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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 21 points in his first game since becoming the NBA’s career scoring leader, and D’Angelo Russell had 21 points and seven assists during his warm welcome home in the Lakers’ 120-102 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. Anthony Davis had 28 points,

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad each had two goals and an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-4 for their sixth straight win. Chris Kreider and K’Andre Miller also scored for the Rangers, who are 7-0-1 in their last eight games. Igor Shesterkin stopped 25 shots.

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Denis Malgin scored for the second consecutive night, Nathan MacKinnon got his fifth goal in five games since the All-Star break and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2. Andrew Cogliano also scored for Colorado, and Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves. Georgiev had allowed

By The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Led by DJ Davis’ 25 points, the UC Irvine Anteaters defeated the UCSB Gauchos 70-59. The Anteaters are now 18-8 with the victory and the Gauchos dropped to 20-5.

JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller scored in the shootout, and Connor Ingram stopped 47 shots for his first career shutout as the Arizona Coyotes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0. Ingram made several stops on shots from point-blank range in the final 90 seconds of overtime and

By The Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Tyson Degenhart scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and came up with a block as time expired and Boise State beat Colorado State 80-78. The Broncos are now 20-6 on the season, while the Rams fell to 11-15. Degenhart came up with a

SAN DIEGO — Led by Latrell Wrightsell Jr.’s 25 points, the CSU Fullerton Titans defeated the UCSD Tritons 76-73.  The Titans are now 15-12 on the season, while the Tritons fell to 8-18.

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas lawyer has been hit with a $335,000 penalty for pressing a bid in U.S. courts to force Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid to a Nevada woman who claimed the international soccer star

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 29 points — including the 10,000th of his career — and the Philadelphia 76ers survived a rocky second half to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-112 on Wednesday night. James Harden added 19 points and 12 assists to help send the 76ers into the All-Star

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 38 points, including 24 in the third quarter, and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 127-109 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Malcolm Brogdon had 25 points off the bench, and Al Horford added 11 points and seven rebounds for Boston. Marcus Smart finished

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row for Brooklyn to break open a game that had been close for 3 1/2 quarters, and the Nets beat the Miami Heat 116-105 on in the final game for both teams before the

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Alex Bowman won his third career Daytona 500 pole and will be joined by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson on the front row for NASCAR’s season opener. The Hendrick dominance is no surprise. Bowman is on the Daytona 500 front row for the the

By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler and Santiago Vescovi each scored 15 points and No. 10 Tennessee took down newly minted No. 1 Alabama 68-59. Playing its first game as the top-ranked team since the 2002-03 season, the Crimson Tide led just once in the early going and committed 19

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Notre Dame is promoting tight ends coach Gerard Parker to offensive coordinator and working to hire Wisconsin assistant Gino Guidugli as quarterbacks coach for the Fighting Irish, according to two people with knowledge of the decisions. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz won his first match of the year on Wednesday, beating Laslo Djere 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the Argentina Open. The 19-year-old U.S. Open champion missed the Australian Open with a leg injury and ceded the No. 1 ranking to Novak Djokovic, who won the title in Melbourne. Alcaraz

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Houston Rockets 133-96. Lu Dort scored 15 points, Jalen Williams scored 13 points and Jaylen Williams added eight points and a season-high 16 rebounds for the Thunder. Oklahoma City posted its largest

By PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Buddy Hield made six 3-pointers in the second half and finished with 27 points to help the Indiana Pacers rally from a 24-point deficit after the first quarter and defeat the Chicago Bulls 117-113. Tyrese Haliburton banked in a 9-foot shot for a 113-112 lead in

By The Associated Press CHICAGO — Led by Courvoisier McCauley’s 26 points, the Indiana State Sycamores defeated the UIC Flames 79-60. The Sycamores moved to 19-9 with the victory and the Flames dropped to 10-18.

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and action sports star Travis Pastrana grabbed two of the remaining four open spots in the Daytona 500 during pole qualifying. IndyCar regular Conor Daly failed to get on track because of an electrical issue. Thirty-six drivers already were

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — PJ Hall scored 20 points, Chase Hunter added 18 and Clemson jumped out early and cruised to a 94-54 victory over Florida State to end a three-game skid. Clemson (19-7, 11-4 ACC) shot 60% overall and made 12 of 25 from long range. Clemson opened on a 16-3 run, stretching the