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Davidson made two free throws to put Clemson (19-4, 9-1 ACC) ahead 64-62 with 23 seconds left. The Tigers maintained the lead after the Cardinal's Ebuka Okorie missed a 3-point try with 7.1 seconds remaining.

Ace Buckner added two free throws with 3.7 seconds left to help Clemson win for the 12th time in the past 13 games. Okorie scored at the buzzer for the final margin.

Buckner finished with 11 points and Chase Thompson added a career-high 10 for the Tigers, who won despite not making a field goal in the final four minutes.

Aidan Cammann led Stanford (14-9, 3-7) with a career-high 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Okorie added 18 points, and Oskar Giltay had 11 rebounds.

The Cardinal have lost five straight since beginning the season 14-4.

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Clemson led 26-19 with 5:23 left in the first half before Okorie made two 3-pointers during a 13-4 run to help Stanford move ahead 32-30 entering halftime.

Okorie led all scorers with 12 points in the first half, while eight players scored for Clemson.

The Tigers, who were held to one field goal in the final 5:23 the opening half, fell behind 41-35 on Okorie's dunk with 14:19 left in the contest.

After Clemson moved ahead 56-50 on Davidson's 3-pointer, Stanford answered with an 8-2 run to tie the game at 58-all with 5:36 remaining on a hoop from Jeremy Dent-Smith.

Okorie, who entered the game ranked 10th in the country in scoring at 21.8 points per game, made two free throws to tie the game at 62-all with 3:08 left. The star freshman hit 6 of 11 shots from the field and dished three assists.

RJ Godfrey scored nine points and Jestin Porter added eight for Clemson, which shot 45.7% from the field and 41.2% (7 of 17) from 3-point range. Carter Welling pulled down eight rebounds.

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TheNew York Rangers traded Panarinon Wednesday. Feb. 4 to theLos Angeles Kings, who signed the high-scoring winger to a two-year contract extension averaging $11 million a year. The Rangers received prospect forward Liam Greentree and conditional third- (2026) and fourth-round (2028) picks.

Panarin, 34, was the latest player to come off a list of what had been an impressive unrestricted free agent class.Kirill Kaprizov signed a record extensionand has been joined byConnor McDavid,Jack Eichel, Kyle Connor,Martin NecasandAdrian Kempe.

Here are some of the top remaining pending unrestricted free agents:

Dec. 12: The Minnesota Wild acquired Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks for Marco Rossi, Zeev Buium, Liam Ohgren and a 2026 first-round pick.

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Dec. 12: The Minnesota Wild acquired Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks for Marco Rossi, Zeev Buium, Liam Ohgren and a 2026 first-round pick.

Top remaining free agents

10. Anders Lee, New York Islanders

He has been the Islanders' captain since 2018 and is good for 20-plus goals. He had 29 last season.Current cap hit:$7 million.

9. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

TheNHL's all-time leading goal scoreris 40. He'll either re-sign with Washington or retire. He hasn't indicated his plans.Current cap hit:$9 million.

8. Kiefer Sherwood,San Jose Sharks

He was the runaway leader in hits last season and is in second place this season. He also has 17 goals and was traded by the Canucks this season.Current cap hit:$1.5 million

7. John Carlson, Washington Capitals

Carlson is the Capitals' all-time leader in scoring among defensemen and is a key to their power play. He's the one who sets up Ovechkin's one-timers.Current cap hit:$8 million.

6. Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers

The goalie has won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles and two Vezina Trophies. He'll be 38 next season.Current cap hit:$10 million.

5. Evgeni Malkin,Pittsburgh Penguins

The 39-year-old has expressed an interest in playing more and he's making a case with 43 points in his first 40 games. He missed some time with an injury but has won three Stanley Cup titles in his storied career.Current cap hit:$6.1 million.

4. Darren Raddysh, Tampa Bay Lightning

The defenseman is having a breakout season with 17 goals and 51 points while filling in during Victor Hedman's two injuries.Current cap hit:$975,000.

