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Antetokounmpo scores 40 as Bucks top Mavericks 12-125

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and Damian Lillard added 27 for the Milwaukee Bucks, who extended their winning streak to four games with a 132-125 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.Antetokounmpo was averaging 41.3 points in his last three games before being held to 16 Friday night in Charlotte. Against the Mavericks, he connected on 18 of 26 shots including a pair of 3-pointers and grabbed 14 rebounds to go along with seven assists.Kyrie Irving scored 39 while Luka Doncic added 35 for Dallas (9-4).Milwaukee trailed 109-99 with 9:04 left in the game before going on a 13-4 run, including seven from Antetokounmpo to get back within a point with 5:17 remaining.The Bucks caught a break when Donicic missed a pair of free throws that would have given Dallas some breathing room. Antetokounmpo followed by sinking a pair from the line that put Milwaukee up 114-113 while Lillard connected on all three of his free throw attempts after being fouled by I...

Scheifele, with a goal and two assists, leads Winnipeg Jets over Arizona Coyotes 5-2

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night.Kyle Connor, with his league-leading 14th goal, Josh Morrissey, Vladislav Namestnikov and Mason Appleton also scored for Winnipeg (10-5-2), which has won three in a row and six of its last seven. Laurent Brossoit made 16 saves.With the win, the Jets concluded their five-game homestand with a 4-1-0 record.Matt Dumba and Matias Maccelli scored goals for Arizona (8-7-2) and Karel Vejmelka stopped 21 of 25 shots.Morrissey gave Winnipeg a 4-2 lead 4:15 into the third period, converting a pass from Scheifele on a 2-on-1.Appleton sealed it with an empty-netter with 2:30 remaining.Connor scored 11:26 into the middle frame, taking a quick pass from Scheifele and scoring over Vejmelka’s right shoulder to put the Jets ahead 3-2.Dumba knotted the score at 2-2 after deflecting a perfect pass from Travis Boyd past Brossoit at 6:08 of the second ...

Florida State QB Jordan Travis out with leg injury, No. 4 Seminoles rout North Alabama 58-13

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Fourth-ranked Florida State lost star quarterback Jordan Travis to a leg injury in the first quarter, yet rallied behind backup Tate Rodemaker and beat North Alabama 58-13 on Saturday night.Travis suffered what appeared to be a major injury to his left knee/leg on a run up the middle late in the first quarter. After an air cast was placed on the leg, Travis was carted off. There was no official update from Mike Norvell on Travis’ injury at halftime, although the coach told the CW Network at the intermission that “obviously it didn’t look good.”Rodemaker completed 13 of 23 passes for 217 yards with touchdown passes to Keon Coleman and Caziah Holmes as the Seminoles (11-0) won their 17th straight game while trying to maintain the No. 4 spot in the College Football Playoff standings.CJ Campbell had a 70-yard touchdown run, and Lawrance Toafili, Trey Benson and Holmes added TD runs.Senior defensive back Jarrian Jones forced a fumble to set up a first-half touchd...

Layne throws six TDs in first half to lead Idaho over Idaho State 63-21

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Jack Layne threw six touchdown passes in a 56-point first half and the Idaho Vandals rolled to a 63-21 victory over Idaho State on Saturday night.Idaho (8-3, 6-2 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 8 in the FCS coaches poll, scored four touchdowns in each of the first two quarters to take a 56-0 lead into halftime.Anthony Woods gave the Vandals the lead for good with a 7-yard touchdown run five minutes into the game. Layne hit Hayden Hatten for a 24-yard touchdown and followed with a 45-yard scoring strike to Jordan Dwyer. Jermaine Jackson returned a punt 79 yards for a touchdown and Idaho led 28-0 after one quarter.Layne threw four touchdown passes in the second quarter. He had a 3-yard toss to Jake Cox and a 15-yarder to Jackson for a 42-0 lead 2:48 into the period. Layne added touchdown throws covering 13 yards to Woods and 11 yards to Hatten.Jackson Sharman threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Christian Fredericksen to get Idaho State (3-8, 3-5) on the scoreboard ...

