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James Harden scores 24 points in the first quarter en route to a 41-point night to spearhead the Clippers' 144-107 victory over the Utah Jazz.

Janiah Barker, Angela Dugali and Londynn Jones each score 12 points to lead No. 1 UCLA to a dominating 69-37 victory over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The ball Aaron Judge dropped during the Yankees' loss in Game 5 of the World Series against the Dodgers fetches $43,510 at a charity auction.

The Broncos are currently the sixth AFC seed and the Chargers the seventh, so their Thursday result could determine playing Bills or Steelers/Ravens in playoffs.

The Rams sought reinforcements ahead of their last Super Bowl runs, but this year are set for now with NFC West lead and determining division games ahead.

The third-year guard has been given more opportunities in late-game pressure situations and Sunday he helped slow down Grizzlies All-Star Ja Morant.

The Northern California racing experiment will be coming to an end this week, effectively killing racing in the northern part of the state and having an impact statewide.

Weston and Christian Reis started as freshmen for the CIF Division 2-A state football champion Sea Kings.

It appears the Chargers will make the AFC playoffs as a wild-card team, but against Tampa Bay they did not look like much of a postseason threat.

NFL field goals might look simple, but they require three different players to do three different jobs in 1.3 seconds.