5+ min ago (391+ words) Graham Ike scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead a balanced attack as No. 12 Gonzaga defeated No. 8 Alabama 95-85 in the opening round of the Players Era men's championship Monday night in Las Vegas. Tyon Grant-Foster also scored 21 points, Braden Huff added 18 on 9-of-12 shooting from the field, Steele Venters had 12 points on four 3-pointers and Mario Saint-Supery had 10 points on 10 of 11 free-throw shooting with six assists for the Bulldogs (6-0). Labaron Philon Jr. led the Crimson Tide (3-2) with 29 points and seven assists. Amari Allen and Aiden Sherrell both scored 14 and Aden Holloway had 13 points. Grant-Foster made a pair of big dunks down the stretch. He scored on an alley-oop pass from Ike with 6:39 left to tie the score at 71-all. His steal and fastbreak dunk was part of an 11-0 run that helped the Bulldogs pull away. He capped that streak with…...

20+ min ago (345+ words) Brandt Clarke scored a tie-breaking power-play goal with 6:10 left in the third period and the Los Angeles Kings held on for a 2-1 win against the visiting Ottawa Senators on Monday night. Warren Foegele also scored and Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves for the Kings, who improved to 2-4-3 at home this season. Fabian Zetterlund scored and Leevi Merilainen made 20 saves for Ottawa, which was playing the third game of a seven-game road trip. The Senators opened the trip with back-to-back 3-2 victories over the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks in which they scored late tie-breaking goals. Clarke took a one-timer slapshot from just inside the blue line and the puck nicked off Ottawa defenseman Artem Zub before hitting the net with one second left on the power play, giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead. After two scoreless periods, the Kings finally broke through…...

20+ min ago (387+ words) A.J. Greer scored twice and added an assist in the Florida Panthers' 8-3 convincing win over the host Nashville Predators on Monday night. Sam Reinhart and Carter Vergaeghe each had a goal and two assists, Evan Rodrigues and Gustav Forsling each contributed a goal and an assist while Jesper Boqvist and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four. Uvis Balinskis had two assists and Daniil Tarasov made 36 saves. Filip Forsberg, Fedor Svechkov and Nick Blankenburg recorded the goals for the Predators, who lost for the eighth time in nine games (1-6-2). Juuse Saros stopped 11 shots before being replaced by Justus Annunen, who made seven saves. Blankenburg's power-play goal pulled Nashville to within 5-3 two minutes into the third period. But Greer got his second goal 4:52 into the third, Reinhart scored at 8:33, extending his point streak to…...

30+ min ago (346+ words) Logan Cooley scored a career-high four goals and also had an assist to lead the Utah Mammoth to a 5-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night in Salt Lake City. It was the first four-goal game in Mammoth history and the first four-goal game in the NHL this season. Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist, Nate Schmidt added two assists and Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves for Utah, which won its second straight game. Ivan Barbashev scored a goal and Carl Lindbom stopped 19 of 22 shots for Vegas, which had a six-game point streak snapped. It was just the second regulation road defeat of the season (5-2-4) for the Golden Knights. Utah took a 1-0 lead at the 14:54 mark of the first period when Guenther took a drop pass from Cooley in the right circle on a rush and then…...

36+ min ago (462+ words) Gia Cooke led all five starters in double figures with 24 points as No. 21 West Virginia opened the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship with an 83-63 victory over McNeese on Monday in Nassau, Bahamas. Sydney Shaw followed with 14 points, Kierra Wheeler posted 12 points and 10 rebounds and Jordan Thomas and Jordan Harrison scored 10 points apiece for the Mountaineers (6-0), who will face Ohio State in the title game of the Goombay Division on Wednesday. Those five starters shot a stellar 23 of 37 from the floor as West Virginia outshot McNeese 56.3% to 42.6%. Harrison added seven assists. Arianna Patton had 17 points with five 3-pointers to guide the Cowgirls (3-2) while Jalencia Pierre scored 12, Dakota Howard had 11 and Lexi Alexander chipped in 10. No. 13 Ole Miss 102, Longwood 50 Cotie McMahon scored 29 points and added nine rebounds as the Rebels overwhelmed the Lancers in Oxford, Miss. McMahon hit 11 of 18 field goal attempts…...

