National Sports

CLEVELAND (AP) — Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 win over the Cavaliers on Thursday night.

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Tommy Davis returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown, and Chad Spann ran for a career-high 174 yards and two scores to help Northern Illinois rout winless Eastern Michigan 50-6 on Thursday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs left-hander Ted Lilly, who's been one of the team's most consistent starters the last three seasons, had surgery on his left shoulder and no timetable has been set for his return.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The new owners of the Chicago Cubs spent Wednesday scouting new spring training locations in the Mesa area.

CHICAGO (AP) — Pounded the previous week and losers of two straight, the Chicago Bears couldn't afford to go down again. Good thing for them that Derek Anderson and the Cleveland Browns were in town.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ten years to the day he died, Walter Payton was honored by the Chicago Bears with a ceremony at halftime of Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Michigan and Illinois started the day Saturday in very different positions, one looking for a win that would punch their ticket for the post season and the other groping to find some way to end a five-game losing streak.

MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade reached a scoring milestone in the third quarter. In the fourth, he turned to his teammates for points.