Dejounte Murray scored a career-high 44 points, including the game-winning basket with 0.1 seconds remaining in overtime, to give the Atlanta Hawks a 123-122 win over the visiting Boston Celtics on Thursday. The Celtics took a 122-121 lead with 6.2 seconds left on Jaylen Brown’s jumper. After a timeout, the Hawks got the ball to […]
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Anton Forsberg made 18 saves and the host Ottawa Senators won their fourth game in a row, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Thursday night. Forsberg, who surrendered a combined 11 goals in his previous two starts, recorded his second shutout of the season and fifth of his nine-year NHL career, all coming in the
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Drew O’Connor’s go-ahead goal early in the third complemented Evgeni Malkin’s two power-play goals Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2. Sidney Crosby added two assists — moving him into 11th place all-time in NHL history with 1,580 career points — for the Penguins (32-30-10, 74 points), who have won
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Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Washington Capitals 5-1 Thursday night, sweeping the three-game season series. Mark Giordano, Connor Dewar and Bobby McMann also scored for the Maple Leafs, who had lost their two previous games. Joseph Woll made 24 saves for Toronto (41-22-9, 91 points), which sits in
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Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist for the Montreal Canadiens in a 4-1 win against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. Mike Matheson had three assists, and Cayden Primeau made 29 saves for the Canadiens (28-32-12, 68 points), who have won three in a row. Owen Tippett scored, and Samuel Ersson made 13
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BOSTON — Cam Spencer scored a team-high 18 points and No. 1 UConn dominated the offensive glass to beat fifth-seeded San Diego State 82-52 on Thursday night in a meeting of East Region teams in the Sweet 16. Spencer added five rebounds, three assists and three steals for the Huskies (34-3), who grabbed 21 offensive
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LOS ANGELES — Chase Hunter’s and-one play with 25.7 seconds remaining capped his game-high-matching 18-point performance, and No. 6 seed Clemson held off second-seeded Arizona to earn its first trip to the Elite Eight since 1980 with a 77-72 win in the NCAA Tournament West Regional on Thursday. Clemson (24-11) led nearly wire-to-wire behind the
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Wilson Furr punctuated a strong finish with a nearly 20-foot birdie putt to shoot a 6-under 64 and tie Taylor Moore for the lead after the opening round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open on Thursday at Memorial Park Golf Course. Furr, a PGA Tour rookie ranked No. 278 in the world entering this week,
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Chicago Cubs ace left-hander Justin Steele sustained a left leg injury while fielding a bunt in the fifth inning of Thursday’s season opener against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. Steele immediately clutched at the back of his left leg after backhanding the ball to first baseman Michael Busch on a bunt by Leody Taveras.
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