By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored for a sixth consecutive game and added two assists, sparking a four-goal second period that lifted the Florida Panthers to a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first five players to put up at least 45 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in one game for the Los Angeles Lakers were Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
The sixth is Austin Reaves, who ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist to help the Philadelphia Flyers snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
Scott Laughton and Garnet Hathaway also scored for Philadelphia. Samuel Ersson made 32 saves.
Erik ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons was waived by the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday after the team agreed to a buyout with the last remaining link to a failed era of building around All-Stars.
The No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft was not with the Nets for their ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Viktor Lakhin scored 22 points, Clemson held player of the year candidate Cooper Flagg in check for most of the game and the Tigers defeated No. 2 Duke 77-71 on Saturday night to snap the Blue Devils' 16-game winning streak.
Chase ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer
CLEMSON. S.C. (AP) — He's back, baby!
ESPN's Dick Vitale received a standing ovation Saturday night at Clemson's Littlejohn Coliseum in his first game back as a commentator since recovering from his fourth bout with cancer.
About 30 minutes before Clemson ...
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Sixth-ranked Florida made program history with its victory over No. 1 Auburn on Saturday.
It wasn't the Gators' 90-81 win over the Tigers that'll find its way into the program's record books. Florida had already taken down a top-ranked team this season, beating then- No. ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo tied Bob Knight's Big Ten record for wins, leading the ninth-ranked Spartans to a comeback 86-74 victory over Oregon on Saturday.
Perhaps fittingly, Izzo matched the mark with conference win No. 353 ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Connor Joe is going home, signing a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres.
Joe hit .228 with nine homers and 36 RBIs in 123 games for Pittsburgh last year. The San Diego native played his college ball for the University of San Diego.
The 32-year-old Joe has made big ...
By STEVE McCLAIN Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Otega Oweh scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and No. 14 Kentucky snapped a two-game skid with an 80-57 win over South Carolina on Saturday.
Brandon Garrison came off the bench and scored 15 points for Kentucky (16-7, ...