ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany clinched their seventh men's doubles World Cup luge overall season title Saturday, while Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria claimed the women's doubles crown for the second straight season.
Wendl and Arlt were third in the men's doubles race at St. Moritz, good enough to lock up the season title with one race left. Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl of Austria won the race, with Italy’s Ivan Nagler and Fabian Malleier second.
Egle and Kipp didn't even finish in the medals; they were fifth in the women's race and still clinched their points title. Olympic champions Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer of Italy won the race, with Elisa-Marie Storch and Pauline Patz of Germany second, followed by Anda Upite and Madara Pavlova of Latvia third.
In the women's singles race, Olympic champion Julia Taubitz of Germany won on Saturday and moved closer to the overall points title.
Merle Fraebel of Germany was second and Verena Hofer of Italy was third. Taubitz now has a 19-point lead over Fraebel headed into next week’s finale at Altenberg, Germany, meaning a first- or second-place finish will clinch the title regardless of what anyone else does in the race.
Austria’s Hannah Prock was only 30 points back of Taubitz entering the race — but couldn’t slide on Saturday following an emergency appendectomy. Taubitz, Fraebel and Austria’s Lisa Schulte are the only women left with a mathematical chance at the title.
Summer Britcher of the U.S. was seventh in the women’s race, and is fourth in the world rankings. Britcher is the only USA Luge athlete competing in the World Cup this weekend.
CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Bamba scored in the first half, and the Chicago Fire scored twice in stoppage time to secure a 3-0 win over CF Montréal in their home opener on Saturday.
Chicago (1-1) controlled the match throughout, taking a 1-0 lead into halftime after Bamba finished from the center of the box in the 27th minute. The Fire generated steady pressure and limited Montréal’s chances despite playing the final 34 minutes a man down following a red card to Jonathan Dean in the 56th minute.
The Fire secured the match in stoppage time as Hugo Cuypers converted a penalty in the 90th minute to make it 2-0, and Robin Lod added a third moments later with a finish from close range.
Chicago dominated the attacking numbers, finishing with an 18-4 advantage in shots and an 11-2 edge in on-target shots while producing 4.0 expected goals. Montréal (0-2) managed just 0.1 expected goals and rarely threatened.
Goalkeeper Chris Brady made two saves for the shutout, while Thomas Gillier kept the visitors within reach for much of the afternoon with seven saves.
The win extended Chicago’s unbeaten streak against Canadian opponents to six matches dating to 2024 and marked the Fire’s first victory of the season after opening with a road loss at Houston.
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Julian Hall scored to lead the New York Red Bulls in a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday as the 17-year-old became the youngest player in MLS history to score in each of his club's first two games of the season. Hall headed the goal in the 53rd minute for his MLS-leading third goal of the year. He received a headed assist from 16-year-old Adri Mehmeti. The initial cross came from a 17-year-old Matthew Dos Santos.
It's the second game at the helm of the Red Bulls (2-0-0, 6 points) for former US Men's National Team captain Michael Bradley.
The Red Bulls dominated possession 66 to 34 percent, and 12 shots to five for the Revolution (0-0-2, 0 points).
USMNT-capped goalkeepers Ethan Horvath and Matt Turner had two and three saves for Red Bulls and the Revolution, respectively.
Up next
Revolution: Initial home opener scheduled for March 7 with the Houston Dynamo was postponed because their field was not ready. Their new home opener and next scheduled game is March 15, against FC Cincinnati.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Tre Donaldson scored 15 points, Miami took control with a huge first-half run, and the Hurricanes defeated Boston College 76-54 on Saturday.
Miami trailed 13-6 early in the first half but the Hurricanes outscored the Eagles 30-6 over the final 15 minutes to lead 36-19 at halftime. BC missed 12 of 13 shots in one stretch.
A 13-2 run near the midway point of the second half helped the Hurricanes push their lead to 55-31. Later in the half, reserve guard Noam Dovrat drilled 4 of 5 3-pointers and Miami's lead reached 27 points.
