Month: December 2021

DALLAS (AP) — Justin Faulk, Ryan O’Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko all scored in the third period as the St. Louis Blues beat Dallas 4-1 to snap the Stars’ eight-game home winning streak. Colton Parayko also scored and Charlie Lindgren, a recent call-up from the American Hockey League with No. 1 netminder Jordan Binnington in COVID-19

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry became the NBA’s career leader for 3-pointers and scored 22 points, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 105-96 victory over the New York Knicks. Curry made his 2,974th 3-pointer with 7:33 left in the first quarter, followed by a lengthy celebration inside

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Tyson Degenhart had 18 points and Mladen Armus added a double-double to lead Boise State past Santa Clara 72-60. Armus had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Broncos (7-4). Josip Vrankic and Jalen Williams scored 12 points apiece to pace Santa Clara (7-5).

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tre Mitchell scored 14 points and No. 17 Texas held Arkansas-Pine Bluff without a basket for nearly 12 minutes to start the game in coasting to a 63-31 victory Tuesday night. A run of four consecutive 3-pointers capped by a long shot from the left

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Walker Kessler had 14 points, Jabari Smith and Devan Cambridge each scored 13, and No. 13 Auburn beat North Alabama 70-44. It was the Tigers’ second and final game without suspended coach Bruce Pearl. The Tigers who won their sixth straight. They didn’t push their

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — DJ Horne had 12 points, Marreon Jackson and Jay Heath each scored 10 and Arizona State beat Creighton 58-57. Arizona State (5-6) has won three straight games following a five-game skid to close a stretch of six losses in seven games. Ryan Nembhard hit two free throws to make it 56-all

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Nikkei Rutty registered 12 points and eight rebounds as Monmouth defeated Yale 69-60. Azar Swain led the Bulldogs with 17 points.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kevin Cunningham had 17 points off the bench to carry St. Thomas (MN) to a 109-50 win over Northland. Ryan Rawlings led the LumberJacks with 13 points.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Matt Norman had a season-high 23 points as North Dakota rolled past North Central (MN) 110-65. Seth Fuqua led the Rams with 17 points.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — AJ Green had 24 points as Northern Iowa defeated Jackson State 66-56. Gabe Watson led the Tigers on with 12 points.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a seven-game winless streak with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. Anders Bjork and Jeff Skinner also scored for the Sabres. Tage Thompson and Victor Olofsson each had two assists. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made his fourth straight start and stopped 32 shots.

By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Patty Mills made a 3 to force overtime, Kevin Durant had 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 131-129 on Tuesday night. Durant was upgraded from questionable just before the game because Brooklyn has seven players in

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored 18 points and D.J. Jeffries scored 15 and Mississippi State blitzed Georgia State 79-50 and ended its two-game losing streak. Shakeel Moore’s layup broke a tie at 8-all and that triggered an 11-4 Bulldogs run. Jeffries’ 3-pointer with 8:35 before halftime gave Mississippi State a 22-14 advantage and

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — ayton Willis made five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points to lead four in double figures as Minnesota beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 79-71. The Golden Gophers opened on a 14-4 run and had a double-digit lead for most of the game. Willis’ 3-pointer stretched the advantage to 26 points early in the

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic made 33 saves and the Detroit Red Wings ended a three-game skid with a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders. Dylan Larkin got his team-high 11th goal and Michael Rasmussen also scored for the Red Wings. Anders Lee scored and Ilya Sorokin made 37

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Kevin McCullar scored 21 points, and No. 25 Texas Tech celebrated its return to the national rankings with a 75-62 victory over Arkansas State. The Red Raiders were coming off a five-point overtime victory against then-No. 13 Tennessee that got them ranked for the first time under first-year coach Mark Adams.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Kevion Nolan had 23 points as Jacksonville topped Southern Miss 62-51. Jaron Pierre Jr. led the Golden Eagles with 18 points.

DENTON, Texas — Thomas Bell had 14 points as North Texas topped Sam Houston 65-55. Savion Flagg led the Bearkats on with 20 points.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Wildens Leveque scored 12 points in 11 minutes of play and South Carolina overwhelmed NAIA-member Allen University 110-51. It was the largest margin of victory for South Carolina since a 53-point (108-55) win over Furman during the 1967-68 season. The Gamecocks, who had not scored 100 points in a game since

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Max Pacioretty had two goals, giving him a score in seven straight games, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the COVID-depleted Boston Bruins 4-1. The game came hours after the Bruins put leading scorer Brad Marchand in the COVID-19 protocol. Robin Lehner made 23 saves for

By PAUL GEREFFI Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla.- (AP) — Josh Norris scored two goals and Anton Forsberg made 33 saves to lift the Ottawa Senators over the Florida Panthers 8-2. Nick Brown scored two late power-play goals, and Drake Batherson had a goal and two assists. Tim Stutzle, Dylan Gambrell and Austin Watson also scored

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cam Atkinson had three goals and an assist to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Travis Sanheim and Oskar Lindblom each had a goal and an assist, and Justin Braun also scored for the Flyers, who won their third game

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Josh Anderson posted 18 points as Western Kentucky routed Division III-member Centre College 90-52. Carter Baughman and RJ Smith each scored eight points for the Colonels.

