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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 42 points and 11 rebounds and James Harden scored 27 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 120-111 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. The Pelicans lost star Zion Williamson to a strained right hamstring. Williamson scored 26 points

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Cam Spencer’s 3-pointer with 13.3 seconds left gave Rutgers the lead and No. 1 Purdue failed to convert on its final two chances as the Scarlet Knights held on for a shocking 65-64 victory. It’s the second straight year coach Steve Pikiell’s team has

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Serie A resumes with a full slate of 10 games following a 7 1/2-week break for the World Cup. Unbeaten Napoli takes an eight-point lead into a visit to Inter Milan at the San Siro. Napoli forwards Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen should be fresh since

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Zia Cooke scored a career-high 31 points and No. 1 South Carolina recovered after trailing throughout the first half to beat Georgia 68-51. Aliyah Boston, the reigning AP Player of the Year, scored a season-low four points, her second consecutive game under double figures. Cooke,

By The Associated Press LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Coltie Young hit a catch-and-release 3, then knocked away a defensive rebound as time expired to give Jackson State a 67-66 win over defending champion Alcorn State in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener on Monday night. The win was just the second in Jackson State’s first 14

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — No. 9 Penn State rallied past No. 7 Utah 35-21 in the 109th edition of the Rose Bowl. Nicholas Singleton broke a tiebreaking 87-yard touchdown run and KeAndre Lambert-Smith had the longest touchdown reception in Rose Bowl history on an 88-yard pass from Sean Clifford.

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams says he wasn’t hampered by a hamstring injury in a 46-45 loss to Tulane in the Cotton Bowl. The Heisman Trophy winner had to watch as the Green Wave scored the decisive touchdown with just 9 seconds remaining. Williams’ early

MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) — Minnesota freshman Logan Cooley had three goals and an assist and UMass sophomore Ryan Ufko set up five goals as the United States beat Germany 11-1 in the world junior hockey championship quarterfinals. Red Savage and Cutter Gauthier added two goals apiece for the Americans, who outshot Germany 41-22. The

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals were without defensive Sam Hubbard for their game against the Buffalo Bills but had starting tight end Hayden Hurst back in the lineup. Both players had missed time with calf injuries. Hubbard participated in practice last week but missed his second game. The Bills are as healthy as they’ve

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Scott Stallings received the best package of all for Christmas because it included an invitation to play in the Masters. One problem. It wasn’t delivered to the Scott Stallings who plays on the PGA Tour. The golfer says a Georgia man by the same name

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the third period with just over two minutes remaining and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park. Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for Boston, which is 8-0-3

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle had 28 points and 16 rebounds to lead the New York Knicks to a 102-83 win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday in New York. Jalen Brunson, who returned after missing three games with a sore right hip, scored 24 points. Immanuel Quickley scored

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Haley Jones had 18 points, a season-high 16 rebounds and five assists, and second-ranked Stanford picked up its defense after the first quarter and rolled past No. 15 Arizona 73-57 in a showdown of the 2021 national champion Cardinal and NCAA runner-up Wildcats. Francesca Belibi

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Massimo Biscardi made a 27-yard tiebreaking field goal with four seconds left, Marcus Banks returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown on the game’s last play and No. 24 Mississippi State rallied to beat Illinois 19-10 on Monday in the ReliaQuest Bowl in the Bulldogs’

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tulane tight end Alex Bauman caught a 6-yard touchdown from Michael Pratt with 9 seconds left to finish off a frantic finish by the 14th-ranked Green Wave in a 46-45 win over No. 8 Southern California in the Cotton Bowl. Bauman’s contested catch was part

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Malik Nabers threw for a touchdown, caught one and had 163 yards receiving in No. 16 LSU’s 63-7 rout of Purdue in the Citrus Bowl. LSU never trailed against the Boilermakers, recording 594 yards of offense and concluding the scoring with Quad Wilson’s 99-yard interception

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Third-placed Marseille has won at Montpellier 2-1 for its third straight win in the French league. Left back Nuno Tavares scored in the 47th minute with a fine strike for his fifth goal of the campaign. Marseille center half Chancel Mbemba pressured opposite defender Maxime Estève

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Awa Sidibe wore the ceremonial No. 1 jersey given to coach Coquese Washington when she was hired in May after the Rutgers guard got blood on her uniform during the Scarlet Knights’ 78-67 loss to No. 13 Maryland. Officials noticed blood on Sidibe’s No. 11

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and linebacker Will Anderson Jr. are heading to the NFL, where both could contend for the top draft spot. Young, the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner, and the two-time unanimous All-American Anderson announced their decisions to skip their senior seasons two days

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Massimo Biscardi made a 27-yard tiebreaking field goal with four seconds left, Marcus Banks returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown on the game’s last play and No. 24 Mississippi State rallied to beat Illinois 19-10 in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Monday in the Bulldogs’