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By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — On Islamabad’s outskirts, burly men bind together in a scrum on a rugby pitch that has seen better days. The sign bearing the club’s name is worn. The floodlights are too costly to use, given high electricity prices and the paltry $135 total that the club earns

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for its season-opening exhibition race. Truex took the lead with 25 laps to go in the Busch Light Clash, a 150-lap race that was moved last year to the Coliseum as NASCAR

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Harvick won’t spend a single day in retirement when his NASCAR driving days are over: Fox said Sunday it has hired Harvick for its broadcast booth next season. Harvick announced last month that he will retire from NASCAR competition at the end of

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant says a friend of his has been banned from games at FedExForum for a year as a result of a confrontation with members of the Indiana Pacers organization a week earlier. The NBA confirmed that unnamed individuals have been banned from

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle had 24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and Jalen Brunson scored 21 points and the New York Knicks overcame an early 21-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-97. Evan Fournier came off the bench to add 17 points for the Knicks, who

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — On a day of wild weather at Pebble Beach, Justin Rose was a steady presence. Rose was 9 under in the 19 holes he played Sunday in the weather-delayed AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. That gives him a two-shot lead going to the Monday finish

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken acquired defenseman Jaycob Megna from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2023 fourth-round draft pick. Megna is in the midst of his best season with 12 points in 48 games for the Sharks while averaging more than 19 minutes per game. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound Megna will add

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 19 points, including a pair of free throws with 9 seconds left, and the Toronto Raptors rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 106-103. Jaren Jackson Jr. missed a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left that would have tied the game

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — D’Angelo Russell had 14 of his 18 points in the first quarter and added 10 assists, Anthony Edwards scored 20 and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised to a 128-98 win against the Denver Nuggets, who were missing two-time MVP Nikola Jokic and three other starters on the second

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trey Murphy III highlighted his season-high 30-point performance with six 3-pointers and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame the absence of several starters to beat the Sacramento Kings 136-104. CJ McCollum scored 24 for the Pelicans. Naji Marshall scored 17 and Willy Hernangomez added 22 points

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jarace Walker scored 23 points, Marcus Sasser had 13 points and No. 3 Houston earned retribution against Temple with an 81-65 win. The Owls failed in their bid for a second upset after they toppled the Cougars from No. 1 in the AP men’s college basketball

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Tristan da Silva scored a career-high 25 points and KJ Simpson added 21 points to lead Colorado to a 84-64 win over Stanford and snap the Cardinal’s five-game win streak. Stanford missed its first 10 second-half field-goal attempts and went scoreless after the break until Spencer Jones made a layup with

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 13 points, Brooks Barnhizer had a clutch blocked shot in the final minute, and Northwestern defeated Wisconsin 54-52. The Wildcats swept the season series with Wisconsin for the first time since the 1995-96 season. Chucky Hepburn hit a jumper to give the Badgers a 51-50 lead with 45

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lazar Stefanovic had 15 points and six assists, Branden Carlson had his third double-double of the season and Utah beat California 61-46, the Runnin’ Utes’ fifth consecutive win in the series.  Carlson finished with 12 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. Cal didn’t make a field goal for the first

By CHRIS GOFF Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Darius Garland scored 24 points, Isaac Okoro added 20 and the Cleveland Cavaliers made 15 3-pointers in a 122-103 rout of the Indiana Pacers. All five starters scored in double figures for the Cavaliers. Cleveland shot 52.3% from the field and 40.5% from long range to complement