COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Hamzat Ojediran and Lucas Herrington each scored their first career MLS goal on Saturday to help the Colorado Rapids beat the Portland Timbers 2-0.
Zach Steffen stopped three shots and had his first shutout of the season for Colorado (1-1-0).
Ojediran opened the scoring in the seventh minute, when the 22-year-old midfielder ripped a straight-away shot from 35 yards that deflected off defender Finn Surman and rolled into the net.
The 18-year-old Herrington, at the back post, headed home a corner kick played in by Dante Sealy to make it 2-0 in the 53rd.
Jimer Fory was shown a straight red card in the 77th minute and Portland (1-1-0) played a man down the rest of the way.
The Rapids are 12-15-7 against Portland, 10-3-5 in Colorado.
SEATTLE (AP) — Braeden Carrington had career highs of nine 3-pointers and 32 points, Nick Boyd added 22 points, and Wisconsin defeated Washington 90-73 on Saturday.
Carrington, who averages 7.4 points per game, played 27 minutes off the bench, making 9 of 15 3s. He was 6 for 9 from deep in the second half when he scored 23 points.
Boyd scored eight points in the first six-plus minutes of the game and the Badgers led 14-3. Washington's Hannes Steinbach opened the scoring with a dunk but the Huskies didn't get another field goal until Quimari Peterson's layup with 12 minutes remaining made it 17-7.
Wisconsin (20-9, 12-6 Big Ten) led by double digits over the final six minutes of the half and it was 36-21 at the break. A 10-0 run in the middle of the second half put the game out of reach at 66-42.
Steinbach scored 22 points with 11 rebounds and Zoom Dialo had 21 points for Washington. Wesley Yates III scored three points on 1-for-17 shooting.
It was Steinbach's 18th double-double of his freshman season, nine of them coming when he scored 20 or more points.
Nolan Winter had 13 points and nine rebounds for Wisconsin. The Badgers average more than 30 3-point attempts per game and were 17 for 38 (45%) in this one.
Washington retired Detlef Schrempf's No. 22 jersey during a halftime ceremony.
Up next
Wisconsin: The Badgers have a home game against Maryland on Wednesday then wrap up the regular season at No. 8 Purdue on Saturday.
Washington: The Huskies stay on the West Coast to wrap up the regular season. USC visits on Wednesday before the Huskies finish at Oregon on Saturday.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Nojus Indrusaitis and Cameron Corhen each scored 16 points to lead Pittsburgh to a 72-56 victory over California on Saturday.
Pitt never trailed and built an early 10-point lead in the second half before Cal pulled within 47-44 with 13:05 remaining. Indrusaitis answered with 10 points that included two 3-pointers and a dunk during an 18-7 surge to help the Panthers pull away.
Barry Dunning Jr. added 15 points and 12 rebounds for Pitt (11-18, 4-12 Atlantic Coast Conference). Damarco Minor scored 13 points.
The Panthers have won two of their last three since ending a five-game losing streak.
Dai Dai Ames scored 11 points and Lee Dort added 10 for Cal (20-9, 8-8), which saw a three-game win streak snapped.
Dunning scored 11 points and Corhen added eight to help Pitt take a 34-26 advantage into the break. The Panthers forced 12 Cal turnovers in the first half. DeJuan Campbell scored all eight of his points in the first half for the Golden Bears. Campbell shot 0 of 2 in the second half.
Up next
Pitt: The Panthers host Florida State on Wednesday.
Cal: The Golden Bears are on the road against Georgia Tech on Wednesday.
Kentucky Basketball forward Jayden Quaintance has become one of the most talked-about mysteries of the Wildcats’ season, and now, with new draft projections and comments from his father, the conversation has intensified even more.
Quaintance’s recruitment was dramatic from the beginning. After reclassifying to 2024, he committed to Kentucky under John Calipari, only to reopen his recruitment when Calipari left for Arkansas. He eventually chose Arizona State, where the plan was clear: play two years of college basketball because he wasn’t old enough for the 2025 NBA Draft.
After transferring, he ended up recommitting to Kentucky. Quaintance entered the year recovering from a torn ACL. He has appeared in just four games, averaging 5 points and 5 rebounds in 16.8 minutes, with his last action coming on January 7 vs. Missouri.
Since then, speculation has grown about whether he will return this season, especially after online complaints from his father about how Kentucky used him.
Mark Pope’s comments have only deepened that uncertainty.
“He continues to make progress. He’s not ready right now… We’re not going to roll him out there till he’s 100 percent — and he’s a ways from that,” Pope said last week. “We haven’t incorporated him back into practice… I don’t know how optimistic I am about that.”
