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Malik Beasley, agent deny reports guard close to playing in Serbia
With his client out of professional basketball since the end of last season, Malik Beasley's agent on Tuesday threw cold water on a report over the weekend that the guard was close to signing to play overseas.,European outlet Nova.rs reported on Sunday that Beasley, 29, was nearing agreement with Se...

Suns minority owners maintain Mat Ishbia's majority stake is in play
Attorneys for Phoenix Suns minority owners Scott Seldin and Andy Kohlberg asserted as part of a lawsuit that Mat Ishbia's actions earlier this year could leave in question Ishbia's standing as the team's majority owner.,The suit was filed in Delaware State Court on Nov. 24, but unredacted details we...

Lamar Wilkerson (44) hits Indiana-record 10 3s in rout of Penn St.
Lamar Wilkerson scored a career-high 44 points and set a school record with 10 3-pointers in Indiana's resounding 113-72 win over Penn State on Tuesday in Bloomington, Ind., ,Wilkerson, a transfer from Sam Houston State, finished 16-of-22 shooting from the field and 10-of-15 from 3-point range in an...

Mark Kastelic, Fraser Minten boost Bruins past Blues
Mark Kastelic and Fraser Minten scored two goals each as the visiting Boston Bruins rolled the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Tuesday.,Pavel Zacha also tallied for the Bruins, who won their third straight game -- and their second game against St. Louis in six days.,David Pastrnak earned two assists for Bost...

Emil Heineman lifts Islanders over Golden Knights in shootout
Bo Horvat scored two goals and Emil Heineman tallied the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the New York Islanders to a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y.,Heineman ripped a wrist shot past the glove side of Vegas goaltender Carter Hart to ...

Hurricanes conclude homestand with 4-1 win over Blue Jackets
Eric Robinson scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Carolina Hurricanes went on to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Seth Jarvis, Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook also scored for the Hurricanes, who went 4-3-0 on their season-long seven-game home...

No. 13 Illinois fends off Ohio State in Big Ten opener
Keaton Wagler led four scorers in double figures with 23 points for No. 13 Illinois in an 88-80 Big Ten win against Ohio State in Columbus on Tuesday.,Fellow freshman David Mirkovic scored 22, Andrej Stojakovic 17 and Zvonimir Ivisic added 13 for the Illini (8-2, 1-0) in their conference opener.,The...

Beckett Sennecke ties in final second as Ducks top Penguins in shootout
Beckett Sennecke scored with one-tenth of a second left in regulation to tie the game, and Ville Husso stopped all three shootout attempts after making 45 saves, helping the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.,Anaheim was short-handed, and Husso had...

Jamier Jones, Jaylin Sellers lead Providence past cross-town foe Brown
Key runs on both sides of the halftime break and another late in regulation helped Providence hold off visiting cross-town foe Brown 86-79 on Tuesday night.,Jamier Jones and Jaylin Sellers each scored 16 points to lead the Friars (7-4), who have won three straight entering Big East play. Jason Edwar...

Devils halt five-game slide with win over Senators
Cody Glass scored the go-ahead goal with 7:36 remaining in the third period to lift the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,New Jersey's Arseny Gritsyuk collected a goal and two assists, Glass had one of each and Paul Cotter and defenseman Simon Nemec als...

Giants favored to land Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman
Will the lure of the NFL and the Big Apple be enough to pry Marcus Freeman away from Notre Dame?,Despite Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua vowing to keep Freeman among the highest-paid coaches in college football as NFL rumors gained steam this week, at least one sportsbook has moved Freema...

Darren Raddysh scores twice, Lightning smash Canadiens
Darren Raddysh scored two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning offense erupted in a 6-1 win against the Canadiens in Montreal to snap a four-game losing streak.,Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point each had a goal and an assist for the Lightning, who had been shut out in consecutive games. Jonas Johansson...