SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Encouraging Dejounte Murray to play with more offensive freedom is turning out to be a winning formula for the San Antonio Spurs.Murray had his second straight 20-point game, tallying 23 points and seven rebounds, to lead a balanced...

DALLAS (AP) — Colton Parayko and St. Louis silenced any hint of a playoff buzz against the Dallas Stars with the lead in the Western Conference on the line.Parayko scored the Blues' last goal after collecting two assists, and the defending Stanley Cup...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Jared Spurgeon scored three goals as the Minnesota Wild continued their attempt to get back into a playoff position with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.Kevin Fiala and Carson Soucy also scored for the...

CHICAGO (AP) — Alex DeBrincat scored in the third period and overtime to rally the Chicago Blackhawks past the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Friday night.DeBrincat skated in alone from center ice, then snapped off a shot with 57.8 seconds left in the extra...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Bloomberg said Friday he’d free three women from confidentiality agreements that bar them from speaking publicly about sexual harassment or discrimination suits filed against him over the last three decades.The billionaire former...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a Southern California hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, was reprimanded five years ago for flying without permission into airspace while he had reduced visibility, according...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chris Paul lectured his teammates on the importance of handling their business after the All-Star break, then he showed them how to do it.Paul scored 29 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 113-101 on...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Boston's defense looked, well, like it was still on vacation for much of the game.The Celtics still had plenty of firepower on the other end, staying strong out of the All-Star break.Gordon Hayward scored 29 points, Daniel Theis had...

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — August Mahoney's layup with two seconds left gave Ivy League leader Yale an 81-80 double-overtime victory over Cornell on Friday night that also included the first triple-double in Bulldogs history by Jordan Bruner.Bruner had 14...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego County Sheriff's Department will share records of people who were criminally arrested with immigration authorities, becoming the first local law enforcement agency in five states to comply with unusual demands for information,...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A United Nations report says Afghanistan passed a grim milestone with more than 100,000 civilians killed or hurt in the last 10 years since the international body began documenting casualties in a war that has raged for 18...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — As the Democratic presidential primary advances toward Super Tuesday, Joe Biden wants voters to choose a loyal Democrat. Preferably him, of course, but mostly just not Bernie Sanders or Mike Bloomberg.“They're not bad folks. They’re...