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Miami faces Minnesota, aims for 5th straight victory 01/02/2026 02:03am • Minnesota Timberwolves (21-13, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. Miami Heat (19-15, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Miami; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Miami comes into a matchup with Minnesota as winners of four consecutive games. The Heat are 12-5 in home games. Miami is third in the Ea Chambliss, Carneiro lift Mississippi past Georgia 39-34 in Sugar Bowl and into CFP semifinals 01/02/2026 02:00am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With Trinidad Chambliss making stunning plays at pivotal moments, Mississippi is doing fine without Lane Kiffin. Chambliss passed for 362 yards and two touchdowns, and Lucas Carneiro kicked a 47-yard field goal with 6 seconds left to put No. 6 Mississippi in front for good in a Kawhi Leonard's 45 points with bloodied nose lead Clippers to 6th straight win, 118-101 over Jazz 01/02/2026 01:38am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points, James Harden added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers recovered from blowing a 21-point lead to beat the Utah Jazz 118-101 on Thursday night, extending their winning streak to a season-best six games. Leonard was the only Clippers starter on th Brown scores 29 points and Celtics pull away in 4th quarter for 120-106 win over Kings 01/02/2026 01:17am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics pulled away down the stretch to beat the Sacramento Kings 120-106 on Thursday night. Brown shot 11 of 25, including 1 for 9 from 3-point distance, but made six free throws and added four assists before fou Dylan Guenther has 1st career hat trick to send Mammoth to 7-2 victory over Isles 01/02/2026 12:53am • NEW YORK (AP) — Dylan Guenther had his first career hat trick and added an assist and the Utah Mammoth topped the New York Islanders 7-2 on Thursday. Nick Schmaltz scored twice and added an assist, Clayton Keller and Mikhail Sergachev each had a goal and two assists, while Lawson Crouse and Barret Beniers scores twice in Kraken's 4-1 win over Predators 01/02/2026 12:46am • SEATTLE (AP) — Matty Beniers scored twice during the Seattle Kraken's three-goal first period and Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 shots in a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night. The win gave the Kraken five victories in their past six games, coming on the heels of a stretch where t Israeli hostage released from 2 years of captivity in Gaza struggles to rebuild his life 01/02/2026 12:46am • DIMONA, Israel (AP) — During the two years he was held captive in Gaza, Segev Kalfon had a recurring dream: slowly walking through a supermarket, browsing each aisle for his favorite foods, taking in the brightly colored packages and smells. Since being released on Oct. 13, his dreams have flippe De La Cruz Monegro scores 26 as Cal State Fullerton beats UC Santa Barbara 95-84 01/02/2026 12:44am • FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro scored 26 points as Cal State Fullerton beat UC Santa Barbara 95-84 on Thursday night. De La Cruz Monegro finished 5 of 10 from the field and 14-for-14 from the line to go with six rebounds for the Titans (6-9 , 1-2 Big West). Bryce Cofield and Winning numbers drawn in Thursday’s Virginia Cash 5 with EZ Match 01/02/2026 12:20am • The winning numbers in Thursday's drawing of the "Virginia Cash 5 with EZ Match" game were: 3, 13, 19, 30, 39 (three, thirteen, nineteen, thirty, thirty-nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Murray State wins 81-77 against UIC 01/02/2026 12:18am • CHICAGO (AP) — Fredrick King had 18 points in Murray State's 81-77 win against UIC on Thursday. King added 16 rebounds and three blocks for the Racers (12-3, 4-0 Missouri Valley Conference). Javon Jackson added 15 points while going 5 of 16 from the floor, including 3 for 5 from 3-point range. Mas Cal Poly wins 67-65 over UC San Diego 01/02/2026 12:18am • Hamad Mousa's 26 points helped Cal Poly defeat UC San Diego 67-65 on Thursday. Mousa also had nine rebounds for the Mustangs (6-9, 2-1 Big West Conference). Peter Bandelj scored 15 points, going 5 of 12 (3 for 8 from 3-point range). Alex Chaikin finished with 17 points for the Tritons (11-3, 1-1). B Oregon-Indiana headed for a rematch, Ole Miss to play Miami as college football's final four is set 01/02/2026 12:17am • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — When Indiana met Oregon in October, the game served as the best test yet of whether the Hoosiers were a one-year wonder or a program that was here to stay. They met that challenge with a double-digit win that snapped Oregon's 18-game home winning streak. Next week comes Indiana becomes 1st team to win a CFP game following a bye, ending 6-game losing streak 01/02/2026 12:15am • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — ROSE BOWL No. 1 Indiana became the first team in the brief history of the 12-team College Football Playoff to win a game after receiving a first-round bye, smothering Alabama 38-3 in a quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl on Thursday. The Hoosiers (14-0; No. 1 AP, No. 1 CFP) ended Texas two-step in CFP has Miami within a win of playing for a national title at home 01/02/2026 12:14am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Miami left Texas after an overtime loss to SMU at the start of November, the Hurricanes were at their lowest point of the season. There was a very dim forecast for getting into the College Football Playoff. By New Year’s Day, after a Texas two-step in the playoff, th LSU football coach Kiffin attends Tigers' women's hoop game as Ole Miss beats Georgia at Sugar Bowl 01/02/2026 12:11am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin attended the No. 5 Tigers' women's basketball game on Thursday night as his former team — Mississippi — was taking on Georgia in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the Sugar Bowl. Kiffin and women's basketball coach Kim Mu