The No. 4 Wildcats held No. 2 Houston without a field goal for over 10 minutes in the second half on the way to a 73-66 road win over the Cougars. After Chris Cenac Jr. hit a jumper with 12:57 to go, the Cougars had just six free throws before Kingston Flemings hit a 3-pointer with 2:28 to go.
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Flemings’ shot cut Arizona’s lead to 61-57, but the Wildcats got an offensive rebound on their next possession before Jaden Bradley’s turnaround jumper in the lane with 1:33 to go extended the lead back to six and forced Houston to start fouling with 1:10 to go.
The win pushes Arizona to 12-2 in Big 12 play and 25-2 overall while dropping Houston to 11-3 in the conference and 23-4. The Wildcats now have sole possession of first place in the conference with four games remaining.
The game flipped as Houston missed 10 straight field goal attempts in the second half. Cenac put the Cougars up 48-46. But as Houston couldn’t buy a basket, Arizona outscored the Cougars 15-6.
Houston had a similar drought in the first half too. The Cougars went over six minutes without a field goal late in the half as Arizona built up a 10-point lead. But a strong close to the first half cut Arizona’s lead to five at halftime.
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The Cougars never led until there was 14:16 remaining in the game, however. And each of the three times Houston took a two-point lead, Arizona tied the game before pulling away during Houston’s dry spell.
Anthony Dell’Orso shines again
The senior tied his career high with 22 points in Arizona’s win over BYU on Wednesday. He did it again on Saturday.
Dell’Orso started 28 of 37 games a season ago but moved to the bench this season thanks to Arizona’s stellar recruiting class. He’s played a key role even though he’s been out of the starting lineup and has stepped up in the absence of freshman Koa Peat.
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Peat missed the BYU game after he suffered a lower leg injury in Arizona’s loss to Texas Tech a week ago. He also sat out Saturday’s game.
Dell’Orso scored 14 of his 22 points in the first half as Arizona entered the break with a five-point lead. He was the only player to score more than 20.
How the Big 12 race is shaping up
Saturday’s game became even more significant in the Big 12 race right as it tipped off. No. 8 Kansas entered the day a game behind both Arizona and Houston with matchups remaining against both schools.
But the Jayhawks are now two games behind Arizona and a game behind Houston after they shockingly lost 84-68 at home to Cincinnati.
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While Kansas is still in the Big 12 mix, it needs wins over both Arizona and Houston to have a chance now. And that looks much more difficult after Saturday’s loss.
No. 6 Iowa State, meanwhile, may be the biggest threat to Arizona if it beats AJ Dybantsa and No. 23 BYU late Saturday night. The Cyclones visit Arizona on March 2, two days after the Wildcats host Kansas.
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Just days after Anthony Dell’Orso dropped 22 on BYU, he did it again in a road win over No. 2 Houston.
The Australian is on a heater, and the Wildcats are reaping the rewards.
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There’s just over a minute left and the Wildcats should win this barring a late meltdown.
We’re at the 1-minute mark and it’s an 8-point game.
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The Wildcats will have to finish this one off without their big man, who just tallied his fifth foul.
Arizona is up 60-54 with just over 3 minutes left.
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The Cougars are again in a scoring drought. The Cougars’ last points came over four minutes ago. There’s 7:55 to go.
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Arizona’s backup guard has continued his torrid shooting in the second half and now has 21 points as the Wildcats retake the lead with just under 11 minutes left in the game.
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Milos Uzan hits a 3-pointer to put the Cougars ahead. Does Arizona have a response?
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The Cougars are right back in this thing as the game ticks toward the 15-minute mark. It’s a one-score game now.
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As the Cougars have cut the lead to three, 10 players have seen playing time. Arizona has played eight players — and will go eight-deep barring significant foul trouble — and played on the road earlier in the week.
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Here’s how things are shaking out across the country today:
Ranked teams that took an L today: No. 8 Kansas and No. 19 Vanderbilt.
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The game was in danger of getting away from the Cougars late in the first half. Now they’re right back in it.
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The Cougars were able to cut into the Wildcats’ lead a bit just before the break, but they’ll need to figure out a way to slow down Anthony Dell’Orso. The backup guard shredded BYU for 22 points on Wednesday and he has 14 points in the first half today.
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The Cougars are getting to the free throw line, but that’s not enough to keep up with an Arizona team that has made five of its last six field goals while Houston hasn’t made one in five minutes.
