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By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 49th goal and added an assist as Toronto ended Boston’s four-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory. Matthews’ goal late in the second period was the fourth of five straight scored by the Maple Leafs, who held a 6-1 lead and flustered

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime and had two regulation assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3. Stamkos got the winner from the slot off Nikita Kucherov’s third assist of the game. Alex Killorn, Victor Hedman and Brayden

WACO, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor basketball player Tweety Carter has been named the team’s director of player development. That position opened when Bears head coach Scott Drew made other adjustments to his staff following the departure of Jerome Tang to become Kansas State’s head coach. Jared Nuness was promoted to an on-court assistant coach

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Frank Vatrano and Braden Schneider scored less than five minutes apart in the second period, and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2. Chris Kreider added his 45th goal in the third as the Rangers topped Pittsburgh for the second time in five days.

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 34 points in a triple-double and the Dallas Mavericks routed the Lakers 128-110 with Los Angeles missing LeBron James because of an ankle issue. LA is also anticipating the return of long-injured Anthony Davis. Davis hasn’t played since Feb. 16 because of a

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Peru has beaten Paraguay 2-0 in the last round of South American World Cup qualifiers to secure fifth place in the standings and entry to an intercontinental playoff for a spot in Qatar. Gianluca Lapadula opened the scoring in Lima in the 5th minute and

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Brock Nelson scored his career-high 32nd goal, Semyon Varlamov made 42 saves and the New York Islanders held off the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3. Josh Bailey, Anthony Beauvillier and Zach Parise also scored as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid. Vladimir Gavrikov scored twice for

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and had a game-deciding block of Joel Embiid in the final seconds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 118-116 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. Khris Middleton scored 22 points and

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 14 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls pulled away for a 107-94 victory over the Washington Wizards. Nikola Vucevic scored 27 points for Chicago, which is trying to stay in the top six in the Eastern Conference

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George is back in the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Clippers after missing three months with an elbow injury. He had eight points, four assists and one rebound playing 14 minutes in the first half against the Utah Jazz. George hasn’t played since Dec. 22. George had been rehabbing

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — UCLA-bound Kiki Rice scored 17 points, and the East beat the West 95-75 in the McDonald’s All-American Game at Wintrust Arena. Rice made 7 of 10 shots. She and the West’s Gabriela Jaquez were co-MVPs. Talaysia Cooper and Ta’Niya Latson added 15 points apiece. Chance Gray

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Daniil Medvedev is one win away from returning to No. 1. The top-seeded Medvedev shook off a slow start and reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Open by defeating Jenson Brooksby of the U.S. 7-5, 6-1. Medvedev has yet to drop a set in

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo will get another shot at lifting the World Cup. The leading men’s international scorer  an head to his fifth World Cup after Portugal defeated North Macedonia 2-0 in a European playoff, one of seven spots in soccer’s premier tournament that were up for grabs on Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference will not renew the lease at its downtown San Francisco headquarters and will have its employees work remotely instead of maintaining a permanent league office. The conference’s lease expires in June 2023. The conference was based in the San Francisco suburb of Walnut Creek until 2014, when it

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Miami Marlins and Detroit Tigers pitcher José Ureña has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The 30-year-old Ureña went 4-8 with a 5.81 ERA for the Tigers last season in 26 appearances, including 18 starts. The right-hander had 67 strikeouts and 42 walks in 100 2/3 innings. He