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8:56 PM on Thursday, January 1

Mississippi beats Georgia 39-34 in the Sugar Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals

8:10 PM on Thursday, January 1

Ilya Mikheyev had two goals and the Chicago Blackhawks handed the Dallas Stars their fourth consecutive loss with a 4-3 victory

8:02 PM on Thursday, January 1

Tyrese Maxey had 34 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, Joel Embiid added 22 points and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-108

7:44 PM on Thursday, January 1

Tonie Morgan hit a 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left to lift No. 11 Kentucky to an 80-78 win over No. 5 and previously unbeaten LSU

7:44 PM on Thursday, January 1

Freshman Aaliyah Chavez scored 20 points to help No. 8 Oklahoma defeat Texas A&M 72-50 in a Southeastern Conference opener for both teams on Thursday night

7:15 PM on Thursday, January 1

Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored 23 seconds apart in the second period, and the Montreal Canadiens erased a two-goal deficit in beating the Carolina Hurricanes 7-5

7:12 PM on Thursday, January 1

Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime in his 1,200th NHL game and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3

7:08 PM on Thursday, January 1

Auston Matthews scored his 14th career hat trick and added an assist to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-5 comeback win against the struggling Winnipeg Jets

6:56 PM on Thursday, January 1

Gage Goncalves scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:41 to play, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a late deficit to beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 for their sixth consecutive victory

6:51 PM on Thursday, January 1

Norman Powell scored 36 points and Bam Abdebayo added 15 points and 14 rebounds as the Miami Heat extended their winning streak to four games with a 118-112 win over the Detroit Pistons

6:47 PM on Thursday, January 1

Kevin Durant left what ended up being his final game with the Brooklyn Nets after getting hurt similar to the way Nikola Jokic just was

6:38 PM on Thursday, January 1

Madison Booker matched her season high with 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Jordan Lee scored a career-best 23 points to help No. 2 Texas overcome a slow start to beat Missouri 89-71

6:24 PM on Thursday, January 1

New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin attended the No. 5 Tigers’ women’s basketball game on Thursday night as his former team — Mississippi — was taking on Georgia in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the Sugar Bowl

4:46 PM on Thursday, January 1

New Orleans Saints leading receiver Chris Olave had to be hospitalized for treatment of blood clot in his lung, a person with knowledge of his health situation told The Associated Press

4:28 PM on Thursday, January 1

No. 1 Indiana became the first team in the brief history of the 12-team College Football Playoff to win a game after receiving a first-round bye, smothering Alabama 38-3 in a quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl

4:24 PM on Thursday, January 1

Alabama rallied from a 17-point deficit once in the College Football Playoff, but there would not be a repeat performance against No. 1 Indiana in a 38-3 loss in a quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl

1:50 PM on Thursday, January 1

Chicago Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill is praising Connor Bedard’s all-around game a day after the center was left off Canada’s roster for the upcoming Winter Olympics

12:43 PM on Thursday, January 1

The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a three-year contract extension with Quentin Lake

11:35 AM on Thursday, January 1

Miami is a win away from a chance to play for a national championship in its home stadium

10:51 AM on Thursday, January 1

Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Indiana’s defense thoroughly throttled Alabama, and the top-seeded Hoosiers roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38-3 victory in the 112th Rose Bowl