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12:37 AM on Friday, February 27

Nazem Kadri scored two goals and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 in the first game back from the Olympic break for both teams

12:29 AM on Friday, February 27

Madison Booker scored 18 points to help No. 4 Texas defeat No. 23 Georgia 79-50 Thursday night for the Longhorns’ 42nd straight home victory

12:03 AM on Friday, February 27

U.S. Olympian Matt Boldy had two goals and two assists, Filip Gustavsson stopped 44 shots and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Thursday night for their sixth straight victory

12:02 AM on Friday, February 27

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he has full confidence in Mexico as a World Cup host, even after a deadly wave of cartel violence

11:44 PM on Thursday, February 26

Royce O’Neale made a 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds remaining, Grayson Allen scored 28 points and the short-handed Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-110 on Thursday night after blowing a late 12-point lead

11:41 PM on Thursday, February 26

Leaders of the WNBA players’ union had a meeting with players this week and will send out a survey to their members to get feedback on the league’s latest contract proposal

11:33 PM on Thursday, February 26

Saddiq Bey scored 42 points, Zion Williamson had 20 and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Utah Jazz 129-118 on Thursday night to open a two-game set

11:22 PM on Thursday, February 26

Ava Heiden scored a career-high 28 points and No. 9 Iowa overcame Illinois’ second-half 3-point shooting to win 82-78

11:17 PM on Thursday, February 26

Matvei Michkov scored his second goal of the game 2:10 into overtime and Samuel Ersson made 23 saves as the Philadelphia Flyers rallied to beat the New York Rangers 3-2

11:09 PM on Thursday, February 26

Jerami Grant scored 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers held on for a 121-112 victory over Chicago that sent the Bulls to their 11th straight loss

11:09 PM on Thursday, February 26

Precious Achiuwa had a career-high 29 points and added 12 rebounds, Maxime Raynaud scored 22 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Dallas Mavericks 130-121 on Thursday night

10:53 PM on Thursday, February 26

Ryan O’Reilly scored with 3:16 remaining and the Nashville Predators scored three times in the third period in a 4-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in the teams’ first game following the Olympic break

10:49 PM on Thursday, February 26

Jack Hughes is still riding the emotional wave from his overtime goal that won Olympic gold for the United States

10:49 PM on Thursday, February 26

Toby Fournier scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and 12th-ranked Duke broke it open after halftime and beat Florida State 80-52 on Thursday night to capture at least a share of the ACC regular season title

10:42 PM on Thursday, February 26

Dylan Holloway had a hat trick and added an assist in his return from a sprained ankle, Joel Hofer made 23 saves and the St. Louis Blues came off the Olympic break to beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Thursday night

10:40 PM on Thursday, February 26

Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored 3:14 into overtime, rookie Matthew Schaefer had two goals in a 55-second span in the second period and the New York Islanders rallied to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3

10:30 PM on Thursday, February 26

Kevin Durant scored 26 of his season-high 40 points in the second half and the Houston Rockets wiped out a 19-point Orlando lead in less than four minutes to beat the Magic 113-108

8:57 PM on Thursday, February 26

Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel has reached yet another milestone in a remarkable rookie season for the No. 4 overall pick from Duke

8:47 PM on Thursday, February 26

Purdue point guard Braden Smith has become the fifth player in Division I history to reach 1,000 assists

11:58 AM on Thursday, February 26

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that the New York Jets have agreed to trade pass rusher Jermaine Johnson to the Tennessee Titans for defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat