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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored a season-high 34 points, Nikola Jokic recorded his 11th triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 122-109 on Monday night in a game where LeBron James sat out due to a sore left ankle. Jokic finished with

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — American Amanda Anisimova has made the best of her lucky loser ticket by beating Russian Liudmila Samsonova 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the Adelaide International. The win was her first in a main drawn match since August.  Anisimova reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon last year and is a former

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — TCU’s storybook run this season ended in a nightmare Monday night. All the strengths that helped carry TCU to the national championship game were quickly taken away by Georgia in a 65-7 loss at SoFi Stadium. Quarterback Max Duggan was under pressure most of the

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyus Jones, filling in for Ja Morant, had 24 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 16 and the Memphis Grizzlies withstood a second-half San Antonio rally to beat the Spurs 121-113. Desmond Bane and Dillon Brooks finished with 15 apiece for Memphis, which played its second consecutive

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — French qualifier Gregoire Berrere weathered storms on and off the court to beat two-time champion John Isner in three sets in the first round of the ASB Classic in New Zealand. Matches were moved indoor as tropical Cyclone Hale battered Auckland with gale-force winds and rain. The move suited Berrere

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 32 points, Jaylen Brown added 19 as the Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 107-99 Monday night and reached the midway point of their season with the NBA’s best record. Grant Williams added 20 points and Al Horford had seven rebounds and eight points,

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Air Force is the first team to win the national rushing title three straight seasons since Navy did it four years in a row from 2005-08. Tennessee had the lowest total offense average for a national leader in 20 years. Texas A&M gave up the most yards ever

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — TCU’s storybook run this season ended in a nightmare Monday night. All the strengths that helped carry TCU to the national championship game were quickly taken away by Georgia in a 65-7 loss at SoFi Stadium. Quarterback Max Duggan was under pressure most of the

By JOE YERDON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Joel Farabee had two points and Samuel Ersson made 28 saves to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Ersson earned his first career NHL shutout against the league’s highest scoring team and gave the Flyers their fifth win in six

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No. 1 Georgia demolished No. 3 TCU 65-7 to become the first team to win consecutive College Football Playoff national championships. The Bulldogs became the first repeat

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stetson Bennett and Brock Bowers showed off their remarkable partnership one last time in the College Football Playoff championship game. Bowers caught seven passes for 152 yards and a touchdown from Bennett during Georgia’s 65-7 demolition of TCU. Bennett walked on at Georgia nearly six

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks used 3-point shooting to wipe out a 17-point deficit in the second half and beat the New York Knicks 111-107. Joe Ingles added a season-high 17 points and Brook Lopez also scored 17

CHICAGO — Wesley Cardet Jr. finished with 24 points, six rebounds and five assists to lead Chicago State to a 90-70 victory over East-West University. Bryce Johnson scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Cougars (4-14). Brent Davis added 17 points to help Chicago State end a seven-game losing streak. De’Quanii Jackson topped

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The problems go beyond quarterback when a team goes 6-11, and that’s the situation the Las Vegas Raiders face. Raiders management can try to get a veteran to replace Derek Carr. Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady and San Francisco’s Jimmy Garappolo will be prominently mentioned over

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio is embarking on his third coaching search in as many years. Caserio was peppered with questions Monday about the team’s failures and how he plans to turn things around. The Texans fired Lovie Smith after he went 3-13-1 in his

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Russell Wilson pledged to bounce back from his dud of a Denver debut while the Broncos look for a coach to replace the one who bombed so spectacularly that he didn’t even make it through his first season. The Broncos (5-12) extended their playoff

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers wants to think it over for a while before the four-time MVP decides whether he wants to return to the Green Bay Packers for a 19th season. The 39-year-old quarterback also noted the choice isn’t solely his to make. The Packers have

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints coach Dennis Allen anticipates being retained for next season and asserts that New Orleans is “not as far off” from contending “as maybe some might think.” The Saints went 7-10 this season but also had a handful of seven-win seasons under Super Bowl-winning coach