Ernest Udeh Jr. had 11 points and 12 rebounds and Tru Washington scored 14 points for Miami (23-6, 12-4). Dovrat scored a season-high 12 points. He has made 5 of his last 7 3-point tries.
Boden Kapke scored 18 points and Fred Payne and Jayden Hastings each scored 11 for Boston College (10-19, 3-13).
Miami's win squares the overall series 31-31.
Miami remains in third place in the ACC with two regular-season games remaining. The top four teams earn byes into the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, which takes place March 10-14 in Charlotte, N.C.
Up next
Miami: The Hurricanes visit SMU on Wednesday and host No. 24 Louisville on Saturday.
Boston College: at No. 11 Virginia on Tuesday and home against Notre Dame on Saturday.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Day Day Thomas matched a career-best with seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 26 points, Moustapha Thiam added a double-double and Cincinnati routed Oklahoma State 91-68 on Saturday.
Thomas was 7 of 11 from deep and made 5 of 6 free throws. Thomas also reached the 1,000-point mark for his career on the first of two free-throw attempts with 5:42 remaining before halftime. His 3-pointer with 8:22 left gave the Bearcats a 32-point lead midway through the second half.
Thiam scored 24 points on 10-of-18 shooting and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds. Jizzle James and Baba Miller added 11 points apiece for Cincinnati (16-13, 8-8 Big 12).
The Bearcats have won five of their last six games.
Vyctorius Miller scored 15 points to lead Oklahoma State (17-12, 5-11), which has lost six of their last seven. Kanye Clary and Jaylen Curry each added 11 points and Andrija Vukovic scored 10.
The Bearcats never trailed and had a double-digit lead on James’ 3-pointer with 11:41 left in the first half.
Up next
Oklahoma State: The Cowboys are on the road against UCF on Tuesday.
Cincinnati: The Bearcats host No. 19 BYU on Tuesday.
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Nick Martinelli scored 22 points, including the game-winner with 1.8 seconds left, for Northwestern in a 63-62 win over Oregon on Saturday afternoon.
Northwestern called a timeout with eight seconds left, down 62-61. Martinelli caught the ball and was well defended. He pivoted to the left, hooked the shot around the defender and watched the ball swirl around the rim before finally sinking.
Takai Simpkins's half-court heave for the Ducks hit the top of the backboard to end it.
Martinelli added 11 rebounds and seven assists, a career high, for the Wildcats (13-16, 5-13 Big Ten). Jayden Reid scored 11 points.
Nate Bittle scored 19 for Oregon (11-18, 4-14). Kwame Evans Jr. added 15 and Simpkins finished with 11. The Ducks led 36-29 at halftime, built on a 15-3 run to close out the first half.
Oregon continued to dominate, taking an early lead after the break from a jumper and 3-pointer from Bittle. Northwestern took the lead back off a 15-6 run with 10:56 to play.
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The Golden State Warriors host the Los Angeles Lakers for their final game in the month of February. The primetime matchup is scheduled for 5:30 PM PT in San Francisco and will be broadcast on ABC.
The Warriors enter tonight’s matchup back to three games above .500 after Wednesday’s 133–112 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. It was a complete team effort from Golden State, with eight of their nine available players scoring in double figures, led by rookie Will Richard’s 21 points. That energy showed up defensively as well, as Golden State forced 16 turnovers that turned into 33 points. After the game, Brandin Podziemski — who finished second on the team with 19 points — praised the group’s collective approach.
Brandin Podziemski said his approach doesn’t change when he starts at the point for Golden State. As for the depth of double-figure scorers, “It seems like it’s been a them when we’ve won.”
The test gets tougher tonight for Golden State as they take on a Lakers team that sits 3.5 games ahead of them in the standings. The season series is split at one game each, with Los Angeles taking the most recent matchup earlier this month, 105–99.
