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By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla, (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves to stop an 84-game regular-season shutout drought, Brandon Hagel had two goals and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-0. This was the first meeting between the teams since Colorado ended Tampa Bay’s two-year run as

By The Associated Press AP NFL MVPs

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By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Patrick Mahomes dominated the voting for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award. Now, he’ll try to break the MVP curse. Mahomes, who also won in 2018, easily outdistanced Jalen Hurts, receiving 48 of 50 first-place votes from a nationwide panel of media members who

DETROIT (AP) — Filip Zadina made a successful return to the Detroit lineup, scoring the go-ahead goal at 5:51 of the third period to lift the Red Wings over the Calgary Flames 2-1. Zadina had not played since Nov. 5 because of a broken right leg. Zadina passed to Oskar Sundqvist, got the puck right

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Six-time All-Pro offensive lineman Joe Thomas and lockdown cornerback Darrelle Revis got voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on their first try. Thomas and Revis join a new class of Hall of Famers that also includes return finalists DeMarcus Ware, Zach Thomas and

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Reserves Cole Anthony and Bol Bol each scored 17 points to lead the Orlando Magic to a 115-104 win over the Denver Nuggets. Wendell Carter Jr. led seven Magic scorers in double figures with 19 points. Aaron Gordon had a season-high 37 points and 14 rebounds

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Led by Tyler Morgan’s 12 points, the Texas State Bobcats defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 66-62 on Thursday night. The Bobcats moved to 12-14 with the win and the Red Wolves dropped to 10-16.

By The Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Led by Jalen Cole’s 25 points, the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks defeated the Sacramento State Hornets 77-55. The Lumberjacks moved to 7-19 with the victory and the Hornets dropped to 12-13.

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Braden Smith scored a career-high 24 points to lead No. 1 Purdue to an 87-73 victory over Iowa on Thursday night. Smith, a freshman guard, shot 8 of 10 — including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Zach Edey scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting.

By The Associated Press AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year

By The Associated Press AP NFL Defensive Player Voting

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Nick Bosa made it a landslide for the AP Defensive Player of the Year award. San Francisco’s All-Pro defensive end received 46 first-place votes after leading the NFL with 18 1/2 sacks in the regular season. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons finished second with 101

By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Canadian friends Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin shared the lead at 5-under 66 when first-round play in the WM Phoenix Open was suspended Thursday because of darkness. The entire afternoon wave was unable to finish the round that was delayed by frost for 1 hour,

By The Associated Press AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year

By The Associated Press AP NFL Offensive Player Voting

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas and Oklahoma are heading to the Southeastern Conference in 2024 after Big 12 officials cleared the way for the storied programs to exit their league a year earlier than planned. Texas and Oklahoma will leave behind the $50 million each school would have received

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Dyaisha Fair scored 18 of her 23 points in the second half, Georgia Woolley added 20 points and Syracuse used a big third quarter to beat No. 14 North Carolina 75-67. Fair and Woolley combined to go 2 of 7 from the field in the first half for just 12 points

By DAVE SKRETTA and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NFL’s chief medical officer says the league is prepared for any emergency on game day, whether it’s a preseason exhibition or the Super Bowl between Kansas City and Philadelphia on Sunday. Dr. Allen Sills says that was underscored by the way medical

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, accusing the state auditor and two national sportscasters of defaming him in public discussions about the misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in one of the poorest