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The Cougars have now gone 3:29 without a field goal.
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Arizona has found a little bit of breathing room with just over 5 minutes left on the clock in the first half. Awaka and Dell’Orso are leading the way for the Wildcats with 7 and 9 points, respectively.
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We’ve got a TV timeout with 11 minutes left in the first half and the Wildcats are still in control but the Cougars are getting open looks from deep.
Arizona’s Anthony Dell’Orso is picking up right where he left off against BYU with a few short-range pull-ups and the Cats are up 18-11.
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The senior scored 22 against BYU earlier this week in what was just his second 20-point game of the season.
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The Wildcats are up 9-2 early after an and-one from Tobe Awaka. The Cougars are doing their best to make this an ugly game, but Arizona is winning the 50-50s early.
Team USA will enter the final day of the 2026 Winter Olympics with its most gold medals ever, but it still won’t be anywhere close to first on the medal table.
Here's the full list of American gold, in chronological order:
With total medals, the Team USA sits at 32 after the team aerials gold and bronze medals from Mia Manganello in the women's mass start speed skate and the two-woman bobsled team of Kaillie Humphries and Deborah Levi. That leaves them two short of the record for total American medals in a single Winter Olympics, also accomplished at Salt Lake City in 2002.
With three more medals in hand, the U.S. maintained its lead over Italy for second place in the gold race behind Norway, which is having the best performance in the history of the Winter Olympics. No one's catching the leader when it has 18 golds and 40 total medals, but the Americans are winning the battle for second.
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Here's where the medal count stands going into competition on Sunday:
Major League Baseball’s spring training is happening early this year. Players started reporting to training camp in Arizona and Florida last week. That’s because 2026 is a World Baseball Classic year, with the international tournament running from March 5-11, which pushes the entire spring schedule forward a bit. That means reporting dates are a little earlier, and the first spring training game of the season will be this Friday, Feb. 20. You can catch spring training games this year on MLB Network and with a subscription to MLB.TV to get you ready for Opening Day on March 26.
If you’re an avid MLB fan, you may have already heard that ESPN is now the streaming home of MLB.TV, which means fans can buy an MLB.TV subscription directly through ESPN, a partnership that will bring thousands of out-of-market live games each season to the ESPN App and ESPN.com, though the catch is that you’ll still have to pay for MLB.TV as an add-on. If that change has been confusing, don’t worry, we’ll break it all down below.
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Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch this year’s spring training matchups live.
MLB spring training games will be available to watch on MLB Network. You can also tune in to games on MLB.TV, MLB.com, and in the MLB App, and select games are viewable on local RSNs.
How do I subscribe to MLB.TV through ESPN?
New subscribers who purchase MLB.TV must do so through the ESPN App and are required to sign up for a 1-month free trial of ESPN Unlimited in order to sign up for MLB.TV. After 1 month, ESPN auto-renews at $29.99/month, or you can cancel the trial at any time. ESPN is not required to maintain an MLB.TV subscription. If you’re a current subscriber to MLB.TV, your subscription will be renewed directly through your MLB.TV account for the 2026 season (though this may change in the future). You can continue to access the streaming content in the MLB App, or if you have the ESPN App, you can link your MLB.TV subscription to it and watch there. If you get ESPN Unlimited through another provider like DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV or Spectrum, click here for instructions on how to access MLB.TV with your account.
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Is MLB.TV free through ESPN?
This new partnership between ESPN and MLB.TV does not mean that MLB.TV is now a free part of the ESPN App, it will be available as an add-on feature. ESPN+ subscribers will have the opportunity to purchase an MLB.TV subscription at a discount, though: in 2026, the full season will cost $134.99 instead of $149.99 and subscribers can stream games either through the MLB App or the ESPN App.
MLB Spring Training 2026 Opening Weekend Schedule
You can find a complete schedule of spring training games here; RSN broadcasts are noted below.
All Times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 20
New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1:05 p.m. (Gotham, MASN)
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Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs, 3:05 p.m. (MARQ)
San Diego Padres vs. Seattle Mariners, 3:10 p.m. (SDPA, SEA Video)
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies, 3:10 p.m. (ARID, COLR)
Saturday, Feb. 21
Atlanta Braves vs. Tampa Bay Rays, 1:05 p.m. (RAYS)
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1:05 p.m (MASN)
Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins, 1:05 p.m. (NESN, MNNT)
Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, 1:05 p.m. (DETT, YES)
Washington Nationals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 1:05 p.m
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m. (NBCSP)
Miami Marlins vs. New York Mets, 1:10 p.m. (SNY)
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Oakland Athletics vs. Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m. (CHSN)
Cincinnati Reds vs. Cleveland Guardians, 3:05 p.m. (CINR, CLEG)
San Diego Padres vs. Kansas City Royals, 3:05 p.m.