De’Anthony Melton is expected to return after resting the second night of a back-to-back, but the Warriors will still be shorthanded. Stephen Curry has been ruled out for his 10th consecutive game, and Kristaps Porzingis — who missed the past two games due to illness — has now officially been ruled out as well.
Kristaps Porzingis will miss his fourth straight game with what the Warriors are listing as an illness @NBCSWarriors
No Steph Curry or Kristaps Porzingis against the Lakers. Draymond Green remains probable
Without their primary scoring options, the Warriors have leaned on ball movement, pace, and perimeter shooting to generate offense. Against Memphis, Golden State shot 41.3 percent from three and recorded 37 assists. Expect that approach to continue tonight against a Lakers team loaded with offensive firepower — including the NBA’s leading scorer Luka Dončić — but one that ranks 24th in the league in defensive rating (116.8).
Kerr again affirmed ball movement and pace are crucial for the short-handed Warriors to win: “That’s the formula for sure. And we’ve got to continue to plug away. I’m really enjoying coaching these guys. They’ve been great. Just the energy, the enthusiasm supporting each other.”
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bobby Durkin, Cade Tyson and Langston Reynolds combined to score 65 points to lead Minnesota past UCLA 78-73 on Saturday.
Durkin scored 23 points exclusively on his 7 of 11 behind the arc, before hitting a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left. Tyson and Reynolds each scored 21. Tyson was 8 of 12 from the field and 3 of 5 behind the arc. Reynolds was 8 of 14 shooting to go with six assists.
The Golden Gophers (14-15, 7-11 Big Ten) have won three of their last four, with their lone loss coming to No. 3 Michigan on Feb 24.
Tyler Bilodeau poured in 32 points for the Bruins (19-10, 11-7), two shy of his career high set earlier this season. He was 13-of-21 shooting and 4 of 7 behind the arc with eight rebounds.
Eric Dailey Jr. added 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting with six rebounds. Skyy Clark had 17 and five assists. Donovan Dent tied his career high, set a week prior in an overtime win over Illinois, with 15 assists.
Up next
UCLA will host No. 12 Nebraska on Tuesday.
Minnesota will face Indiana on the road on Wednesday. ___
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The NBA is in a constant state of tinkering. Adam Silver is always adjusting and experimenting in real time. He’s trying to solve one problem while occasionally creating another. You see it in the NBA Cup. You see it in the All-Star Game formats that require a flow chart and a deep breath to explain. There is always a new lever being pulled, a new idea being tested under Adam Silver’s watch.
It makes you wonder how this era will be remembered in ten or twenty years. Will it be viewed as innovative? Progressive? Necessary? Or will it feel like a stretch of seasons where the league kept throwing concepts at the wall, searching for traction, with only a few actually sticking.
One of the most impactful tweaks has been the 65-game minimum for end-of-season awards, something the league instituted before the start of the 2023-24 season. We are now on year three of this arbitrary line, and the potential impact it might have on the history books is legit. Most Valuable Player. All-NBA. All-Defense. The rule is simple on its face. Play 65 games, and you qualify. Miss 18 or more, you are out. There is no gray area.
It was Silver’s response to load management, an attempt to discourage teams from strategically shelving stars in the name of preservation. The thinking was straightforward. Tie availability to legacy and tie it to contract incentives. Make it matter tangibly.
Whether it fully solved the issue is another conversation. It placed durability back into the spotlight, made it part of the awards discourse again, and forced organizations to weigh rest against recognition. Like many league-wide experiments, it addressed a real concern. The long-term ripple effects are still playing out.
Adam Silver is trying to solve a real issue, although in my opinion, he is circling around the cleanest answer without ever touching it. The solution has been sitting there the whole time. Fewer games. Reduce the total. Ease the cumulative strain. If the tax on a player’s body is lighter, the incentive to strategically rest him decreases.
