Rui Hachimura had 26 points, Kristaps Porzingis scored 22 and the Washington Wizards defeated the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 118-95 for their season-best fifth consecutive victory.

In his first NFL start, Jarrett Stidham threw for 365 yards and three touchdowns against the NFL’s top defense — and apologized to his teammates after the game.

Taylor Fritz took advantage of a dominant serve to beat Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-4 as the United States took an early 1-0 lead over Germany Monday at the United Cup mixed teams event in Sydney.

Jayden Taylor’s 24 points off of the bench led Butler to an 80-51 victory against Georgetown that snapped a three-game losing streak and handed the Hoyas their 24th consecutive loss in Big East play.

This isn’t how the NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings hoped to perform as they get ready for the playoffs.

The Tulane Green Wave defeated the Memphis Tigers 96-89 led by Sion James’ 30 points.

The Rams became the first defending Super Bowl champions in NFL history to lose 11 games with their 31-10 loss to the Chargers in the first Los Angeles derby at SoFi Stadium on New Year’s Day.

The lengthy slide of the New York Jets finally reached the bottom.

Madison Hayes hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:11 remaining and No. 6 North Carolina State withstood a second-half rally to beat Syracuse 56-54.

Robbie Gould made a 23-yard field goal with 6:53 left in overtime and the San Francisco 49ers extended their winning streak to nine games with a 37-34 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.