Jimmy Butler had 23 points and nine rebounds before being ejected after a fourth-quarter melee and the Miami Heat held off the New Orleans Pelicans 106-95 on Friday night before a hostile and emotionally charged crowd.
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has agreed to a two-year contract extension for $35 million, according to two people with direct knowledge of the negotiations.
Immanuel Quickley hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help the Toronto Raptors win for the second straight game since the All-Star break, 123-121 over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Washington Wizards 146-107 on Friday night.
Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points, Terance Mann had a season-high 23 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 101-95 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation's first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity.
Connor Clifton broke a third-period tie with his first goal in nearly a year, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 stops and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Friday night.
Caitlin Clark can claim another off-the-court feat: The Big Ten women's basketball tournament has sold out in advance for the first time in the history of the event.
The senior swimmer also won the event two years ago.
Miami's Jimmy Butler was among four players ejected after a scuffle early in the fourth quarter in the Heat's game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.
Tyrese Maxey scored 24 points, and Cam Payne added 16 points off the bench and the Philadelphia 76ers beat Cleveland 104-97 Friday night, sending the Cavaliers to their second straight loss and third in four games.
The first phase of the $97 million aquatics and sports center is opening this spring, and with a June grand opening.
Ahead of Friday's exhibition game vs. the Twins, and his final season as Gophers coach, John Anderson looked back fondly on a decadeslong relationship between the Minnesota baseball teams.
Demaris N. Hobbs-Ekdahl was in the backseat of a car when he was shot and killed in the shootout.
The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization's money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury determined Friday.
A 26-year-old man was arrested Friday in the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus, and police said he apparently did not know the victim, he acted alone and there was no further threat to the university community.
Seven farmworkers traveling in a van and the driver of a pickup truck were killed Friday in a head-on crash in a farming area in central California, police said.
Craig Breslow pitched for the Twins in 2008, 2009 and 2017. He's found even more success as a baseball executive — and nearly landed in Minnesota's front office.
Alvaro Ortiz got off to a strong start and did just enough right at the end for a 7-under 64, giving him a share of the lead Friday in the Mexico Open as he goes for yet another victory in his home country.
Speculation season is here, and it's spinning Kirk Cousins to Atlanta and everywhere else but Minnesota. Here's why that's unlikely.
Donald Trump's lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a ''strong probability'' that it would be reduced on appeal, if not eliminated.
Eight people killed in head-on crash in Central California near farming area, police say.
US appeals court panel declines to delay Idaho's execution of one of the nation's longest-serving death-row inmates.
ABC's ''This Week'' — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
Tribune News Service story on tips for decorating small spaces.