This version of the NBA is not the league from twenty years ago. The pace is faster, the space is wider, and the defensive ground to cover is massive. Bigs are chasing guards on the perimeter. Guards are crashing into seven-footers at the rim. Every possession asks more of the body than it once did. Add in stretches of scheduling that still feature as many as 16 back-to-backs for certain teams, and you are almost inviting fatigue to take over.
Instead of trimming the schedule, which would impact revenue, the league landed on 65 games as the line in the sand. An arbitrary number that attempts to legislate availability rather than address the wear and tear that limits it in the first place.
And now we are staring at a strange possibility. Some of the best players in the world may not qualify for the very awards that define their seasons. Nikola Jokic. Shai Gilgeous Alexander. Luka Doncic. Kawhi Leonard. Giannis Antetokounmpo. Stephen Curry. Players who shape the league narrative could find themselves on the outside of MVP or All-NBA conversations because they land on the wrong side of a games played ledger.
That creates tension. Voters are evaluating greatness while glancing at a participation threshold. Seasons remembered with an asterisk of availability. The intent was to discourage load management, but the byproduct might be award races that feel incomplete. The league wanted stars on the floor. Everyone does. The question is whether tying legacy to 65 games addresses the root of the issue, or whether it simply reshuffles the consequences.
In a season where so many primary stars have missed chunks of time, the 65-game rule is about to open doors that in other years would have stayed closed. All-NBA spots are usually a gauntlet. This year, the math is reshaping the field. Players who might have been on the fringe in a traditional season suddenly find themselves with a clearer lane because others cannot clear the availability bar.
One of those players, had he remained fully healthy, is Devin Booker.
Booker has missed 16 games already. The margin is razor-thin. Miss two more, and the All-NBA conversation ends. Not because of production, not because of impact, but because of a ledger. Two more absences in the final 22 games, and he is mathematically disqualified. That is not to say he would be sneaking in undeservedly. His play speaks for itself. In a year where several superstars are hovering around the cutoff, his consistency when available has strengthened his case. The shifting landscape has quietly improved his odds.
Although that is the tension of this rule. It turns the stretch run into a health countdown. Every questionable tag matters. Every maintenance night carries weight. The focus drifts from performance to participation.
So now it becomes simple arithmetic. 22 games left. Two games of cushion. The difference between an All-NBA nod and watching from the outside might come down to something as routine as a sore ankle or a scheduled rest day. In a season already defined by attrition, the rule adds another layer of drama, one that has nothing to do with shot making and everything to do with availability.
Knicks-Spurs matchups have become must-see television.
It seems every time the two teams square up recently, there is significant drama.
They meet Sunday at Madison Square Garden for the third and final time this regular season.
“I heard about the Christmas game last year,” Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said after practice Saturday. “I felt like there was probably a little something there. First time we saw them [this year] was the championship of a tournament. That’ll help you find a reason to, not necessarily dislike somebody, but you’re playing for a little bit more.”
The Knicks and Spurs are set to meet for the final time this regular season. Charles Wenzelberg for The New York Post
It came via a huge fourth-quarter turnaround, during which the Knicks outscored the Spurs by 16. That has been the peak of the Knicks’ season, by far.
But the two teams have largely taken different trajectories since that moment.
They met just over two weeks later in San Antonio on New Year’s Eve, and the Knicks blew a double-digit lead en route to a gutting loss that changed the course of their season. From their Cup triumph through the first three quarters of that second Spurs matchup, they looked like the best team in the East and a bona fide contender.
But since the fourth quarter of that second matchup, they’ve dragged their feet and mostly looked like pretenders. That loss began a stretch in which the Knicks lost 9 of 11 games.
Knicks coach Mike Brown was harsh on his team afterward.
“They just, s–t, excuse my French, but they just outworked us in a lot of ways,” Brown said after the game. “[Spurs coach Mitch Johnson] kicked my ass. The rest of the team kicked our ass. We all got our ass kicked today.
