Month: January 2022

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr., one of the most popular race car drivers in history, has been inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, joining his late father. Drivers Red Farmer and the late Mike Stefanik also were inducted into the Hall of Fame’s 12th class. Ralph

ATHENS, Ohio — Ryan Rollins had 25 points as Toledo beat Ohio 87-69. RayJ Dennis had 18 points for Toledo, which won its sixth straight game. Jason Carter had 19 points for the Bobcats, whose nine-game winning streak ended. 

By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay fought through gusting wind on his back nine to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at The American Express. Cantlay is trying to win for the third time in four starts. He shot a 68 on the Nicklaus Tournament Course to

By COREY WILLAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press Two former University of Michigan football stars who stand to receive as much as $500,000 each through the school’s sexual abuse settlement with more than 1,000 students say the per-victim payouts should be much higher. They point to a similar case at rival Michigan State, also involving

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh says he is parting ways with defensive coordinator Don Martindale. Martindale’s departure comes after only the second losing season in Harbaugh’s 14 years as Baltimore’s coach. The injury-riddled Ravens lost their final six games following an 8-3 start and missed the playoffs. The 58-year-old

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The back-to-back World Cup champion U.S. women’s national soccer team has opened its January camp as its prepares for qualifying this summer for the 2023 tournament. Coach Vlatko Andonovski is taking a look at the team’s next generation. Fourteen players among the 26 invited to Austin, Texas, have

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Shaun White is one of four defending gold medalists named to the U.S. snowboarding team, along with Red Gerard, Jamie Anderson and Chloe Kim. Only White had to sweat out his spot on the team after a difficult month of qualifying that included a bout with COVID-19 and an injured ankle.

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — A person familiar with the hire has told The Associated Press that the Phoenix Mercury have hired former Las Vegas Aces assistant Vanessa Nygaard as their next head coach. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the hire won’t be officially announced until Monday. Nygaard

MADRID (AP) — Real Betis has continued its good run with a 4-1 win at Espanyol to strengthen its hold on third place in the Spanish league. It was the third consecutive win for Betis in all competitions, and fourth in its last five matches. The victory moved Manuel Pellegrini’s team within five points of

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — American moguls skier Kai Owens has made her first Olympic team, giving the 17-year-old a chance to return to the country where she was born to compete for a gold medal. Owens was abandoned at a town square in a province of China as an

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have targeted two finalists for their general manager job. They’re seeking second interviews with Cleveland vice president of football operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kansas City executive director of player personnel Ryan Poles. The requests for meetings were confirmed by a person

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Julian Perico of Peru has the 36-hole record at the Latin America Amateur Championship. He leads by three shots over Arkansas teammate Segundo Oliva Pinto of Argentina. The winner gets an invitation to the Masters in April and the British Open at St. Andrews in July. Perico had four

By JEFF BABINEAU Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nelly Korda says she didn’t have much of an offseason break and it shows. The No. 1 player in women’s golf is playing like last year never ended. The 23-year-old American is coming off four LPGA titles, her first major and an Olympic gold medal. She

LYON, France (AP) — Striker Moussa Dembele’s first-half penalty secured a 1-0 win for Lyon against bitter rival Saint-Etienne in their French league match Friday. Dembele, who also scored the winner from the spot last week against Troyes, sent Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni the wrong way in the 15th minute for his sixth league goal

LONDON (AP) — American forward Josh Sargent scored his first two Premier League goals to help lift Norwich out of the relegation zone with a 3-0 win over 10-man Watford. The 21-year-old Sargent had not found the net in 18 previous games in the English top flight since his offseason move from Werder Bremen until

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New York sportsbooks took more than $600 million worth of bets from phones or computers in the first two weeks of the activity being legal this month. Figures posted Friday by the New York State Gaming Commission show the four currently operating mobile books —

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — UT-Arlington has accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference beginning this summer. It’s part of an expansion that will push the league to at least 15 schools. The move ends a nine-year run in the Sun Belt Conference for the Mavericks. They spent one athletic season in the WAC

VERONA, Italy (AP) — Hellas Verona beat Bologna 2-1 in Serie A in a match between two teams still getting players back from coronavirus outbreaks. Nikola Kalinic headed in the winner in the 85th to finish off a counterattack. Gianluca Caprari equalized for Verona with a backheel flick before the break following Riccardo Orsolini’s acrobatic

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Patrick Wimmer has scored one goal and set up another as Arminia Bielefeld surprisingly beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 to boost its hopes of avoiding relegation from the Bundesliga. The win lifts Bielefeld up two places to 14th in the 18-team Bundesliga and away from the relegation zone as it aims for

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have boosted their pass rush as outside linebackers Za’Darius Smith and Whitney Mercilus have been activated from injured reserve. These moves clear the way for Smith to play his first game in over four months and Mercilus to suit up for the first time since mid-November

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The American Hockey League has suspended San Jose Barracuda forward Krystof Hrabik for 30 games for making a racial gesture toward Tucson Roadrunners forward Boko Imama during a recent game. Hrabik was suspended Friday for making the gesture during a Jan. 12 game in San Jose. The Barracuda are the

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona received more bad news Friday when tests showed that forward Ansu Fati sustained a left hamstring injury. The teenager had to be replaced in the first half of extra time in Barcelona’s 3-2 loss to Athletic Bilbao in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Thursday. Barcelona

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Frank Cignetti is back for a third coaching stint at Pittsburgh. The Panthers have hired Cignetti as the team’s new offensive coordinator. Cignetti replaces Mark Whipple, who left to take the same position at Nebraska. Cignetti broke into coaching at Pitt in 1989 as a graduate assistant. He also spent two years

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Morris, Tim Weah, Sergiño Dest and Gyasi Zardes returned from injuries to make the U.S. roster ahead of the next three World Cup qualifiers. Gio Reyna, Gianluca Busio and Aaron Long missed out. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter announced a 28-man group that will report

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans will have Derrick Henry on the field for their AFC divisional game with Cincinnati. The Titans moved the NFL’s 2019 and 2020 rushing leader from injured reserve to the active roster Friday afternoon. The Titans had been watching Henry practice

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin leads the 17-member list for the U.S. Alpine skiing team nominated for the Beijing Winter Games. There are nine first-time Olympians on the roster. It still awaits confirmation from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Shiffrin heads to her third Olympics. She already owns three

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams will not have left tackle Andrew Whitworth or safety Taylor Rapp available when they play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday. Whitworth hurt his ankle on the Rams’ first offensive play in a 34-11 win over

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer There’s at least one major difference in the way pandemic-related postponements have impacted college basketball schedules over the last two seasons. Teams and conferences knew this was coming last season and prepared beforehand. The postponements this season have caught the sport a little more by surprise. Then the omicron

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Mark McMorris has won as much as he’s lost over a decade that has seen him go from fresh-faced rider filled with potential to grizzled, banged-up veteran with one more point to prove. Canada’s best rider over the past 10 years is at the Winter

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs could have running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire available for the first time in nearly a month when they play the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night for a spot in their fourth consecutive AFC championship game. Edwards-Helaire practiced all week for the first time

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Caroline Green and Michael Parsons of the United States have won the ice dance title at the Four Continents figure skating championships. Green and Parsons had the lead from Thursday’s rhythm dance and extended it in the free dance to score a total 200.59 points for what was the biggest win