3. Rasmus Andersson, Vegas Golden Knights

The defenseman was traded to the Golden Knights this season by the Flames. He can provide offense with a 50- and a 49-point season.Current cap hit:$4.55 million.

2. Nick Schmaltz, Utah Mammoth

The forward keeps improving every year. The winger usually gets 20-plus goals and 60-plus points, and he's already at 22 goals and 51 points this season.Current cap hit:$5.85 million.

1. Alex Tuch, Buffalo Sabres

The forward can score (two 36-goal seasons) and also kills penalties. He wants to stay in Buffalo and new general manager Jarmo Kekalainen wants to keep him.Current cap hit:$4.75 million.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Artemi Panarin signs: Who are top remaining free agents?

Farmers Insurance Open Golf

The five-time major champion's second start should be even cozier, even as up to 200,000 fans cram onto TPC Scottsdale's Stadium Course.

Success at the wet (as in booze-soaked) and wild Phoenix Open takes a certain mindset and Koepka has embraced the pandemonium, winning it twice.

"I enjoy the chaos," Koepka said. "It's fun. It can kind of get you in between shots, gives you something to either kind of laugh at or whatever's going on. There's always something to see, but it's a fun week."

Scottie Scheffler thinks so, too.

When Scheffler arrived at the TPC Scottsdale in 2022, he had yet to win on the PGA Tour despite several near-misses.

Since he beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff that year, Scheffler hasn't stopped winning, raising the trophy in a staggering 27% of his starts the past four years.

The world's No. 1 player arrives at the Phoenix Open with a chance to become the first PGA Tour player to win three straight starts since Dustin Johnson in 2017. Scheffler closed his 2025 season with a win at the pre-Ryder Cup Procore Championship in Napa, California, and opened this year up with a win atThe American Expressin Palm Desert, California — his 20th PGA Tour victory.

After taking last week off, Scheffler returns to a familiar place (and sounds). He backed up his 2022 Phoenix Open win by defending his title and has four top-10s in his past six starts at the Stadium Course.

"Lots of good memories," Scheffler said. "It's nice to come back to this tournament. This tournament is a lot of fun for me to play in and it's fun to be able to play in front of this crowd."

Last year was a rare exception.

Scheffler's start to the 2025 season was delayed after he sliced his hand trying to cut ravioli with a wine glass on Christmas. The Phoenix Open was his second start and he never found a groove, tying for 25th — his worst finish of the year and 15 shots behind champion Thomas Detry, who's now playing in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf League.

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Scheffler didn't take long to find his form, winning two majors among his six victories and a fourth straight Player of the Year Award to match Tiger Woods' record.

With time to prepare for the 2026 season, Scheffler looked like nothing had changed in his first tournament, erasing an early two-shot deficit in the final round to win by four shots at PGA West two weeks ago.

"Did a bit less cooking in the offseason this year — stuck to plastic silverware instead of metal stuff," Scheffler joked. "I'm only kidding. It's nice to get off to that kind of start. It's nice to feel very prepared going into the season."

Koepka had a different type of preparation his first non-major PGA Tour event since 2022.

Unsure of how he'd be received after beingfreed from his LIV contract, Koepka wasadmittedly nervousat last week'sFarmers Insurance Open. He didn't notch his first birdie of the opening round until the 18th hole, but rallied to make the cut and finished tied for 56th.

The best part of the week was the support Koepka received, nearly all of it positive.

That could change this week.

Vitriol can be part of the game at the Phoenix Open, particularly late in the day when the booze and sun take their toll, but Koepka is ready to embrace it all.

"I'm just focused on myself," Koepka said. "I'm focused on how I can go play the best golf over the next four days. I'm not focused on anybody else."

Tuning out the cacophony is the key to success at the Phoenix Open — as Koepka and Scheffler have both shown.

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Education Kindergarten Readiness

The effort to get a snapshot of kindergarten readiness is part ofthe National Survey of Children's Health, and that metric has been reported each year since 2022. Thousands of parents and guardians submitted answers about their child in five categories — early learning, motor skills, social-emotional development, self-regulation and health — with the goal of answering the big question: Is your child ready for school?

