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 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 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 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 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) — 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. ...