FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Xavier Edmonds scored 21 points in 20 minutes, and TCU turned a tight game into a rout after halftime to beat Florida A&M 80-56 on Sunday.
The Horned Frogs (9-3) outscored Florida A&M 56-28 in the second half to pull away after trailing 28-24 at the break. TCU finished with a 43-25 rebounding advantage and shot 19 of 22 (86%) from the free-throw line.
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Lamar Jackson’s injury-plagued season has thrust Baltimore’s star quarterback to the sideline again. And there’s no guarantee the two-time NFL MVP will get back on the field in 2025. Jackson sustained a back bruise in the second quarter of the Ravens’ 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday night. After being kneed by safety Craig Woodson just after the two-minute warning, Jackson handed the ball off to Keaton Mitchell before shuffling to the sideline during a timeout. It’s too early to determine if the injury will keep him out of Baltimore’s final two games.
ATLANTA (AP) — Matas Buzelis scored 28 points to lead nine Chicago players in double figures and the Bulls outlasted the Atlanta Hawks 152-150 on Sunday in the highest-scoring game in the NBA this season.
Josh Norris and Zach Benson scored in the second period and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 for their sixth straight win. Peyton Krebs also scored and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves to help Buffalo get its eighth win in 11 games. Jack Hughes scored for New Jersey in his first game back after hand surgery. Jake Allen had 22 saves as the Devils snapped a two-game win streak.
The Broncos are eager to play on Thursday night after their first loss in three months. They face the Kansas City Chiefs in a prime-time game on Christmas. Denver lost to Jacksonville 34-20 on Sunday, snapping an 11-game winning streak. The Broncos aim to win the AFC West for the first time in a decade and secure the AFC’s No. 1 seed. The Chiefs lost quarterback Gardner Minshew to a knee injury Sunday. Denver’s lead over the Chargers is now just one game. Coach Sean Payton and the team are focused on quickly moving past the loss.
Sidney Crosby broke Mario Lemieux’s franchise scoring record and Rickard Rakell had the deciding goal in the shootout as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday night to snap an eight-game losing streak. Rakell had a goal and an assist in regulation and Noel Acciari also scored for the Penguins. Arturs Silovs had 23 saves for his first win since Nov. 6 against Washington. Oliver Kapanen, Ivan Demidov and Noah Dobson scored for the Canadiens, who saw a brief two-game win streak end. Montreal is 4-1-2 since a 6-1 loss against Tampa Bay on Dec. 9. Jakub Dobes had 28 saves. Kevin Hayes also scored for the Penguins in the shootout and Cole Caulfield tallied for the Canadiens.
BOSTON — What the Boston Bruins hoped would be a hay-making homestand is producing more uncomfortable questions than points.
Pittsburgh — As reporters surrounded his locker stall inside the cramped Bell Centre visitors’ dressing room on Saturday, Sidney Crosby swatted away the idea like an old-school NBA center.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Braeden Smith scored 21 points, Braden Huff had 20 points and No. 7 Gonzaga beat Oregon 91-82 on Sunday at Moda Center.
Berke Buyuktuncel had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for a triple-double and No. 15 Nebraska overcame first-half shooting woes to beat North Dakota 78-53 on Sunday night. At 12-0, Nebraska is off to the best start in school history. Braden Frager came off the bench to lead the Huskers with 17 points. Sam Hoiberg finished with 15 points, and Jamarques Lawrence added 13. Eli King scored 13 points for North Dakota (5-10). Marley Curtis added 10. Nebraska’s largest lead was 25. North Dakota got no closer than 10 in the last nine minutes.
Clayton Keller scored 13 seconds into overtime and the Utah Mammoth beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 . Lawson Crouse, JJ Peterka and Alexander Kerfoot also scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 22 shots. The Mammoth won for the second time in three games. Kyle Connor had two goals and Morgan Barron also scored for Winnipeg, which lost its fourth straight (0-2-2) and has just three wins in their last 16 games (3-10-3). Connor Hellebuyck had 18 saves. Keller’s blast down the middle in overtime helped the Mammoth win after giving up a 3-0 lead and allowing two late third-period goals.
