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CHICAGO (AP) — No sooner did Minnesota pass its first test in the Big Ten Tournament than it had payback in mind.

ONALASKA — Let’s get this out in the open right away.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ben McLemore scored 27 points, Rudy Gay added 26, and the Sacramento Kings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 113-106 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesd…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Brooks scored seven of his season-high 31 points in overtime to help the short-handed Chicago Bulls beat the Philadelphia 76ers 104-95 on Wednesday night.

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training in Florida and Arizona on Thursday:

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tom Coughlin is not going to be a lame-duck coach for the New York Giants.

MADISON — Frank Kaminsky is finishing his impressive Big Ten career at No. 6 Wisconsin in familiar surroundings.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks says Kevin Durant should return to the lineup in about "a week to two weeks."

The free agency frenzy, trading outbreak and stunning retirements of the first day of the NFL's business year gave way to one headliner Wednesday: Ndamukong Suh.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A measure limiting Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's ability to use bond money to pay for a new St. Louis football stadium won approval in a Senate committee Wednesday.

LONDON (AP) — Thiago Silva scored on a looping header over goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the 114th minute Wednesday night, lifting Paris Saint-Germain over Chelsea and into the Champions Leag…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andre Johnson just wanted a chance to win a championship.

VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Zimmermann knows he won't be facing the Detroit Tigers during the regular season. With that in mind, the Washington Nationals right-hander took a slightly different a…

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — The Valspar Championship is the one week in the Florida swing where it makes sense to take a week off.

The former UW running back, projected to go early in the NFL draft,  makes a good impression as a pass-catcher at UW's Pro Day.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a cold night on Tobacco Road, North Carolina and Duke went back and forth in an overtime thriller. It was gripping, edge-of-your seat stuff. Tense down to the final second.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Brice Johnson scored 17 points to help No. 19 North Carolina beat Boston College 81-63 on Wednesday in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch was cleared Wednesday to get back in his race car and attempt to rebuild a career that was halted two days before the Daytona 500 when NASCAR suspended him for all…

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Left-hander Marco Gonzales strengthened his bid for a spot in the St. Louis rotation by allowed one hit over four scoreless innings in the Cardinals' 6-2 victory over th…