Bryant stuns No. 10 Florida Atlantic 61-52, ending Owls’ 19-game home winning streak

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Sherif Gross-Bullock scored 19 points, Earl Timberlake added 13 and Bryant stunned No. 10 Florida Atlantic 61-52 on Saturday night to end the Owls’ 19-game home winning streak.Daniel Rivera scored 12 and Rafael Pinzon added 10 for the Bulldogs (2-3), who were 0-10 against ranked opponents since becoming full members of Division I — losing those games by an average of 28.8 points, the most recent of those contests by 67 points against Houston in 2021.Didn’t matter. They held the Owls to 26% shooting, 20% in the second half.Johnell Davis scored 17 and Giancarlo Rosado finished with 11 for the Owls (2-1). The Final Four program from last season entered the game as 22.5-point favorites, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, against a Bryant team whose only win this season came against NAIA member Fisher.No. 8 CREIGHTON 82, TEXAS SOUTHERN 50OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Baylor Scheierman scored 23 points, Trey Alexander had 15 of his 20 in the first half, and Creighton blew out T...

Islanders halt losing skid with 5-4 shootout win over Flames

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Oliver Wahlstrom scored the shootout winner for the New York Islanders in a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night.Kyle Palmieri, Hudson Fasching, Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson also scored for the Islanders (6-6-5), who snapped a seven-game losing streak. Goalie Ilya Sorokin stopping 35 shots in regulation and overtime. Bo Horvat also scored in the shootout.Martin Pospisil, Blake Coleman, MacKenzie Weegar and Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Flames (6-8-3), who tied the game twice in the third period. Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves. Sharangovich also scored in the shootout.Playing their third road game in four days, the Islanders were outshot 21-17 by the Flames after two periods, but led 3-2 heading into the third.Weegar scored from the point at 3:12 of the third, but Nelson restored the Islanders’ lead just 20 seconds later.Sharangovich knotted the score again at 13:43 tipping in a Noah Hanifin shot from the point.The Flames twice ...

Multiple suspects at large in Northglenn shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Northglenn Police Department said multiple suspects in a shooting were at large Saturday evening.Police told FOX31 it happened at the Vega Apartments, located at 11801 Washington Street. Police searching for at least one suspect in deadly Westminster shooting A call at 8:02 p.m. reported one person had been shot.NPD said the victim was taken to the hospital and no information about the extent of their injuries was immediately available.NPD said officers were searching for multiple suspects.This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Local company plans to buy, deliver over 3,000 turkeys to food banks

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- As local food banks are feeling the strain of feeding families in need for the Thanksgiving holiday, a local company is jumping into action to help.The Metal of Honor Committee (MOH) through Hercules Industries' goal is to raise $35,000 to buy more than 3,000 turkeys. Denver International Airport prepares for busy holiday travel week So far the MOH Committee has raised $30,000, just $5,000 shy of their goal.Samaritan House, located on Lawrence Street in Denver, is one of the food banks the company is donating to.“Our work here is really a diverse picture of helping people from all levels of the spectrum," said Valerie Urquhart, a case manager at Samaritan House.Organizers at the non-profit told FOX31 they help around 300 people daily.“It’s an everyday battle for us,” Urquhart said.That's where the MOH Committee comes in.“Words don’t describe the feeling you get when you help the less fortunate," said Rod Valdez, who helps oversee the distribution of hundreds of tu...

Denver International Airport prepares for busy holiday travel week

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The holiday travel season is already in full swing, and some airports could hit record-breaking travel numbers.  The Transportation Security Administration said this holiday season is expected to be their busiest ever. Within the year, TSA has recorded seven of the top 10 busiest travel days in TSA history.  5 tips for surviving holiday travel at Denver International Airport "It’s always the same chaos and last year around Christmas time my flights got canceled because of a bad snowstorm, so it was a mess,” traveler Erin Koon told FOX31. During the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Denver International Airport said more than 785,000 passengers are expected to travel through TSA checkpoints at DIA from Nov. 17 through Nov. 27, a 30% increase from this time last year. The busiest days are projected to be Wednesday, Nov. 22 and Sunday, Nov. 26. Clint Henderson, a travel expert with ‘The Points Guy’, said flying on the holiday could be the cheapest route for those still ...

Van driver hospitalized after shooting at NW Miami-Dade shopping plaza; gunman at large

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:03:24 GMT

Police are searching for the person responsible for a shooting at a shopping plaza in Northwest Miami-Dade that sent the driver of a van to the hospital.7News cameras captured the victim’s bullet-riddled white van and at least 22 shell casings in the parking lot of the Sedano’s Supermarket along Northwest 64th Avenue, near 186th Street, Saturday night.“We have bullet casings everywhere in the parking lot,” said Miami-Dade Police Detective Andre Martin.According to investigators, the subject opened fire in the victim as he drove his van into the parking lot of the Vistas Shopping Center, just before 9:30 a.m.“Victim entered this shopping center while driving his van, when a shooter produced a firearm and shot into the victim’s vehicle,” said Martin.First responders rushed the van driver to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he is listed in critical but stable condition.“The victim was airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center, where he is being tr...