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NHL roundup: Maple Leafs win fifth straight, beat Penguins 6-5 in OT
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — William Nylander scored 60 seconds into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Sunday. Nylander, Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist as Toronto earned its fifth consecutive win. John Tavares, Max Domi and Conor Timmins also scored. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maple Leafs win fifth straight, beat Penguins 6-5 in OT
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Sunday. Nylander, Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist as Toronto earned its fifth consecutive win. John Tavares, Max Domi and Conor Timmins also scored. It was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maddy Siegrist of WNBA’s Dallas Wings wins Athletes Unlimited individual title
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Maddy Siegrist won the Athletes Unlimited championship Sunday night, outscoring Odyssey Sims in the four-week event in Music City. Siegrist finished fourth in her debut with Athletes Unlimited last year in Dallas. The forward coming off her second WNBA season with the Dallas Wings finished off this season with a league-record ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 10 TCU women go from 1 conference win and tryouts to Big 12 title that fittingly comes at Baylor
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
WACO, Texas (AP) — Those “Underfrogs” from TCU, a team that won only one conference game two seasons ago and last year needed open tryouts to fill roster spots after a series of injuries, are now outright women’s Big 12 champions. The title-clinching game couldn’t have been more fitting for the 10th-ranked Horned Frogs, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olynyk scores season-high 26 points as Pelicans use fourth-quarter surge to beat Jazz 128-121
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kelly Olynyk scored a season-high 26 points and had nine rebounds and the New Orleans Pelicans used a 15-0 fourth-quarter run to defeat the Utah Jazz 128-121 on Sunday night. CJ McCollum added 25 points and eight assists, Zion Williamson had 24 points and nine assists and Trey Murphy III ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 6 South Carolina earns SEC title share with 78-66 victory over No. 15 Kentucky
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tessa Johnson scored 16 points, and No. 6 South Carolina claimed at least a share of the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship with a 78-66 victory over No. 15 Kentucky on Sunday. If Texas beats Florida on Sunday, the Longhorns will match the Gamecocks with a 15-1 record in conference play. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL roundup: Leslie, Hood lead Giants to 3-1 win over Wild
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
LANGLEY, B.C. — Mazden Leslie’s second-period power-play goal stood up as the winner as the Vancouver Giants edged the visiting Wenatchee Wild 3-1 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at Langley Events Centre. Tyler Thorpe and Leslie (empty-netter) added the other goals for the Giants (29-24-8-0), who were outshot 40-33 but received another stellar ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stone and Hanifin score in the 3rd period as the Golden Knights beat the Devils 2-0
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone and Noah Hanifin each scored a power-play goal in the third period, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the New Jersey Devils 2-0 on Sunday night. The Golden Knights won for the fifth time in six games. They extended their lead in the Pacific Division to four points over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prince 16 points, 19 rebounds as No. 10 TCU women win first Big 12 title, 51-48 over No. 17 Baylor
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
WACO, Texas (AP) — Sedona Prince had 16 points and 19 rebounds as 10th-ranked TCU won its first Big 12 regular-season title, holding on to beat No. 17 Baylor 51-48 on Sunday in the conference’s first winner-take-all on the final day in its 29-season history. Hailey Van Lith added 14 points as the Horned Frogs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Morgan Maly, Lauren Jensen top 2,000 career points as No. 22 Creighton women top Villanova 70-55
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Seniors Morgan Maly and Lauren Jensen combined to score 40 and both players topped 2,000 career points as No. 22 Creighton defeated Villanova 70-55 to close out the Big East Conference regular season on Sunday night. No. 2 seed Creighton has a bye until Saturday’s quarterfinals when it will play the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jonathan Quick stops 35 as Rangers blank Predators 4-0
By Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller, K’Andre Miller and Brett Berard scored and Jonathan Quick made 35 saves as the New York Rangers defeated the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Sunday night. Mika Zibanejad added two assists as the Rangers won for the sixth time in nine games. Nashville lost its second straight and ... Read More »
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