45+ min ago (369+ words) Jakob Chychrun scored twice while Tom Wilson and John Carlson each had a goal with an assist as the Washington Capitals rolled to a 5-1 home victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night. Justin Sourdif added two assists, Martin Fehervary also scored and Logan Thompson stopped 22 of 23 shots for the Capitals, who broke the game open with three goals in the second period to win for the fourth time in five games. Chychrun, a defenseman who posted 20 goals last season, has recorded four of his eight this campaign in the past three contests. Denton Mateychuk scored early in the third period for the Blue Jackets, who played without star Kirill Marchenko as he deals with muscle tightness that reportedly surfaced during the Monday morning skate. Marchenko has a team-leading 22 points. Meanwhile, star Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski, second on…...

50+ min ago (411+ words) Zion Williamson scored a team-high 29 points on Monday to help lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a rare 143-130 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls. Saddiq Bey totaled 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Trey Murphy III also chipped in 20 points for the Pelicans, who snapped a nine-game losing streak. Jose Alvarado had 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and Jeremiah Fears scored 15 points. Yves Missi finished with a 14-point, 14-rebound double-double and Bryce McGowens scored 11. Micah Peavy poured in 10 points for New Orleans, which posted its first win since head coach Willie Green was fired and interim James Borrego took over on Nov. 15. Ayo Dosunmu led Chicago with 28 points, followed by Coby White's 24 and Josh Giddey's 21. Jalen Smith scored 13 points, Jevon Carter added 11 and Tre Jones tallied 10 points and 11 assists for the Bulls, who dropped their seventh game in 10 tries. Matas Buzelis…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago (506+ words) Christian McCaffrey ran for 89 yards and a touchdown and the San Francisco 49ers overcame a horrible first-half stretch from quarterback Brock Purdy to beat the Carolina Panthers 20-9 on Monday night in Santa Clara, Calif. The 49ers (8-4) did the job on defense to register back-to-back wins for the first time since September. The Panthers (6-6) dropped into second place in the NFC South, a half-game behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after managing just 230 yards of total offense. McCaffrey had 24 carries and caught seven passes for 53 yards against his former team. Purdy completed 23 of 32 passes for 193 yards and a touchdown, and he was intercepted three times. Panthers quarterback Bryce Young, who threw for a franchise-record 448 yards a week earlier at Atlanta, finished 18-for-29 for 169 yards. He had one TD pass and threw two interceptions. Carolina defensive back Jaycee Horn picked off two passes, but he…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (388+ words) A.J. Greer scored twice and added an assist in the Florida Panthers' 8-3 convincing win over the host Nashville Predators on Monday night. Sam Reinhart and Carter Vergaeghe each had a goal and two assists, Evan Rodrigues contributed a goal and an assist while Jesper Boqvist, Sam Bennett and defenseman Gustav Forsling also scored for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four. Defenseman Uvis Balinskis had two assists and Daniil Tarasov made 36 saves. Filip Forsberg, Fedor Svechkov and defenseman Nick Blankenburg recorded the goals for the Predators, who lost for the eighth time in nine games (1-6-2). Juuse Saros stopped 11 shots before being replaced by Justus Annunen, who made seven saves. Blankenburg's power-play goal pulled Nashville to within 5-3, 2:11 into the third period. But Greer got his second goal 4:52 into the third, Reinhart scored at 8:33, extending his point streak to seven…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (322+ words) Zion Williamson scored a team-high 29 points on Monday to help lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a rare 143-130 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls. Ayo Dosunmu led Chicago with 28 points, followed by Coby White's 24 and Josh Giddey's 21. Jalen Smith scored 13 points, Jevon Carter added 11 and Tre Jones tallied 10 points and 11 assists for the Bulls, who dropped their seventh game in 10 tries. Matas Buzelis scored 10 points in the loss. After trailing by 16 at halftime, Chicago sliced its deficit in half on Dosunmu's layup at the 7:52 mark of the third quarter. New Orleans then pushed the lead back to 18 after Fears' layup and 3-pointer bookended a 9-0 run to give the Pelicans a 96-78 lead. Julian Phillips' running 3-pointer pulled the Bulls within 11 with 9:25 left, before Williamson's consecutive baskets gave New Orleans a 121-106 lead. The Pelicans went ahead by 18 on Alvarado's layup with 4:40 remaining....