By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — With their backs against the wall, the Baltimore Ravens made sure they wouldn't underutilize Derrick Henry again. The five-time Pro Bowl running back responded by delivering one of the greatest performances of his brilliant ...
The Chicago Bears have gone worst to first. The Bears clinched the NFC North title when the Ravens beat the Packers 41-24 on Saturday night. A year after going 5-12, Chicago is 11-4 under rookie coach Ben Johnson and second-year quarterback Caleb Williams. Baltimore (8-8) stayed alive in the ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Virginia coach Tony Elliott had a message for his team in the postgame locker room: Welcome to the 11-win club. It's the most exclusive one in program history. Harrison Waylee ran for a touchdown, Chandler Morris threw for 198 yards and No. 20 Virginia edged ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Devin Booker scored 20 points, including two clutch jumpers down the stretch, and the Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-114 on Saturday night for a two-game sweep of their back-to-back set. Booker led seven Suns in double figures. Dillon Brooks had 18 points, ...
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored a season-high 36 points with 16 rebounds, Jalen Brunson had 34 points and the New York Knicks survived Atlanta's late comeback attempt to beat the slumping Hawks 128-125 on Saturday night. The Hawks lost their ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points in his return from an eight-game absence, and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Chicago Bulls' five-game winning streak with a 112-103 victory on Saturday night. The two-time MVP, who had been sidelined by a right calf strain, added eight ...
DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Black scored a career-high 38 points, Desmond Bane made two free throws with 6.9 seconds left and the Orlando Magic overcame another huge triple-double by Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 127-126 on Saturday night. Jokic ...
TORONTO (AP) — Captain Auston Matthews shook off a slump with a goal and two assists, and Matthew Knies scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 7-5 win against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Matthews, who had gone four games without a point, got his first three-point outing ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Shayne Gostisbehere and Andrei Svechnikov each had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes snapped a season-worst three-game skid with a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night in a matchup of divisional ...
By JOE YERDON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and two assists as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Saturday night for their eighth straight victory. Samuelsson's three-point night came together in a three-goal second period with assists ...
By PHILIP ROSSMAN-REICH Associated Press ORLANDO (AP) — Jovesa Damuni scored on a 4-yard run with two minutes remaining and No. 12 BYU rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half for a 25-21 win over No. 24 Georgia Tech on Saturday in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Damuni's scoring run ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Houston Texans are riding a wave of momentum as the playoffs near. They're still alive in the race for the AFC South, a division they've won multiple times, and bolstered by the NFL's best defense, they're taking aim at earning ...
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos won their first AFC West title in a decade Saturday when the Houston Texans beat the Los Angeles Chargers 20-16. That means they'll host their first playoff game since January 2016. They can wrap up the ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — E.J. Warner threw for 214 yards and a touchdown, Dylan Lynch kicked four field goals and Fresno State defeated Miami of Ohio 18-3 in the Arizona Bowl on Saturday night. On defense, Fresno State kept Miami out of the red zone the whole game, except for the RedHawks' ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 21 points and moved past Magic Johnson for seventh place on the NBA's career assists list while leading the Sacramento Kings to a 113-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. Westbrook grabbed five rebounds, and his nine assists gave ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Maxx Crosby's season is over, and whether his time with the Las Vegas Raiders is finished remains to be seen. The Raiders placed their star pass rusher, who has dealt with a knee injury much of the season, on injured reserve on ...
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ethan Grunkemeyer threw for a career-high 262 yards and two TDs, including a 73-yard strike to Trebor Pena early in the fourth quarter, and Penn State beat Clemson 22-10 Saturday afternoon in the Pinstripe Bowl. Both teams struggled at ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Outfielder JJ Bleday and the Cincinnati Reds agreed Saturday to a $1.4 million, one-year contract. The 28-year-old hit .212 with 14 homers and 39 RBIs with the Athletics this year, down from a .243 average in 2024, when he set career bests with 20 homers and 60 RBIs for ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Chaston Ditta threw two second-half touchdown passes, and East Carolina overcame an inadvertent whistle that negated a long touchdown in a 23-17 victory over Pittsburgh in the Military Bowl on Saturday. ECU faced fourth-and-1 from ...
By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — David Rittich made 27 saves for his ninth career shutout, Anders Lee scored less than a minute into the game, and the New York Islanders blanked the New York Rangers 2-0 on Saturday night. Lee's unassisted goal 58 seconds in extended his ...