BOSTON (AP) — Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and the Boston Bruins held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night. Pittsburgh's Erik Karlsson scored just 42 seconds into the game, but Khusnutdinov ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Xavier Edmonds had 20 points and 12 rebounds as TCU got another big win in its late push to get into the NCAA Tournament, winning 73-65 at No. 10 Texas Tech on Tuesday night. Edmonds' putback layup with 31 seconds left pushed the lead to 71-65 for Horned Frogs (20-10, ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Olympic golden goal-scorer Jack Hughes extended his points streak to four games since returning from Milan, and the New Jersey Devils dealt the Florida Panthers' playoff hopes another blow by beating the two-time defending ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Luka Bogavac hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-best 20 points as No. 17 North Carolina beat Clemson 67-63 Tuesday night and set a program record by going 18-0 at home. Henri Veesaar scored 13 points before fouling out in the ...
By MIKE BARBER Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Thijs De Ridder scored 16 points and No. 13 Virginia outlasted Wake Forest 75-70 on Tuesday night to secure the No. 2 seed and a double-bye in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Jacari White added 14 points and Johann ...
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Max Scherzer says the note his daughter composed asking the Toronto Blue Jays to re-sign the three-time Cy Young Award winner arose as his kids were writing letters to Santa Claus in December. After Scherzer agreed last week to a $3 million, one-year contract to return ...
By PETE IACOBELLI Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — J.P. Estrella scored 22 points, Felix Okpara added 20 and No. 23 Tennessee rolled past South Carolina 78-59 on Tuesday night to stop a two-game skid. The Volunteers (21-9, 11-6 Southeastern Conference) were a force inside, even ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The United States wasted little time showing how potent its roster could be at the upcoming World Baseball Classic. The Americans needed just three batters to take a 2-0 lead in the first inning of their exhibition game against ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Johan Rojas is contesting a possible 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball following an alleged failed test for a performance-enhancing substance, a person familiar with the process told The ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh fired women's basketball coach Tory Verdi on Tuesday, ending a three-year tenure in which the Panthers struggled to find success on the court and Verdi potentially ran into trouble off it. Athletic director Allen Greene announced the decision shortly after the ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — UConn completed its 11th undefeated regular season with a victory over St. John's on Sunday night and is nine wins from repeating as national champion with a seventh perfect season. Despite winning by an average of nearly 38 points ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Ben Meyers scored his career-high sixth goal and the Seattle Kraken ended Carolina's point streak at 12 games by beating the Hurricanes 2-1 on Monday night. Kaapo Kakko also scored for the Kraken, and Joey Daccord was superb in net with 35 saves. Seattle defenseman Adam ...
By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 45 points and made the go-ahead free throws with 31.8 seconds remaining to help the Denver Nuggets hold off the depleted Utah Jazz 128-125 on Monday night. Utah's Keyonte George scored 36 points, but was denied ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jaden Bradley scored 17 points, Motiejus Krivas added 13 and No. 2 Arizona clinched the outright Big 12 regular-season title with a 73-57 win over No. 6 Iowa State on Monday night. The Wildcats (28-2, 15-2) secured at least a share ...
TORONTO (AP) — Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras scored in a shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers extended their winning streak to three games with a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. William Nylander scored on the Maple Leafs' first shootout attempt, but Auston Matthews ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored his second goal of the game 1:04 into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets edged the New York Rangers 5-4 Monday night after squandering a four-goal lead. Columbus built a 4-0 advantage through the first two periods before the Rangers staged a ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored 25 points, rookie Hugo González had career highs of 18 points and 16 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee 108-81 on Monday night to spoil Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo's return from a right calf ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Star freshman Cameron Boozer scored 26 points and top-ranked Duke shot 55.2% to beat N.C. State 93-64 on Monday night, securing the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. The Blue Devils (28-2, 16-1) clinched the No. 1 seed for next week's ACC ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Duke is No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll for the second straight week, extending its all-time record with the program's 149th appearance in the top spot. The Blue Devils received 55 of 59 first-place votes in Monday's poll ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer The Detroit Lions traded running back David Montgomery to the Houston Texans for offensive lineman Juice Scruggs along with fourth and seventh-round picks, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Monday ...