BOSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets have been one of the NBA's more surprising teams this season. After their past three games, they shouldn't shock anyone.
The Rockets beat the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers twice last week before traveling to Boston and pulling out a 114-112 ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has lured Tom Knowles away from Ohio State.
The Nittany Lions hired Knowles on Monday to serve as their defensive coordinator. Knowles held the same position with the national champion Buckeyes for three years.
Knowles replaces Tom Allen, who left to ...
By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State, the first team to run the gauntlet of four playoff games on its way to the national title, celebrated with 30,000 Buckeyes fans on Sunday at Ohio Stadium.
Fans braved 30-degree temperatures to welcome home a team that ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored with 1:16 remaining in overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.
Zack Werenski and Dante Fabbro also scored, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 shots as Columbus won its fifth straight ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Amen Thompson had his second career triple-double, Alperin Sengun and Jalen Green scored 26 points apiece and the Houston Rockets beat the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers 135-131 on Saturday night.
Thompson finished with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, ...
By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Dailyn Swain and Zach Freemantle each scored 15 points to help Xavier defeat No. 19 UConn 76-72 on Saturday night.
Xavier (13-8, 5-5 Big East) had lost four straight to the Huskies. It was the Musketeers' second win over a ranked ...
By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored with 1:16 remaining in overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.
Zack Werenski and Dante Fabbro also scored, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 ...
Ohio State's 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in Monday night's College Football Playoff national championship game, was the most-watched game of the season. However, it was a double-digit drop in viewers from last year.
ESPN announced Wednesday that the Buckeyes' second national championship in ...
TORONTO (AP) — Adam Fantilli scored three goals for his first career hat trick, Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 shots, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Wednesday night.
Luca Del Bel Belluz had a goal and an assist, and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Columbus. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 16 points in overtime and No. 20 St. John's erased a 16-point deficit in the second half to rally past Xavier 79-71 on Wednesday night.
Kadary Richmond had a season-high 19 points for the Red Storm (17-3, 8-1 Big East). They have won six ...
ATLANTA (AP) — The pass seemed to hang up there forever. Did it feel like seven weeks? Did it feel like 10 years?
What a great debate for Ohio State fans to have forever.
When that teardrop of a throw from Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard on third-and-11 finally landed, light as a feather, ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Micah Parrish scored 17 of his career-high 22 points in the second half, helping Ohio State rally from a 16-point first-half deficit and fueling a 15-0 run in the closing minutes that led to a 73-70 win over No. 11 Purdue on Tuesday night.
Parrish was 8 of 10 from ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Trocheck scored the only goal of the shootout, Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 shots and New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 on Saturday night.
Shesterkin got his second shutout of the season and 17th of his career as the Rangers won their second straight. ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 36 points, Darius Garland added 29 and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers took control in the second half and beat the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 124-117 on Saturday night.
With the teams tied at halftime, Cleveland (35-6) outscored Minnesota by ...
By TYLER MASON Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 36 points, Darius Garland added 29 and the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers took control in the second half and beat the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 124-117 on Saturday night.
With the teams tied at halftime, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Trocheck scored the only goal of the shootout, Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 shots and New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 on Saturday night.
Shesterkin got his second shutout of the season and 17th of his career as the Rangers won their second straight. ...
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith was able to keep a team-first approach after having extra defensive attention make him almost invisible in the Buckeyes' Cotton Bowl win over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals.
After ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — It was one night last June when Will Howard and Riley Leonard stayed up late bonding over talk about their families, faith and what life might have in store for them.
"Genuine conversation," Leonard said Saturday.
Howard and ...
By CURT RALLO Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Quarterback Riley Leonard and the Notre Dame offense have faced a fierce gauntlet of defenses in their path to the College Football Playoff title game.
The Fighting Irish battled their way through Penn State (No. 7 in total ...
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on charter flights Friday as the teams moved closer to the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday night.
The Buckeyes are big favorites but the Fighting Irish might have an ...