“First of all, our physicality wasn’t good. We haven’t figured out how to be physical for 48 minutes in the last I don’t know how many games. And doing it without fouling. We pick up some silly fouls that we have to do a better job of. I feel everybody understands that. But now we have to go do it. So now our physicality isn’t good. And we just haven’t been able to — I don’t know if we’re tired or what, we haven’t been able to sustain anything defensively for 48 minutes. And we’ve won a lot of games and you want to win games and feel good about it. But at the end of the day, if we don’t figure out how we’re going to sustain what we’re supposed to do on defense for 48 minutes, it’s going to be a long year for us and it’s going to catch up with us.”
Everything Brown said after that game was prescient — particularly that last part predicting that their lingering problems, especially on the defensive end, would eventually catch up with them.
In 2026, the Knicks have so far recorded a 15-12 record. The Spurs have gone 19-7 and are riding an 11-game winning streak. Fox believes their Cup experience, despite falling short to the Knicks in the final, sparked it.
“For us, just being able to be around each other playing for something a little bigger than a normal regular season game,” Fox said, “I definitely think that helps.”
Mikal Bridges puts up a shot over San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Last year on Christmas, Mikal Bridges scored 41 points — his most with the Knicks — as the Knicks overcame Victor Wembanyama’s 42-point outburst in a heart-stopping three-point win.
A year prior, Jalen Brunson and Wembanyama had an epic duel — Brunson scored a career-high 61 points while Wemanyama recorded 40 points, 20 rebounds, seven assists and two steals as the Knicks lost by four in overtime.
Something about this matchup keeps delivering memorable showdowns.
“It’s a great team,” Wembanyama said previously of the Knicks. “One of the teams I looked up to as a kid, which has a lot of history. So it’s always interesting. Going to New York, as well, is always fun.”
Sunday’s clash will be the first this season at MSG. Buckle in for more fun.
Golden State Warriors young forward Gui Santos has been making strides in his fourth season in the Bay Area and it's being noticed - and rewarded.
The team announced on Saturday, Feb. 28 that Santos signed a multi-year contract extension with the Warriors. According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the deal is a three-year, $15 million contract extension and includes a player option in the 2028-29 season.
Santos has shown himself to be a hard-nosed role player for the Warriors with his hustle, energy and doing whatever is asked of him.
He has scored in double-figures in 11 of the last 12 games. In that span he has averaged 15 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.6 steals in 28.8 minutes. He's shooting 58.8% from the field and 43.1% from 3-point distance.
Golden State Warriors forward Gui Santos has signed a three-year, $15 million contract extension with the franchise, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a player option in 2028-29.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Miller had 26 points and eight rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 109-93 on Saturday for their fourth consecutive victory.
Miller made six 3-pointers and the Hornets finished 16 for 42 behind the arc after totaling 72 in the previous three victories, equaling the NBA record for most in a three-game span.
Coby White added 20 points off the bench and LaMelo Ball had 15 points and eight assists. Moussa Diabate finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as Charlotte pulled within a game of .500 at 30-31.
Jrue Holiday scored 25 points and Jerami Grant had 21 for the Trail Blazers, who played without All-Star Deni Avdija for a third straight game because of a back injury.
Portland missed all 10 3-point attempts in the first quarter and Charlotte took a 29-17 lead. Miller made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points in the second as the Hornets took a 51-43 lead to the half.
The Blazers cut it to 74-67 after three but went cold again in the fourth, missing 10 of their 12 3-point attempts. Portland finished 11 for 47 (23.4%) on 3s for the game.
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mark Mitchell scored 17 points and Shawn Phillips Jr. scored 16 points and Missouri walloped Mississippi State 88-64 on Saturday.
Reserve Anthony Robinson II scored 13 points, Trent Pierce scored 10 and Jayden Stone grabbed 10 rebounds for the Tigers (20-9, 10-6 SEC).
