Terence Crawford, who claimed the title of best pound-for-pound boxer with a convincing victory over Canelo Alvarez in September, announced his retirement on Tuesday.

The 38-year-old Crawford is the only male boxer to capture three unified division titles, which he accomplished with that unanimous decision over Alvarez before 70,482 fans at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

That gave Crawford the super middleweight championship and a 42-0 record with 31 knockouts. His final 20 bouts came with a belt on the line.

“Every fighter knows this moment would come,” Crawford said in a 5 1/2-minute video detailing his decision. “You just never know when.”

Crawford turned pro in 2008 and won titles in four weight classes — lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight and super welterweight — before moving up two more weight divisions for the bout against Alvarez.

Crawford took pride in representing Omaha, Nebraska, the city where he grew up and continued to live.

He probably could have continued to sign up for other fights, and the win over Alvarez showed Crawford still had plenty left in him.

But rather than accept another massive payday, Crawford decided to move on.

“This sport gave me everything," Crawford said. "I fought for my family. I fought for the city. I fought for the kid I used to be, the one who had nothing but a dream and a pair of gloves, and I did it all my way.

“I've made peace with what's next. It's time.”

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All Times EST

Wednesday, Dec. 17

NBA

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

NHL

Los Angeles at Florida, 7 p.m.

Utah at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

New Jersey at Vegas, 10 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

StaffDNA Cure Bowl

Old Dominion vs. South Florida at Orlando, Fla., 5 p.m.

68 Ventures Bowl

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Delaware at Mobile, Ala., 8:30 p.m.

T25 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

No. 7 Gonzaga vs. Campbell, 9 p.m.

No. 13 Vanderbilt at Memphis, 7 p.m.

No. 16 Alabama vs. South Florida, 8 p.m.

No. 23 Florida vs. Saint Francis (Pa.), 6:30 p.m.

T25 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

No. 1 UConn vs. Marquette, 7 p.m.

No. 2 Texas vs. Northwestern St., 9 p.m.

No. 14 Mississippi vs. MVSU, 5 p.m.

No. 16 Louisville vs. E. Kentucky, 6 p.m.

No. 18 North Carolina vs. UNC-Wilmington, 8 p.m.

PWHL

Montreal at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at New York, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Seattle, 10 p.m.

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PGA Tour Champions

PNC CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Orlando, Florida.

Course: Ritz-Carlton GC. Yardage: 7,106. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1.085 million. Winner's share: $200,000.

Television: Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Peacock), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 12:30-1:30 p.m. (Peacock), 1:30-4:30 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champions: Bernhard and Jason Langer.

Last tournament: Europe won the Skechers World Champions Cup.

Charles Schwab Cup champion: Stewart Cink.

Notes: The 36-hole scramble is for players who have won majors, senior majors or LPGA majors, along with The Players Championship. What started as the “Father-Son” now includes champion and family member. ... Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland makes his tournament debut with his father, Dan. ... Tiger Woods is recovering from back surgery and is not playing with his son, Charlie, for the first time since 2019. ... The field includes two women. Annika Sorenstam again plays with her son, Will, while Nelly Korda plays with her father, Petr. ... Bernhard Langer goes for his seventh title in the PNC Championship. ... Davis Love III returns, playing with son Dru. They won in 2018. Dru Love previously had an Asian Tour card. ... Lee Trevino is playing again. He has not missed the PNC Championship since it began in 1995. ... Steve Stricker is playing with daughter Izzi, who plays at the University of Wisconsin.

Next tournament: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Jan. 22-24.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

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European tour and Sunshine Tour

AFRASIA BANK MAURITIUS OPEN

Site: Bel Ombre, Mauritius.

Course: Heritage La Reserve GL. Yardage: 7,357. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1.2 million. Winner's share: $200,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 4-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1-6 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: John Parry.

Race to Dubai leader: Jayden Schaper.

Last week: Jayden Schaper won the Alfred Dunhill Championship.

Notes: This is the final tournament of the year that earns official world ranking points. Ryan Gerard (No. 57) is playing with hopes of moving into the top 50 to earn a spot in the Masters. ... Daniel Brown, who earned a PGA Tour card when Laurie Canter joined LIV Golf, can move into the top 50 from (No. 72) with a victory. ... Jayden Schaper was a runner-up at the Nedbank Challenge and won the following week at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. That has moved the South African into the top 100 in the world ranking. ... Fred Biondi of Brazil is in the field after the former NCAA champion at Florida failed to earn a PGA Tour card or full Korn Ferry Tour status at Q-school in Florida last week. ... John Parry won last year after winning three times on the Challenge Tour. ... This is the 10th playing of the Mauritius Open since it became part of the European tour schedule in 2015. This is the fourth consecutive year it has been the last official tournament of the year.