Filip Forsberg and Steven Stamkos scored, Justus Annunen made 16 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Sunday night. Ryan O’Reilly had two assists to help Nashville win its second straight and third in four games. Stamkos had an empty-net goal before Jonny Brozinski spoiled Annune’s shutout bid with 35.9 left. Jonathan Quick made 30 saves for the Rangers. They had won two in a row.
Jason Robertson scored his first goal in 10 career games against Toronto, the last team he had not scored against, and Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for his 16th win as the Dallas Stars beat the Maple Leafs 5-1 on Sunday night. Sam Steel’s score early in the third period was the winning goal for the Stars, who have won four consecutive games. Jamie Benn, Mavrik Bourque and Justin Hryckowian also scored for Dallas. Scott Laughton scored for the Leafs, who head home following an 0-3-0 road trip, the last two losses in back-to-back games.
Emma Shumate scored 22 points, leading seven in double figures, and No. 24 Michigan State routed Indiana State 115-66 at the Cherokee Invitational. Shumate matched her career high in points and made a career-high seven 3-pointers. Kennedy Blair had 11 points and 10 rebounds. She came up a little shy of a triple-double, dishing out seven assists. Isaline Alexander scored 15 points, Sara Sambolic 14, Jalyn Brown 13, Grace VanSlooten 12 and Rashunda Jones 10 for Michigan State. Jayci Allen scored 13 and Kennedy Claybrooks 10 for the Sycamores. Michigan State is 5-0 all-time against Indiana State.
DK Metcalf could soon find himself in some trouble with the NFL.
Anthony Edwards scored 24 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves rode timely 3-pointers from Donte DiVincenzo and Terrence Shannon Jr. to a 103-100 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday. Two days after closing out defending champion Oklahoma City in its third loss of the season, Edwards went 7 for 24 from the field and 2 for 11 from 3-point range, leading six Wolves in double figures. DiVincenzo made 4 of 8 3-point attempts for 18 points, and Rudy Gobert had 11 points and 18 rebounds, becoming the 45th NBA player with 10,000 rebounds. Edwards’ driving layup with 21 seconds left sealed the Wolves’ ninth win in their past 11 games.
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have finally landed their first bat of the offseason.
Christeen Iwuala had 23 points and 10 rebounds, No. 14 Mississippi scored 53 points in the second half and the Rebels defeated Old Dominion 86-57 at the Cherokee Invitational. Cotie McMahon scored 19 points and Latasha Lattimore 15 for the Rebels. En’Dya Buford scored 20 and Riley Stack added 12 points for Old Dominion. Mississippi made 57 of 10 shots and forced four turnovers to open the fourth quarter, leading to a 74-53 advantage. Ole Miss made 12 of 16 shots and outscored ODU 29-10 in the fourth.
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, Cale Makar and Brock Nelson each had a goal and two assists, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Sunday night. Martin Necas also scored and Gabriel Landeskog had two assists for Colorado, winners of five straight. Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves. Ryan Hartman scored and Jesper Wallstedt made 37 saves for Minnesota, which lost for the first time in eight games, and first time in regulation in 15 home games dating to Nov. 1.
Photo highlights from the 16th week of the NFL season.
Trevor Lawrence threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, leading the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 34-20 win over the Denver Broncos. The Jaguars snapped the Broncos’ 11-game winning streak and handed them their first home loss since October 2024. The Jaguars have won six straight games. Bo Nix threw for a career-high 335 yards but he wasn’t his usual sharp self as he threw an interception in crunch time, short-circuiting Denver’s comeback attempt.
Hannah Hildago had 30 points, 13 steals and 10 assists for her second career triple-double and No. 20 Notre Dame defeated Bellarmine 110-38 on Sunday. Hildago picked up the three assists she needed in the fourth quarter to get the triple-double then was subbed out. Hildago’s other double-double came in 2023. She also broke a tie with Arike Ogunbowale for the most 30-point games in program history with 12. Cassandre Prosper added 20 points and 14 rebounds and Gisela Sanchez 17 points and 10 boards for the Fighting Irish (9-2), who won their fourth straight. Rose Jamison scored 17 points to lead the Knights.