Missouri led 54-23 at halftime on the strength of 61.3% (19 for 31) shooting. The Tigers finished shooting 51% (30 for 59).
Josh Hubbard scored 16 points and Quincy Ballard scored 12 points for Mississippi State (13-16, 5-11).
Missouri started with a 9-0 lead and never looked back. Trent Burns' 3-pointer with 13:49 remaining before halftime and they led by double digits for the remainder.
Mitchell's layup with 9:14 before the break made it 30-10. T.O Barrett made two foul shots with 2:07 left in the half and the lead was 50-19.
Missouri has won three of its last four which included wins over then 19th-ranked Vanderbilt and 22nd-ranked Tennessee.
Up Next
Missouri: Will try to end its three-game losing streak at Oklahoma on Tuesday.
Mississippi State: Travels to face seventh-ranked Florida on Tuesday.
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There’s a peculiar kind of justice that plays out in professional basketball when a player stops auditioning and starts belonging. Gui Santos belongs.
The Warriors locked him up on a multi-year extension Saturday, which reads like routine front office housekeeping until you rewind what February actually asked of this team. Both Steph Curry (greatest guard alive) and Jimmy Butler (a menace to society on the basketball court) haven’t played a single solitary second during Black History Month because of bum knees. Then the former #7 overall pick Jonathan Kuminga was shipped off to start his next storyline as the man who saves Atlanta Hawks basketball.
Just a shorthanded Golden State squad navigating the cruelest month of their season. And somehow, the guy with the headband and the Brazilian passport kept surfacing in every statistical category that felt like oxygen.
Golden State Warriors forward Gui Santos has signed a three-year, $15 million contract extension with the franchise, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a player option in 2028-29.
Here’s some Feb stats ahead of tonight’s Lakers game that reveal Santos’ impact this month. You know who leads the team in steals? Santos, with 15, tied with De’Anthony Melton. Blocks? Al Horford leads as a center with 8, but right behind him at 7 is Santos, a wing. Rebounding? The human hustle machine Brandin Podziemski owns that category at 65, but guess who’s sitting at 53, breathing down his neck? Santos again. Assists? He’s tied for second with Podziemski at 38, trailing only Pat Spencer’s 50. You can scan that list three times and still miss the point, which is that glue usually hides. This month it didn’t.
This is the Iguodala archetype. The Swiss army knife Steve Kerr has been hunting since the dynasty thinned out. You can’t manufacture this kind of connective tissue in the lab. You grow it in Santa Cruz, rep by rep, until one February without your stars, the glue guy becomes the guy.
Gui Santos reflected on his journey up to this point, now a key guy for the Dubs:
“The key word for that is patience. Because when I got here, I was a point guard playing back in Brazil… and I spent the whole year in the G-league just learning how to fit in the system here.” pic.twitter.com/Q2tyVmjhEQ
But here’s what separates this story from your standard hustle narrative: his name isn’t just popping up in the dirty work categories. Santos has knocked down 17 three-pointers this month, second on the team behind Moses Moody’s 29. And he’s doing it on 43.6% shooting from deep, which leads the roster in volume attempts (minimum meaningful sample). The hustle guy can shoot and that changes everything about how defenses have to honor him.
Kuminga was supposed to be the next chapter of Warriors development lore. The raw athleticism, the upside, the TWO TIMELINES plan. But development requires trust, and trust requires consistency, and consistency is the one currency Kuminga could never quite produce on demand. The Warriors made their calculation, moved him to Atlanta, and watched him go off in a new uniform while Santos continued quietly becoming indispensable.
Future forensic archaeologists digging through the rubble of Kuminga’s time in Golden State will ask the reasonable question: who was Kerr choosing over him down the stretch? Who earned those minutes that could have gone to the former lottery pick?
Gui mother effin Santos, man. Steve Kerr can never deny this man again, because even without Jimmy Butler, he's going to help the Warriors connect and win games by filling the gap at PF
