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By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Huerter scored a team-high 27 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Utah Jazz 121-113 on Saturday night. Domantas Sabonis finished with 16 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists for his NBA-leading 60th double-double of the season. Harrison Barnes added 18 points. Huerter added seven

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Bobby Wagner is headed back to the Seattle Seahawks to rejoin the team with which he became one of the top linebackers in the NFL. The team announced Wagner’s return Saturday night, filling a major need on Seattle’s remodeled defense. It’s a one-year contract, according to

By GARY FIELDS and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except that these voters in the first round of the mayoral election were all wearing the same beige smocks. And the security at this polling place wasn’t intended to keep disrupters and

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Creighton and San Diego State have dreamed of being in this situation for years. And it’s not the first time each team has stood in the other’s way. The sixth-seeded Bluejays and the fifth-seeded Aztecs are each seeking their first Final Four when they

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — San Diego State’s recruiting pitch to Darrion Trammell certainly sounded intriguing. Coach Brian Dutcher asked the former Seattle University guard to come to Southern California and play in a Final Four. What Trammell found was a mature, talented group of players with two NCAA Tournament

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s defenders chased ballhandlers and used their length to disrupt any flow. Its bigs continued to snag just about every miss coming off the rim. It’s an unwavering combination, one that at times has the Gamecocks’ push for a second straight national championship flirting

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks signed defenseman Henry Thrun to a two-year contract on Saturday after his final college season at Harvard ended. The Sharks traded a 2024 third-round pick to Anaheim last month to acquire the rights to Thrun. San Jose had until Aug. 15 to sign him or he

By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Huerter led all scorers with 29 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Phoenix Suns 135-127 on Friday night. Huerter added nine rebounds and five assists for the Kings (44-29), who are in third place in the Western Conference behind Denver and Memphis. “That third

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Creighton coach Greg McDermott understood what his team needed to do if it wanted to make school history. Ryan Kalkbrenner, the Big East’s two-time defensive player of the year, had to use his 7-foot-1 frame to overwhelm Princeton’s defense. And 3-point specialist Baylor Scheierman needed

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — March has gone from madness to unprecedented. With Miami’s win over Houston and San Diego State’s takedown of Alabama on Friday night, the men’s NCAA Tournament will not have a No. 1 seed in the Elite Eight for the first time since seeding began in