LAS VEGAS— LeBron James scored 30 points in less than three quarters and the Los Angeles Lakers steamrolled the New Orleans Pelicans 133-89 on Thursday night to reach the championship game in the NBA In-Season Tournament.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers are starting to figure out who they are since James Harden’s arrival a month ago.

INDIANAPOLIS — Blake Corum scored twice, tying the school record for touchdown runs with 55, and No. 2 Michigan beat No. 18 Iowa 26-0 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game to likely take the top seed in the College Football Playoff.

DALLAS— Jalen Williams scored 23 points to lead eight Oklahoma City scorers in double figures as the Thunder rallied after allowing a 30-0 Dallas run in the fourth quarter and beat the Mavericks 126-120 on Saturday night.

LOS ANGELES — Paul George made a 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining, giving the Clippers their first lead of the game, and Los Angeles hung on beat the Golden State Warriors 113-112 on Saturday.

ESTERO, Fla. — They start showing up an hour or more before games. They’ve got their faces painted, they’re carrying signs, they’re wearing No. 22 jerseys. Some are old. Some are young. Men, women, boys, girls, they’re all there.

WASHINGTON— The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy.

LAS VEGAS — Michael Penix Jr. passed for 319 yards and a touchdown, Dillon Johnson ran for 152 yards and two TDs and No. 3 Washington wrapped up a spot in the College Football Playoff, beating No. 5 Oregon 34-31 on Friday night in the Pac-12 Championship.

LYNCHBURG, Va.— Kaidon Salter threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and undefeated No. 20 Liberty maintained its hopes of a New Year’s Six bowl bid, beating New Mexico State 49-35 in the Conference USA championship game on Friday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas — DaRon Bland added to his NFL-leading interception total with a nifty pick, though that didn’t really make up for the big plays against the Dallas Cowboys cornerback before they rallied to avoid their first home loss this season.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Joel Embiid just missed Philadelphia’s first triple-double of the season with 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists and the 76ers ended the Oklahoma City Thunder’s six-game winning streak with a 127-123 victory Saturday.

The back door to the College Football playoff is unlikely to be open for Ohio State or anybody else this championship weekend.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In the decade since Oscar Pistorius pulled the trigger four times on his 9mm pistol, firing into the head and body of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp as she stood inside a locked toilet cubicle in his home, the vital question has still never been answered: Did the world-famous Olympic runner know he was shooting at and killing his girlfriend that Valentine’s Day in 2013?

Jack Del Rio is out as Washington Commanders defensive coordinator, a firing made Friday in the wake of another embarrassing loss.

If it is Michigan-Ohio State it is most likely a huge game.

The NFC goes through Philadelphia. The top three challengers showed where they stand on Thanksgiving Day.

ARLINGTON, Texas— Dak Prescott and his right guard, Zack Martin, feasted on a turkey leg together on the sideline with six minutes left in the game after the star quarterback’s fourth touchdown pass.

PORTLAND, Ore.— LeBron James matched his season-high with 35 points and the Los Angeles Lakers handed the Portland Trail Blazers their sixth straight loss with a 107-95 victory in an In-Season Tournament game on Friday night.