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Knights battle into district championships
ROYAL CITY — The second seeded Royal Knights (16-2-1) battled in a tight matchup against the third seeded Naches V…
Gibson scores 27, leads North Texas over UTSA 98-78
DENTON, Texas (AP) — Umoja Gibson scored a season-high 27 points as North Texas won its seventh straight game, easily beating UTSA 98-78 on Thursday night.
Morris scores career-high 30, No. 11 DePaul women win 85-69
CHICAGO (AP) — Sonya Morris scored a career-high 30 points and No. 11 DePaul remained undefeated in the Big East with an 85-69 win over Villanova on Friday night.
Bulls expect Markkanen to miss 4-6 weeks with hip injury
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls expect forward Lauri Markkanen to miss four to six weeks because of an injured right hip.
Antetokounmpo thrills Neymar & Mbappé as Bucks beat Hornets
PARIS (AP) — With the world’s two most expensive soccer players cheering him on in Paris on Friday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo took a while to entertain them.
Jarreau, Mills lead No. 25 Houston past UConn 63-59
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston found a way to win, even without its best stuff.
Donaldson's option price could escalate by $4 million
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Donaldson's 2024 option with the Minnesota Twins can escalate an additional $4 million based on awards he earns during the first four seasons of the deal.
Pretchel's putback helps No. 6 Stanford slip past Colorado
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Freshman Ashten Pretchel wasn’t thinking about much. She was caught up in the excitement of the moment.
NFL’s Saints fight to shield emails in Catholic abuse crisis
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman Catholic…
Celtics erase big 1st-half deficit, rally past Magic 109-98
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Celtics were missing a lot of starters. They still had the two they needed: Kemba Walker and Gordon Hayward
Smith helps UCLA hold off Oregon State 62-58
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — With the game in the balance, UCLA’s Chris Smith wasn’t about to settle for perimeter jumpers.
Big 12-SEC Challenge gives both leagues chance to impress
The Southeastern Conference didn’t do much to help its reputation the first two months of the season.
Suns snap 11-game skid in San Antonio, topple Spurs 103-99
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Devin Booker let his teammates and coaches know just how tired he was of losing to San Antonio.
Loyola Marymount jumps out early to beat Pepperdine 77-65
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Parker Dortch scored 18 of his career-best 20 points in the first half as Loyola Marymount rolled to a 77-65 victory over Portland on Thursday night to snap a four-game skid.
Giants' Eli Manning retires after 16 seasons, 2 Super Bowls
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Eli Manning ended his 16-year NFL career on his own terms. He was classy, well-prepared and walked away as a New York Giant.
LSU's Orgeron agrees to new 6-year, $42 million contract
BATON ROUGE, La (AP) — LSU coach Ed Orgeron has agreed to a new contract extension worth more than $7 million annually and which runs through the 2026 season, the university announced on Friday.