National Sports

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — No. 4 Alabama delivered its best defensive effort in Southeastern Conference play this season and beat LSU 20-9 on Saturday night, keeping the Tigers out of the end zone for the first time since the 2012 national championship game.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — TJ Lateef was 13 for 15 for 205 yards and three touchdown passes in his first collegiate start, Emmett Johnson scored three times, and Nebraska defeated UCLA 28-21 on Saturday night for its first win in Pasadena since 1993.

(Reuters) — A few months after making her return to the boxing ring, Holly Holm is getting her championship shot, as the 44-year-old will square off with Stephanie Han for the WBA lightweight title, her team announced on Wednesday.

(Reuters) — Nikola Vucevic drilled a go-ahead corner 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left and Josh Giddey recorded his second straight triple-double as the host Chicago Bulls rallied for a 113-111 win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.

  (Reuters) — Trey Murphy scored 21 points and Jose Alvarado added 18 as the New Orleans Pelicans broke through for their first win, finishing with an 11-0 burst to reel in the visiting Charlotte Hornets 116-112. Saddiq Bey had 16 points, while Derik Queen amassed 12 points, eight rebounds, seven a…

(Reuters) — Giannis Antetokounmpo capped his game-high 33-point performance on Monday with a buzzer-beating, turnaround fadeaway to lift the Milwaukee Bucks past the Indiana Pacers, 117-115, in Indianapolis.

(Reuters) — Jusuf Nurkic scored with 0.6 seconds to play to give the visiting Utah Jazz a 105-103 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.

(Reuters) — Josh Allen rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another, and the defense generated three sacks to lift the Buffalo Bills to a 28-21 win against the visiting Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in Orchard Park, N.Y.

Victor Wembanyama struggled against the Phoenix Suns, scoring just nine points in the San Antonio Spurs’ 130-118 loss, marking his first sub-10-point game since October 2024.

TORONTO (AP) — Will Smith homered in the 11th inning after Miguel Rojas connected for a tying drive in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 Saturday night to become the first team in a quarter century to win consecutive World Series titles.