C.J. Stroud threw a touchdown pass and Derek Stingley returned an interception for a touchdown to lead the Houston Texans to a 23-21 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday for their seventh straight victory. The loss is the ninth straight for the Raiders (2-13) and Houston’s winning streak is the team’s longest since a nine-game streak in 2018. The Texans (10-5) remain a game behind the first-place Jaguars (11-4) in the AFC South after their win over Denver Sunday. Stingley’s touchdown came in the first quarter and Ka’imi Fairbairn made three field goals to help the Texans to the win on a day when their offense struggled.
Jalen Brunson scored a season-high 47 points and the New York Knicks overcame Karl-Anthony Towns’ quiet night to beat the Miami Heat 132-125 on Sunday. While Towns had just two points and six rebounds in 29 minutes, Mikal Bridges scored 24 points on 6-of7 3-point shooting, Josh Hart added 13 points and 10 rebounds and OG Anunoby scored all 18 of his points all in the second half. Brunson also had eight assists. The Knicks improved to 20-8 overall and 14-2 at home. Kel’el Ware had 28 points and 19 rebounds for Miami. The Heat have lost seven of eight to fall to 15-14.
Bijan Robinson has become the third player in Atlanta Falcons history to surpass 2,000 yards from scrimmage in a season. Robinson finished with 168 yards and a touchdown reception in Atlanta’s 26-19 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. He has 2,026 total yards, joining Jamal Anderson and William Andrews in the Falcons’ 2,000-yard club. His 5,376 yards in three seasons is third-most in NFL history for a player aged 23 or younger. Robinson needs 150 yards to break Andrews’ franchise record.
Cade Tyson had 24 points and all five starters scored in double digits in Minnesota’s 78-50 victory over Campbell. Tyson, who scored a career-high 38 points last time out, made 10 of 15 shots against the Fightin’ Camels. He had seven rebounds and five assists. Isaac Asuma scored 15 points, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson 14, Langston Reynolds 12 and Bobby Durkin 11 for the Golden Gophers. Minnesota had two bench points, from Nehemiah Turner. Jeremiah Johnson scored 17 for Campbell. Minnesota improved to 7-0 at home.
Daniela Pejšová and Riley Brengman scored first-period goals to lead the Boston Fleet to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Torrent. Megan Keller also scored. Pejšová, a second-year defender, scored her first career goal 4:44 into the match to give Boston an early lead. Brengman beat Seattle goalie Corinne Schroeder for a short-handed goal with five seconds left for a 2-0 advantage that carried through a scoreless second period. Abbey Levy finished with 26 saves in her first start in goal for Boston. She lost her shutout when former teammate Jessie Eldridge scored with 26 seconds remaining.
Jordan Love isn’t the only Green Bay quarterback dealing with a health issue as the Packers attempt to regroup from a brutal 22-16 overtime loss in Chicago that dealt a major blow to their hopes of winning the NFC North. Packers coach Matt LaFleur says Malik Willis hurt his shoulder while playing the majority of Saturday night’s game. Love is in concussion protocol after suffering a helmet-to-helmet hit from Austin Booker in the second quarter. The Packers remain unsure about Love’s potential availability for their Saturday home game with the Baltimore Ravens.
Sienna Harvey scored a career-high 22 points and No. 22 Washington defeated Pacific 90-50 on Sunday. Sayvia Sellers added 14 points and Avery Howell 11 for the Huskies (10-2). Thirteen Huskies played and a dozen scored. Washington shot 53%, made 12 of 25 3-pointers and got 48 bench points. Winner Bartholomew scored 11 points to lead the Tigers (5-6), her seventh straight double-figure scoring game. Pacific shot 42% and made only 2 of 17 from the arc.
Justin Herbert threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score and the Los Angeles Chargers closed in on a playoff spot with a 34-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The Chargers’ fourth consecutive victory gave them a chance to clinch their second postseason berth in two seasons under coach Jim Harbaugh. LA would be in with a loss or tie by Indianapolis on Monday night. Dak Prescott had TD passes on his first two drives but couldn’t find the end zone again for Dallas. The Cowboys were eliminated from the playoffs for the second year in a row with Philadelphia’s NFC East-clinching victory at Washington on Saturday.
