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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabriela Jaquez had 21 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, Kiki Rice scored 20 points and No. 9 UCLA beat Arizona 66-58 on Friday …

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 35 saves in his third shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Saturday night. Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Matthew Tkachuk had two assists. Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon departed …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Stony Brook Seawolves (13-11, 6-5 CAA) at Campbell Fighting Camels (11-13, 5-6 CAA) Buies Creek, North Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Seawolves -3.5; over/under is …

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Reliever Wandy Peralta and the San Diego Padres finalized a $16.5 million, four-year contract on Friday. The contract contains opt-outs after each of the first three seasons. The 32-year-old left-hander spent the last three seasons with the New York Yankees. He went 4-2 with four saves and a 2.83 ERA in 63 appearances in 2023. He …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Alabama State Hornets (11-11, 6-3 SWAC) at Grambling Tigers (10-12, 7-2 SWAC) Grambling, Louisiana; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kintavious Dozier and the Grambling Tigers host Antonio …

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Burkina Faso will replace coach Hubert Velud “as soon as possible” following the team’s disappointing Africa Cup of Nations campaign. The Burkinabè Football Federation said Friday that its executive committee had decided the day before not to renew Velud’s contract. It did not name a successor. Burkina Faso, which had made one final and two …

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings filled two coaching staff vacancies Friday by hiring former Denver Broncos defensive line coach Marcus Dixon and adding outside linebackers coach to Mike Pettine’s role. The openings were created last year when outside linebackers coach Mike Smith took a leave of absence prior to the regular season and defensive line coach Chris Rumph …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) — Alex Huibregste and Trey Calvin each scored 18 points as Wright State beat winless Detroit Mercy 92-85 on Thursday night. Huibregste also contributed five …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Anthony Edwards contabilizó 26 puntos y nueve asistencias a la causa de los Timberwolves de Minnesota, quienes acertaron 21 de 41 triples y vapulearon el jueves 129-105 a los decaídos Bucks de Milwaukee. Karl-Anthony Towns consiguió 19 unidades, Mike Conley añadió 18, Naz Reid sumó 17 y Rudy Gobert concluyó con 16. Los Wolves arruinaron así el …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BOSTON (AP) — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team has scheduled a March 5 election to determine whether the players will unionize – a step that would be unprecedented …