Texas Rangers vs. Chicago Cubs, 3:05 p.m. (MARQ)
L.A. Dodgers vs. L.A. Angels, 3:10 p.m. (SNLA)
Cleveland Indians vs. Milwaukee Brewers, 3:10 p.m.
San Francisco Giants vs. Seattle Mariners, 3:10 p.m. (NBCSBA, SEA Video)
Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:10 p.m. (ARID)
Sunday, Feb. 22
St Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros, 1:05 p.m. (SCHN)
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox, 1:05 p.m. (NESN)
Baltimore Orioles vs, Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m.
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N.Y. Mets vs. N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. (Gotham)
Minnesota Twins vs. Atlanta Braves, 1:05 p.m. (GTV)
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBCSP)
Tampa Bay Rays vs Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:05 p.m. (RAYS, SNP)
Washington Nationals vs. Miami Marlins, 1:10 p.m.
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m. (BREW, CHSN)
Cleveland Guardians vs. Oakland Athletics, 3:05 p.m.
Colorado Rockies vs. Texas Rangers, 3:05 p.m.
Seattle Mariners vs. Cincinnati Reds, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants, 3:05 p.m. (SF Video)
Kansas City Royals vs. Milwaukee Brewers, 3:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres, 3:10 p.m.
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L.A. Angels vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:10 p.m.
Monday, February 23
Boston vs. Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta Braves vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:05 p.m. (Gotham, SNP)
Miami Marlins vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 1:05 p.m. (Matrix)
N.Y. Mets vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Cleveland Guardians, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals, 3:05 p.m.
Seattle Mariners vs. L.A. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m. (SNLA)
Oakland Athletics vs. San Francisco Giants, 3:05 p.m.
Texas Rangers vs. L.A. Angels, 3:10 p.m
Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres, 3:10 p.m. (BREW, SDPA)
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Chicago White Sox vs. Colorado Rockies, 3:10 p.m.
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals, 6:05 p.m.
When does the 2026 MLB season start?
The 2026 MLB season begins earlier than ever. The 2026 season will begin on Wednesday, March 25, with an Opening Night matchup between the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees at Oracle Park in San Francisco, followed by a 14-game Opening Day slate on Thursday, March 26.
MILAN — There is the august, solemn majesty of the Olympic Games, a dignified tradition of athletic excellence stretching back centuries. And then there was Saturday night at the Assago Ice Skating Arena, where Kung-Fu Panda fought Deadpool and Sub-Zero on ice as Tenacious D played overhead and Jackie Chan looked on from rinkside.
The Olympics truly contain multitudes.
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Saturday night, figure skating’s stars and medal winners gathered for one last time in Milan, bidding farewell to the Games in what’s become a beloved tradition: the Olympic Gala. Part performance, part celebration, it’s like figure skating’s version of the home run derby or the slam-dunk contest, a glorious exhibition of the world’s best at the peak of their powers. And, on occasion, it gets weird, too. That happens when you’re at the end of two of the most stressful, arduous, anxious weeks of your entire life.
The Gala was pure entertainment, mixing axels and loops and even a few backflips with exotic costumes — like the panda outfit gold medal winner Mikhail Shaidorov wore for his entire routine — and some very un-skatery songs, like Guns n’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” and the Mortal Kombat theme song. For once, though, these skaters weren’t worried about pleasing grim, dour judges; they only wanted to enjoy themselves. To be, you know, human.
Gold medalist Alysa Liu closed out the 2026 Winter Olympics with a crowd-pleasing performance at Saturday’s Gala.
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For some, like Alysa Liu, this was a moment to express pure joy, to revel in the happiness of a life-changing gold medal. For others, like Ilia Malinin and Amber Glenn — both of whom missed out on expected individual medals thanks to untimely miscues — the Gala offered a chance to exorcise some demons in front of the world.