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mathieu Joseph scored with 1:35 left in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves to win his 62nd game in 2021 regular-season and playoff games, tying Marc-Andre Fleury’s 2009 NHL record

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo is the latest NBA star to be sidelined by COVID-19. The NBA’s injury report on Tuesday night listed the two-time MVP as out for the Milwaukee Bucks’ game against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday because he’s in the health and safety protocols. Milwaukee’s Wesley Matthews and Donte DiVincenzo also have

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ronell Giles Jr. had 17 points to guide St. Francis (PA) to an 81-66 victory over Hartford. Josh Cohen and Maxwell Land added 15 points each for the Red Flash (4-5). Moses Flowers scored a season-high 23 points for the Hawks (1-9).

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evan Rodrigues scored his ninth goal of the season and added two assists to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-2 victory over reeling Montreal. Rodrigues’ nine goals match a career-high he set during the 2018-19 season. He needed 74 games to get to nine goals

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Dawson Garcia scored 20 points and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds, Armando Bacot had his sixth double-double of the season and North Carolina pulled away in the second half to be beat Furman 74-61. Bacot finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Brady Manek scored 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Alex Hemenway scored 17 points to lead six in double figures and Clemson rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half to beat Miami (Ohio) 89-76. Clemson (7-4) used a 20-2 run to take a 69-59 lead with 6:28 to play. Hunter Tyson scored eight points with two 3-pointers during

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Alondes Williams scored a career-high 36 points and Wake Forest needed to rally in beating VMI 77-70. Wake Forest needed a 10-0 run to start the second half to reduce its deficit to 42-39. Later, a 13-0 run near the end gave the Demon Deacons their first lead of the game.

TAMPA, Fla. — Javon Greene posted 14 points and eight rebounds as South Florida beat Austin Peay 60-51. Cameron Copeland led the Governors with 12 points.

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Desmond Williams had 19 points as Troy beat Alabama A&M 66-57. Khalyl Waters had 12 points for the Trojans (7-4). Jalen Johnson had 15 points for the Bulldogs (1-7), whose losing streak reached seven games. 

By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Olivier Nkamhoua scored 21 points to lead No. 18 Tennessee to a 96-52 victory over South Carolina Upstate Tuesday night. Kennedy Chandler had 15 points and 10 assists to help the 8-2 Vols, while John Fulkerson contributed 12 points. Tennessee shot 56% from the field and

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of Congress are asking the NFL to provide evidence of Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder’s interference with an investigation into sexual harassment and other improper conduct at the club. Democrats Carolyn Maloney of New York and Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois already have asked the NFL for transparency about the

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have returned to the top spot of the AP Pro32 poll. The Packers earned five of the 12 first-place votes. Despite having more first-place votes than the Packers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are No. 2 in the poll. The Bucs

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Diego Alonso has been hired as Uruguay’s head coach to replace veteran Óscar Tabárez. Uruguay’s soccer federation appointed the 46-year-old Alonso on Tuesday. Tabárez was fired last month amid his team’s poor run in South American World Cup qualifying. Alonso was available after leaving Inter Milan in January. His previous coaching

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Jahlil Jenkins had 21 points as Stony Brook easily beat Central Connecticut 87-67. Nigel Scantlebury led the Blue Devils on Tuesday night with 17 points and seven rebounds.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Malik Williams had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Louisville used balanced scoring and solid defense to beat Southeastern Louisiana 86-60. Louisville led 42-31 at halftime, holding SE Louisiana to 11 field goals with 11 turnovers. The Lions scored just eight points through the opening 11 minutes of the second half

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry now holds the NBA career 3-point record. The Golden State Warriors’ guard hit his 2,974th shot on Tuesday night in the first quarter against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Ray Allen had held the record since 2011, when he bested

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Joey Bosa has been considered one of the NFL’s best pass rushers since entering the league in 2016. The Los Angeles Chargers linebacker has added another element to his game, making him an even bigger headache for quarterbacks. Bosa leads the league with five

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has named new coordinators, promoting assistants to replace offensive and defensive coordinators who left the football program to take head coaching jobs. The Tigers announced that quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter will the lead the offense after Tony Elliott left to become

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Brian Dawkins has worked hard to break the stigma surrounding mental health since he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 16-season career. He has suffered from depression and had suicidal thoughts early in his playing career. The NFL and many players are also

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska football great Johnny Rodgers is back home after spending more than two weeks in the hospital with COVID-19. The 1972 Heisman Trophy winner said in an interview with The Associated Press that he believes his superior physical condition helped him have a better