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By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The ultimate prize on NASCAR’s ultimate stage has eluded Kyle Busch throughout his professional career. Busch is winless in 17 starts in the Daytona 500. He will try to change his fortunes in the 65th running of “The Great American Race” on Sunday. He

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Austrian skier Marco Schwarz has taken a big lead in the first run of the men’s giant slalom at the world championships. Schwarz beat the time of Olympic GS champion Marco Odermatt by 0.58 seconds. Odermatt won four of the six giant slaloms on the World Cup circuit this season and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julian Strawther scored 28 points and No. 13 Gonzaga avenged an earlier loss to Loyola Marymount with a 108-65 rout. Loyola Marymount snapped Gonzaga’s 75-game home winning streak with a 68-67 victory on Jan. 19, but the Lions were no match this time. The Bulldogs

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Khalil Shabazz scored 26 points, Tyrell Roberts added 25 and San Francisco beat Pacific 76-68. Shabazz made 6 of 14 shots with three 3-pointers and 11 of 12 free throws for the Dons (17-12, 6-8 West Coast Conference). Roberts hit 9 of 14 shots with three 3-pointers. Shabazz added five rebounds,

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Dominik Kubalik scored twice, Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and two assists and the Detroit Red Wings extended their winning streak to a season-best five games with a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames. Robby Fabbri and Pius Suter also scored for Detroit. Dylan Larkin had three assists, extending his point

SEATTLE (AP) — Yanni Gourde had two goals and an assist and the Seattle Kraken beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-2. Jared McCann, Justin Schultz, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers also scored for Seattle. Philipp Grubauer had 17 saves. Travis Konecny scored twice and Noah Cates had two assists for Philadelphia, which has dropped three straight.

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Mouhamed Gueye scored 21 points, DJ Rodman added 18 and Washington State hit eight straight 3-pointers to start the game in an 80-62 victory over Oregon State. Gueye sank all nine of his shots and added four assists for the Cougars (12-15, 7-9 Pac-12 Conference). Rodman made 7 of 12 shots

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 26 points and No. 4 UCLA rallied in the second half to beat Stanford 73-64 and improve to 14-0 at home this season. Jaylen Clark added 16 points for the first-place Bruins, who improved to 22-4 overall and 13-2 in the

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s hosting of this weekend’s NBA All-Star game for the first time in three decades is giving Utah another opportunity to try to change long-held notions that the state is odd or peculiar. It’s building on a yearslong push prioritized by influential business

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kerr Kriisa had 17 points and six assists, Courtney Ramey added 13 points and No. 8 Arizona routed Utah 88-62. Arizona bounced back from a loss at Stanford last weekend and avenged a loss in Salt Lake City earlier this season. Arizona shot 56% overall,

SEATTLE (AP) — Yanni Gourde had two goals and an assist and the Seattle Kraken beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-2. Jared McCann, Justin Schultz, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Matty Beniers also scored for Seattle. Philipp Grubauer had 17 saves. Travis Konecny scored twice and Noah Cates had two assists for Philadelphia, which has dropped three straight.

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — William Carrier scored with 17.7 seconds left to give Vegas a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks and extend the Golden Knights’ winning streak to four games. Chandler Stephenson set up Carrier with a pinpoint pass to the front of the net, where Carrier

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Paul George and Terance Mann each scored 26 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Phoenix Suns 116-107 on Thursday night in the final NBA game before the All-Star break. Kawhi Leonard added 16 points, all in the second half, and nine rebounds. Ivica Zubac and

NATCHITOCHES, La. — Demarcus Sharp scored 25 points and Northwestern State upped its win streak to nine with an 81-76 victory over Southeast Louisiana. Sharp added six assists and three steals for the Demons (19-8, 11-3 Southland Conference). Isaac Haney was 8 of 15 shooting, including 4 for 10 from distance, and went 3 for

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dillon Jones finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds to power Weber State to a 52-49 victory over Sacramento State. Steven Verplancken Jr. scored 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting for the Wildcats (14-13, 9-5 Big Sky Conference).. Alex Tew recorded 11 points. Zach Chappell had 17 points and four assists to pace