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Wesley Yates III, shown here against Idaho State earlier this season, led the Trojans in scoring Wednesday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Oumar Ballo powered his way to 23 points and Indiana overcame an early double-digit deficit to beat USC 82-69 Wednesday. The Hoosiers (13-3) earned their fourth win in five Big Ten Conference … Read more

Vince Iwuchukwu tries to block Dailyn Swain’s shot during St. John’s win over Xavier. Katie Stratman-Imagn Images A lot has been made of St. John’s 3-point shooting, its struggles to knock down perimeter shots, particularly since conference play has begun. What has flown under the radar, however, is how exactly the Johnnies have continued to … Read more

Quinn Ewers had a chance to put the rumors of his potential transfer from Texas to rest before the biggest game of the Longhorns’ season. He instead remained mum. On3 Sports reported last week that an unnamed school made a $6 million offer to Ewers to enter the transfer portal and play quarterback for its … Read more

Brian Flores is one of the many names being floated around as a head coach candidate for the coming year, but one of his former players offered a bit of a warning to other teams that might be interested. Ryan Fitzpatrick spent two seasons (2019 and 2020) with the Dolphins under Flores — who was … Read more

What Deonte Banks has proven after two seasons is that he is not a complete waste of a first-round draft pick like DeAndre Baker and Kadarius Toney. Whether he gets lumped in with too many other Giants’ playable underachievers from the first round over the last decade — Ereck Flowers, Eli Apple and Evan Neal, … Read more

Peter Laviolette wasn’t thrilled with either of the Rangers’ results against the Devils last month. There were some positives, he said, from the first one — a 5-1 setback on Dec. 2. But three weeks later, another listless loss quickly spiraled into an embarrassment. The afternoon started with the Blueshirts making Chris Kreider, their longest-tenured … Read more

Karl-Anthony Towns returned to put the Knicks back on track. After missing the previous contest with a sore knee, the star center carried New York’s offense in a 112-98 win over the bottom-dwelling Raptors, dropping 27 points to help the Knicks snap a season-high three-game losing streak. The Knicks (25-13) got top production from Towns … Read more

Dan Sikes, a consistent money-winner on the PGA and Senior tours for 27 years, died after complications from stomach surgery. He was 58. Sikes, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., was admitted to a hospital Friday, complaining of stomach pains and underwent surgery the next day. He died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Sikes turned professional at 30, … Read more

A social media post by one Jets player may have been a little too saucy and is now causing legal issues for himself and one well-known sports media company.  All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner is being sued by Kalli Mariakis, a 42-year-old mom from Mississippi, for allegedly defaming her during a social media spat where he … Read more

Matt Rempe has been in this situation before. Just over 10 months ago, back in March, the 6-foot-8 ½ forward served a suspension, acknowledged he made a mistake with a hit — a high elbow flung toward the Devils’ Jonas Siegenthaler — and stressed the need to grow from it. That, more than anything, was … Read more