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By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Clayton Keller’s second goal of the game at 4:09 of overtime lifted the Arizona Coyotes to a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Barrett Hayton had two goals and an assist for Arizona. Keller’s pair gave him 29 for the season and Brett Ritchie scored his

By The Associated Press The NCAA Tournament has arrived. The First Four games will kick things off and set the final bracket with 68 teams battling it out for the national championship in women’s basketball. The top seeds are South Carolina, Indiana, Stanford and Virginia Tech. Sweet 16 weekend brings a twist this year for

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julius Randle scored 33 points in a bounce-back performance, RJ Barrett got 20 of his 30 in the second half, and the New York Knicks snapped their three-game losing streak with a 112-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Immanuel Quickley had 15 points as

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Novak had two goals, including the game-winner with 3:48 remaining in overtime, and the Nashville Predators completed a six-game road trip with a 5-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks Sunday night. Novak, who also had an assist, beat John Gibson on an odd-man rush

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Elias Lindholm, Jonathan Huberdeau and Rasmus Andersson each had a goal and an assist, and the Calgary Flames beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1. Trevor Lewis and Noah Hanafin also scored, and Nazem Kadri and Mikael Backlund each had two assists as the Flames won for the third time in four games.

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev scored his first NHL goal and Jiri Patera made 30 saves in his debut to help the Vegas Golden Knights beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3. Michael Amadio, Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson and Alex Pietrangelo also scored to help Vegas win for the sixth

By The Associated Press Columbia, Kansas, UMass and Oregon just missed playing in the women’s NCAA Tournament as the first four teams out of the field. All four will be part of the 64-team WNIT field that was announced Sunday night. Thirty-five of the teams in the bracket won at least 20 games and 17

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer If you’re like most of the country, you probably didn’t count on a No. 8 seed reaching the national title game last year — or a No. 15 seed making it to the Elite Eight. Thank you North Carolina and Saint Peter’s, who made sure there’s nowhere for our

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Safety Tashaun Gipson Sr. will return for a second season with the San Francisco 49ers after agreeing to a one-year contract before hitting free agency. Gipson announced on Instagram on Sunday night that he will return to San Francisco for 2023 after a

By JOHN KREISER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nino Niederreiter and Morgan Barron scored second-period goals, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves and the Winnipeg Jets held off the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. Nate Schmidt scored in the first period and Hellebuyck stopped all 14 shots he faced in the third for the Jets, who

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Alabama is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and headlining the South Region bracket. The Crimson Tide earned the program’s first-ever top regional seed with Sunday’s reveal of the field of 68 teams. That came hours after they closed out a second Southeastern Conference Tournament title

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trey Murphy III hit a career-best nine 3-pointers to highlight his career-high 41 points, and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 127-110. CJ McCollum had 22 points and 11 assists for New Orleans, which made 18 of its first 30 3-point attempts

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes stole a puck and scored early and set up two goals by Jesper Bratt to lead the New Jersey Devils beat Carolina 3-0 to tie the Hurricanes for first place in the Metropolitan Division.  Vitek Vanecek had 32 saves in posting his third

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Dawn Staley has South Carolina six wins away from finishing off a historic season. The Gamecocks are looking to become the 10th women’s basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season as the they enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. Staley’s squad has been

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 34 points, James Harden had 18 points and 14 assists and the Philadelphia 76ers cruised to a wire-to-wire 112-93 win over the fading Washington Wizards. Tobias Harris added 11 points and De’Anthony Melton 10 for the 76ers who have won five in a row