• Associated Press

    LeBron scores 30, and the Lakers avoid 1st-round elimination with a 119-108 win over champion Denver

    LeBron James scored 30 points, Anthony Davis added 25 points and 23 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided playoff elimination with a 119-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their first-round series Saturday night. D'Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves scored 21 points apiece for the seventh-seeded Lakers, who snapped their 11-game losing streak against the defending NBA champions with their first win over the Nuggets since December 2022. Denver swept Los Angeles out of the Western Conference finals last season, but the current Lakers responded to this 0-3 deficit with a performance more worthy of a team that rolled into the postseason with 12 wins in 15 games.

  • The Canadian Press

    Spicer, Owusu score late goals to lift Toronto FC to comeback win in Orlando

    ORLANDO, Fla. — Comeback wins have been hard to come by for Toronto FC in recent times. So has success against Orlando City. John Herdman's team managed both Saturday as late goals by Tyrese Spicer and Prince Owusu, with Italian Federico Bernardeschi serving as playmaker, rallied Toronto to a dramatic 2-1 victory over Orlando in Major League Soccer play. Duncan McGuire put Orlando ahead in the 37th minute, only to see Spicer tie it in the 87th minute and Owusu score the winner in the 90th. The r

  • The Canadian Press

    AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

    Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on Friday to city jails. “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue. It seems like he