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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Haley Jones had 16 points and eight assists, freshman Talana Lepolo scored a season-best 17 and No. 2 Stanford beat 21st-ranked Creighton 72-59 for its seventh straight victory. Cameron Brink added 14 points and 16 rebounds in the final non-conference game for the Cardinal ahead

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored 20 seconds into the game and rookie goalie Pyotr Kochetkov stopped the first 35 shots he faced as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the struggling New Jersey Devils 4-1 in a matchup of Metropolitan Division leaders. Jordan Staal, Teuvo Teravainen and Stefan Noesen also

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kerr Kriisa scored 18 points, Cedric Henderson Jr. added 16 and No. 5 Arizona pulled away in the second half to beat Montana State 85-64. The Wildcats earned a hard-fought win over No. 8 Tennessee on Saturday and faced another fight against the scrappy Bobcats.

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Immanuel Quickley scored 22 points, Jalen Brunson had 21 and the New York Knicks rolled to their eighth straight victory, beating the depleted Golden State Warriors 132-94. Quentin Grimes added 19 points and RJ Barrett had 18 as New York extended the longest current winning streak

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny and Owen Tippett scored twice while Carter Hart recorded 30 saves to help lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. In a game that featured the two teams currently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and 12 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and the Chicago Bulls stopped a four-game slide by beating the short-handed Miami Heat 113-103. Zach LaVine scored 21 and Coby White added 14 for the Bulls, who used a 30-7 run in

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored 38 points, including a career-high nine 3-pointers, and the Utah Jazz defeated the Detroit Pistons 126-111. Jarred Vanderbilt added 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Jazz, who outscored Detroit 65-51 in the second half. Utah had at least 30 points in all four

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Taylor Thierry made a driving layup with 5 seconds left in overtime, and No. 3 Ohio State closed with an 8-0 run in the final minute of the extra period to rally past South Florida 88-86 in the San Diego Invitational. Cotie McMahon scored 30 points and assisted on Thierry’s decisive

AMHERST, Mass. — Led by T.J. Weeks’ 19 points, the UMass Minutemen defeated the Dartmouth Big Green 68-57 on Tuesday night. The Minutemen improved to 9-3 with the victory and the Big Green fell to 4-10.

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Fifth-year senior Leigha Brown had 25 points and eight rebounds, and 19th-ranked Michigan knocked off No. 6 North Carolina 76-68 on Tuesday night at the inaugural Jumpman Invitational. The 6-foot-1 Brown was 9 of 15 from the field and made three 3-pointers in her 113th

BEAUMONT, Texas — Led by Luke Avdalovic’s 15 points, the Pacific Tigers defeated the Lamar Cardinals 74-65 on Tuesday night. The Tigers improved to 7-8 with the victory and the Cardinals fell to 4-9.

By JASON CHATRAW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Taylor Powell threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns, Samson Evans rushed for a pair of scores and Eastern Michigan defeated San Jose State 41-27 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Eastern Michigan (9-4) won a bowl game for the second time in program history. The

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer YouTube TV has emerged as the favorite to land the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” package of out-of-market games, but the sides have not finalized a deal. That’s according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Tyree Appleby had 18 points and eight assists to help Wake Forest beat No. 14 Duke 81-70, ending the Blue Devils’ eight-game road winning streak. Cameron Hildreth added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Demon Deacons, who took down their highly ranked instate peer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dennis Boyd scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half and hit 4-of-5 3-pointers to lead Lipscomb to a 75-67 victory over Louisville on Tuesday night. Boyd converted a three-point play and made a 3-pointer, Jacob Ognacevic followed with a fast-break dunk and the Bisons led 44-36 with 17:26

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and the Japanese Olympic Committee say they will “discontinue for some time” their effort to land the 2030 Winter Games because of damage done by the Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal. Akimoto suggested to a news conference that the bid was not being

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk and new coach Brian Newberry say there is a lot about the football program that won’t change. Newberry says the Midshipmen aren’t rebuilding and he has high expectations for next year. Newberry was promoted from defensive coordinator to replace coach Ken Niumatalolo. Navy went

By DANIEL POLITI and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A parade to celebrate the Argentine World Cup champions was abruptly cut short Tuesday as millions of people poured onto thoroughfares, highways and overpasses in a chaotic attempt to catch a glimpse of the national team that won one of the great