PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 38 points, including seven during a key fourth-quarter stretch, and VJ Edgecombe added 26 as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 121-114 on Saturday night. Dominick Barlow added 21 points for Philadelphia, which played without Joel ...

MONTREAL (AP) — Jacob Fowler made 31 saves for his fourth NHL start for his first shutout and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 on Saturday night to open a home-and-home set. The teams will meet again Sunday night in Pittsburgh. Josh Anderson scored twice, the second ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Henri Veesaar scored the winning basket on a dunk with 7.2 seconds remaining off a pass from a stumbling Seth Trimble, and No. 12 North Carolina held off Ohio State 71-70 on Saturday. Trimble, playing his first game since breaking his left forearm in a Nov. 9 training mishap, ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Free agent right-hander Shawn Armstrong and the Cleveland Guardians finalized their $5.5 million, one-year contract on Saturday, a deal that includes a 2027 mutual option. The 35-year-old went 4-3 with nine saves and a 2.31 ERA in 71 appearances for Texas last ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pavel Mintyukov slid a shot from the slot past Elvis Merzlikins with 3:29 left and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Saturday night. Mikael Granlund threaded a pass from the right circle to set up Merzlikins, and also scored. Jacob Trouba and ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Germany's Julia Taubitz had the fastest time in the second heat and that was enough to give her a World Cup women's luge win on Friday night, with American sliders grabbing the next three places on home ice. Taubitz finished her two runs in 1 minute, 28.824 seconds ...