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By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored with 20 seconds left in overtime, completing a natural hat trick and lifting the Minnesota Wild past the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 of 24 shots for the Wild, who trailed 2-0 heading into the third period. Mathieu Olivier

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Charles Howell III has won the LIV Golf opener in Mexico. This one finally felt easy. Howell shot a 63 in the final round at Mayakoba thanks to a hot putter. He wound up winning by four shots over Peter Uihlein. Howell picked up $4 million for the individual

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — YouTube star Jake Paul took the first defeat of his professional boxing career Sunday night, losing a split decision to Tommy Fury. Paul (6-1) knocked down Fury with a short left hand early in the final round of their cruiserweight bout, but the younger half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young sank a buzzer-beating jumper over Spencer Dinwiddie to score 34 points and lift the Atlanta Hawks to a 129-127 win over the Brooklyn Nets. The Hawks announced a few hours later they hired Quin Snyder as their new coach. Atlanta recovered after blowing an

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Semyon Varlamov picked up a shutout with a 23-save effort and the New York Islanders handed the Winnipeg Jets their third straight loss, 4-0 on Sunday. Bo Horvat scored a short-handed goal, and Alexander Romanov, Brock Nelson and Adam Pelech scored for New York. David Rittich stopped 20 shots for Winnipeg.

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Anthony Davis had 30 points and 15 rebounds, including a put-back dunk for the late lead, and the Los Angeles Lakers erased a 27-point deficit in a 111-108 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. LeBron James scored 26 points as the Lakers won their fourth in five

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Manny Machado continues to be a very rich man. He also is still a very good hitter. Machado ripped an RBI double on the same day he agreed to a new $350 million, 11-year contract that will keep him with the San Diego Padres through

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jrue Holiday scored 33 points, Brook Lopez made a tiebreaking layup with 24.8 seconds left and the Milwaukee Bucks edged the Phoenix Suns 104-101 for their 14th consecutive victory. The nationally televised game Sunday didn’t include Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo or Phoenix’s Kevin Durant. Antetokounmpo was out

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — What else can Manchester United achieve in a season that is shaping up nicely for manager Erik ten Hag? United’s four-pronged challenge is still on after beating Newcastle 2-0 in the League Cup final on Sunday. A team that had become all too accustomed to failure

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Kobe Bufkin scored 28 points, Hunter Dickinson had 23, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that sent the game into overtime, and Michigan outlasted Wisconsin 87-79 on Sunday.The Badgers kept chipping away at a 35-27 halftime deficit and eventually took a 61-59 lead on a driving layup by Max Klesmit with 3:06

MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Julie  Pospisilova scored 25 points and Wisconsin made 12 of 14 free throws in the final two minutes to upset No. 12 Michigan 78-70 to close the Big Ten regular season. Maty Wilke added 15 points for the Badgers, who secured the No. 10 seed for the league tournament and avoided

NORMAL, Ill. — Seneca Knight had 26 points in Illinois State’s 72-53 win over Evansville. Knight also contributed five rebounds for the Redbirds. Darius Burford added 15 points. Kendall Lewis had 13 points and 11 rebounds. The Redbirds broke a six-game slide. The Purple Aces were led by Kenny Strawbridge, who recorded 12 points and

PITTSBURGH — Led by Grant Huffman’s 16 points, the Davidson Wildcats defeated the Duquesne Dukes 71-67 on Sunday. The Wildcats are now 14-14 with the victory and the Dukes dropped to 19-10.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Led by Kendle Moore’s 22 points, the Missouri State Bears defeated the Indiana State Sycamores 66-62 on Sunday. The Bears improved to 16-14 with the victory and the Sycamores fell to 20-11.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Ja’Kobi Gillespie helped lead Belmont past Northern Iowa on Sunday with 24 points off of the bench in an 83-75 victory. Gillespie added three steals for the Bruins (21-10, 14-6 Missouri Valley Conference). Keishawn Davidson added 17 points while going 4 of 11 from the floor, including 1 for 4

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has lost at Almeria 1-0 in the Spanish league in another setback just days after exiting European competition. Barcelona headed to southern Spain after second-place Real Madrid was held 1-1 by Atletico Madrid on Saturday and had the chance to add to its seven-point lead

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Shaheen Shah Afridi took five wickets and Lahore Qalandars’ top-order scored heavily as the defending champions beat Peshawar Zalmi by 40 runs in cricket’s Pakistan Super League. Tayyab Tahir earlier made an impressive debut in the PSL with a half century that lifted Karachi Kings to a 66-run victory over first-place

By BOBBY BANCROFT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ed Croswell scored a career-high 25 points and No. 20 Providence easily dispatched last-place Georgetown 88-68 despite leading scorer Bryce Hopkins matching his season low with six points. The Friars got double-digit performances from Jared Bynum, who had 18 points, and Noah Locke and Devin Carter, who

OLEAN, N.Y. — Daryl Banks III scored 36 points, leading St. Bonaventure over Saint Joseph’s 89-76. Banks shot 10 for 18 and 12 of 15 from the free throw line for the Bonnies. Chad Venning scored 13 points and added six rebounds. Yann Farell shot 4 for 8, including 3 for 6 from beyond the

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 20 points, fellow freshman Brice Sensabaugh scored 14, senior Justice Sueing contributed a double-double, and Ohio State defeated Illinois 72-60, snapping a nine-game losing streak. The Buckeyes had lost 14 of their past 15 games coming in but have showed signs of improvement since starting four true freshmen