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Hunter Dickinson and top-ranked Kansas beat Chaminade 83-56 at Maui Invitational

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 31 points and 11 rebounds and No. 1 Kansas beat Chaminade 83-56 in a first-round game of the Maui Invitational on Monday.The Jayhawks (4-0) led throughout and shot a blistering 60% from the field. They held the Silverswords (1-3) to 33.9% shooting.Chaminade, a Division II school in Honolulu with an enrollment of 2,342 students, was unable to muster an upset against the nation’s top-ranked team, as it did nearly 41 years ago against Ralph Sampson-led Virginia.Dickinson, a 7-foot-2 Michigan transfer and AP Preseason All-American, made 15 of his 18 shots from the field. Kevin McCullar Jr. had 22 points and 11 rebounds with 10 assists, three steals and two blocks. Dajuan Harris Jr. added seven points, eight assists and four rebounds.Dickinson, the preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, was coming off of a 27-point, 21-rebound game in a 89-84 win over No. 17 Kentucky a week ago.It was McCullar’s second triple-double in as many games. The graduate seni...

Forsberg, Trenin score in final minute to lead Predators to 4-3 come from behind win over Avalanche

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored twice and Yakov Trenin got the tiebreaking goal with 21.6 seconds remaining to lift the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night.Jeremy Lauzon also scored and Juuse Saros made 25 saves for Nashville, winners of two straight.“Nobody quit for a second in that third period and we got rewarded for that,” said Trenin, who has scored in consecutive games.Valerie Nichushkin had a goal and an assist, Andrew Cogliano and Devon Toews also scored and Cale Makar had three assists for Colorado, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves and Nathan MacKinnon added two assists.“At 3-3, 30 seconds left, to give up the next one, that’s heartbreaking,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.Makar has 23 assists in 17 games this season, including three in each of his last three games. He extended his point-scoring streak to seven games (one goal, 16 assists).Trailing by a goal in the ...

Stars rally for 6-3 win that snaps Rangers’ 11-game point streak

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Mason Marchment scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period following a successful coach’s challenge as the Dallas Stars rallied from a two-goal deficit and beat the surging New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night.Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski, Tyler Seguin, Sam Steel and Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, who trailed 2-0 midway through the second period before scoring six consecutive goals — five in the third. Scott Wedgewood, in his fifth start of the season, made 30 saves.Dallas (12-4-1) owns a three-point lead over Colorado and Winnipeg in the Central Division two nights after watching a 3-0 lead over the Avalanche at home become a 6-3 defeat.“Obviously that one (Saturday) got away from us,” Marchment said. “Just put it behind us. We know we’re a good team and can lock those games down. We just went out and did it to them tonight.”Vincent Trocheck, Kaapo Kakko and Barclay Goodrow scored for the Rangers, who came in with a four-game winning streak, an 11-game points...

Bam Adebayo scores 23 points as the Heat cruise to a 118-100 win over the Bulls

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds, and the Miami Heat blew out the Chicago Bulls 118-100 on Monday night, two nights after blowing a 21-point lead in the same building.“We set the tone our last game too, we just let up a little bit, so I’m glad that we did not do that,” said Jimmy Butler, who rested on the bench for the entire fourth quarter. “I love that. Let my teammates be great. They can have all the minutes and I’ll sit back and relax and enjoy the show.”Butler scored 16 points against his former team.The Heat have now won eight of their last nine games after a 1-4 start to the season. Miami nailed a season-high 17 of 35 3-point attempts from the field despite sharpshooter Tyler Herro missing his sixth-straight game with a right ankle sprain.“Sometimes you do have the opportunities to get better from tough losses,” Heat coach Erik Spolestra said. “We were all very disappointed with how the fourth quarter went the other night. We felt that we were i...

Watkins, Marshall lead No. 8 USC women in 64-54 win over Seton Hall in Bahamas

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored 15 points, Rayah Marshall had a strong double-double, and No. 8 USC held off Seton Hall 64-54 at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship on Monday night.Marshall had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Women of Troy (4-0) and the freshman Watkins added seven rebounds. Kaitlyn Davis scored 13 points and McKenzie Forbes added 12.USC built an 18-3 lead through the first 8 1/2 minutes of play and took a 23-7 lead into the second quarter. The Pirates cut it to single digits at 24-16 but went scoreless over the final four minutes of the period.USC extended its 38-23 halftime lead to 56-36 through the third quarter, then struggled to score in the fourth. Makennah White had six points and Micah Gray hit a 3-pointer in a 13-4 run that got Seton Hall within 60-49 with three minutes remaining. Marshall scored in the paint and the Women of Troy added a couple of free throws to close out the win despite being outscored 18-8 in the fourth.Azana Baines scor...