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Glenn, her hair down and flowing, skated to Lady Gaga’s cover of “That’s Life” — a singularly appropriate song of acceptance, defiance and resolution. Malinin, covering his head in a baggy hoodie, skated — and backflipped — to NF’s “FEAR,” a song of desolation with a closing refrain of “Is this what you wanted?” repeated over and over. Whether this was a statement of purpose, or whether Malinin wanted his fans to think it was a statement of purpose, only he knows for sure. The overall effect for both skaters, though, was that of releasing ghosts, of leaving Milan in Milan.
The Gala closed with a spectacular finale — every single invited skater on the ice at once, skating in a community unbound by nationality. The women twirled, the pairs paralleled one another, the adventurous men backflipped while the comedians faked wipeouts. As an orchestral, uplifting version of “Viva La Vida” played, they gathered as one, posing for a once-in-a-lifetime, hold-this-moment selfie.
The Gala represented the very best of what skating can be, delirious happiness at the sheer pleasure of gliding over — and leaping above — the ice. Olympic skating has so many deep-rooted problems, from its still-controversial judging to many coaches’ undue influence on young skaters to the looming threat of the return of Russia … but on this night, for these 150 minutes, skaters and fans alike set aside those concerns and focused on the joy that brought them together in the first place.
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Widen the lens a bit, and you can see how this fits in the full Olympic picture. The Assago Ice Skating Arena is in a dull, nondescript area of South Milan, right next to a highway and near a mall and a gray office park. The building itself looks like the headquarters of a ‘70s-era Bond villain, all concrete and strangely shaped concourses. The majesty of the Duomo is a long way away. And even so, during these Games, there was transcendent beauty and grace within.
The Olympics have their own flaws — honestly, to call them “flaws” undersells them. Corruption, greed, strong-arming with one hand and cozying up to autocracies with the other … the Olympic movement is one that’s so deeply scarred and stained it’s fair to wonder whether the entire enterprise can be saved … or if it’s worth saving at all.
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And then you see something like Saturday night — not the Deadpool and Kung Fu Panda part, the unified finale part — and you realize that the Olympics bring together cultures and countries in a way that nothing else can today. You see fans from so many nations cheering skaters from so many nations, everyone side by side, and just for a moment, everything the Olympics claims to be, it truly is.
At their worst, the Olympics reflect our most base, greedy selves. But at their best, like on Saturday night … they fly.
LOS ANGELES — For a man who has yet to win on the PGA Tour, and now has to fend off Rory McIlroy on one of the premier courses on the calendar, Jacob Bridgeman appears completely unbothered by what’s in front of him.
Maybe that’s just his personality. But a massive six-shot lead doesn’t hurt there, either.
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“I’ve played great this whole week, so I don’t think it was a surprise to me that my game was the way it is [today],” he said confidently on Saturday night.
Bridgeman, a 26-year-old in just his third full season on Tour, posted a 7-under 64 on Saturday at Riviera Country Club. That puts him at 19-under for the week, well ahead of second-place McIlroy at 13-under and the rest of the field entering the final round of the Genesis Invitational.
His round on Saturday was just about perfect. Bridgeman birdied three times in his first four holes of the day to grab the solo lead after starting the day with a share of it in the final group, and then he broke it open completely at the turn. Bridgeman went 4-under in a three-hole stretch, thanks largely to a near-albatross at the par-5 11th. He stuck a 7-wood right next to the cup, and barely flinched in the fairway.
“It was fun and easy,” Bridgeman said of his round. “Kind of the best that the golf world ever gets.”
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McIlroy, who started the day a shot back of the lead, played just fine ahead of Bridgeman. He carded a 2-under 69, and made seven pars to close his round while missing several solid birdie looks along the way. A less than 5-footer for birdie at the 17th that he should have made went just past the cup instead, which left McIlroy staring at his ball exasperated, hands on his hips.
McIlroy admitted that he was “a little frustrated” with himself after the round, but he is going to be in the final group for the first time all season. That, he said, is going to at least let him “keep an eye on Jacob.”
“I wish I was a little bit closer to the lead, but Jacob went out there and just played three incredible rounds of golf,” McIlroy said. “It’s going to take something special from me or anyone else tomorrow to catch him.”
Bridgeman has come close to winning on Tour before. He finished in second at the Cognizant Classic last February, and finished third at the Valspar Championship about a month later. He has two top-10 finishes already this season, including a T8 finish last week at Pebble Beach — which launched him up to No. 52 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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And thankfully for Bridgeman, he’s already played with McIlroy once before. The two were paired up in the FedExCup Playoffs last season, so he knows what to expect when playing with No. 2-ranked golfer in the world and perhaps the most popular active player in the sport.
