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BY GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — No. 10 UCLA wasn’t the same team without leading scorer Charisma Osborne and Oregon State took advantage of her absence. Raegan Beers scored 22 points with 15 rebounds to lead the Beavers in a 77-72 win on Sunday. It was Oregon State’s first victory of the

By BRENDAN McGAIR Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins face a win-or-go-home scenario for their playoff hopes after they added another quarterback to an already long list of key injuries during their 23-21 loss to the New England Patriots. Teddy Bridgewater will await further evaluation after leaving the game late in the

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus considered taking Justin Fields out of Sunday’s lopsided loss to the Detroit Lions. In the end, though, he decided to let his young quarterback stay in the game. Fields got off to a strong start by rushing for 105 yards in the

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored the shootout winner and Antti Raanta made 24 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes edged the New Jersey Devils 5-4 for a franchise-best 11th straight win. The first-place Hurricanes are 15-0-2 in their last 17 games and haven’t lost since Dec. 6 when they

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Walter Clayton Jr. had 18 points in Iona’s 73-55 win against Saint Peter’s. Clayton had five rebounds for the Gaels. Nelly Junior Joseph scored 16 points and added 14 rebounds and four blocks. Osborn Shema finished with 14 points. The Peacocks were led by Isiah Dasher, who had 19 points.

NEW YORK — Matt Balanc scored 20 points as Quinnipiac defeated Manhattan 84-65. Balanc shot 7 for 16, including 5 for 10 from beyond the arc for the Bobcats. Paul Otieno scored 17 points and added eight rebounds. Dezi Jones had 17 points and nine assists. Anthony Nelson led the way for the Jaspers with

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Teddy Bridgewater’s availability for next week’s regular-season finale against the Jets is up in the air after he left Miami’s 23-21 loss to the New England Patriots with a right finger injury. Bridgewater made the start Sunday in place of Tua Tagovailoa, who is in the concussion protocol for

JIMMY ROBERTSON Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Georgia Amoore hit three free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining to lift No. 7 Virginia Tech to a 68-65 victory over No. 13 North Carolina on Sunday. Amoore finished with a game-high 24 points, connecting on 7 of 17 from the floor, including a career-high six 3-pointers

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New Orleans Saints beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-10 on Sunday. The Saints were eliminated from winning the NFC South when Tampa Bay beat Carolina. They still have a slim chance at earning a playoff berth. Their chances depend on on a variety of scenarios that

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Despite a new coach calling the shots and other changes on the Denver sideline, the result Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs was very familiar. The Broncos committed too many mistakes, turned the ball over too many times and failed to stop the Chiefs

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in three years, David Blough trotted on the field as a starting quarterback. His first victory will have to wait. Blough did a commendable job on short notice leading the Arizona offense. But the banged-up Cardinals lost their sixth in a row

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Angel Reese had 21 points and 17 rebounds to maintain her streak of double-doubles in every game this season, and ninth-ranked LSU remained unbeaten with an 88-63 victory over Vanderbilt. Alexis Morris added 15 points to go with 12 assists and three steals to

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — French league leader Paris Saint-Germain crumbled under pressure to lose 3-1 at Lens for its first defeat of the season as second-place Lens cut the gap to four points and maintained its perfect home record. PSG’s weakness against the counterattack was ruthlessly exposed. The northern side

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler became the fifth running back in NFL history to have a 100-reception season with his first catch during Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. Ekeler caught an 8-yard pass from Justin Herbert on the Chargers’ opening possession, giving him the sixth 100-reception season

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 432 yards and three long touchdowns to Mike Evans, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinch their second straight NFC South championship with a 30-24 come-from-behind win over the Carolina Panthers. Evans finished with 10 catches for 207 yards while scoring on

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — TCU thought so much of Max Duggan at the beginning of the season that he lost his job. Georgia seemed like it spent years trying to give its starting quarterback job to anyone not named Stetson Bennett. If they gave out five stars for resiliency,

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Kyle Dugger intercepted Teddy Bridgewater and returned it 39 yards for a go-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter, and the New England Patriots kept their playoff hopes alive by rallying to beat the Miami Dolphins 23-21. Mac Jones had touchdown passes to Tyquan Thornton

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Younghoe Koo made a 21-yard field goal on the final play, lifting the Atlanta Falcons over the Arizona Cardinals 20-19 to end a four-game skid. In a matchup of teams eliminated from playoff contention, Atlanta rookie quarterback Desmond Ridder got his first career victory. He was

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New Orleans Saints beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-10 on Sunday. The loss denied the Eagles their chance at clinching the NFC East and the No. 1 seed in the conference. The Eagles played for the second straight week without injured quarterback Jalen Hurts. Hurts has