BASKETBALL
Luka Samanic, Mfiondu Kabengele and Denzel Valentine all posted double-doubles and the Maine Celtics remained unbeaten in the regular-season portion of their G League schedule with a 121-106 win Sunday over the Grand Rapids Gold in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Samanic had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Kabengele recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Valentine finished with 15 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists as Maine improved to 6-0.
GOLF
PGA: Jon Rahm came from seven shots behind to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii, with plenty of help from Collin Morikawa, who had a spectacular wipeout even by Maui standards.
Rahm was six shots behind on the 13th hole before when he ran off three straight birdies and a 12-foot eagle putt. His final birdie gave him a 10-under 63 and a 27-under total.
Morikawa had gone 67 holes without a bogey on the Plantation Course when it all fell apart with his wedges and his putter, the two areas that had carried him to a six-shot lead at the start of the day. He bogeyed holes 14 through 16, and his closing birdie left him two shots behind Rahm after a 1-under 72.
BASKETBALL
NBA: Brooklyn forward Kevin Durant left in the second half of the Nets’ game in Miami because of a right knee injury.
Durant appeared to be hurt when Miami’s Jimmy Butler fell into him on a drive late in the third quarter. Durant stayed in the game briefly, then went into the locker room for evaluation. The Nets quickly determined that he would not return.
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUES: Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Hendriks announced on Instagram that he was diagnosed in recent days. The three-time All-Star is scheduled to begin treatment on Monday.
Hendriks was third in the majors with 37 saves last season. He led the American League with a career-high 38 saves in 2021.
SOCCER
ENGLAND: Manchester City beat Chelsea for the second time in less than three days, this time in the FA Cup.
And this time it was a 4-0 thrashing, without Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.
City’s top two players were given a rest after a 1-0 win over Chelsea in the Premier League on Thursday, yet they weren’t especially missed, with Riyad Mahrez, Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden scoring first-half goals and Mahrez adding another late goal.
• Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic will be sidelined for at least two weeks because of a knee injury, Manager Graham Potter said.
• Aston Villa conceded twice from the 88th minute and was beaten 2-1 at home by fourth-tier Stevenage in probably the biggest shock of the FA Cup’s third round.
TENNIS
UNITED CUP: The United States claimed the inaugural United Cup in convincing fashion with an overpowering display against Italy in the final of the mixed teams event in Sydney.
Ninth-ranked Taylor Fritz gave the U.S. an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five matchup when he edged former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7).
Jessica Pegula put the U.S. on the path to victory by beating Martina Trevisan 6-4, 6-2. Frances Tiafoe extended the lead when Lorenzo Musetti withdrew because of a shoulder injury after losing the first set of their match, 6-2.
ASB CLASSIC: Top-seeded American Coco Gauff capped a commanding start to the new season by beating Spanish qualifier Viktoria Masarova 6-1, 6-1 in the final in Auckland, New Zealand, claiming her third WTA Tour title.
ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL: Second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka claimed her 11th WTA Tour title but her first in almost two years when she overcame qualifier Linda Noskova, 6-2, 7-6 (4), in Adelaide, Australia.
LUGE
WORLD CUP: Latvia swept a pair of races on home ice, and former Falmouth resident Emily Sweeney won her team-high fourth medal of the season by helping the Americans finish third in a team relay.
Kristers Aparjods won gold in the men’s singles race. In the team relay, Latvia’s team of Aparjods, Elina Ieva Vitola and the doubles sled of Martins Bots and Roberts Plume prevailed in 2:12.111. Germany was second in 2:12.339, and the U.S. – Sweeney, Tucker West and the doubles team of Zack Di Gregorio and Sean Hollander – was third in 2:12.948.
SKIING
MEN’S WORLD CUP: Close friends since childhood, Lucas Braathen and Atle Lie McGrath fulfilled their shared dream by finishing 1-2 in a World Cup race.
Braathen, who is two days older than his fellow 22-year-old McGrath, got the win in a slalom at Adelboden, Switzerland, to extend Norway’s dominating run in the discipline.
Sporting his trademark painted fingernails – mostly black with one yellow smile emoji – Braathen retained his first-run lead to finish 0.71 seconds ahead. Linus Strasser of Germany was 0.92 back in third.
Norwegian racers have won seven of the eight men’s World Cup slaloms since the Beijing Olympics last February. Braathen and McGrath each have two of those wins.
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