Next tournament: Dubai Invitational on Jan. 15-18.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/ and https://sunshinetour.com/

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PGA Tour

Last week: Andrew Novak and Lauren Coughlin won the Grant Thornton Invitational.

Next tournament: Sony Open on Jan. 15-18.

FedEx Cup champion: Tommy Fleetwood.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

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LPGA Tour

Last week: Lauren Coughlin and Andrew Novak won the Grant Thornton Invitational.

Next tournament: Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Jan. 29-Feb. 1

Race to CME Globe champion: Jeeno Thitikul.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

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AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Cleveland Cavaliers (15-12, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (10-15, 11th in the Eastern Conference)

Chicago; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cavaliers -4.5; over/under is 240.5

BOTTOM LINE: Chicago aims to break its four-game home slide with a win over Cleveland.

The Bulls have gone 7-10 against Eastern Conference teams. Chicago is seventh in the Eastern Conference scoring 117.2 points while shooting 46.8% from the field.

The Cavaliers have gone 12-9 against Eastern Conference opponents. Cleveland is fifth in the league averaging 15.0 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 33.9% from deep. Donovan Mitchell leads the team averaging 4.0 makes while shooting 38.1% from 3-point range.

The Bulls' 13.8 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.7 more made shots on average than the 13.1 per game the Cavaliers give up. The Cavaliers average 15.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.4 more made shots on average than the 13.6 per game the Bulls allow.

The teams square off for the second time this season. In the last matchup on Nov. 9 the Cavaliers won 128-122 led by 29 points from De'Andre Hunter, while Isaac Okoro scored 19 points for the Bulls.

TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Giddey is averaging 20.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 8.8 assists for the Bulls. Coby White is averaging 20.0 points over the last 10 games.

Mitchell is averaging 30.7 points and 5.5 assists for the Cavaliers. Darius Garland is averaging 26 points and nine assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bulls: 2-8, averaging 112.0 points, 43.2 rebounds, 26.0 assists, 7.7 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.0 points per game.

Cavaliers: 4-6, averaging 116.7 points, 46.5 rebounds, 26.4 assists, 9.1 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.4 points.

INJURIES: Bulls: Ayo Dosunmu: day to day (thumb), Noa Essengue: out for season (shoulder).

Cavaliers: Sam Merrill: day to day (hand), Max Strus: out (foot), Evan Mobley: out (calf), Larry Nance Jr.: out (calf).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

BOSTON (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 32 points and 10 rebounds to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 112-105 on Monday night.

Caris LeVert and Tobias Harris each added 13 points for the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons, who won their fourth straight. Detroit also got even for a frustrating loss in Boston late last month.

Jaylen Brown had 34 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead the Celtics. Derrick White scored 31 points as Boston lost its second straight after a five-game winning streak.

When the teams met three weeks ago, Boston ended Detroit’s franchise record-tying 13-game winning streak despite 42 points from Cunningham, who missed a tying free throw in the closing seconds.

Detroit opened the final quarter with a four-point edge and pushed it to 103-93 on Javonte Green’s steal and breakaway dunk with just under six minutes left.

Boston had cut it to 96-93 on White’s three-point play that sent Cunningham to the bench with his fifth foul, but Green had a corner 3 and followed that with his jam that pushed the Pistons up by 10.

The Celtics made one more charge, closing to 104-102 on White’s baseline jumper with 2:47 left, but Cunningham had a couple of key jumpers in the final two minutes.

RAPTORS 106, HEAT 96

MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 28 points and Toronto snapped a four-game skid with a victory over Miami, extending its losing streak to five.

Miami lost forward Nikola Jovic to an elbow injury in the first quarter. Jovic took a hard foul from Collin Murray-Boyles while driving to the basket and fell to the floor 12 seconds after he entered the game.

Scottie Barnes added 17 points and 10 rebounds and Immanuel Quickley finished with 15 points for the Raptors, who made 16 3-pointers. Ingram shot 5 of 7 from behind the arc.

Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 11 points and Gradey Dick added 10 for Toronto.

Norman Powell and Bam Adebayo scored 20 points each and Davion Mitchell added 12 points for the Heat, who played without Tyler Herro. He sat out because of a right toe contusion.

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Tuesday, December 16
NHL HOCKEY
10 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle — TNT

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV.

(All times Mountain)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Tuesday, December 16
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN'S)
7:30 p.m.

Long Island University at Mississippi State — SECN+

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S)
12 p.m.

Morgan State at LSU — SECN+

7 p.m.

Sam Houston at Alabama — SECN+

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
9 p.m.

Troy at Jacksonville State — ESPN

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV.