ST. LOUIS (AP) - Malcolm Hill had 21 points, including a basket that ended a scoreless drought of nearly 9-1/2 minutes, and Illinois held off Missouri 68-63 in the annual Braggin' Rights game on Wednesday night. Kendrick Nunn had 19 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double for Illinois (8-5), which has won five…

BOSTON (AP) - Jake Allen stopped 32 shots for his fifth shutout, Vladimir Tarasenko and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals and the St. Louis Blues cooled off the Boston Bruins with a 2-0 victory Tuesday night. It was only the second regulation loss in 16 games for Boston (11-2-3). St. Louis posted its fifth win…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Evgeny Medvedev scored on a wrist shot with 3:13 left to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 comeback victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. Wayne Simmonds had a pair of goals and Chris VandeVelde also scored for Philadelphia, which enters a five-day Christmas break with eight wins in…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Sophie Cunningham scored 21 points, Jordan Frericks added 19 points and No. 25 Missouri shut down Texas State in the fourth quarter to stay undefeated and pull out an 82-56 win on Monday. Missouri (12-0), leading 55-48 entering the fourth quarter, limited Texas Sate to eight points over the final 10…

ZURICH (AP) - FIFA's ethics committee has banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years years from all soccer-related activities. Platini's bid to succeed Blatter as FIFA president in a Feb. 26 election is now likely ended. Ethics judges ruled that Blatter broke FIFA Code of Ethics rules on conflicts of interest, breach of…