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By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 35 points, Scottie Barnes added 21 and the Toronto Raptors have won three consecutive games for the first time this season, beating the Charlotte Hornets 124-114. Gary Trent Jr. scored 19 points and O.G. Anunoby had 15 as the Raptors swept a pair of

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his 499th goal on a 5-on-3 power play in the third period to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Thursday night. On the verge of becoming the 47th NHL player to reach 500 goals, Stamkos beat Collin Delia

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Brett Pesce had two goals, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 to stop a four-game slide. Seth Jarvis and Jaccob Slevin each had a goal and an assist for Carolina, which had won 11 in a row before its losing streak. Brent

By EVAN GERIKE Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Sydney Parrish scored 18 points and No. 6 Indiana’s defense stifled No. 9 Maryland in a 68-61 win. Maryland guard Diamond Miller led a late fourth-quarter charge, scoring 12 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter as the Terrapins closed an eight-point deficit. But after

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Led by Shiloh Robinson’s 27 points, the Liberty Flames defeated the North Alabama Lions 72-54 on Thursday night. The Flames moved to 13-5 with the victory and the Lions fell to 9-9.

DETROIT — Led by Brandon Rush’s 19 points, the Youngstown State Penguins defeated the Detroit Mercy Titans 84-79 on Thursday night. The Penguins are now 13-5 with the victory and the Titans dropped to 6-12.

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami has reached agreement on a $3.25 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Fujinami’s contract is pending a physical.

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — At the NCAA convention, outgoing President Mark Emmert said goodbye, incoming President Charlie Baker introduced himself and the state of college sports was declared unstable. Baylor President Linda Livingstone says college sports is “both thriving and threatened.” Livingstone is chairwoman of the NCAA’s

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Mike Williams’ status for the Los Angeles Chargers’ AFC wild-card round game against the Jacksonville Jaguars will be a game-time decision. Williams was listed as questionable on the team’s injury report Thursday. He did not practice all week after suffering a lower back contusion

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Washington State has hired Jeff Schmedding as the Cougars’ new defensive coordinator. Schmedding spent the past two seasons at Auburn and was the Tigers’ defensive coordinator for the past season. He was Auburn’s linebackers coach and assistant head coach during his first season in the SEC as part of Bryan Harsin’s

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have assigned first baseman Ryan O’Hearn to Triple-A Norfolk. The team says O’Hearn cleared waivers. Baltimore acquired him last week in a trade with Kansas City, then designated him for assignment. The 29-year-old O’Hearn hit .239 with a home run and 16 RBIs last season. He spent his first

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots have started discussions for a long-term contract extension with linebackers coach Jerod Mayo and Bill Belichick will also begin interviewing candidates for offensive coordinator next week. The announcements by the team come on the heels of Mayo being sought for the second straight

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press After three years of isolation and financial struggles in Chinese soccer, the country is reopening its borders and economy to the outside world. With it, frustrated fans, financially challenged clubs and unpaid players in the Chinese Super League might receive some long-awaited good news. The 2022 season was unrecognizable from

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott is no longer the lead running back for the Dallas Cowboys. The two-time rushing champ shares the backfield role with Tony Pollard. The understudy is the team’s leading rusher going into a wild-card playoff game at Tampa Bay on Monday night. Elliott’s

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — Jordan Spieth is playing about how he expects, and that’s a good thing. Spieth opened with a 64 and shares the early lead in the Sony Open with Chris Kirk. Spieth says he is feeling more confident that has swing changes are now becoming routine. The

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Clemson is working to hire TCU assistant Garrett Riley as its next offensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because a deal was being finalized and still needed approval from the school’s Board of

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) — Mateo Fuenmayor of Colombia has the lead in the Latin America Amateur Championship after a 66 at Grand Reserve. Fuenmayor is a junior at Oregon State. He is coming off a top 10 in the South American Amateur last week in Ecuador. The winner of the Latin America Amateur

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens are still practicing without Lamar Jackson. But Thursday did include one significant development. There was an update from the star quarterback’s Twitter account. Jackson tweeted that he’s suffered a grade 2 PCL sprain. He says there’s still inflammation surrounding his knee

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans interviewed Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson on Thursday, making him the first announced candidate for their head coaching vacancy. Texans general manager Nick Caserio is searching for his third coach in as many years. Lovie Smith was 3-13-1 in one season and was fired on Monday, a year