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After six straight one-goal games and a seventh which was tight before an empty-net goal, the Minnesota Wild got the chance to breathe easier at the end of a game.

With so many good teams near the top of the Metropolitan Division, coach Barry Trotz knows his Washington Capitals need to bring their best effort every night if they plan to keep pace.

Twenty-four hours made a huge difference for the Arizona Coyotes.

LAS VEGAS -- Standing 5 feet 9 and weighing 165 pounds, Donnel Pumphrey was considered too small to play running back by many schools coming out of Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas.

NEW YORK (AP) Mets third baseman David Wright expects to resume baseball activities next month following back surgery last spring.

North Carolina Central is looking to take another step in what has been a banner season, but tradition-rich Grambling State is standing in the way.

NEW YORK (AP) Infielder Ruben Tejada has agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees and will report to big league spring training.

NEW YORK (AP) Infielder Ruben Tejada has agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees and will report to big league spring training.

BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) The Massachusetts man who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge that has raised millions of dollars nationwide for ALS research has been honored by the NCAA.

BALTIMORE (AP) Reliever Logan Ondrusek has agreed to a $650,000, one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles, a deal that includes a $1.5 million club option for 2018.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) The Chicago Bears have signed tight end Mycole Pruitt and waived defensive back De'Vante Bausby.

The Week 15 NFL schedule kicks off Thursday in Seattle where the 8-4-1 Seahawks host the NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams. Both teams are coming off devastating Week 14 losses. The Seahawks lost to a hot Green Bay Packers squad 38-10, while the Rams got booed out of the Los Angeles Coliseum in their 42-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

BALTIMORE (AP) The Baltimore Orioles have signed right-handed reliever Logan Ondrusek to a major league contract.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills have placed safety James Ihedigbo on season-ending injured reserve, and replaced him by promoting Shamiel Gary off their practice squad.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam was deposed Tuesday in a civil lawsuit against the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain owned by his brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and other family members.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Rams barely had time to process the news that head coach Jeff Fisher was being fired before starting preparations to play the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Under Bill Belichick, the Patriots have become masters at culling more diamonds than duds from the NFL draft.

Tiger Woods is returning to Riviera Country Club for the first time since 2006 to play the Genesis Open in February.

Bobsled and skeleton officials are moving this season's world championships out of Sochi, Russia, amid concerns by athletes about the depth of a state-sponsored doping operation in the country.

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey is being placed on season-ending injured reserve because of hip injury that limited him to five games this year.