While there'sgrowing interest in assessing school readiness, education experts differ on what to measure and how. And some dispute whether children should be ready for school or if schools should be ready for their students.

Despite the complexities, it's indisputable that what a young child learns before they enter classrooms can set the course for the rest of their academic career.

What is kindergarten readiness?

Kindergarten readiness encompassesthe foundational skillsnecessary to engage in a more formal learning environment, said Ohio State University educational psychology professor Laura Justice. In some ways, it's very similar to the expectations for a college graduate to be successful in their first job, she said.

There isn't a universal definition of kindergarten readiness, but many experts and educators rely on guidance from the bipartisan National Education Goals Panel'sfive developmental domainscritical to a child's success upon entering grade school. The criteria emphasize a child's health and motor skills, social-emotional development, cognition, language development and general attitude toward learning — a very similar framework as the federal survey.

But school readiness is a relatively new concept, as the panel's guidelines came in the 1990s. Historically, there weren't many expectations for children entering kindergarten, although some students — typically from wealthier families — would come in with more advanced skills than others, said Robert Crosnoe, a sociology professor at the University of Texas at Austin. That meant providingenriching learning opportunitiesbefore children set foot in a kindergarten classroom – so they could learn not only their ABCs, but also skills such as carrying on a conversation and problem-solving during playtime.

"If we just focus on those strictly academic things, it's only going to get us so far," Crosnoe said.

Is your child ready for kindergarten? The answer is complex

There are a few ways tomeasure readiness, but each method has its drawbacks, said Jill Cannon, a senior policy researcher at global policy think tank RAND.

Parents can answer questions about their child — such as in the NSCH survey — but can be biased or misinterpret questions, especially if English isn't their first language. Teachers can assess children instead, but interpretations of a child's behavior can depend on which teacher is doing the assessment.

Alternatively, a young child can be directly assessed on certain skills. But that approach can be "hit or miss," according to Cannon, because a child that young may perform differently on any given day.

When to measure readiness can also be a factor.

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A child's age when they enter kindergarten — typically at age 5 — can also factor into readiness, as children who are several months older are often in the same class as students who just turned 5, Cannon said.

"Six months now to me means nothing, but back then … I had a lot of learning to do. I grew a lot," Cannon said. "These kids, they grow a lot over the kindergarten year."

If your child is scheduled for a kindergarten readiness assessment, don't worry. Most experts agree that readiness tests are, overall, a crucial tool for educators – but only to identify what supports kids will need.

"We have an arsenal of interventions that can improve these skills in kids," Justice said. "So the screening instrument can help us identify where the need is so that we can respond."

How to boost kindergarten readiness

Research suggests that attending ahigh-quality preschool programis one of the best ways to boost kindergarten readiness.

However, preschool curricula vary vastly across the U.S., with some prioritizing certain development areas, such as literacy, over others. And the quality of preschool can vary drastically depending on where someone lives, making that goal a lot easier said than done.

But some measures of quality are universal. Many early childhood education experts rely on the National Institute for Early Education Research's10 quality benchmarksto make broad assessments in all states that offer public preschool programs.

Parents can use the standards as a guide for choosing a preschool that's most likely to help prepare their child for the next step. The standards include requiring pre-K teachers to hold bachelor's degrees, keeping class sizes at 20 children or fewer, implementing professional development for staff and offering health screenings and referrals. In 2024, 13 states met five or fewer of NIEER's standards, while just five states met all 10 benchmarks.

At home, parents can take many steps to prepare their child for kindergarten, too.

You can read to your child every day to boost their early literacy skills. Giving your child small responsibilities around the housedevelops their independenceand gets them acclimated to tasks that may be expected of them in kindergarten. And coaching your child to name their emotions can strengthen those social-emotional and self-regulation skills that are integral to building positive relationships with classmates and teachers.

Data journalist Todd Feathers contributed reporting.

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