By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Malik Thomas and Sam Lewis each scored 13 points and No. 15 Virginia beat Ohio State 70-66 on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena in the Nashville Hoops Showdown. The Cavaliers (22-3) extended their winning streak to six. Bruce ...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Top-seeded Taylor Fritz beat Marin Cilic in straight sets and No. 2 Ben Shelton rallied past defending champion Denis Shapovalov on Saturday night, setting up a Dallas Open final between the world's highest-ranked Americans. Fritz had 22 aces in his 7-6(5), 7-6(3) ...

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — JT Toppin scored eight of his 31 points in a dominant overtime performance and No. 16 Texas Tech sent No. 1 Arizona to its second straight loss, shocking the Wildcats 78-75 on Saturday. Texas Tech (19-6, 9-3 Big 12) beat the No. 1 ...

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Akshay Bhatia played Pebble Beach by the book in accommodating weather with such a blistering start that he threatened to run away with the tournament by building a five-shot lead at the turn. But then a cool day turned into a ...

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat won the Slam Dunk contest at NBA All-Star Saturday, overcoming perfect scores by San Antonio rookie Carter Bryant on his first dunk in the final round. For his final dunk, Johnson started behind ...

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Vanderbilt would be the No. 1 seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament if it began now. The NCAA basketball selection committee did its first reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds Saturday. Undefeated UConn was ...

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Dylan Darling had 23 points and eight rebounds and No. 17 St. John's scored eight straight points after a fracas that resulted in six ejections to take the lead and earn its 11th straight victory, a 79-69 win over Providence on ...

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Seven players were ejected from Saturday's game between No. 17 St. John's and Providence after a fracas resulting from a hard foul by Friars forward Duncan Powell on Bryce Hopkins sent the Red Storm star crashing to the ground. St. ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The NBA is trying its fourth All-Star Game format in four years this weekend as it attempts once again to answer one of the bigger existential questions in professional basketball. How do you get both the players and their fans to care about this midseason ...

By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Rob Wright III scored a career-high 39 points and No. 22 BYU beat Colorado 90-86 in overtime on Saturday. It was Wright's second straight 30-point-plus game after scoring 30 at Baylor on Tuesday night. AJ Dybantsa added 20 points, 13 ...