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Roughrider baseball gameday glance for Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 35 points, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics added 30 and the U.S. beat the World team 161-144 in the Rising Stars game for first- and second-year players at NBA All-Star Weekend.

LOS ANGELES — Justin Thomas was playing well enough to want to keep going, with six birdies in a seven-hole stretch before it was too dark to continue Friday at the Genesis Open.

ARE, Sweden — All of a sudden, Mikaela Shiffrin has a rival who believes she can compete with the American on the same level.

NEW YORK — With a public hearing looming and the threat of owners and league officials facing depositions, the NFL settled collusion cases brought by Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch had been sprayed with champagne and hoisted his winner’s trophy last July at Pocono Raceway when fans sitting high above the stage shouted his name so they could snap a quick photo.

PRESCOTT VALLEY — Life in the G League can feel as if it is the furthest thing from professional basketball.

SALT LAKE CITY — Parker Van Dyke made seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points and Jayce Johnson also set a career-best with 17 points to help Utah beat Arizona 83-76 on Thursday night.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano won the Daytona 500 qualifying races in a pair of Ford sweeps that have the new Mustang positioned for a strong showing in “The Great American Race.”

LOS ANGELES — One of the wildest pars Phil Mickelson ever made didn't even count. Neither did one of the worst lies Jordan Spieth ever had.

SCOTTSDALE — For nearly three years, Johnny Cueto pitched with a stabbing pain in his right elbow. He won 18 games for San Francisco in 2016 and started the All-Star game that year dealing with the discomfort.

TEMPE — Brad Ausmus will absolutely get in on the action during his first spring training as Angels manager. He has already caught a couple of bullpen sessions and plans to jump right into more drills along the way to help his players prepare for a fresh season.

PHOENIX — It didn’t take long for the Milwaukee Brewers to start enjoying the benefits of a $60 million renovation to their spring training facility.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Just a few hours after Jacob deGrom threw his first practice pitch of spring training, the NL Cy Young Award winner let everyone know the score.

PEORIA — Fernando Tatis Jr. has one goal during his second spring training with the San Diego Padres — make the team.

DALLAS — Of all the opposing jerseys Dwyane Wade has collected through swaps during his final NBA season, Dirk Nowitzki’s was among those the Miami star wanted the most and somehow seemed worried he wouldn’t get.

GLENDALE — The goal is looking awfully big when Vladimir Tarasenko is shooting. Jordan Binnington is making it look awfully small when he's in it.

TUCSON — For the second straight season, two-time defending state champion Salpointe Catholic has sent Prescott’s girls soccer team home in the 4A state tournament.

PHOENIX — Bradshaw Mountain’s girls basketball team couldn’t have had a much tougher task than preparing for defending state semifinalist Shadow Mountain in the first round of the 4A state tournament this week.

SCOTTSDALE — The Arizona Diamondbacks will spend spring training trying to find a way to fill the void left after slugging first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was traded to St. Louis this offseason.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Joe Flacco has gone from Denver Broncos tormentor to savior.

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Oregon State has won 111 of its last 130 baseball games, is coming off its third national championship since 2006 and its career coaching wins leader Pat Casey retired last fall.