“I think if it was my first time [with him] maybe it would be a little unsettling, but now I’m not worried about it,” he said.
While the smart thing to do, considering the lead he has and what’s at stake for him, might be to adjust the game plan a bit on Sunday, Bridgeman isn’t changing a thing. It’s working so far, and he described his game as “aggressively conservative.” Whenever he has the chance to go for it, he’s going to.
“I’m a competitor,” Bridgeman said. “I haven’t had a ton of chances to win yet in my career, but I’m hoping that I’ll have a chance, a good chance tomorrow all the way ‘till the end.
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“If I can get it done, I’d like to kind of start rolling and get a lot of these.”
On the penultimate day of the Milan Cortina Olympics, plenty of medals were up for grabs.
Saturday was another historic day for Team USA, which will leave Italy with its most Winter Olympics gold medals ever. Meanwhile, Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo became the GOAT of the Winter Games, a veteran U.S. Olympian finally became a first-time medalist and the Olympics Gala bid farewell to the Games with a spectacular showing of what the Olympics are all about.
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Here are five of the top stories from Day 15 of the Milan Cortina Olympics:
U.S. wins freestyle mixed aerials gold for second straight Winter Games
The U.S. team of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Christopher Lillis won gold in freestyle mixed aerials on Saturday, finishing atop the podium for the second consecutive Winter Olympics. The gold medal was also Team USA’s 11th of the Milan Cortina Games, more than the U.S. has ever won at a single Winter Games.
Lillis clinched gold for the U.S. by landing a back double-full-full-full, following strong jumps by Kuhn and Curran that gave Team USA a big lead. He needed 89 points on his final jump after China’s Li Tianma landed short, but earned 117.19 for a decisive team victory. Lillis was also on the mixed aerials team that won gold in 2022 at Beijing.
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Switzerland took silver and China earned bronze in the competition.
Team USA loses women’s curling bronze medal match to Canada
Team Peterson came oh-so-close to winning Team USA’s first medal in women’s curling, but fell short versus Canada in the bronze medal match. The U.S. had a 3-2 lead after five ends, but Canada won three points in the sixth when Tara Peterson missed the house with her shot and Tabitha Peterson couldn’t move a Canadian stone out of the paint.
The U.S. rallied to tie with a 2-0 score in the seventh, but Canada answered again with a 3-0 win in the eighth end. Team Peterson won the ninth 2-0 by knocking Canada’s stone out of the four-foot ring. However, the U.S. could not follow up with the steal it needed in the 10th and Canada earned a 10-7 win.
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Despite not medaling, the U.S. women advanced to the semifinals in curling for the first time since 2002.
Mia Manganello takes bronze in women’s speed skating mass start
Racing in her final Winter Games, speedskater Mia Manganello won her first individual Olympic medal, earning bronze in Saturday’s women’s mass start event.
Competing in her third Winter Games, Manganello finished third with a time of 8:35.39. Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands won gold at 8:34.70, while Canada’s Ivanie Blondin finished at 8:35.09.
Manganello, 36, also won bronze in the team pursuit event at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. Like Erin Jackson, she began competing in inline skating before moving to the ice. Manganello also competed in cycling between the 2010 and 2018 Winter Games.
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Klæbo wins sixth gold of Milan Cortina Games
Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo rules cross-country skiing like no other, earning his sixth gold medal of the 2026 Games in the men’s 50km mass start. Fellow Norwegians Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget and Emil Iversen took silver and bronze, respectively.
Those six gold medals are the most that any individual athlete has won during a single Winter Olympics. He also earned gold in the 10km freestyle, 20 km skiathlon, men’s individual sprint, 4 × 7.5 km relay and team sprint events.
Figure skating exhibition gala ends Olympics on a high note
It’s a tradition unlike any other, a chance for the Olympians to come together one final time on the ice before the Games conclude. Saturday’s exhibition gala was part performance, part celebration, wrote Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee: “It’s like figure skating’s version of the home run derby or the slam-dunk contest, a glorious exhibition of the world’s best at the peak of their powers.”
You could say Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong’s husband was pretty excited about her win in the speed skating women’s 1500m.
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Team USA’s Kaillie Armbruster-Humphries and Jasmine Jones earned bronze in the two-woman bobsled event, maintaining their third-place standing through the fourth and final run of the competition.