Then came a major development: CBS Sports’ Kyle Boone released a new first-round NBA mock draft and placed Quaintance at No. 29 to the Minnesota Timberwolves, but Boone believes a return to college is very possible:
“It’s turned into a lost season at Kentucky for Quaintance, who has appeared in only four games,” Boone wrote. “I’d be a bit surprised if he didn’t come back to school. But if he stays in the draft, he’d be a tremendous late-first value for a team like Minnesota, giving them a young defensive monster in the frontcourt to build around.”
That suggestion, that the sophomore could return for 2026–2, sparked an immediate response from Quaintance’s father, Haminn, who commented:
A bold statement that strongly implies Quaintance will enter the NBA Draft, regardless of this season’s setback.
Haminn released a longer statement in which he criticized anyone suggesting his son is sitting out and isn’t injured.
Yall just push any narrative and run with. We fought against staff to come back the st Johns game early with only 1 full practice under his belt in a year fought for full minutes not being restricted to 7 against Bellarmine and being able to play his game without the handcuffs… https://t.co/3bxok1V5hK
Meanwhile, draft analysts remain split. ESPN ranks Quaintance 18th overall, while Bleacher Report currently has him going 10th to the Milwaukee Bucks. Boone’s projection marks the first time a national writer has publicly floated the idea of another year of college, and the first time his father appears to shut that door this bluntly.
As for the Cats, they’re starting to really hit their stride following a blowout win over Vanderbilt. It’s easy to wonder how dangerous this team could be in March with a healthy Quaintance, but for now, it doesn’t appear a return is imminent.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Maurice Odum scored 15 points, Santiago Trouet recorded a double-double and Arizona State beat Utah 73-60 on Saturday to end its two-game losing streak.
Trouet scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Massamaba Diop scored 14 points and reserve Anthony Johnson 13 for Arizona State (15-14, 6-10 Big 12) which shot 49% (27 for 55).
Keanu Dawes scored 16 points and Don McHenry 14 for the Utes (10-19, 2-14) who shot 39% (23 of 59).
Utah got off to a 14-5 start within the first five minutes before Arizona State took the momentum and gradually began chipping away.
Over the next nine minutes, the Sun Devils outscored Utah 18-7 — with Johnson scoring six — and took the lead for good at 23-21 on a 3-pointer from Bryce Ford with 6:13 before halftime. Odum sandwiched a pair of 3s around one from Utah's McHenry and Arizona State led 34-24 at the break.
Trouet made a 3 with 16:19 left to push the ASU lead to 43-30 before a 9-0 Utah run in the next three minutes reduced the deficit to four.
Arizona State countered with a 14-5 outburst for a 57-44 lead with 9:34 remaining. Utah got with 57-51 and and 59-53 but never closer.
Up next
Utah: The Utes will try to end a three-game losing streak when they host Colorado on Tuesday.
Arizona State: The Sun Devils host 14th-ranked Kansas on Tuesday.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 18 points off the bench, and Georgia never trailed in an 87-68 senior-night win over South Carolina on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (20-9, 8-8 SEC) reached the 20-win mark for the third straight season, building a 48-35 halftime lead behind hot perimeter shooting. Georgia went 10 of 17 from 3-point range in the first half, its best long-range shooting half of the season, and opened the game making 6 of 8 from deep.
Georgia created separation early in the second half, extending the lead to 62-40 with 11:11 remaining and never allowing the margin to drop below double digits the rest of the way.
Somtochukwu Cyril added 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting, Kareem Stagg finished with 11 after tying his career high with 10 in the first half, and Marcus Millender had 10 points and six assists for the Bulldogs.
South Carolina (12-17, 3-13) was led by Meechie Johnson with 20 points, his 15th straight game in double figures. Kobe Knox and reserve Eli Ellis each scored 12 for the Gamecocks, who shot 37% from the field.
Georgia remains in position for postseason consideration while keeping its SEC record at .500. The Bulldogs are currently projected to land a No. 11 seed in the March Madness field.
Up Next
Georgia: Hosts No. 17 Alabama on Tuesday
South Carolina: Hosts No. 22 Tennessee on Tuesday.
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 24: Gui Santos #15 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket during the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on February 24, 2026 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
Today, Gui Santos signed a three-year, $15 million contract with the Golden State Warriors.
This time two years ago, he was playing in the G League for the Santa Cruz Warriors. He was called up in November of 2023, but was still routinely sent back to Santa Cruz. In early 2025, he made his first career start, and now, he routinely starts. Though he is now a forward, the Brazilian big man used to be a point guard, and that adjustment was one of the most important things in his journey to becoming a rotational NBA player.
“The key word for that is patience,” Santos said in a press conference yesterday. “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.”
Santos, drafted by the Warriors with the 55th pick in 2022, has done a lot of learning and growing since joining the league. He is currently averaging 6.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. At only 23 years old, and with a bright future ahead of him, things can only go up from here.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alina Muller and Hannah Brandt scored in a shootout and the Boston Fleet beat the Ottawa Charge 3-2 on Saturday to break a tie for the PWHL lead.
