College Basktball
DALLAS – Top-ranked UConn broke its own NCAA record with its 91st consecutive victory, scoring the first 21 points and romping past SMU 88-48 on Saturday.
Coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies (16-0, 4-0 AAC) broke the record of 90 wins in a row that his team first accomplished more than six years ago. They matched that mark with a 65-point rout of No. 20 South Florida last Tuesday.
The four-time defending national champion Huskies haven’t lost a game since falling in overtime at sixth-ranked Stanford on Nov. 17, 2014.
Their first 90-game winning streak broke the Division I record of 88 wins in a row by the UCLA men’s basketball team and famed coach John Wooden.
College Football
CLEMSON, S.C. –Around 70,000 smiling, cheering football fans turned out for the biggest party Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has thrown yet at Death Valley to celebrate the school’s first national championship in 35 years.
Last year, more than 30,000 people showed up for Swinney’s pizza party when Clemson was picked for its first College Football Playoff berth after the 2015 season. This gathering topped that, with all but the highest rows filled at the 80,000-seat Memorial Stadium.
Swinney closed the 90-minute ceremony, thanking all who supported and believed in him since his rise from interim coach to national champion. His team won the title with a 35-31 victory over defending national champ Alabama last Monday night when Deshaun Watson connected with Hunter Renfrow on a 2-yard TD pass with one second left.
Golf
HONOLULU – Justin Thomas made a 15-foot birdie putt on his final hole to tie the 54-hole record on the PGA Tour and build a seven-shot lead Saturday at the Sony Open.
Waialae has been so vulnerable with no wind that Kevin Kisner missed a 9-foot eagle putt that would have given him 59.
NHL
DENVER – Filip Forsberg scored with 11:54 remaining in the third period, Cody McLeod had a goal and a fight against his former team and the Nashville Predators rallied for a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.
Forsberg lined in a shot shortly after corralling a faceoff. Mike Fisher had tied up the game about 3 minutes earlier on a breakaway.
Gabriel Landeskog and Francois Beauchemin scored for the Avalanche, who have lost 12 of their past 13 home games.
McLeod made quite a debut against his former team a day after being acquired in a trade with Nashville. He was honored with a video tribute in the first period. He squared off with Jarome Iginla in a second-period bout that pretty much ended in a draw.
Skiing
WENGEN, Switzerland – The World Cup men’s downhill on the classic Lauberhorn course was cancelled Saturday due to heavy snowfall and fog.Organizers said racing in Switzerland’s signature ski event was not possible – for the first time since 2004 – despite earlier deciding to start lower down the hill.
ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria – Snowfall forced organizers to postpone women’s World Cup downhill training and the following race Saturday.Four-time overall champion Lindsey Vonn was planning to make her comeback after a nearly 11-month injury layoff.
Associated Press
