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CHICAGO (AP) — Jordan Poole scored 23 points and the Washington Wizards won their season-high third straight game, beating the Chicago Bulls 107-105 on Monday night. Corey Kispert posted his first career double-double with 19 points and a personal-best 12 rebounds. Marvin Bagley III scored 16, and Richaun Holmes had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Jared Butler added a career-high …

NEW YORK (AP) — Donte DiVincenzo scored 31 points, Miles McBride had 26 and the New York Knicks beat the Brooklyn Nets 105-93 on Saturday. Jalen Brunson and Isaiah Hartenstein each had 17 points in New York’s fifth win in six games. Brunson also had eight assists, and Hartenstein grabbed nine rebounds. Hartenstein has been hampered by an Achilles injury …

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired minor league right-hander Chris McElvain from the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday in exchange for infielder Santiago Espinal. McElvain, 23, went 5-5 with a 3.75 ERA in 23 games last season, including 19 starts, splitting time between two levels of Class-A. A four-year veteran who represented Toronto in the 2022 All-Star game, Espinal …

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. NC State Wolfpack (22-14, 14-11 ACC) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (23-10, 12-8 Big 12) Pittsburgh; Thursday, 9:40 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Raiders -5; over/under is …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The fifth round of Super Rugby Pacific seems to offer little respite for the Christchurch-based Crusaders who face the Auckland-based Blues amid a form slump so pronounced even the New Zealand prime minister has commented on it. The 11-time champions have started the season with four consecutive losses for the first in their history and …

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. Anyone watching the NCAA Tournament exclusively to get a closer look at the top prospects in the upcoming NBA draft is in for a disappointment. Only one of …

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Timon Haugan held on to his first-run lead to win the men’s slalom at the World Cup finals Sunday, giving the Norwegian ski team its first victory of the season. Haugan beat Manuel Feller, the winner of the discipline season title, by 0.40 seconds after the Austrian improved from fourth after the first run. Linus Strasser …

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. All Times EDT Sunday, March 17 NBA Phoenix at Milwaukee, 1 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 3 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 3:30 p.m. Boston at Washington, 6 p.m. Toronto …

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. UAB Blazers (21-11, 13-6 AAC) vs. South Florida Bulls (24-6, 17-2 AAC) Fort Worth, Texas; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulls -3; over/under is 145 BOTTOM …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Claude Giroux scored in regulation and the shootout, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Giroux beat goalie Elvis Merzlikins with a slap shot in the third round of the shootout as Ottawa rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to win its second …