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By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Duchene had two goals and an assist, Juuse Saros made 27 saves and the Nashville…

DETROIT (AP) — Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Fiala both scored in the shootout to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.…

By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anders Lee got his first career hat trick and Ilya Sorokin stopped 25 shots for his sixth shutout…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Josh Norris scored twice in his 100th career game, including the winning power-play goal 2:34 into overtime, and the Ottawa…

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 18 of his 25 points in Brooklyn’s dominating first half in the Nets’…

BOISE, Idaho — Khalid Thomas had 20 points as Portland State got past Southern Utah 77-65 in the Big Sky Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Maizen…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart had his sixth career hat trick, Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and the Florida…

TORONTO (AP) — Defenseman Jakob Chychrun scored his second goal of the game at 2:17 of overtime to give the Arizona Coyotes a 5-4 victory over the…

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak snapped a tie with 17.2 seconds left, and the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks…

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ethan Bear scored the game’s first goal with 5:40 left and Sebastian Aho added an…

NEW YORK (AP) — Keve Aluma tossed in 20 points, Storm Murphy scored 16 and Virginia Tech hit eight straight free throws in the final 46 seconds to…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots to win his 300th career game, and Buffalo defeated the Vegas…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jacob Rigoni totaled 16 points and eight rebounds as 11th-seeded Quinnipiac stunned No. 3 seed Siena 77-71 in the…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kyle Connor scored his team-leading 35th goal late in the second period to snap a tie and lead…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Porter Moser remembers the feeling a couple weeks ago when the Sooners…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says it has charged San Jose State University’s former director of sports medicine with…

FORT WORTH, Texas — Darius Perry hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left to give Central Florida the lead en route to a 60-58 win over South Florida…

FRISCO, Texas — Kenneth Lofton Jr. made a layup with 24 seconds left to give Louisiana Tech the lead en route to a 59-57 win over Western Kentucky…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Max Christie scored 16 points, Gabe Brown added 13 points and No. 7 seed Michigan State nearly blew a 20-point…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Citadel fired basketball coach Dugger Baucom on Thursday after seven most struggling seasons. The school announced the…

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CLEVELAND — Mark Sears had 24 points and 10 rebounds as Ohio topped Ball State 77-67 in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tourney.…

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the BNP Paribas Open. She rallied to beat Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in a…

FRISCO, Texas — Abou Ousmane had 16 points, eight rebounds and three blocks and Thomas Bell recorded 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists as…

NORFOLK, Va. — Malik Miller had 16 points and seven rebounds as Morgan State defeated South Carolina State 80-77 in the quarterfinals of the…

KATY, Texas — Simeon Fryer posted 16 points as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi topped Houston Baptist 75-60 in the Southland Conference tourney…

WASHINGTON — Noah Fernandes had a career-high 29 points as UMass defeated George Washington 99-88 in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Conference…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Kathy Delaney-Smith is retiring after 40 years as Harvard’s women’s basketball coach. She…