AP National Sports

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Novak Djokovic has arrived in Dubai after his deportation from Australia over its required COVID-19 vaccination ended the No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player’s hopes of defending his Australian Open title. The Emirates plane carrying Djokovic touched down after a 13 1/2-hour flight from Melbourne,

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Christian Wood had 23 points and 14 rebounds, Eric Gordon made a clutch bucket with 12.5 seconds remaining and the Houston Rockets held off the Sacramento Kings 118-112 on Sunday. Kevin Porter Jr. added 23 points and seven assists for the Rockets. Garrison Mathews scored 17,

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Cam Spencer had 26 points as Loyola (Md.) beat Lehigh 69-57. Evan Taylor led the Mountain Hawks with 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys couldn’t take advantage of a home playoff game. Their season is over after a 23-17 loss to San Francisco in an NFC wild-card game that ended when Dallas ran out of time before it could spike the ball to

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Versatile receiver Deebo Samuel ran 26 yards for a touchdown the play after an interception by Dak Prescott and the San Francisco 49ers held on for a 23-17 wild-card victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The 49ers overcame an interception by Jimmy Garoppolo when they

NEW YORK (AP) — Julian Champagnie scored 25 points to power St. John’s to an 88-69 victory over Georgetown. Champagnie sank 9 of 20 shots and added six rebounds for the Red Storm sore10-5, 2-2 Big East Conference). Posh Alexander pitched in with 17 points, seven assists, six rebounds and he matched his career best

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maddie Nolan scored 21 points — all on 3-pointers — and No. 11 Michigan routed No. 8 Maryland 69-49. Maryland coach Brenda Frese guided the team after her father, Bill, died of cancer Sunday morning. The Wolverines made their first seven shots from the

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — San Francisco pass rusher Nick Bosa has been ruled out of a wild-card game against Dallas because of a concussion after a collision with teammate D.J. Jones. Bosa was rushing Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott from the left side when he was crunched in the head and neck area as Jones came

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech kicker Jonathan Garibay is bypassing his final season of eligibility for the NFL draft. Garibay will leave Tech as the most accurate field goal kicker in school history and with the longest game-winning kick in FBS history. Garibay kicked a 62-yard field goal on the final play of a

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Elissa Cunane scored 23 points to help No. 4 North Carolina State beat No. 16 Duke 84-60 on Sunday. That kept the Wolfpack unbeaten in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Jada Boyd added 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench as N.C. State won its

By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Aliyah Boston and Destanni Henderson each scored 19 points and No. 1 South Carolina beat Arkansas 61-52 on Sunday. Boston also had 13 rebounds for South Carolina (17-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference). The Gamecocks have won five straight since falling at Missouri on Dec. 30 Makayla

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Devin Booker scored 30 points and JaVale McGee added 20 in their Michigan homecomings to help the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns rout the Detroit Pistons 135-108 on Sunday. Booker grew up in Grand Rapids, and McGee is from Flint. Booker made 11 of his first 14 shots. McGee

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Sarah Andrews scored 25 points, Ja’Mee Asberry added 20 and they combined for the final seven points in the last 14 seconds to give No. 14 Baylor an 82-79 win over Kansas. Asberry knocked down a second-chance 3-pointer with 14 seconds to play to pull the Bears within 79-78. Kansas had

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Diamond Battles and Tay Sanders combined to score 37 points and UCF knocked off No. 24 South Florida 67-51. Battles finished with 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, for the Knights (12-2, 4-0 American Athletic Conference). Sanders added 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Alisha Lewis

NEW YORK — Jose Perez had a season-high 33 points as Manhattan edged past Canisius 80-75. Ahamadou Fofana led the Golden Griffins with 15 points.

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan failed to score a goal in an Italian league match for the first time in almost a year as it was held to a 0-0 draw at Atalanta. There were plenty of opportunities for both sides Sunday but no goals as Inter’s eight-match winning streak

By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rae Burrell and Keyen Green came off the bench and scored 14 points apiece as No. 5 Tennessee beat No. 19 Kentucky 84-58 to remain the only unbeaten team in Southeastern Conference play. The Lady Volunteers improved to 17-1. They won despite losing 6-foot-6 junior Tamari