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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler added 22, Gabe Vincent had 20 as the Miami Heat rallied to beat the Orlando Magic 107-103 in overtime on Saturday night. Vincent opened the overtime period with a 3-pointer, Herro scored twice from the lane and the Magic never caught up. Maarkelle Fultz led the Magic with 17 points. Paolo Banchero had 16 points and 13 rebounds and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, hosting both Republican and Democratic governors for a black-tie affair at the White House, raised his glass for a toast. Standing under a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, he told the people in the room to remember who they were. “We’re the United States of America. We can get big things done if we do it together.” “Cheers!” the crowd replied, as the clink-clink of […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored four goals, three in the third period, to help the New York Rangers blow the game open late and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 on Saturday night. Mika Zibanejad had a power-play goal in the first period and Kaapo Kakko added an empty-net score for the Rangers. Vincent Trocheck added two assists to help stop his former team’s seven-game winning streak. Jaroslav Halak […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — WNBA star Brittany Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison. Griner was part of a crowd of about 200,000 fans at the tournament, watching the action from the stadium 16th hole. Last month in her first appearance, the Griner was at the Martin Luther King Jr. march in downtown Phoenix. Griner is […]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — D’Andre Gholston hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Missouri a stunning 86-85 victory over No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night. With 4.2 seconds left in the game and the Volunteers (19-6, 8-4 Southeastern Conference) leading 85-83, Santiago Vescovi missed a free throw. His second attempt was waived off when Tobe Awaka committed a lane violation, setting up a final chance for the Tigers (19-6, […]

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Saturday night. Logan O’Connor, Matt Nieto and Devon Toews also scored as Colorado won for the second time in five games (2-2-1). Alexandar Georgiev stopped 42 shots. Aaron Ekblad, Sam Bennett and Aleksander Barkov scored for Florida, which snapped a three-game win streak. Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 45 […]

Two New Mexico State basketball players quit the team Saturday, less than 24 hours after the program was put on indefinite suspension while the university looks into possible violations of school policy. Shortly after the team returned from the Los Angeles area, where its game against California Baptist was canceled, Shahar Lazar and Kent Olewiler announced on social media that they were leaving the team. Neither player had played this […]

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — In a game where Auburn struggled with its 3-point accuracy, the best long shot of the afternoon by far belonged to a student in the stands. During a timeout in the second half of the game against No. 3 Alabama on Saturday, sophomore Craig Noyes made a full-court, 94-foot putt to win a new car. Not bad for someone who said he’s not a golfer. “Honestly, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Embiid had 37 points and 13 rebounds, James Harden scored 29 points in his first game in Brooklyn since being traded a year ago to begin a Big Three breakup, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Nets 101-98 on Saturday night. The 76ers got a victory instead of overtime when Spencer Dinwiddie’s 3-pointer was ruled too late after a video review. Harden added six rebounds […]