OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Luka Doncic bounced back with 29 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-110 on Thursday night and even the Western Conference semifinals at one win apiece. The Thunder held Doncic to 19 points on 6-for-19 shooting in Game 1. He made 11 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Artemi Panarin redirected a pass between his legs at the crease to beat Pyotr Kotchetkov just 1:43 into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday night to take a 3-0 lead in the second-round NHL playoff series. Panarin scored after Carolina defenseman Dmitry Orl...

LAVAL, Que. - Aerin Frankel made 53 saves and Susanna Tapani scored in overtime to lead Boston to a 2-1 win in Game 1 of their Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal series on Thursday. Tapani pounced on a loose puck in the blue paint at 14:25 of the extra period for the first overtime goal in PWHL playoff histor...

BOSTON (AP) - Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points, Evan Mobley had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the top-seeded Boston Celtics 118-94 on Thursday night to tie their second-round playoff series at one game apiece. Two nights after losing by 25, with Mitchell scoring 33 but getting little help...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rory McIlroy hoped that his victory with Shane Lowry two weeks ago in the Zurich Classic team event would serve as a springboard for the remainder of the season. He's off to a good start. McIlroy positioned himself for a run at a record fourth Wells Fargo Championship title Thursday, opening wit...

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - When two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang came out of Stanford and became the first woman to win her professional debut since 1951, the sky was suddenly the limit. Everyone expected Zhang to win again and again and again, much like Nelly Korda has been doing these days with her five-event streak. Some...

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - Nelly Korda is going to have some work to do to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour title, especially with the way Rose Zhang is playing. Korda shot a relatively mistake-free 3-under 69 early in the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday and then could only watch as the 20-year-old...

MONTREAL - CF Montreal is parting ways with vice-president and chief sporting officer Olivier Renard by "mutual agreement," the Major League Soccer club announced Thursday. Renard joined Montreal as sporting director in 2019 after five years in management with various teams in his native Belgium. Under his st...

VANCOUVER - Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl wasn't on the ice as the team practised Thursday. His absence comes after the 28-year-old forward appeared to be labouring late in Edmonton's loss to the Vancouver Canucks in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Wednesday. Draisaitl had two assists in the game but ...

DALLAS (AP) - Mason Marchment is set to return to the Dallas Stars' lineup for Game 2 of their second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night. Marchment has missed the past six games since he and Radek Faksa both left the Stars bench with undisclosed injuries late in Game 2 of their first-round We...