By The Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 25 points, Donovan Mitchell added 22 and the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 6-0 with a 120-109 victory Friday night over the Orlando Magic, who played their first game without injured All-Star Paolo Banchero.
The Cavs are the ...
By JASON CHATRAW Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ashton Jeanty ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns, Maddux Madsen threw for 307 yards and four scores — both career highs — and No. 15 Boise State routed San Diego State 56-24 on Friday night for its sixth straight ...
By IAN HARRISON Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Anthony Davis scored a season-high 38 points and had 12 rebounds, LeBron James had 27 points and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers never trailed in a 131-125 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
Austin Reaves scored 20 points ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Cam Thomas scored 10 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to help the Brooklyn Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 120-112 on Friday night.
Thomas scored eight straight points to give the Nets a 118-109 lead with 1:52 left.
Cam Johnson added 14 points in Brooklyn's second straight ...
By MARK LUDWICZAK Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bo Horvat and Maxim Tsyplakov each had a goal and an assist, helping the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Friday night.
The Islanders snapped a three-game losing streak. Kyle Palmieri and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also ...
By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored three goals for his fifth career hat trick and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 Friday night to stay perfect on the road.
Mason Appleton and Gabriel Vilardi also scored, Josh Morrissey had a ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 32 points and 11 rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 25 points and the Boston Celtics pulled away late to beat Charlotte 124-109 in a heated game on Friday night in which two Hornets players were ejected.
Derrick White had ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 15 of his 36 points in the first quarter as the New York Knicks beat Detroit 128-98 on Friday for their 16th straight victory over the Pistons.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for New York, ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos have come a long way since starting the season 0-2.
How they've done it is quite a contrast — Lamar Jackson and the Ravens with their dynamic offense, and the Broncos by pressuring quarterbacks ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Left-hander Blake Snell has exercised his right to opt out of his contract with the San Francisco Giants to become a free agent for the second straight offseason.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner agreed in March to a $62 million, two-year contract that included a $17 ...
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina began its run to perfection a year ago in the City of Lights.
A season after its Paris opening, the top-ranked Gamecocks begin the defense of their national title in another high-glam, glitzy locale when they take ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals utilityman Adam Frazier became a free agent Friday after his $8.5 million mutual option was declined.
Frazier gets a $2.5 million buyout as part of a deal that guaranteed $4.5 million, including a $2 million salary this year.
The 32-year-old hit ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — World Series MVP Freddie Freeman played with a rib injury during the Dodgers' run to the championship, in addition to his other ailments.
Freeman said at Friday's World Series celebration that he had an intercostal strain. The painful injury involving the ribs usually ...
TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night.
Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Second baseman Jorge Polanco's $12 million option was declined Friday by the Seattle Mariners, who will pay a $750,000 buyout and allow him to become a free agent.
Seattle also said infielder Luis Urías cleared waivers and elected to become a free agent.
Polanco hit a ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns cornerback Denzel Ward returned to practice Friday and could be cleared to play Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers after suffering his sixth documented concussion last week.
Ward is listed on the injury report as ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's a tradition at Hendrick Motorsports in which a driver celebrates a win with a victory bell that he takes all over the motorsports campus so that every employee who contributed to the win gets a chance to give it a ...
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Joel Embiid and Paul George will each miss a fifth straight game with left knee injuries when the Philadelphia 76ers host Memphis on Saturday night.
The oft-injured Embiid has yet to play this season, though he was a full participant at Friday's practice, including in ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
Conference realignment has led to a dramatic shift in women's basketball. Texas and Oklahoma will bolster an already strong Southeastern Conference while USC and UCLA add two of the top teams in the country to the Big Ten.
Throw in Stanford and Cal ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer
After Dusty May left Florida Atlantic to take over Michigan's program, plenty of the top remaining players from the Owls' 2023 Final Four team departed as well.
But they didn't all follow their former coach to Ann Arbor. They scattered to various ...