Braeden Smith scored 21 points, Braden Huff had 20 points and No. 7 Gonzaga beat Oregon 91-82 on Sunday at Moda Center. Graham Ike added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (12-1). Steele Venters scored 14 points, and Tyon Grant-Foster had 10. Nate Bittle had 28 points and nine rebounds for Oregon (6-6). Kwame Evans Jr. added 14 points, Takai Simpkins had 13 and Jackson Shelstad 12. Oregon played Gonzaga tough in a back-and-forth first half, led by 16 points from Bittle, and it was tied in the final seconds before Grant-Foster’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer put the Bulldogs up 42-39. Gonzaga pulled away in the second half, leading by 15.
DETROIT — The Detroit Lions’ season was hanging by a thread, their playoff hopes fading fast, but it was the Pittsburgh Steelers who visited Michigan and came out like the team with its back against the wall.
DENVER — Initial thoughts from the Denver Broncos’ 34-20 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 16 at Empower Field:
Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has declined to address his future with the team after another embarrassing loss. The Dolphins were routed 45-21 by the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Miami has already been eliminated from the playoffs for the second straight season. And for the second consecutive game, the Dolphins unraveled in the third quarter. NFL Network reported earlier Sunday that owner Stephen Ross is expected to stick with McDaniel in 2026 despite another season of unfulfilled expectations for the Dolphins. McDaniel did not answer when asked if he’s been told he’s coming back.
HOUSTON — The Las Vegas Raiders played their best game in some time but still lost their ninth straight, falling to the Houston Texans 23-21 Sunday at NRG Stadium.
It wasn’t pretty, but it didn’t have to be.
Trae Young is quickly returning to his All-Star form after missing 21 games with a knee injury. Now the Atlanta Hawks can shift their focus to healing their ailing defense. The Hawks ranked 22nd in scoring defense before their defense was scorched in a 152-150 loss to the Chicago Bulls in the NBA’s highest-scoring game this season. The Bulls had nine scorers in double figures. Young scored a season-high 35 points with nine assists. Jalen Johnson had 36 points. The Hawks gave up 83 first-half points, which Johnson said was “kind of embarrassing.”
James Cook rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Buffalo Bills to a 23-20 victory over the Cleveland Browns. The win brought the Bills closer to a playoff berth. Ty Johnson also scored for Buffalo, who have won four straight. Josh Allen played the second half despite injuring his foot. On Sunday, the Browns’ Shedeur Sanders threw for 157 yards and a touchdown but also had two interceptions. Harold Fannin Jr. scored both of Cleveland’s touchdowns. Cook’s performance marks his ninth 100-yard rushing game this season, tying him for second in franchise history.
Snudda Collins scored 21 points and Bailey Maupin added 11, including the game-winning free throws, as undefeated Texas Tech beat No. 15 Baylor 61-60 in a Big 12 Conference opener Sunday, snapping the Lady Raiders’ 31-game losing streak in the series dating to 2011. Yuting Deng, who led the Baylor (11-3) with 22 points, hit a 3-pointer from the left baseline to snap a tie with 53.7 seconds left. Collins sank two free throws with 39.6 remaining and Baylor missed its next shot. Maupin drove the baseline and was fouled with 3.4 seconds to go and made both free throws.
Led by Karon Boyd’s 22 points, the Wichita State Shockers defeated the Eastern Kentucky Colonels 88-57. Will Berg scored 14 points and added 12 rebounds for the Shockers.
Matas Buzelis scored 28 points to lead nine Chicago players in double figures and the Bulls outlasted the Atlanta Hawks 152-150 on Sunday in the highest-scoring game in the NBA this season. Chicago set season highs for points in a first half and game and held on in the closing seconds in the first of two straight games in Atlanta. The teams will meet again Tuesday night. Jalen Johnson led Atlanta with 36 points, and Trae Young had a season-high 35. The Hawks have lost three straight and seven of nine to fall back to .500 at 15-15. Buzelis made a career-high seven 3-pointers in eight attempts for the hot-shooting Bulls. They have won three straight to improve to 13-15.