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By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla., (AP) — Timo Meier scored his second goal of the game and 30th this season 2:19 into overtime, and the San Jose Sharks rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3. Meier scored the winner from in close off a pass from All-Star defenseman

By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Horvat scored in his home debut with New York Islanders, leading his new team to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Kraken. Ilya Sorokin made 31 saves in his fifth shutout this season and No. 15 for his career. Samuel Bolduc, Simon Holmstrom and Zach

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Tucker DeVries’ 32 points led Drake over Murray State 92-68 on Tuesday night. DeVries also contributed six rebounds for the Bulldogs (20-6, 11-4 Missouri Valley Conference). Roman Penn scored 18 points while going 7 of 12 and 4 of 5 from the free throw line, and added five rebounds. Garrett Sturtz

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Led by Mickey Pearson Jr.’s 13 points, the Ball State Cardinals defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 65-51 on Tuesday night. The Cardinals moved to 17-7 with the win and the Chippewas fell to 8-16.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Tyree Appleby scored a season-high 35 points, 23 coming at the free-throw line, and Wake Forest built a big lead early then held on for a 92-85 victory over North Carolina. Appleby tied his career best of 11 assists. Though only 6 of 20 from the floor, he made a career-best

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Wade Taylor IV had 22 points and seven assists, Julius Marble scored a career-high 20 points and Texas A&M beat Auburn 83-78 to complete a regular-season sweep. The last of 11 lead changes in the final eight minutes came after Texas A&M made 7 of 9 shots, with three straight

By The Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Led by Martez Robinson’s 16 points, the Delaware State Hornets defeated the Chicago State Cougars 66-60 on Tuesday night in a non-conference game. The Hornets improved to 5-17 with the win and the Cougars fell to 8-18.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Jaemyn Brakefield scored a career-high 24 points, Myles Burns added 20 and Mississippi beat Georgia 78-74 on Tuesday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Brakefield had six points and Burns five during a 15-7 surge that gave Ole Miss a 71-67 lead with 1:26 remaining. Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe’s three-point play pulled

RICHMOND, Va. — Led by Toumani Camara’s 26 points and 15 rebounds, the Dayton Flyers defeated the VCU Rams 62-58. The Flyers improved to 16-9 with the victory and the Rams fell to 18-7.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nike Sibande scored 15 points off the bench, nine Pittsburgh players entered the scoring column and the Panthers demolished Louisville 91-57 on Tuesday night and moved into a first-place tie with Clemson in the ACC. Entering play Tuesday, the top five teams in the ACC were separated by just a game in

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Reliever Colin Poche went to salary arbitration with the Tampa Bay Rays with the sides just $125,000 apart. The gap between the $1.3 million the pitcher asked for and the $1,175,000 the team offered was the smallest among the 33 players who exchanged proposed arbitration figures last month. A 29-year-old

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel has shaken up his coaching staff and announced Tuesday that he promoted Tim Kelly to offensive coordinator from passing game coordinator. Vrabel also announced several new hirings and changes to his existing staff. The Titans added Charles London from

DALLAS (AP) — Marcos Giron has advanced to the second round of the Dallas Open with a victory over fellow American Alex Rybakov in three sets. The seventh-seeded Giron responded quickly after failing to close out the second set, winning the first five games of the deciding set. Giron reached the semifinals of the inaugural

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nikki Fargas was an assistant coach at Tennessee when she successfully recruited Candace Parker in 2004. Parker would go on to lead the Volunteers to national championships in 2007 and 2008. She earned consensus national player of the year as a senior. Fargas is now

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A total of 369 3-year-olds were made eligible to compete in this year’s Triple Crown series during the early nomination period. Each of the horses was nominated through a $600 payment to compete in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont stakes. The Triple Crown opens May 6 with the Derby. The

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer OL Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League, France’s Lyon and Liga MX’s Club America have announced a partnership that aims to share knowledge, experiences and best practices between the three women’s teams. The alliance kicks off on Feb. 25 when the Reign will play an exhibition match

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs lost one of the NFL’s most dynamic receivers when Tyreek Hill was traded to the Miami Dolphins. The loss did nothing to slow them down. Kansas City revamped its receiving group in the offseason and the new group quickly meshed with

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike LaFleur has known Sean McVay for 13 years, and now they’re finally working together with the Los Angeles Rams. LaFleur was hired as the Rams’ offensive coordinator last month. LaFleur said talks about any specific coaching duties aren’t the current top priority, but he