COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Luke Hughes scored the go-ahead goal 4:45 into the third period and the New Jersey Devils scored three times in a 1:56 span in a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.
CHICAGO (AP) – Isaac Okoro scored a season-high 24 points, Tre Jones added 20 points and 12 assists and the depleted Chicago Bulls topped the New Orleans Pelicans 134-118 on Wednesday night.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Devon Dampier threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 148 yards and three scores, and No. 15 Utah won the Las Vegas Bowl in Morgan Scalley’s first game as coach, beating Nebraska 44-22 on Wednesday in the Las Vegas Bowl.
DETROIT (AP) – John Gibson kept up his hot December with 24 saves, Dylan Larkin and Mason Appleton scored goals, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the slumping Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Wednesday night.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Darren Raddysh scored midway through overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning blew three one-goal leads before beating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Wednesday for their fifth consecutive victory.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Arch Manning put on a show for Texas in the shadow of the College Football Playoff.
ATLANTA (AP) – For the second time in one week, Anthony Edwards didn’t stick around for the end of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ game.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Texas coach Steve Sarkisian wasn’t sure what to expect in the Citrus Bowl without nine starters, either because of injury or the transfer portal. So he was elated to see Christian Carter and Kaliq Lockett deliver big plays Wednesday in a 41-27 victory over No. 18 Michigan.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – British boxer Anthony Joshua has been released from hospital, Nigerian authorities said late Wednesday night.