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KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Manuel Feller has posted the fastest opening-run time in a men’s World Cup slalom and positioned himself to become the first Austrian skier in six years to win the classic race. Feller avoided mistakes on the icy Ganslern course to build a lead of 0.31 seconds over Norway’s Lucas Braathen. Linus

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record 83rd World Cup win will move on to the next stop on the circuit. Shiffrin finished seventh in a super-G, 0.62 seconds behind race winner Ragnhild Mowinckel on the course that will host the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. It was the third straight

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sebastian Korda has reached the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career by beating 10th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz in a fifth-set tiebreaker at the Australian Open. Korda is a 22-year-old American whose father, Petr, won the 1998 championship at the tournament. Korda’s 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic faces another test of his fitness as he plays Alex de Minaur for a place in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The nine-time champion has been dealing with a sore left hamstring throughout the tournament. Djokovic is trying to win the title for a record-extending 10th time. He

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has eliminated No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has defeated Coco Gauff in the Australian Open’s fourth round. The 22nd-seeded Rybakina used her big serving to unsettle Swiatek and got the better of their baseline exchanges

By ANTONIO RAY HARVEY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 15 of his 32 points in the third quarter and the Philadelphia 76ers, playing without Joel Embiid and James Harden, completed a perfect five-game road trip by beating the Sacramento Kings 129-127. Maxey also had seven assists and six rebounds to help

By DAIMON EKLUND Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored the only goal of the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 for their season-high fifth straight win. Alex Newhook scored in regulation for the Avalanche, and Pavel Francouz stopped 26 shots. Ryan Donato scored for the Kraken, and Philipp Grubauer

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paul Cotter scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights finally off to a good start, easily beating the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Saturday night to end a three-game losing streak. Washington captain Alex Ovechkin didn’t play because of a lower-body injury and is listed by

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Spencer Jones scored 16 points, Harrison Ingram added 11 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals and Stanford beat Oregon 71-64. Stanford (7-12, 2-7 Pac-12) has won back-to-back games following a string of five straight losses that capped a stretch of nine in 11 games. Jones hit a 3-pointer that

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Zach Hyman had a goal and three assists to set a career high in points and the surging Edmonton Oilers beat the reeling Vancouver Canucks 4-2 for their sixth straight victory. Hyman has 56 points with 24 goals and 32 assists. He had 54 points last seasoon. The Canucks lost

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 24 of his career-high 38 points in the second half, including 18 straight points during one stretch, and No. 6 Gonzaga pulled away in the closing minutes for a 99-90 win over Pacific. Gonzaga rebounded after seeing its 75-game home win streak come to an end with Thursday’s

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Miles Norris scored 24 points to lead UC Santa Barbara over Cal State Bakersfield 76-58. Norris had seven rebounds for the Gauchos (16-3, 7-1 Big West Conference). Cole Anderson scored 11 points. Cameron Smith finished with 27 points and three steals for the Roadrunners (6-13, 2-6).

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Jay Vine has defended his overnight lead to win the Tour Down Under cycling race, the first event of the 2023 World Tour. Simon Yates of Britain won the final stage and moved up from third to second place in the overall standings. Vine came in second on the stage

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Shingo Kunieda, the most successful player in the history of wheelchair tennis, has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 38. The top-ranked Kunieda won 28 Grand Slam singles titles. He completed the career Grand Slam of all four majors when he won Wimbledon in 2022. Kunieda won

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Armando Bacot had 23 points and 18 rebounds on a record-setting day, RJ Davis scored 26 points, and North Carolina defeated North Carolina State 80-69. Bacot established the North Carolina record with his 61st career double-double, breaking a tie with Billy Cunningham. He also passed Tyler Hansbrough for first on

By PAUL HODOWANIC Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored a season-high 44 points, D’Angelo Russell added 23 and the Minnesota Timberwolves handed the Houston Rockets their 13th straight loss with a 113-104 victory. Edwards eclipsed 40 points for the first time this season on 17-of-29 shooting from the field, including seven 3-pointers. Nathan

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Okogie had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Mikal Bridges added 22 points and the short-handed Phoenix Suns won their second straight game, beating the Indiana Pacers 112-107 on Saturday night. Indiana had a chance to tie on its final possession, but Buddy Hield missed a