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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chuck O’Bannon Jr. scored a career-high 19 points, Eddie Lampkin had 10 points and 12 rebounds and TCU held off Oklahoma State 77-73. TCU led by 13 points, 69-56, with seven minutes left but only made two field goals the rest of the way as Oklahoma State battled back during

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Tari Eason scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead LSU to a 76-68 victory over Texas A&M. LSU (17-7, 5-6 Southeastern Conference) ended a three-game skid while Texas A&M (15-9, 4-7) pushed its losing streak to seven. Eason shot 7 of 12 from the floor and was one

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — KeShawn Curry had a career-high 28 points as VCU defeated Rhode Island 73-64. Makhel Mitchell led Rhode Island on Tuesday night with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had his sixth straight double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds and TyTy Washington scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half as No. 5 Kentucky beat South Carolina 86-76. The Wildcats reached 20 wins for the 13th time in the

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Devin Booker scored 35 points, and Chris Paul had 16 points and 12 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-109 win over the Philadelphia on 76ers. Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers. Tobias Harris scored 30 points for Philadelphia.

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Naysayers didn’t deter Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics success story – however relative – from that part of the globe. Carrillo had a career-best performance in the marquee

By LARY BUMP Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Qualifier Jurij Rodionov of Austria defeated sixth-seeded American Maxime Cressy of  7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1 on Tuesday to advance to the round of 16 at the inaugural Dallas Open.Paris-born Cressy was the first of the eight seeded players to lose his match. A former UCLA player, Cressy now

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Adama Sanogo scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead No. 24 UConn to an 80-72 win over No. 18 Marquette. Tyrese Martin added 18 points and 15 boards for the Huskies (16-6, 7-4 Big East), who swept the season series with the Golden

By Brett Martel AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired guard CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a seven-player trade. The Pelicans also received forwards Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell in the deal, while the Trail Blazers receive Josh Hart, Tomas Staoransky, Nickeil Alexander-Walker

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Australian snowboarder Scotty James called the process of perfecting his signature trick akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with your left hand.” Impossible? No. Extremely difficult? Yes. That goes for pretty much any trick that will show up on the Olympic

By MARCELO R. ANDROETTO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentinian tennis player Juan Martin del Potro lost in what appeared to be a farewell match in front of home fans at the Argentina Open tournament. The 33-year-old former U.S Open champion, who had not played since 2019 due to injuries, was eliminated by compatriot

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Michele Kang is the new controlling owner of the Washington Spirit, ending a lengthy battle over the team. Kang acquired the interests of co-owners Bill Lynch and Steve Baldwin to form a new ownership group, the National Women’s Soccer League team announced on Tuesday. The terms of the

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Armando Bacot had 24 points and 10 rebounds for his 18th double double of the season and Brady Manek made a go-ahead basket with 3.1 seconds left to help North Carolina beat Clemson 79-77. Caleb Love sank a 3-pointer with 36.3 seconds left to give North Carolina a 77-75 lead before

NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo will team up with two of his brothers to compete in a revamped Skills Challenge during the NBA’s All-Star Saturday night. The event is now a team format and the NBA Finals MVP from the Milwaukee Bucks will take part in it along with Thanasis, who also plays for

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Michael Forrest registered 16 points as Florida Atlantic beat Old Dominion 81-62. Austin Trice led the Monarchs on Tuesday night with 19 points and 14 rebounds.

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Tyler Skaggs the drugs that caused the pitcher’s overdose death lied to police about seeing Skaggs the night before he was found dead. Eric Prescott Kay’s defense says he didn’t give Skaggs drugs

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Newly named New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen asserts that he’s “at peace” with being constantly measured against the person he’s replacing. The Saints formally introduced Allen on Tuesday as the successor to Sean Payton, who stepped down two weeks ago as the franchise’s

By The Associated Press Former Chicago Red Stars coach Rory Dames has been accused of misconduct stretching back decades when he was a youth team coach, before he joined the National Women’s Soccer League team, according to a report in The Washington Post. The accusations included verbal and emotional abuse and other inappropriate behavior, were