Morikawa and J.J. Spaun also had 64. The low scoring is nothing new to Rahm. Last year he shot 33 under on the Plantation Course at Kapalua. That would have

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nashville goalie Juuse Saros made a franchise-record 64 saves and Mark Jankowski’s goal 5:06 into the third period gave the Predators their first lead in a 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Saros stopped all 28 shots in the third. Filip Forsberg, Mattias Ekholm and Cody

TORONTO (AP) — Vince Dunn had a goal and two assists, Martin Jones stopped 26 shots and the Seattle Kraken beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Thursday night for their third straight victory. Jared McCann had a goal and an assist to help Seattle improve to 21-12-4. Eeli Tolvanen opened the scoring for the

By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Taylor Mikesell scored 22 points and Rikki Harris added 19 as No. 3 Ohio State rallied to beat Minnesota 83-71. Rebeka Mikulasikova contributed 15 points on five 3-pointers for the Buckeyes, who outscored Minnesota 28-10 in the fourth quarter. Ohio State improved to 16-0, the best start

FARGO, N.D. — Led by Andrew Morgan’s 24 points, the North Dakota State Bison defeated the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 65-59 on Thursday night. The Bison are now 5-11 on the season, while the Jackrabbits moved to 7-9.

CLEVELAND — Led by BJ Freeman’s 24 points, the Milwaukee Panthers defeated the Cleveland State Vikings 68-64 in overtime on Thursday night. The Panthers improved to 10-5 with the win and the Vikings fell to 8-8.

BOSTON — Ethan Brittain-Watts scored 19 points and hit several big shots to lead Boston University to a 73-69 overtime victory over Lafayette. Brittain-Watts added five assists for the Terriers (9-7, 2-1 Patriot League). Fletcher Tynen pitched in with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Miles Brewster recorded 12 points. Eric Sondberg led the Leopards (2-14,

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL said Thursday it will not resume the Bills-Bengals game that was suspended Monday night after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on the field. The league said some of the factors in coming to its decision included that “not playing the Buffalo-Cincinnati

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ja Morant scored 32 points, Jaren Jackson added 31 points and 10 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Orlando Magic 123-115 for their fifth straight win. Ziaire Williams came off the Memphis bench with 6-of-7 shooting and 16 points. Paolo Banchero had 30 points and

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have received a much-needed jolt of good news. Coach Sean McDermott and his team found out Thursday that safety Damar Hamlin has made remarkable progress in his recovery since his heart stopped during Monday night’s game. In three days since the

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Kamilla Cardoso scored 16 points and Aliyah Boston had 13 points and nine rebounds as No. 1 South Carolina won its 13th straight over Auburn 94-42. The Gamecocks improved to 15-0 and 3-0 in Southeastern Conference play. South Carolina opened a big lead early and

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — T.J. Oshie scored twice and the Washington Capitals used a four-goal second period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Thursday night for their franchise-record seventh straight road victory. Washington has won 12 of its last 15 games, with points in eight straight. Columbus has

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Ivan Barbashev tied the game late in the second period and set up Brandon Saad’s go-ahead goal early in the third to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Robert Thomas scored twice, Jordan Kyrou once and Jordan

By JACOB BENGE Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fletcher Loyer made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 11 seconds left and No. 1 Purdue bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 71-69 victory over No. 24 Ohio State on Thursday night. The Boilermakers (14-1, 3-1 Big Ten) trailed 69-66 with 41 seconds