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Proctor, Knueppel carry No.

1 Duke past No.

13 Louisville 73-62 for 2nd ACC title in 3 years CHARLOTTE, N.C.

(AP) Tyrese Proctor scored 19 points on six 3-pointers, Kon Knueppel added 18 points and No.

1 Duke defeated 13th-ranked Louisville 73-62 on Saturday night to clinch its second Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship in three seasons under Jon Scheyer.

It was Dukes 23rd ACC title overall, the most of any team in conference history.

Sion James added 15 points for Duke, which played its final two tournament games without ACC player of the year Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown due to injuries.

Terrence Edwards Jr.

scored 29 points on five 3s for Louisville, which was playing in its first ACC final since joining the league in 2014.

No.

6 St.

John's beats Creighton 82-66 for 1st Big East Tournament crown in 25 years NEW YORK (AP) RJ Luis Jr.

scored all but two of his 29 points after halftime and No.

6 St.

Johns made 14 straight shots from the field in the second half to beat Creighton 82-66 for its first Big East Tournament title in 25 years.

Zuby Ejiofor added 20 points for the top-seeded Red Storm, who reached 30 wins for the third time in program history.

They earned the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, making 72-year-old Hall of Famer Rick Pitino the first coach to take six schools to the Big Dance.

Pitino also became the first coach to win the Big East Tournament at two schools.

Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 15 for Creighton.

Clayton scores 22 as No.

4 Florida beats No.

5 Alabama 104-82 in SEC semis NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) Walter Clayton Jr.

scored 22 points, and No.

4 Florida pulled away from No.

5 Alabama for a 104-82 victory in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals.

Alijah Martin and Will Richard each had 16 points for the 29-4 Gators in their fifth consecutive win.

Next up for Florida is Sundays SEC championship game against No.

8 Tennessee, which beat No.

3 Auburn 70-65 in the first semifinal.

The second-seeded Gators led the Crimson Tide 47-45 after a first half that featured 10 lead changes.

But Clayton and company really turned up their play down the stretch.

Chris Youngblood had 14 points for third-seeded Alabama.

Alex Ovechkin scores 887th goal to move within 8 of breaking Wayne Gretzky's record SAN JOSE, Calif.

(AP) Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal Saturday to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzkys NHL record.

Ovechkin deflected a shot from Martin Fehervary past Georgi Romanov with 9:06 remaining in the third period.

Romanov is the NHL-record 182nd goalie that Ovechkin has scored on.

The 39-year-old Russian star has 34 goals on the season.

He remains on pace before the end of this season to pass Gretzkys mark of 894 that long seemed unapproachable before the end of this season.

McLaren's Lando Norris wins wet and wild Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton finishes 10th MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) McLarens Lando Norris has won a chaotic rain-affected Australian Grand Prix, his first victory at Albert Park, with the British driver just managing to stay ahead of Red Bulls Max Verstappen following a third safety car late in the race.

Mercedes George Russell closed out the top-three.

Lewis Hamilton had a miserable Ferrari debut.

The seven-time champion finished 10th and was annoyed by constant radio messages from his pit team.

The Melbourne race had a thrilling start with Racing Bulls Isack Hadjar out on the formation lap, and Alpines Jack Doohan and Williams Carlos Sainz crashing on the opening lap.

Frustrating start for Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari at F1 Australian Grand Prix MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Lewis Hamiltons relationship with his new Ferrari team was pressure tested in Australia, where he finished a disappointing 10th on debut, and was frustrated by a bad strategy that cost him a potential victory, and constant radio chatter throughout the difficult race won by McLarens Lando Norris.

Hamilton started eighth, and spent the first third of it behind the rear wing of Williams Alex Albon.

But, while the seven-time world champion hit the lead on lap 46 after those ahead pitted for fresh intermediate tires, Hamilton angrily stated over team radio that we missed a big opportunity after subsequent traffic and a late stop dropped him back to ninth.

Dropping a further place to tenth after Oscar Piastri overtook the Brit in the final lap did little to lighten Hamiltons mood.

J.J.

Spaun takes the lead at The Players Championship on windy day that wrecked rounds PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.

(AP) J.J.

Spaun survived a wild, windy and round-wrecking Saturday at The Players Championship.

His 25-foot par putt swirled all the way around the cup on the 18th hole for a 70 and a one-shot lead over Bud Cauley.

Lucas Glover was three shots behind and his final hour about summed up the day.

He went double bogey, eagle, double bogey.

Trouble was everywhere on the TPC Sawgrass with 25 mph wind.

Rory McIlroy was four behind after a birdie on the final hole.

Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler bogeyed two of his last three holes and was seven shots behind.

Vikings acquire RB Jordan Mason from 49ers and give him a new 2-year deal, AP source says SANTA CLARA, Calf.

(AP) The Minnesota Vikings acquired restricted free agent running back Jordan Mason from the San Francisco 49ers and rewarded him with a two-year deal worth up to $12 million.

Two people familiar with the deal confirmed the trade that sends a 2026 sixth-round pick to San Francisco on Saturday night.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because neither team had announced the move.

There is also a pick swap in 2025 with the Niners flipping the 187th overall pick for the 160th.

ESPN first reported the trade.

Bickerstaff blasts officials after Pistons receive 5 technical fouls in loss to Thunder DETROIT (AP) Pistons coach J.B.

Bickerstaff blasted the officials after Detroits 113-107 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Pistons were called for five technical fouls in the third quarter Saturday.

During one 48-second stretch, Cade Cunningham picked up two technicals and was ejected and Dennis Schroder was also hit with a technical.

Both players were assessed the fouls for arguing with the officials.

Im disgusted by the way that game was officiated, Bickerstaff said.

The best team in the National League? For two days in Japan, it's looked like the Hanshin Tigers TOKYO (AP) For two days in Japan, its the Hanshin Tigers who have looked like the class of the National League.

In another sign that Japanese baseball has never been better, the Tigers capped a two-game sweep over MLB clubs with a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday at the Tokyo Dome.

Hanshin tagged two-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell for three runs in the fourth inning when the first two batters reached base before Teruaki Sato smoked a three-run homer into the right-field seats.

The Tigers started their two-game sweep with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday..

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