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Venus Williams loses in Auckland but shows she's still competitive at 45 01/06/2026 02:37am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Venus Williams has lost her first singles match of 2026 to fifth-seeded Magda Linette at the WTA Tour tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. The 45-year-old Williams put up a superb show before losing 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to the No. 52-ranked Linette, who was only two years o Head, Smith centuries put Australia in control after 3 days of the final Ashes test 01/06/2026 02:29am • SYDNEY (AP) — Travis Head's third century of the series and Steve Smith's first guided Australia to a 134-run first-innings lead over England by stumps on the third day of the fifth and final Ashes test. Head resumed Tuesday at 91 and was out for 163 from 166 balls, a masterful innings to follow h Thousands show up for light show to commemorate America's 250th birthday at Washington Monument 01/06/2026 02:28am • The six-night kickoff of the yearlong celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday came to end Monday night. Thousands turned out at the Washington Monument to see the innovative light show and big firework finale, which lasted about 10 minutes. "Proud to be an American. It's really cool Portland takes on Houston, looks for 4th straight victory 01/06/2026 02:04am • Houston Rockets (22-11, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (17-20, ninth in the Western Conference) Portland, Oregon; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Portland is looking to keep its three-game win streak intact when the Trail Blazers take on Houston. The Trail Blazers ar Boston plays Denver, seeks 5th straight win 01/06/2026 02:04am • Denver Nuggets (24-12, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (23-12, second in the Eastern Conference) Boston; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Boston heads into a matchup with Denver as winners of four consecutive games. The Celtics are 11-5 in home games. Boston has a 10-7 record New York takes on Los Angeles, seeks to stop 4-game slide 01/06/2026 02:04am • Los Angeles Clippers (13-22, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. New York Knicks (23-13, third in the Eastern Conference) New York; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New York looks to break its four-game slide when the Knicks play Los Angeles. The Knicks are 15-4 on their home court. New York is Milwaukee puts road win streak on the line against Golden State 01/06/2026 02:04am • Milwaukee Bucks (16-20, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (19-18, eighth in the Western Conference) San Francisco; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee hits the road against Golden State trying to prolong its three-game road winning streak. The Warriors are 11-5 in h Barnes, Raptors square off against the Hornets 01/06/2026 02:04am • Toronto Raptors (22-15, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (13-23, 12th in the Eastern Conference) Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Charlotte Hornets host the Toronto Raptors in Eastern Conference play Wednesday. The Hornets are 11-16 against Eas Detroit hosts conference foe Chicago 01/06/2026 02:04am • Chicago Bulls (17-19, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (27-9, first in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Conference foes Detroit and Chicago face off on Wednesday. The Pistons have gone 19-6 against Eastern Conference teams. Detroit avera Utah visits Oklahoma City on 3-game road skid 01/06/2026 02:04am • Utah Jazz (12-23, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (30-7, first in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Utah will aim to break its three-game road slide when the Jazz visit Oklahoma City. The Thunder are 6-2 against division opponents. Ok Warriors coach Steve Kerr ejected after heated exchange over no-call in 4th quarter vs Clippers 01/06/2026 02:03am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was ejected in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night. A furious Kerr was given back-to-back technical fouls after he appeared to become upset about John Collins of the Clippers not being called for goalte Kuzmenko has goal and assist as Kings beat Wild 4-2 01/06/2026 02:01am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings held on to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Monday night. Warren Foegele, Kevin Fiala and Adrian Kempe also scored, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 33 shots for the Kings, who beat the Wild for the second time in three QB Rocco Becht following Matt Campbell to Penn State with Grunkemeyer reportedly heading to Va. Tech 01/06/2026 01:56am • Rocco Becht has announced he will follow coach Matt Campbell from Iowa State to Penn State, giving the Nittany Lions a veteran quarterback to replace Ethan Grunkemeyer. Becht stated his decision in a social media post late Sunday. Grunkemeyer posted at about the same time that he would enter the tra Sourdif scores his first hat trick to lead Capitals over Ducks 01/06/2026 01:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Justin Sourdif scored his first NHL hat trick and added two assists and the Washington Capitals beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-4 on Monday night. Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist, John Carlson also scored and Connor McMichael had four assists for the Ca Red-hot Grubauer backstops streaking Kraken to 5-1 win over Flames 01/06/2026 01:29am • CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Shane Wright scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Philipp Grubauer made 41 saves to lead the streaking Seattle Kraken past the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Monday night. Jacob Melanson, Vince Dunn, Frederick Gaudreau and Matty Beniers also scored for the Kraken (