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6:50 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Sophie Hart had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 23 Minnesota overpower No. 10 Ohio State 74-61 in the ninth straight win for the Gophers

6:44 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Josh Dix scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half, Nik Graves added 18 points and Creighton beat No. 5 UConn 91-84 on Wednesday night to spoil former Huskies star Emeka Okafor’s number retirement

6:42 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Rashaun Agee had 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, Zach Clemence and Marcus Hill scored 14 points apiece, and Texas A&M erased a 13-point second-half deficit to beat Mississippi 80-77 and snap a four-game skid

6:35 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Tennessee rolls past Oklahoma, 89 to 66, as Nate Ament ties his career high with 29 points

6:32 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Reserve Snudda Collins scored 23 points on 9-for-15 shooting and 20th-ranked Texas Tech waylaid No. 15 Baylor 87-56

6:15 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Azzi Fudd helped lead a second-half comeback and finished with 25 points, and Sarah Strong scored 21 despite early foul trouble as No. 1 UConn outlasted Villanova 83-69 on Wednesday night

6:11 PM on Wednesday, February 18

New Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Christian Parker remembers meeting coach Brian Schottenheimer, a very quick hello a few years ago during training camp

5:51 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Emeka Okafor became the third UConn men’s basketball player to have his number retired, with the Huskies honoring the former national player of the year at halftime of their loss to Creighton

5:39 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Kenny Atkinson was able to do something for the first time since the Cleveland Cavaliers traded for James Harden on Feb. 4

5:27 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Grace VanSlooten scored 22 points and No. 18 Michigan State cruised past Northwestern 104-68 on Wednesday

5:25 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Tariq Francis had 22 points and seven assists, and Rutgers led the entire game in an 85-72 victory over Penn State on Wednesday, the Scarlet Knights’ first road win of the season

3:59 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol is not expected to be ready for the start of the season

2:24 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Arsenal has blown a two-goal lead at last-place Wolves to give a huge boost to Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title

1:41 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Prospects for a spring fraud trial for two Cleveland Guardians stars accused of colluding with sports bettors to rig bets are fading after they appeared in Brooklyn federal court as their teammates start their new season

12:31 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Steven Dubois has prevented Dutch short track star Jens van ’t Wout from making it three victories out of three at the Milan Cortina Olympics by winning the men’s 500 meters

10:21 AM on Wednesday, February 18

The Seattle Seahawks are going up for sale in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen

8:56 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Sidney Crosby left Canada’s Olympic quarterfinal game against Czechia in the second period because of injury, did not return and his status for the rest of the tournament is uncertain

6:35 AM on Wednesday, February 18

5:49 AM on Wednesday, February 18

The U.S. and Canada are moving on to the semifinals at the Olympics

9:54 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Sahibzada Farhan has hit his first century in the format while Usman Tariq confused Namibia with mystery spin as Pakistan secured its Super 8 spot at cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup with a 102-run win