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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 29 leads Thunder past Pelicans
Jan 27, 2026; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) passes as New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones (2) defends during the second quarter at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-95 home win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday to snap a two-game losing streak.
The loss halted the Pelicans’ two-game winning streak.
Chet Holmgren helped the Thunder create some separation in the third quarter, scoring 14 of his 20 points and pulling down seven of his 14 rebounds in the quarter.
Ten of Oklahoma City’s 31 third-quarter points came on second chances.
The Thunder had just two offensive rebounds in the first half but had 11 after the break, helping lead to 21 second-chance points.
After being outrebounded by 11 in the first half, Oklahoma City won the second-half rebounding battle 30-20.
Holmgren also finished with five blocks and three assists.
The Thunder extended their lead to 17 early in the fourth quarter, but New Orleans responded with a 13-4 run to cut the deficit to six with less than six minutes remaining.
Jeremiah Fears, who starred at nearby Oklahoma last year as a freshman before making the leap to the NBA, helped fuel the Pelicans’ run, with four quick points to start the stretch, the second basket after his own steal.
Fears had another steal late in the run, leading to a Herbert Jones 3-pointer.
The rookie then drained another 3-pointer with just more than five minutes remaining to cut the deficit to five.
But New Orleans couldn’t get any closer.
The Thunder won despite shooting just 40.2% from the field, their fourth-lowest shooting performance of the season and their worst in a win.
The Pelicans were just 34.3% from the field, their second lowest of the season.
Isaiah Joe added 17 points off the bench in the win, while Jaylin Williams pulled down 10 rebounds.
Zion Williamson had 21 points and 11 rebounds for New Orleans, going 8 of 11 from the floor.
But the rest of the Pelicans’ starters were just 14 of 59.
Gilgeous-Alexander had a rough start, missing his first five shots and not connecting from the field until early in the second quarter.
Gilgeous-Alexander finished just 8 of 22 from the field but hit 13 of 14 from the free-throw line.
–Field Level Media
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US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Alpine Skiing – Women’s Team Combined Victory Ceremony – Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, Belluno, Italy – February 10, 2026. Bronze medalists Jacqueline Wiles of United States and Paula Moltzan of United States celebrate after the Women’s Team Combined CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Austria’s Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won women’s team combined Olympic gold on Tuesday as overwhelming U.S. favorites Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on the podium in a major shock.
Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher took the silver, 0.05 behind, and Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan finished third for the United States on a slalom piste set by the Austrian coach.
World and Olympic downhill champion Johnson and dominant slalom skier Shiffrin finished fourth — missing a medal by 0.06 of a second — after looking set to repeat their 2025 world championship win.
Johnson was fastest in the downhill leg but Shiffrin, winner of seven out of eight slaloms this season and the most successful World Cup skier of all time, was only 15th in the slalom run on Cortina d’Ampezzo’s Olimpia delle Tofane piste after losing the advantage early on.
Shiffrin arrived at the 2022 Beijing Games as favorite to win a fistful of medals but left empty-handed. She has two more chances in giant slalom and slalom.
The fourth place also ended Johnson’s hopes of a “double double” — holding both the world downhill and team combined titles and adding Olympic golds in both.
The silver was Aicher’s second of the Games after she finished runner-up in the downhill. Remarkably, the German skied the slalom leg on Tuesday.
–Reuters, special to Field Level Media
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Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
Detroit LIons Tracy Scroggins exchanges words with Green Bay Packers Marco Rivera after a play during the second quarter of their game Sunday, December 10, 2000 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo by Dale Guldan) Tracy Scroggins, who spent his entire 10-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions, died Monday. He was 56.
The Lions announced the passing of the former defensive end but did not provide a cause of death.
His family issued a statement to TMZ, however, that blamed football, saying they believed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. That can be diagnosed only after death.
Scroggins was among the thousands of former players to sue the NFL over concussion-related symptoms. The case was settled in 2015.
“Playing in the NFL gave Tracy the opportunity to pursue his lifelong dream and to rise from poverty,” the family statement read. “However, unfortunately, the NFL was also ultimately the cause of his untimely demise. Tracy spent every moment of retirement courageously battling the devastating effects of CTE. While our hearts are heavy, we find comfort in knowing that he is finally at peace.”
Scroggins appeared in 142 games (89 starts) with the Lions from 1992-2001. The team selected the Oklahoman in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft out of Tulsa.
He retired with 60.5 sacks, 321 tackles (23 for loss), eight forced fumbles and seven recoveries, and an interception.
–Field Level Media
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Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin out vs. US
[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Feb 8, 2026; Milan, Italy; Kristin O’Neill of Canada celebrates scoring their first goal with Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada and Ella Shelton of Canada against Czechia in women’s ice hockey group B play during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. Mandatory Credit: David W Cerny/Reuters via Imagn Images Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin won’t play in Tuesday’s Group A game against the United States after sustaining a lower-body injury in Monday’s 5-1 win over Czechia, Hockey Canada announced.
A three-time gold medalist who has earned the nickname “Captain Clutch,” Poulin is considered day-to-day after leaving Monday’s win in the first period following a hit into the boards from Czechia’s Kristyna Kaltounkova. The latter was assessed a penalty for an illegal hit.
Poulin, 34, is playing in her fifth Olympics, winning gold in 2010, 2014 and 2022 along with a silver in 2018.
Canada and the U.S. have combined to win all six gold medals in women’s hockey since it was introduced in the 1998 Nagano Olympics — Canada claiming four and the Americans two. They’ve faced off five times in the gold-medal game and are heavy favorites to meet there again in this year’s Games.
Both teams are undefeated entering Tuesday’s Group A game. Canada is 2-0 with a 9-1 goal differential, while the U.S. is 3-0 with a 15-1 differential.
–Field Level Media
US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
