Month: November 2021

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper have won Hank Aaron Awards as the outstanding offensive performers in each league as voted by MLB.com and a panel of Hall of Famers. Guerrero tied for the major league home run lead with 48 and led the AL in OPS, slugging percentage

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jason Roche knocked down eight 3-pointers and The Citadel jumped to an early lead it never surrendered to knock off short-handed Pittsburgh, 78-63 in the season opener for both schools. A freshman, Roche hit half of the Bulldogs’ six 3s in the opening seven minutes to build a 29-7 lead and held

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Dre’una Edwards scored 20 points, Treasure Hunt added 18 off the bench and No. 13 Kentucky overcame a slow start to defeat Presbyterian 81-53. The Blue Hose led 25-15 after one quarter, hitting 9 of 11 shots, but Kentucky’s preseason All-American Rhyne Howard it a 3-pointer at the buzzer to put

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Naz Hillmon scored 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Leigha Brown added 18 points and No. 11 Michigan held off IUPUI for a 67-62 overtime win. Hillmon scored five points in a 7-0 run to open the extra period and Michigan held on from there. Rachel McLimore had 21 points,

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kimani Lawrence scored 19 points to lead five players in double figures _ adding 10 rebounds _ to spark Arizona State to a 76-60 victory over Portland and new head coach Shantay Legans in a season opener. Lawrence buried 7 of 11 shots from the floor and added three steals for

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeremiah Davenport registered 11 points and eight rebounds as Cincinnati easily beat Evansville 65-43 in a season opener. David DeJulius had nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Cincinnati.

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Al-Amir Dawes scored 21 points and Clemson rallied from a 11-point deficit in the first half to beat in-state rival Presbyterian 64-53  in the season opener for both teams. Dawes made four 3-pointers and was one point shy of his career best. Hunter Tyson and South Florida transfer David Collins added

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Free agent ace Justin Verlander looked healthy and sharp at a showcase for scouts Monday, according to his former general manager with the Houston Astros. James Click said at Tuesday’s general manager meetings that Verlander “looks like himself” 13 months after having Tommy John surgery.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cate Reese and Aaronette Vonleh both scored 14 points and No. 22 Arizona coasted to an 87-44 win over Cal State Northridge in the season opener for both teams on Tuesday night. Vonleh, a freshman, was 5 for 5 in the second quarter when the Wildcats outscored the Matadors 32-13 for

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Eric Ayala scored 13 points to surpass 1,000 for his career, and No. 21 Maryland beat Quinnipiac 83-69. Qudus Wahab added 17 points for the Terrapins, who led by 16 at halftime and never let Quinnipiac closer than the final margin of 14. Maryland

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jimmy Boeheim made a splash in his Syracuse debut, teaming with his younger brother Buddy and the rest of their father’s Orange squad for a 97-63 victory over Lafayette in a season opener. Jimmy and Buddy finished with 18 points each with Joe Girard leading Syracuse with 20. Cole Swider, a

By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kennedy Chandler and Santiago Vescovi each scored 20 points, leading No. 18 Tennessee to a 90-62 season-opening win over Tennessee-Martin. Chandler, regarded as the top high school point guard in the country last year, shot 7 for 10 from the field and had four assists. Vescovi,

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 26 points and Monika Czinano added 14 points as No. 9 Iowa opened the season with a 93-50 win over New Hampshire. Clark and Czinano were 1-2 in the nation in field goals last season and both began this season with strong

BALTIMORE (AP) — De’Torrion Ware had 27 points as Morgan State rolled past St. Mary’s (Md.) 118-55 in a season opener. Ware shot 9 for 12 from the floor, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jovan Stulic scored 15 points as Arkansas-Little Rock narrowly beat Southern Illinois 69-66 in a season opener. Stulic broke free on an inbounds play and dunked it with four seconds left, and Lance Jones’ half-court shot was no good as time expired.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have hired Greg Brown as their hitting coach. Brown is Chicago’s seventh hitting coach in 11 seasons. He replaces Anthony Iapoce, who departed after the Cubs hit .237 this year and finished with a 71-91 record. The 41-year-old Brown spent the past two seasons as the minor league hitting

