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Despite a coaching change and some poor play that irked its fans, Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga after Klyian Mbappé scored a brace in a 2-0 win at Villarreal on Saturday. Mbappé scored early in the second half and added an injury-time penalty to ensure Madrid rose two points above Barcelona, which will need to beat bottom side Real Oviedo at home on Sunday to reclaim first place.

Michael Jordan congratulated Derrick Rose on the retirement of his Chicago Bulls jersey, praising his legacy in the city ahead of his special night.

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Mark Mitchell scored 25 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime, as Missouri edged Oklahoma 88-87 on Saturday. Mitchell added 10 rebounds for his fifth career double-double and reached 1,500 career points in the second half for the Tigers (14-6, 4-3 SEC). Trent Pierce hit his only field goal of the game, a 37-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the end of regulation to force overtime.

No. 22 North Carolina secured its first ACC road win of the season with an 85-80 victory over No. 14 Virginia as No. 12 Texas Tech handed No. 6 Houston its second loss of the season in a thrilling Saturday slate.

Charles Barkley made a bold statement about the situation in Minneapolis after Saturday's Warriors-Timberwolves game was postponed.

ROME (AP) — Como routed Torino 6-0 in Serie A on Saturday to follow up its 5-1 rout of the same opponent in November. Anastasios Douvikas scored twice for Como, and Martin Baturina, Lucas Da Cunha, Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn and Maxence Caqueret added on for Cesc Fabregas’ team. Como moved up to fifth place and just outside the Champions League places. It's 40 points are already a record in the top flight for the club located on the Swiss border. Also, mid-table Cagliari won at Fiorentina 2-1, leavi...

The Spurs get a key piece of their offense back from injury.

Mikel Brown Jr. returned from an eight-game absence and scored 20 points to lead No. 23 Louisville to an 85-71 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday. Neither team shot particularly well in the first half, but the Cardinals (14-5, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) warmed up toward the end as they outscored the Hokies 14-3 over the final 3:54 to take a 37-22 halftime lead. Virginia Tech (15-6, 4-4) shot just 24.2% (8 for 33) before intermission.

Malik Reneau had a 20-point, 11-rebound double-double, Tre Donaldson and Shelton Henderson each added 16 points, and Miami defeated Syracuse 85-76 on Saturday. Reneau picked up his sixth double-double of the season, and was 8-for-12 shooting from the floor and 1 for 2 from beyond the arc.

Rick Pitino praised the team that got him his 900th career win, but didn't like that the milestone came at expense of beating his son, Richard.

Jason Tucker scored twice and Alex Lyon stopped 26 shots and tied a Buffalo record with his ninth straight victory as the Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5-0 Saturday. Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch also scored as the Sabres won their third straight and for the fifth time in seven games.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Britt Prince scored 20 points, Logan Nissley and Jessica Petrie each scored 15 points and 24th-ranked Nebraska held off Illinois 81-75 on Saturday. Reserve Petra Bozan scored 11 points for the Cornhuskers (15-5, 4-5 Big Ten) who shot 49% (27 of 55). Cearah Parchment scored 25 points, Berry Wallace scored 22 points, Destiny Jackson 13 and reserve Maddie Webber 11 for Illinois (15-5, 5-4). Prince's short jumper not a minute into the second half gave Nebraska its largest lea...

Tabellini's team was up by 44 points before the break The post Paris crushes Le Portel by 63 points after a historic first half appeared first on Eurohoops .

Williams didn’t check in until the end of the first overtime, but made all the right plays to secure a Boston victory

Watch the final 11 minutes from Georgetown men's basketball's comeback win over Providence in their Big East regular season matchup.

The Golden State Warriors are reportedly interested in Charlotte Hornets wing Miles Bridges despite his DV history.

Minnesota men's basketball coach Niko Medved spoke on the Minneapolis shooting following the Gophers' loss to Nebraska on Saturday.

The Charlotte Hornets are trying to inch their way to a play-in spot in the Eastern Conference, and one of the major reasons why they could do is the play of rookie sensation the play of rookie sensation Kon Knueppel. Knueppel has firmly established himself as a frontrunner for the NBA’s Rookie of the Year […] The post Kon Knueppel officially has Charles Barkley’s attention appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The NBA has rescheduled Saturday's Golden State Warriors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game to Sunday amid protests in downtown Minneapolis.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dailyn Swain scored 26 points, Tramon Mark added a season-best 23 and Texas overwhelmed No. 21 Georgia 87-67 Saturday with a strong second half. Texas (12-8, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) trailed by seven at halftime but outscored Georgia 57-30 in the second half while shooting 69% from the field. Swain hit 12 of 16 shots from the field overall, and Mark made 10 of 16. Mark scored 10 straight points for Texas in the second half, including consecutive 3-pointers. Mark had 1...

Los resultados y resúmenes de la jornada 17 de la Liga Endesa The post El Real Madrid gana en Lugo, Bàsquet Girona conquista Zaragoza… appeared first on Eurohoops .

As Tim Bontemps of ESPN writes, the Celtics had a glaring hole in the middle of their starting lineup after trading Kristaps Porzingis and losing Al Horford and Luke Kornet in free agency. However, Neemias Queta has emerged as a solid center in his first season as significant rotation player, averaging 10.3 points, 8.2 rebounds […]

Monaco kept a rare clean sheet but could not score in a 0-0 draw at Le Havre in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Mid-table Monaco leaked goals in losing seven of the past eight league games, and hammered 6-1 at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday. The club's Ultras have stopped encouraging the players during games and want chief executive Thiago Scuro to leave amid reported concerns over last summer's transfer deals and physical preparation.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Zach Clemence scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers to lead Texas A&M to a 92-69 victory over South Carolina on Saturday. Rylan Griffen added 16 points for Texas A&M (16-4, 6-1 Southeastern Conference), which entered tied with Florida atop the SEC standings and has won nine of its last 10 games. Pop Isaacs and Rashaun Agee each chipped in with 11 points for the Aggies. The Aggies finished the first half on a 19-4 run to take a 46-25 lead at the break. Clemence sco...

Dani Carnegie and Rylie Theuerkauf scored 19 points each and Georgia led nearly wire-to-wire in a 72-67 victory over No. 11 Kentucky on Saturday. A 3-pointer from Kaelyn Carroll gave the Wildcats their only lead of the game, 42-39 with 5 1/2 minutes remaining in the third quarter. The teams combined to make 10 3s in the quarter, six of them by Kentucky.