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UNDATED (AP) - This week's tournaments in major conferences offer AP Top 25 teams their last chances to impact their potential NCAA Tournament seeds. The list includes No. 3 Baylor and No. 6 Kansas fr...

Chicago Bulls (39-26, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (18-47, 14th in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Chicago will aim to stop its three-game ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joel Embiid had 43 points and 14 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Chicago Bulls 121-106 in a showdown between two of the Eastern Conference's top teams headed in oppos...

UNDATED (AP) - Auston Matthews became the first player to score 40 goals this season, Peter Mrazek made 31 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs held off the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4. Matthews and linema...

UNDATED (AP) - Gregg Popovich tied Don Nelson's NBA record with his 1,335th career victory as a coach in the San Antonio Spurs' 117-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Popovich, in his 26th season, w...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Marquette forward Justin Lewis has won the Big East's most improved player award and Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was voted the conference's defensive player of the yea...

NEW YORK (AP) - For all the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and locked-out players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining a...

ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for the 2022 season for betting on NFL games in the 2021 season. The suspension announced by NFL commissioner Roger Goodel...

INA, IL (March 4, 2022) - Some of the best young athletes in the area will suit up once again as the Southern Illinois Premier Jr. High All-Star Classic returns next weekend. The event will be held bo...

Only Marion and Wayne Counties in South Central Illinois remain in the high transmission category for COVID-19 after large drops in number of new cases in the week ending on Saturday. Clinton, Washing...