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By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 31 points and 12 rebounds, Scottie Barnes scored a season-high 21 points and the Toronto Raptors routed the Atlanta Hawks 139-109. Gary Trent Jr. scored 21 points and O.G. Anunoby had 14 as the Raptors set a season high in points. Barnes made a

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — For the first time this season, the Cleveland Browns put it all together and played like a complete team — offense, defense special teams. Scary, on Halloween. “It was one of those days where we imposed our will,” quarterback Jacoby Brissett said. Nick Chubb r ushed

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 34 points to lift the Brooklyn Nets to a much-needed 116-109 win over the Indiana Pacers Monday night. Durant authored some personal and franchise history in Brooklyn’s second win of the season (2-5). With two first quarter free throws, Durant passed Vince

By MARK LUDWICZAK Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson had three goals and three assists for a career-high six points to lead the Buffalo Sabres to an 8-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinn, Dylan Cozens, Jeff Skinner and Rasmus Asplund also scored for the Sabres, who won for

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carl Grundstrom scored two goals in Los Angeles’ four-goal second period, and the Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1. Gabriel Vilardi, Anze Kopitar and Arthur Kaliyev also scored for the Kings, who have three of four. Jonathan Quick stopped 27 shots. Alexey Toropchenko scored for

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Huerter scored 26 points, Davion Mitchell added 23 points including two clutch jumpers late in the game as the Sacramento Kings rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets 115-108 for their second straight win. Huerter and Mitchell combined to go

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Starting extra innings with a runner on second base, the rule adopted by Major League Baseball as a way to shorten games during the pandemic, might be sticking around. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says, “Both fans and players like it. The clubs like it. Seems like

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona guard Courtney Ramey will be suspended the first three games of the season for participating in a non-certified per-draft camp last spring. The school announced Monday that Ramey lost an appeal for taking part in the seniors-only Portsmouth Invitational in April. Ramey will be able to play in No. 18

IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — James Harden added 23 points and 17 assists and the Philadelphia 76ers clawed back to .500 with a 118-111 victory over the Washington Wizards despite missing Joel Embiid. Tyrese Maxey scored 28 points for Philadelphia. Georges Niang sank all four of his 3-pointers in the second half

By The Associated Press The Phillie Phanatic, Dr. J and Mike Schmidt are ready — as are the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies — to hit the field at the World Series after a rainout. Game 3 was postponed Monday night with the teams tied 1-all, the washout at Citizens Bank Park pushing the Fall

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fans wearing “Fight Antisemitism” shirts occupied some courtside seats at the Brooklyn-Indiana game on Monday night, days after Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out a link to a film that includes anti-Jewish tropes. Irving posted the link to the film “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Maria Sakkari emerged to take a pair of tiebreakers and edge Jessica Pegula across more than two hours of big-hitting baseline action in front of a sparse crowd as round-robin singles play began at the season-ending WTA Finals. Playing with her grandmother in the

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the Oakland Athletics made a good decision to explore a possible new ballpark in Las Vegas, expressing frustration their stadium situation remains unsolved in an industy just shy of $11 billion in revenue this year. The lease at the Coliseum expires

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner has won Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, community involvement and philanthropy. Turner was presented the award Monday at the World Series, shortly before Game 3 was officially postponed because of rain at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The 37-year-old Turner was honored

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s 6-5, 10-inning win over Houston in the World Series opener drew 11.68 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and the Fox Sports streaming app, the highest for Game 1 since 2019. The game was seen by 11,475,000 viewers on Fox and 207,000 viewers on Fox

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer A psychologist who has worked with the San Antonio Spurs will speak out this week regarding allegations she and others have made against former Spurs guard Joshua Primo. That’s according to the woman’s attorney. The attorney is Houston-based Tony Buzbee. His office says in a release that psychologist Hillary

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash says that he hopes the organization will grow together in the aftermath of Kyrie Irving sharing the link to an antisemitic film on his social media platforms. Irving has been criticized for sharing the link by the NBA, the Anti-Defamation

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is heading to the World Series this week in her hometown of Philadelphia as her team, the Phillies, battles the Houston Astros. The White House said Monday she would attend Game 4 on Tuesday, during which Major League Baseball will honor those affected by cancer. However, Game 3,