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Used to the often glacial pace of baseball free agency in recent winters, general managers are treating the threat of a work stoppage next month as not even a speedbump in the sport’s offseason. While other sports launch a free agent frenzy in the first

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Digna Strautmane and Derea Hermosa combined for 37 points on 17-of-20 shooting and No. 17 Georgia Tech rolled to a 74-40 win over Central Michigan. Strautmane, a fifth-year player who transferred from Syracuse, was 8-of-10 with two 3-pointers for 19 points and Hermosa went 8 of 10 for 18. Eylia

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Xavier Johnson added 14 points to lead Indiana past Eastern Michigan 68-62. Mike Woodson won his first game as the Hoosiers new coach. Indiana has won 22 of its last 23 season openers, this one

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Josh Jefferson had 16 points as Middle Tennessee rolled past Brescia 98-59 on Tuesday night in a season opener. Isaiah Turner had 13 points for Middle Tennessee.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Max Klesmit scored 23 points as Wofford rolled past Bob Jones University 117-79 in a season opener. Klesmit hit 4 of 6 3-pointers.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Russel Tchewa posted 16 points as South Florida routed Bethune-Cookman 75-54 in a season opener. Jamir Chaplin had 13 points and eight rebounds for South Florida.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California’s game against Southern California has become the first major college football postponed this season because of COVID-19. The game was delayed until Dec. 4 after a series of positive tests in the Golden Bears program. Cal played last week at Arizona without starting quarterback

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Toni Rocak scored a career-high 27 points, Bryce Pope scored 14 of his 18 in the second half and UC San Diego beat California 80-67 for the Tritons’ first win over a Pac-12 Conference opponent. UCSD (1-0), which began its transition to Division I in 2020, lost its first 12 games

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Zia Cooke scored 17 points top help top-ranked South Carolina beat fifth-ranked North Carolina State 66-57 on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks never trailed in the marquee season-opening matchup of Final Four contenders. Raina Perez and Jakia Brown-Turner were the only Wolfpack players to find any

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have placed two more players on the reserve/COVID-19 list, including inside linebacker Justin Strnad. He’s taken on a bigger role with a rash of injuries at his position. Also going on the COVID-19 list is cornerback Michael Ojemudia who was getting

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Former Clemson quarterback Harvey White has died at age 83. He helped the Tigers win Atlantic Coast Conference championships in 1958 and 1959. White died Saturday, according to the Blyth Funeral Home in Greenwood, South Carolina. He was the first Clemson quarterback to be named to the all-ACC first team in

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Aisha Sheppard hit 7-of-10 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead No. 24 Virginia Tech to a 76-57 win over Davidson in the season opener for both teams. Purdue transfer Kayana Taylor added 18 points for the Hokies, who have won 61 straight nonconference home games and eight straight season openers.

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Outside of Oregon, this has been a rocky season for the Pac-12. The conference started with five Top 25 football teams and high hopes. Now the fifth-ranked Ducks are flying solo in the AP poll. This season has seen the firing of coaches and assistants, a coach reprimanded for

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — At Miami, Katie Meier stands alone. Meier became the winningest coach in Hurricanes basketball history on Tuesday, with her team defeating Jackson State 72-67 in the season opener for both teams. Meier now has 304 wins at Miami. That’s one more than Ferne Labati,

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have placed executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray on leave amid an ongoing investigation into his conduct. The Ducks said in a statement they recently became aware of accusations of improper professional conduct against Murray, who is the third-longest-tenured general

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 13 points in his first game since suffering a torn MCL in his left knee and No. 4 Villanova beat Mount St. Mary’s 91-51 in the season opener Tuesday.  Justin Moore hit six 3-pointers and scored 27 points for the Big East

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Fans started filing into Indiana’s Assembly Hall as soon as the doors swung open. They couldn’t wait to see what wrinkles new Indiana coach Mike Woodson has on offense or the effort his team would play with on defense. There are nearly five dozen new

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Despite being short-handed, the Arizona Cardinals returned to the top of the AP Pro32 poll after beating the San Francisco 49ers without quarterback Kyler Murray and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. The Tennessee Titans moved up to No. 2 after topping the Los Angeles Rams