AP National Sports

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — It was uncharted territory for the Israeli journalist. Wandering through the rustic outdoor marketplace in Doha before the start of the World Cup, he zeroed in on a Qatari man in his traditional headdress and white flowing robe and asked for an interview. “Which channel?” the

By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freshman Amari Bailey scored a career-best 19 points, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 17 points and eight rebounds and No. 19 UCLA rebounded from a rough weekend in Las Vegas to beat Pepperdine 100-53 on Wednesday night. David Singleton scored 13 points and Jalen Clark had 12

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Outfielder Blake Perkins and the Milwaukee Brewers agreed to a one-year contract. The 26-year-old hit .246 with 15 homers, 50 RBIs and 21 stolen bases last year in the New York Yankees organization for Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with an .813 OPS. He became a free agent after the season. Perkins

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — John Gibson made 41 saves, Dmitry Kulikov had a goal and an assist and the Anaheim Ducks got their first win in regulation this season, defeating the New York Rangers 3-2 Wednesday night. Mason McTavish and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks, who had

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — Anjaylo Lloyd scored 17 points off of the bench to lead the Seattle U Redhawks past the Pacific Lutheran Lutes 89-53. The Redhawks improved to 5-0 with the victory and the Lutes fell to 0-1.

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ilya Sorokin made a career-high 49 saves and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice early in the second period as the New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0. Defenseman Sebastian Aho also scored for the Islanders, who have won two consecutive games and four of six. New

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Led by Darius McGhee’s 21 points, the Liberty Flames defeated the Bradley Braves 55-44. The Flames are now 3-3 on the season, while the Braves moved to 3-3.

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points and Kevin Knox II had a season-high 21 points, including a career-best six 3-pointers, to boost the Detroit Pistons to their second straight road win, 125-116 over the Utah Jazz. Marvin Bagley III scored a season-high 19 points on 9-of-10

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — K.D. Johnson scored 12 points, Allen Flanigan made a contested go-ahead layup with 31 seconds left and No. 13 Auburn held on to beat Northwestern 43-42 in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge. Jaylin Williams made 3 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 11 points for the Tigers.

By TONY SELLARS Associated Press OKAHOMA CITY (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 39 points, Aaron Gordon added 30 and Bruce Brown had a triple-double to help the depleted Denver Nuggets outlast the Oklahoma City Thunder 131-126 in overtime Wednesday night. Brown had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points and

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Radek Faksa scored with 1:33 remaining, and the Dallas Stars erased a three-goal deficit in the final 10 minutes for a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Jason Robertson scored the first goal to tie the Dallas record for points in consecutive games with 13. He

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Dashawn Davis knocked down six 3-pointers and Tolu Smith added a double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds as Mississippi State held off Utah 52-49 to win the Fort Myers Tip-off tournament’s Beach Division on Wednesday night. The Bulldogs remain undefeated through six games. Marco Anthony hit the first of

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zion Williamson had a season-high 32 points along with 11 rebounds and the New Orleans Pelicans never trailed Wednesday night while handing the San Antonio Spurs their sixth straight loss, 129-110. The Pelicans extended that lead to 24 points in the fourth quarter, its largest of

By The Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Led by Terran Williams’ 20 points, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs defeated the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 80-75. The Bulldogs moved to 3-2 with the win and the Bulldogs fell to 0-5.

By TYLER MASON Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Marcus Foligno scored twice and Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves as the Minnesota Wild took down the Winnipeg Jets 6-1. Matt Boldy added a goal and two assists for the Wild, and Kirill Kaprizov extended his point streak to seven games with a power-play goal

By PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 23 points — nine of them in a row in a key third-quarter run — and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Indiana Pacers 115-101 on Wednesday night. Minnesota has won five in a row, four of them on the road, to improve to

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Santiago Vescovi scored all 13 of his points after halftime and sparked the clinching run that helped No. 22 Tennessee beat Butler 71-45 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Vescovi hit three 3-pointers during a 17-1 run that

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 37 points and 13 rebounds and Jaylen Brown scored 31 points to help the NBA-best Boston Celtics bounce back from a rare loss and beat the Dallas Mavericks 125-112. The Celtics have league-leading 14 wins. They had won nine straight before losing to

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Lowry scored 24 of his 28 points in the first half, Tyler Herro made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the Miami Heat snapped a four-game slide by beating the Washington Wizards 113-105 on Wednesday night. Caleb Martin scored 24 points and Herro finished