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NHL postpones LA Kings' home game against Calgary due to wildfires while NFL, NBA monitor situation LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires still burning across the greater Los Angeles area. The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play Wednesday night at the Kings’ downtown arena. The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to host the Charlotte Hornets in the same arena on Thursday night.
The NFL is also monitoring the potential impact of the fires on the two Los Angeles teams’ playoff preparations and the Rams’ wild-card postseason game against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night at SoFi Stadium. Cavaliers beat Thunder 129-122 to end OKC's 15-game winning streak in matchup of NBA's top teams CLEVELAND (AP) — Jarrett Allen scored 25 points, Evan Mobley added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended Oklahoma City’s 15-game winning streak by beating the Thunder 129-122 in a marquee meeting between the NBA’s top two teams. The Cavs extended their winning streak to 11, improved the league’s best record to 32-4 and moved to 19-1 at home.
They did it on an off night for leading scorer Donovan Mitchell, who had just 11 points on 3 of 16 shooting. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 and Jalen Williams 25 for the Thunder, who lost for the first time since Dec. 1.
Darius Garland added 18 points and Max Strus 17 for Cleveland. Inside the numbers of Cleveland's 129-122 win over Oklahoma City CLEVELAND (AP) — The most-hyped game so far this season in the NBA didn’t disappoint. Cleveland beat Oklahoma City 129-122 on Wednesday night, with the Cavaliers — now winners of 11 straight — pushing the NBA’s best record to 32-4 and snapping the Thunder’s 15-game winning streak.
It was the first time in NBA history that a team with a winning streak of at least 15 games faced a team with a streak of at least 10 straight wins. Penn State coach James Franklin calls for college football to have uniformity DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Big Ten plays nine conference games in football.
So does the Big 12. The Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference are among those playing eight-game league schedules. The Mountain West played a seven-game league slate.
Notre Dame doesn’t have a league. Enough, Penn State coach James Franklin says. Franklin said Wednesday on the eve of his team’s matchup with Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Orange Bowl that the sport needs uniformity.
Briefly a Buckeye, Texas QB Quinn Ewers returned to his roots to lead Longhorns' resurgence AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas quarterback and Texas native Quinn Ewers once played for Ohio State. After spending a semester deep on the depth chart in Columbus, Ewers headed back home to become the leader of Steve Sarkisian’s rebuilding project with the Longhorns. Ewers and Texas will face his former team on Friday at the Cotton Bowl in a College Football Playoff semifinal.
The winner advances to the national championship game. Texas and Ohio State arrive for CFP semifinal at Cotton Bowl ahead of a winter storm GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Texas and Ohio State arrived for the College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Cotton Bowl before the snow expected to hit the North Texas area. Both teams got into the Dallas area as scheduled Wednesday, a day before an expected winter storm forecast to bring 2 to 4 inches of snow on Thursday, along with sleet and rain.
That is a day before the game that will be played inside at AT&T Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. With the roof closed Friday night, there will be no direct impact on the outcome of the game that will determine which team advanced to the national title game. A plot twist from what college football has become: A player who stayed DANIA BEACH, Fla.
(AP) — When Penn State moved a different linebacker into what had been Tyler Elsdon’s starting spot, Elsdon made a choice that doesn’t really fit into the storyline college football has been selling these days. He stayed right where he was. In an era in which NIL money, playing time and the promise of the transfer portal are a phone call away, Penn State’s fifth-year senior decided to stay because he feels loyal to his teammates and loves his school.
Elsdon and the Nittany Lions take on Notre Dame on Thursday in the College Football Playoff semifinals. At the end of another stellar season, Ravens' Lamar Jackson will still face doubters in the playoffs OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens return to the postseason with a lot of the same strengths they had a year ago.
That's when they hosted Kansas City in the AFC championship game but couldn't overcome the Chiefs. This time Baltimore will need two wins just to reach that round. As the No.
3 seed in the conference, the Ravens face Pittsburgh on Saturday night. And it goes without saying that their star quarterback is under pressure to deliver. Jackson recently became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for at least 4,000 yards and rush for at least 900 in one season.
Now a different stat hangs over him. That's his 2-4 record in playoff games. Pro Picks: Texans, Ravens, Bills, Eagles, Bucs and Vikings will advance to the next round The NFL’s wild-card weekend features divisional rivals facing off, two NFC rematches from Week 1 and the Harbaugh brothers coaching on the same day.
Jim Harbaugh leads the Chargers against the Texans in the season’s first playoff game on Saturday afternoon. Then it’s John Harbaugh’s Ravens against Mike Tomlin’s Steelers in the nightcap. Sean Payton has the Broncos in the playoffs for the first time in nine years, against the Bills on the road.
Next, the Packers visit the Eagles in a rematch from the season opener in Brazil. The Commanders take on the Buccaneers in another rematch from the first week of the season. Sean McVay and the Rams host Kevin O’Connell and the Vikings in the last wild-card game of the weekend.
Masters gives another invitation to Niemann. Hojgaard invitation means Augusta gets twins Joaquin Niemann is headed back to the Masters. He's still the only LIV Golf player to get a special invitation from Augusta National.
The club also has invited Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark. That means twins will be playing in the Masters together for the first time. Rasmus Hojgaard qualified by being among the top 50 in the world at the end of last year.
Niemann received an invitation last year by playing outside LIV Golf and winning in Australia. He did the same this year and had another good finish. He won the Saudi International on the Asian Tour.
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