Jan 17, 2022 3 min read

Raiders fire Mayock

Owner Mark Davis made the first big decision of what figures to be an eventful offseason for the Las Vegas Raiders.

Davis fired general manager Mike Mayock on Monday and began lining up interviews with general manager and coaching candidates, leaving interim coach Rich Bisaccia in limbo.

The players have advocated for Bisaccia to remain with the Raiders (10-8) after he led them to four straight wins to end the regular season to make the playoffs. Las Vegas lost 26-19 to Cincinnati on Saturday and hasn’t won a playoff game since taking the 2002 AFC title game.

In the NBA

Miles Bridges made sure LaMelo Ball wasn’t missed.

Bridges scored a career-high 38 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, leading the Charlotte Hornets to a 97-87 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday.

Terry Rozier added 22 points. He and Bridges combined to outscore the Knicks by themselves in the first half.

Ball was ill but the Hornets didn’t need their flashy point guard, with Bridges driving them to a strong start. He scored 28 points in the first half.

n Kyle Kuzma had 15 points and 16 rebounds, and Bradley Beal added 13 points in his return from a three-game absence to lift the Washington Wizards to a 117-98 victory over Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers.

n Jayson Tatum scored 27 points and the Boston Celtics erased an 18-point first-half deficit with a 104-92 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.

Tatum scored 21 in the second half to help Boston rally for its fifth win in six games.

Dennis Schröder and Jaylen Brown each had 23 points, Al Horford scored 12 and Grant Williams 10 for Boston.

n Darius Garland strengthened his All-Star case with 22 points and 12 assists, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 1114-107 win over the Brooklyn Nets, who began a stretch without injured superstar Kevin Durant.

Isaac Okoro added 15 points and Jarrett Allen had 14 and 10 rebounds for the Cavs, who won their fifth straight.

n Desmond Bane and Ja Morant scored 25 points each, and the Memphis Grizzlies dominated the short-handed Chicago Bulls 119-106 for their 12th win in 13 games.

In college basketball

Sasha Stefanovic scored 22 points, including a go-ahead 3 at the start of double overtime that sent No. 4 Purdue over No. 17 Illinois 96-88 Monday.

Illinois guards Andre Curbelo and Alfonso Plummer made baskets in the final seconds of regulation and the first overtime before the Boilermakers (4-2 Big Ten, 15-2) broke away.

Purdue hit four straight shots to take an 89-83 lead with 1:03 left in double overtime.

In the NHL

Timo Meier set a San Jose franchise record with five goals on Monday afternoon, and the Sharks used a huge first period to beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-2.

Meier, a sixth-year winger who made his first All-Star team this season, notched a hat trick before the first period even ended. He then scored his fourth goal less than two minutes into the second period and broke the Sharks’ record with his fifth just 27 seconds before the second intermission.

n Nick Schmaltz and Johan Larsson each had a goal and an assist, and the Arizona Coyotes stretched the Montreal Canadiens’ losing streak to six games with a 5-2 win.

n Colorado goaltender Pavel Francouz stopped 25 shots in relief of injured Darcy Kuemper and three more in the shootout, and the Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota 4-3 for its 14th straight home win.