By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer RANCHO MIRAGE — Jennifer Kupcho shared the lead Thursday in The Chevron Championship in her second – and last – start at Mission Hills, the tree-lined layout she has quickly fallen in love with. “Honestly, I think it’s just being comfortable on this golf course,” Kupcho said. “I get…
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CALGARY, Alberta — Lias Andersson scored the deciding goal in the shootout, Cal Petersen made 26 saves and the Kings edged the Calgary Flames, 3-2, on Thursday night. Alex Iaffalo and Viktor Arvidsson scored in regulation for the Kings, who moved within five points of Pacific Division-leading Calgary. The Flames have three games in hand.…
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SALT LAKE CITY — Recently in Utah, it’s been less “jazz” and more “funk.” If the Lakers were going to steal a win off of any of their remaining playoff-bound opponents, the Jazz were an enticing candidate: losers of five straight, including many blown leads, and down 0-2 to the Lakers in the season series. Without…
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ANAHEIM — The Ducks wanted to skate, pass and shoot, but the Dallas Stars wouldn’t let them. Ducks fans wanted to celebrate the offensive wizardry of rookie center Trevor Zegras on the night they gave away his bobblehead on Thursday at Honda Center, but the Stars denied them, too. The Stars needed two points to…
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RALEIGH, N.C. — UCLA placed first in the second session of its NCAA Regional on Thursday, recording a season-high away score of 197.800 to beat second-place Michigan by four-tenths of a point. The Bruins earned the meet’s highest event scores on vault (49.400), uneven bars (49.475) and floor exercise (49.625) to advance to Saturday’s regional…
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The Clippers needed everything Paul George gave them – and more. Especially against DeMar DeRozan, who hit the Clippers with a season-high 50 points on Thursday night, when the Clippers stumbled to a 135-130 overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls before a sellout crowd of 21,519 fans at United Center. It was the first time…
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Nine hours before tipoff against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks, Bruce Brown said he is “really confident” in the Nets’ ability to flip the switch entering the playoffs. When asked why, Brown responded plainly. “Just because we’re a really good team,” he said. The average NBA team can’t coast their way through the regular season…
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The poise and pride of the four graduate students and two redshirt seniors on the UCLA women’s basketball team helped get the Bruins to the WNIT Final Four and kept them neck-and-neck with South Dakota State on Thursday night. During the toughest moments of the Bruins’ 62-59 semifinal loss in Brookings, South Dakota, the experience…
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ANAHEIM >> The Canyon softball team has been on an offensive roll lately and that surge has continued this week in the Michelle Carew Classic. The Comanches collected 10 hits and got outstanding pitching and hitting from senior Kylee Magee in a five-inning, 8-0 victory over Cathedral Catholic of San Diego in the second round…
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The Orlando Magic have brought back a familiar face for the season’s final stretch. The Magic signed Devin Cannady to a 10-day contract late Thursday evening from their G League team, the Lakeland Magic, ahead of their Friday home game against the Toronto Raptors. This will be the second stint in Orlando for Cannady, who’ll…
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