For Armbruster-Humphries, this is her sixth Olympic medal, including two in Milan Cortina. The U.S. had two more pairs finish in the top 10, with Kaysha Love and Azaria Hill placing fifth, followed by Elana Meyers Taylor and Jadin O’Brien in seventh. Meyers Taylor won gold in monobob on Monday.
It was a good day for people who believe in omens and hate the New York Yankees.
A sewage leak seeped into the New York Yankees’ clubhouse bathroom and forced fans to walk around pools of stinking water during a spring training game at Steinbrenner Field on Saturday, according to The Athletic’s Brendan Kuty. Tampa’s Department of Public Works is reportedly aware of the problem.
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From The Athletic:
“It’s spring training for the toilets, too,” a Yankees spokesperson said.
Workers were reportedly tearing up part of the entrance to the stadium offices to access piping, while a security guard was directing people around the dirty water. The Yankees also closed the bottom floor of their two-floor team store, and some of the sewage reached outside of the clubhouse bathroom into carpeted areas.
The Yankees did their best to work around the problem, taking interviews in a hallway instead of the clubhouse. Their skipper’s analysis, via The Athletic:
“It’s not great. It’s all over the place,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Hopefully, we’ll get it cleaned up overnight and back in business tomorrow.”
“Life gets you sometimes,” he added. “We’ll get through it.”
Never let it be said that a little sewage will bother the Yankees, though, as they defeated the Detroit Tigers 20-3 behind a two-homer day from Aaron Judge.
Michigan had a chance to get the game tied with a 3-pointer after Patrick Ngongba missed a shot in the lane inside 30 seconds to go. But Duke got the rebound and passed the ball around the perimeter before Michigan finally fouled with 14.6 seconds to go.
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But Michigan fouled Isaiah Evans, an 88% free throw shooter. He made it a two-possession game and effectively ended any chance Michigan had of getting the win.
The victory is Duke’s 11th over a team ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 in school history.
“I love games like this. Our team loves it, you can see them celebrating back there,” Boozer told ESPN after the game.
He had to sit out part of the second half after picking up his fourth foul, but he was the best player on the court even as Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg got off to a hot start with 16 points in the first half. Even though he was on the bench after that fourth foul, Boozer still played a team-high 34 minutes.
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Boozer, the massive favorite for the Wooden Award, took over in the second half as Duke was unfazed by Michigan’s frontcourt size. He finished 6-of-10 from the field. It was Boozer’s 19th game in Duke’s last 21 that he shot at least 50% from the field.
Aday Mara’s foul trouble and Michigan’s shooting woes
As Lendeborg singlehandedly powered Michigan at the start of the game, the Wolverines didn’t have big man Aday Mara for much of the first half. Mara went to the bench after picking up his second foul early in the first half but coach Dusty May put him back into the game before halftime.
The move backfired. Less than a minute after he returned to the court, Mara picked up his third foul and sat for the final eight minutes of the half. He played just 22 minutes but scored 10 points and had four rebounds.
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Michigan was +4 with Mara on the court. He had the best plus-minus of any Michigan player and only two other players — Elliot Cadeau and Will Tschetter — were above zero in that category.
The Wolverines also struggled to make a 3-point shot. Michigan was just 22-of-55 from the field and 6-of-25 from behind the arc. Michigan entered the game shooting 51% overall and 36% from behind the arc.
It’s now easy to see how the teams will probably flip-flop after the Blue Devils’ win. The non-conference game was held at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., an arena that is not so coincidentally the site of the East regional in the 2026 NCAA tournament.
Saturday’s win could end up getting the Blue Devils on the path to the Sweet 16 in Washington D.C. again. Remember, the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament gets its preferred region.
There’s still plenty of season to go, however. The Blue Devils have games against No. 14 Virginia and No. 16 North Carolina remaining before the ACC tournament. A win over Virginia on Feb. 28 will likely lock up the regular-season conference title for Duke, assuming it takes care of business against both Notre Dame and NC State.
Michigan, meanwhile, has a two-game lead in the Big Ten over Illinois and a three-game lead over Nebraska and Purdue. With games remaining against the No. 10 Illini and No. 15 Michigan State, convincing wins over both teams along with a Big Ten tournament victory can still get Michigan back to the No. 1 overall seed if Duke slips up.
