By Canadian Press on February 21st, 2026
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ryan Garcia, an immensely talented boxer who has gone through his share of personal and profession turmoil in his young career, dominated Mario Barrios on Saturday night to win by unanimous decision and capture the WBC welterweight championship. Garcia (25-2, 20 knockouts) of Victorville, California, left little doubt he deserved the ... Read More »
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PROVO, Utah (AP) — AJ Dybantsa had 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help No. 23 BYU beat No. 6 Iowa State 79-69 on Saturday night for its first victory over a Top 10 opponent this season. Kennard Davis, Jr. added 17 points, and Mihailo Boskovic had 13 for the Cougars (20-7, 8-6 ... Read More »
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ariel Lassiter had the only goal of the second half and Portland beat the Columbus Crew 3-2 in a season opener on Saturday night, topping off a record-setting night for the Timbers’ Diego Chará. Lassiter scored the winner in the 88th minute on a night when Chará became the first field ... Read More »
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Daniel Munie scored two goals and Preston Judd added another and the San Jose Earthquakes beat Sporting Kansas City 3-0 on Saturday night in a season-opening MLS contest for both teams. Munie and Preston Judd each scored four minutes apart just before halftime. Off Niko Tsakiris’ corner kick from the ... Read More »
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Amahl Pellegrino had a goal and two assists to help San Diego FC beat CF Montreal 5-0 on Saturday night in the Major League Soccer regular-season opener for both teams. Eighteen-year-old Duran Ferree made his MLS debut and finished with two saves for San Diego. Tomas Aviles was shown a straight ... Read More »
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA was having a very bad week, staggering to blowout losses on the road, where coach Mick Cronin angrily — and he later admitted wrongly — ejected one of his own players at Michigan State. Things didn’t figure to get much better with No. 10 Illinois visiting Pauley Pavilion. And they ... Read More »
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LONDON (AP) — Holding prestige but not power, Britain’s monarchy is finely tuned to public sentiment. That’s been evident with the disgrace of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former prince who was arrested and held in custody for nearly 11 hours Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Police are investigating whether Mountbatten-Windsor shared confidential ... Read More »
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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Wallabies prop James Slipper led the ACT Brumbies onto the field Sunday for their match against the Crusaders to become the first Australian and the second player to play 200 Super Rugby games, marking the occasion with a try. Slipper scored his 11th try in Super Rugby in the 30th ... Read More »
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Teenager Julian Hall scored two goals in the first half and Ethan Horvath made them stand up as the New York Red Bulls beat Orlando City 2-1, winning the season opener on Saturday night in the debut of head coach Michael Bradley. Bradley took over the reins from Sandro Schwarz after ... Read More »
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After a vintage performance, New Orleans Pelicans center DeAndre Jordan was looking forward to getting home and enjoying a glass of wine. “I’ll probably have some Bordeaux tonight,” Jordan said after grabbing 15 rebounds and blocking four shots in a 126-111 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. It would ... Read More »
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Themus Fulks scored 24 points and made his only two foul shots of the night with three seconds left and UCF beat Utah 73-71 on Saturday night. Jordan Burks added 14 points for UCF (19-7, 8-6 Big 12) which shot 53% (30 of 57) including 44% (7 of 16) from ... Read More »
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