Muller and Abby Newhook scored in regulation, and Aerin Frankel stopped 23 shots to help Boston improve to 8-3-2-2. Muller tied it at 2 on a power play with 6:34 left in regulation on a deflection off the skate of Ottawa’s Kathryn Reilly.
Rebecca Leslie scored twice for Ottawa, and Gwyneth Phillips made 21 saves. The Charge are 4-5-1-7. Leslie has 10 goals for a share of the league lead.
BOSTON, MA - FEBRUARY 27: Baylor Scheierman #55 of the Boston Celtics drives to the basket during the game against the Brooklyn Nets on February 27, 2026 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
Baylor Scheierman has suffered a left thumb fracture and is questionable to appear in Saturday’s game, the Celtics announced on Saturday.
Scheierman has started the last six games for the Celtics; in that span, he’s averaged 8.7 points and 5 rebounds. He’s become an increasingly important part of the Celtics’ rotation as of late, averaging 24.3 minutes per game in February.
Jayson Tatum is OUT tomorrow.
Baylor Scheierman is questionable with a Left Thumb Fracture.
Given that the Celtics have not entirely ruled Scheierman out, it’s possible that this is an injury he plans on trying to play through. If he is sidelined, the Celtics could go with Ron Harper Jr. in the lineup again; Harper Jr missed has started two games this season, both with Jaylen Brown sidelined.
Scheierman was not previously on the Celtics injury report, so it’s likely he suffered the injury in Friday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets.
Jayson Tatum remains sidelined
There was lots of speculation that Jayson Tatum would make his season debut on Sunday, but the Celtics star remains sidelined as he recovers from a ruptured Achilles suffered last May.
Tatum could return any day in the coming weeks, but he also has maintained that he has not made an official decision about whether or not he will return this season.
Last week at Celtics practice, Tatum said he still had no set return date. He said he won’t play until he’s 100%, and didn’t disclose what percent he was at.
“I feel like I’m beating a dead horse,” Tatum said. “I’m taking it one day at a time. This is something that’s very serious. The injury that I had is just a long journey. For me, it’s just easier to take it one day at a time and see how I progress from there.”
Without Tatum, the Celtics have held up better than most expected; they have the second-best record in the Eastern Conference at 39-20, and the fifth-best record in the NBA. The Celtics have won 8 of their last 10 games.
The 76ers have the 6th-best record in the East at 33-26.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - FEBRUARY 26: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers holds his hips during the game against the Miami Heat at Xfinity Mobile Arena on February 26, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Well, it turns out this was a highly-anticipated injury report for both teams.
Ahead of their showdown with the Boston Celtics on NBC Sunday, the Sixers have officially ruled out Joel Embiid for their next three games with a right oblique strain.
This happened to Embiid earlier in the week against the Miami Heat, when he got Kel’el Ware to bite on a pump fake, causing him to jump and hit Embiid in the ribs with his knee inadvertently. He didn’t really miss much of that game due to it, but he was favoring his midsection the entire rest of the contest.
After a quick 4-of-7 start the game, Embiid was clearly hampered by this. He shot 4-of-13 the rest of the night with two ugly turnovers. Here’s a clip of the play where it happened.
Joel Embiid has gone to the locker room with discomfort in his ribs from this inadvertent knee from Kel'el Ware pic.twitter.com/LMsaDiiM0r
Embiid was not a participant at the Sixers’ most recent practice. A team spokesperson told reporters that he had been feeling an increase of soreness in the area since that Heat game and still had some consulting with the team’s medical staff to do.
Joel Embiid did not participate in practice today. He’s reporting increased soreness in his right side. Meeting with medical staff and his status will be updated with the injury report later today.
Upon the release of the official report, the team announced that Embiid underwent an MRI that revealed the strain, ruling him out for the two games following Boston as well.
An MRI today revealed that Joel Embiid suffered a strained right oblique, per Sixers.
Embiid will miss the team’s next three games and be reevaluated following the upcoming back-to-back.
This once again puts the Sixers in a precarious spot as they desperately try to cling on to the sixth seed in the East. They went 1-4 in their most recent five-game stretch without Embiid, three of those losses being decisive blowouts at that. It’s also a bummer because we will again be robbed of the rematch between Embiid and Victor Wembanyama when the Spurs come to Philly early next week.
So the Sixers will be shorthanded, but at least they won’t be the first team to take on the Boston Celtics at full strength this season. Despite the rumblings and weird advertisements tied in with NBC, Jayson Tatum will not be making his season debut Sunday night.
Tatum of course hasn’t played since last May, when he tore his Achilles tendon in his right leg during Game 4 of the second round of the playoffs against the New York Knicks. It’s truly remarkable that he’s so close to returning this was even considered a possibility by some. At least the Sixers caught this break, and they won’t see Tatum unless these teams see each other in the playoffs.
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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