George, Leonard lead Clippers past Spurs 124-99, extending San Antonio’s skid to 9 straight

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Paul George scored 28 points, Kawhi Leonard added 21 and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled past Victor Wembanyama and San Antonio 124-99 on Monday night, extending the Spurs’ losing streak to nine games.James Harden added 13 points and 10 assists as Los Angeles won its sixth straight over San Antonio.The Clippers won their second straight game with Harden after dropping their first five games with the All-Star guard in the lineup following a trade from Philadelphia.“The more reps, the more you get comfortable,” Harden said. “The more you try to understand where guys’ spots are on the floor and where can I attack and get mine. As games go by, you see us get more comfortable.”Wembanyama was held to nine points and three rebounds. Keldon Johnson had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead San Antonio, and Cedi Osman scored 17 points.“That’s an amazing team that we played tonight,” Johnson said. “Praying that everybody on their roster stays healthy, they will be contending, i...

Custer County shooting leaves 3 dead, 1 injured; suspect identified

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

UPDATE: MONDAY 11/20/2023 10:04 p.m.CUSTER COUNTY, Colo. — The Custer County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) has identified the suspected shooter involved in the fatal shooting of three people in Custer County. According to CCSO, the suspect is 45-year-old Hanme K. Clark and he was last seen driving a white Dodge Ram 1500 pickup with the Colorado license plate BHLK27.Two male victims and one female victim died in the shooting. Another female victim is in critical condition. Three dead in Custer County, shooting suspect still at largeUPDATE: MONDAY 11/20/2023 8:54 p.m.Three people are dead and at least one person is injured following a shooting in northern Custer County, and the shooter is still at large, according to the Custer County Sheriff's Office (CCSO).CCSO held a press conference Monday evening, and said the suspected shooter knew at least one of the victims. Those involved had reportedly been arguing over easement lines and civil disputes when the shooting occurred.The injured perso...

Denver man suspected in serial burglaries after early prison release

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver man charged in August for eight home burglaries was free to commit the crimes even though he had been sentenced to six years in prison last summer for the robbery of a Home Depot in Golden.If you're wondering how it's possible 43-year-old Joshua Garringer was out free to commit so many alleged burglaries just a year after receiving a six-year sentence, so were the Problem Solvers. Psych patient held against will discharged after Problem Solvers inquiry What FOX31 discovered is Garringer was a beneficiary of Colorado's "One Continuous Sentence" rule.Garringer's previous offenses When Garringer pleaded guilty to felony robbery on June 27, 2022, he was sentenced to six years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. However, he only served three months. He was released by the parole board on Sept. 27, 2022, and it didn't take Garringer long to get in legal trouble again.Broomfield Police Department officers arrested Garringer for driving without a valid driv...

As holiday season kicks off, Boys and Girls Club Miami-Dade sells Christmass tress

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

A South Florida organization is celebrating tree time. The Boys and Girls Club of Miami-Dade is selling Christmas trees at its Hank Kline location along Southwest 32nd Avenue, just off US 1 in Miami. Proceeds fund the club’s activities and staff, year-round.“So it’s a good time, and a good time for families to celebrate, get closer, spend time together and we’re all about family that’s what the club is all about. Being able to spend more time with family,” said Alex Rodriguez-Roig, president of the Boys and Girls Club Miami-Dade. “Being able to spend more time with the kids. So that’s what we do and our mission, which is to serve those in our community, and this is another opportunity to do that.”The trees are $65 dollars, and the club is open all week until supplies run out.

Editorial: Support for bin Laden letter a wakeup call for U.S.

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:30:16 GMT

“Never forget.”It’s the solemn reminder invoked every year on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America in 2001. The country united in shock, horror, fear and grief that day and in the months to follow as Osama bin Laden’s terror plan played out.The act was an abomination, as is, 22 years later, the viral spread and embrace of the al Qaeda leader’s “Letter to America” on TikTok.As the New York Times reported, Bin Laden’s letter, published a year after 9/11, defended the attacks in New York and Washington and said Americans had become “servants” to Jews, who he said controlled the country’s economy and media.Some TikTok users said last week that they viewed the document as an awakening to America’s role in global affairs and expressed their disappointment in the United States.One video with nearly 100,000 likes showed a TikTok user at her kitchen sink with the caption: “Trying to go back to life as normal after reading Osama bin La...