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Here’s the closing sequence of the game (and no, that dunk at the end didn’t count)
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With No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Houston going down today, it’s likely No. 3 Duke will leap ahead to the top spot in the AP Top 25.
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Duke hangs on to take down No. 1 Michigan in a massive win.
Cam Boozer led the way with 18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists.
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Michigan needed to get a stop to have a chance to tie, but Duke corralled a key offensive rebound and now the Wolverines are forced to foul and play the free throw game.
Duke up 68-63 with 15 seconds to play.
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Michigan went on a 7-0 run to close the Duke lead to 57-56 with under 4 minutes.
Can the Wolverines rally all the way back?
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Plenty of sports stars from the DC area showed up for Michigan vs. Duke.
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The Wolverines are just 4 of 17 from the field in the second half and they haven’t made a bucket in nearly 4 minutes.
Duke leads 53-48 with 7:47 to play
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The Wolverines have been out of sorts lately — and it’s why Duke has its biggest lead of the game.
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Boozer now has 11 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists
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The scoring has slowed down a bit in the early minutes of the second half, but Cam Boozer is still making plays for Duke.
Blue Devils lead 41-38.
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The final half has begun. Who will prevail in this one?
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Duke fans made the trip and filled out Capital One Arena for this one.
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Cameron Boozer is doing it all for Duke, with a team-high 9 points to go with 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg leads all scorers with 16 points on 6 of 9 shooting.
A silly foul by Michigan in the final second put Duke’s Patrick Ngongba II on the line, and he hit both free throws to give the Blue Devils the slight lead at the break.
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Johnson hung in the air before throwing this one down for Michigan.
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Not only is Mara on the bench with three fouls, so is Elliot Cadeau. He sustained a left forearm/elbow injury and his arm is currently wrapped as he has gotten treatment from trainers.
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Mara, Michigan’s starting center, committed his third foul at the 7:08 mark of the first half. He’ll likely have to sit most of, if not all, the rest of the half.
We’re tied at 26-26.
Nick Bromberg
He’s been incredible so far — and has been keeping Michigan in this game.
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Despite a hot start from Michigan, the Blue Devils have responded well and head into the under-12 timeout with a 22-21 lead. Caleb Foster leads the way with 8 points.
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The Wolverines have hit 8 of 10 shots so far, including Yaxel Lendeborg’s 5 for 5 showing with 12 points.
Brooks has made his presence felt since joining the Suns in an offseason trade that sent him and Jalen Green to the Suns, while Kevin Durant was sent to the Houston Rockets. Brooks, 30, has averaged a career-high 21.2 points per game, plus 3.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals on 44.1% shooting this season.
Brooks’ presence went beyond his numbers. He served as a stabilizer, enforcer, defensive presence and a veteran on a young team.
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The Suns have also been one of the most surprising teams in the NBA, currently holding a record of 33-24 after bringing in new head coach Jordan Ott this offseason and despite having both Devin Booker and Green miss portions of the season.
With Brooks out, the Suns can be expected to rely on Green, Grayson Allen and Collin Gillespie to pick up the scoring load. Green filled in for Brooks when Brooks missed Thursday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. Allen scored 27 points against the Magic.
Brooks spent his first six years with the Memphis Grizzlies before playing with the Rockets for two seasons.
The Orlando Magic and Phoenix Suns’ double-overtime clash wasn’t so much a classic as a slog. Until the final five seconds.
A game in which the two teams shot a combined 38.1% from the field saw one of the wildest endings of the NBA season, with Jevon Carter making a game-tying 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left for the Magic and Jalen Green then making the game-winning buzzer-beater for the Suns, who won 113-110.
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With the Magic down 110-107 and 5.7 seconds left, Carter got the ball and had his first shot blocked at the perimeter by Grayson Allen. However, the ball ended up in the hands of Magic forward Tristan Da Silva, who passed it back to Carter and watched the veteran make the 3-pointer from the corner.
Only 1.1 seconds were left on the clock after Carter’s make, with triple overtime looming. The Suns advanced the ball and opted to go to Green, who was previously 5 of 26 from the field and 1 of 10 from 3-point range.
With Brooks leaving early and Devin Booker out at least a week with a right hip strain, Grayson Allen led the Suns in scoring with 27 points on 8-of-22 shooting off the bench, plus 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Collin Gillespie also had 19 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds.
Desmond Bane led the Magic with 34 points, and Paolo Banchero also had a big game with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists.
