MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers coach JB Bickerstaff considered two road matchups with the Milwaukee Bucks in a span of three nights an opportunity to prepare his team for the postseason.
The Cavs responded by showing how they could bounce back and produce the kind of adjustments they'd ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond couldn't have started any slower against No. 16 Dayton in the sold out Robins Center on Saturday night, missing its first 11 shots to fall behind 9-0.
But as has been their strength this season, the Spiders' defense made things hard for the Flyers and the ...
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 19 points to move into third place on Northwestern's all-time scoring list and the Wildcats breezed to an 83-58 victory over Ohio State on Saturday night.
Buie made 6 of 10 shots with two 3-pointers and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson got his second goal of the night 4 minutes into overtime, Brock Boeser had three goals and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks rallied from three goals down in the third period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 on Saturday night.
J.T. ...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers extended their winning streak to 14 games with a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
Connor McDavid and Dylan Holloway also scored for the Oilers (27-15-1), who ...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers extended their winning streak to 14 games with a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
Connor McDavid and Dylan Holloway also scored for the Oilers (27-15-1), who ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had his third triple-double in his last four games and the Milwaukee Bucks responded to the firing of coach Adrian Griffin with a 126-116 victory Wednesday night that snapped the Cleveland Cavaliers' eight-game winning streak.
Antetokounmpo had 35 ...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Johnny Furphy sent his parents back home to Australia with quite the lasting impression of their son in Allen Fieldhouse.
The freshman guard had career highs of 23 points and 11 rebounds, hitting a key 3-pointer down the stretch, and helped No. 7 Kansas overcome a ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brent Suter can earn $6.2 million over two seasons as part of his contract with the Cincinnati Reds, which guarantees $3 million to the 34-year-old left-hander.
Suter has a $2.5 million salary and the deal, announced Jan. 13, includes a $3.5 million team option for 2025 ...
The Associated Press national player of the week in women's basketball for Week 11 of the season:
COTIE MCMAHON, Ohio State
The 6-foot sophomore wing from Centerville, Ohio, scored a career-high 33 points and added 12 rebounds to help the Buckeyes beat No. 2 Iowa in overtime. The win was Ohio ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sam Merrill helped the Cleveland Cavaliers close out their eighth straight win in the first 15 minutes Monday night.
Merrill hit his first five 3-point attempts and scored 20 of his 26 points in the first half as the Cavaliers rolled to a 126-99 win over the Orlando ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers rookie forward Emoni Bates was suspended two games without pay by the NBA G League on Monday for going into the stands following his game with the Cleveland Charge over the weekend.
G League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced that Bates and Charge teammate ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Johnny Furphy sent his parents back home to Australia with quite the lasting impression of their son in Allen Fieldhouse.
The freshman guard had career-highs of 23 points and 11 rebounds, hitting a key 3-pointer down the stretch, ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brent Suter can earn $6.2 million over two seasons as part of his contract with the Cincinnati Reds, which guarantees $3 million to the 34-year-old left-hander.
Suter has a $2.5 million salary and the deal, announced Jan. 13, includes a $3.5 million team option for 2025 ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alexander Holtz, Nico Hischier and Nathan Bastian scored 6:03 apart during New Jersey's four-goal second period, and the Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Friday night to snap a two-game skid.
John Marino also scored and Vitek Vanecek stopped 28 shots to help ...
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Javon Bennett had 22 points and No. 21 Dayton won its 12th straight game, blowing past Rhode Island 96-62 on Saturday.
Koby Brea was 5 for 7 from behind the arc and had 15 points for the Flyers (15-2, 5-0 Atlantic 10), who haven't lost in two months. Bennett was 4 of 5 ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Javian McCollum scored 16 points and Otega Oweh added 14 to help No. 15 Oklahoma beat Cincinnati 69-65 on Saturday.
John Hugely IV had 11 points for the Sooners (15-3, 3-2 Big 12) who earned their first conference road win.
"It was a gritty game," Sooners coach Porter ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had 18 points and eight assists to lead a balanced attack as the Cleveland Cavaliers extended the NBA's longest current win streak to seven games with a 116-95 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night.
Jarrett Allen had 14 points and 11 rebounds, while ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns may bring back one of their many former starting quarterbacks to oversee their offense.
The team interviewed Ken Dorsey to be their coordinator on Friday, a person familiar with the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Dorsey, who was fired by ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had 31 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers took advantage of Milwaukee being without superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo to extend their winning streak to a season-best six games by pounding the Bucks 135-95 on Wednesday night.
Antetokounmpo sat with a bruised ...