NFL – National Football League

Sunday

2022 NFL Pro Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas

AFC 41, NFC 35

AFC 41, NFC 35 – Herbert, Crosby send AFC to 41-35 win in Pro Bowl's return

The Chargers’ Justin Herbert hit Baltimore’s Mark Andrews with two touchdown passes to leading the AFC to a 41-35 victory over the NFC in the return of the Pro Bowl. New England rookie Mac Jones passed for 112 yards, threw a touchdown pass and did a memorable rendition of the Griddy dance in the Las Vegas debut of the NFL’s annual All-Star game, which came back from a one-year hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Herbert won the offensive MVP award. Maxx Crosby of the hometown Las Vegas Raiders won the defensive MVP award.

NFL – Bears hire 49ers' Hightower as special teams coordinator

The Chicago Bears have hired Richard Hightower as special teams coordinator under new coach Matt Eberflus. Hightower spent the past five seasons as San Francisco’s special teams coordinator and has 15 years of NFL coaching experience. He replaces Chris Tabor in Chicago, where Hightower was assistant special teams coach on John Fox’s staff in 2016. Special teams played a big role in San Francisco’s NFC championship game run this season. The 49ers blocked a punt and returned it for a tying touchdown in the fourth quarter of their divisional round game at Green Bay, and former Bear Robbie Gould kicked the winning field goal. The Bears now have all three coordinators in place, with Hightower joining offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and defensive coordinator Alan Williams.

NBA – National Basketball Association

Last Night

Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Detroit Pistons 105

Philadelphia 76ers 119, Chicago Bulls 108

Cleveland Cavaliers 98, Indiana Pacers 95

T-Wolves 118, Pistons 105 – Towns scores 24 points, Timberwolves beat Pistons 118-105

Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 12 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves got a big boost from their bench in a 118-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Michael Beasley had 20 points off the bench, and D’Angelo Russell returned with 22 points and eight assists after missing four games because of a left shin contusion. Minnesota’s preferred starting lineup was back together for the first time in seven games with Russell’s return.  Saddiq Bey scored 24 points for Detroit. The Pistons have lost eight of nine.

Sixers 119, Bulls 108 – Joel Embiid scores 40 points, 76ers hold off DeRozan, Bulls

Joel Embiid dominated with 40 points and 10 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame DeMar DeRozan’s season-high, 45-point game for Chicago to beat the Bulls 119-108 on Sunday. The 76ers won the matchup between two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams after letting a 17-point lead early in the fourth quarter shrink to four. They hung on down the stretch to beat the Bulls for the 10th straight time. They also knocked Chicago a half-game behind first-place Miami and pulled within 1 1/2 games of the idle Heat. Tobias Harris added 23 points, and Tyrese Maxey had 16, helping the Sixers shake off losses against Washington and Dallas to win for the sixth time in eight games.

Cavaliers 98, Pacers 95 – Cavaliers rally from 20-point deficit, beat Pacers 98-85

Cedi Osman scored 22 points and Kevin Love had 19 as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from 20 down to beat Indiana 98-85, shortly after agreeing to acquire shooting guard Caris LeVert from the Pacers. Osman and Love combined to score the first 19 points in the fourth quarter, completing a 25-3 run that gave the Cavaliers an 80-68 lead. Osman finished with 18 in the period, while Love had nine points and drew two charging fouls on Pacers rookie Chris Duarte. LeVert, who is averaging 18.7 points and 4.4 assists, will be acquired for injured guard Ricky Rubio.

Tonight