Month: February 2022

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The final blow has been dealt to an on-time start to spring training, with Major League Baseball making a new offer Saturday that the players’ association received as only scant progress in the drawn-out labor talks. On the 73rd day of the lockout, clubs gave

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have added two linebacker coaches to Brian Daboll’s staff and made three other moves. New  York hired John Egorugwu to coach the inside linebackers and Drew Wilkins to handle the outside linebackers. The team also hired Christian Jones as an offensive assistant and Mark Loecher as

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The curtain has dropped again at The Greatest Show on Grass after a one-year hiatus. The Phoenix Open, the rowdiest stop on the PGA Tour, opened the gates and fans couldn’t wait to rush in. The tournament is at full capacity, drawing more than 100,000

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sunday is a sports bonanza for NBC, which is airing the Super Bowl in addition to the Winter Olympics. It’s the first time those two events are happening at the same time, and the chance to air them both is part of the reason NBC switched

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton has claimed just its second win since September in the English Premier League by beating Leeds 3-0 to move five points clear of the relegation zone. Goals from Seamus Coleman, Michael Keane and Anthony Gordon steered Everton to victory in its first home league game under Frank Lampard. The Toffees

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish leader Real Madrid has drawn at Villarreal 0-0 in a match that featured Gareth Bale playing his first minutes in more than five months. Madrid is four points clear of second-placed Sevilla as the pace-setter continues to struggle without injured striker Karim Benzema and their

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas has rallied past a qualifier at the Rotterdam hard-court indoor tournament to reach his first final since the French Open last June. Tsitsipas ended Czech qualifier Jiri Lehecka’s run by 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Tsitsipas was made to work for nearly two hours by the 137th-ranked Lehecka, who previously

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Promoted Bochum has stunned Bayern Munich and the Bundesliga with a 4-2 win over the Bavarian powerhouse. Bochum has prevented the league leader from going 12 points clear. Bochum even had to come from behind to do it after Robert Lewandowski’s opener for the visitors brought

LONDON (AP) — Christian Eriksen got the biggest cheer of the day at Brentford. The Denmark international was introduced to the team’s supporters on the field ahead of kickoff for the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace in the English Premier League. It came eight months to the day since his cardiac arrest at the European

WATFORD, England (AP) — Not even a pep talk from Elton John has helped Watford, which remained stuck in the relegation zone after a 2-0 loss to Brighton in the English Premier League. The music icon and Watford superfan called new manager Roy Hodgson recently to wish him and the club well. But Watford’s goalless

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Jacques Villeneuve will attempt to make the Daytona 500 through qualifying next week. The former Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner failed to make the race in his only other attempt in 2008. Villeneuve returns this year to aid a startup European team that is eyeing a

ROME (AP) — Edin Dzeko’s second-half equalizer at Napoli has secured for Inter Milan a 1-1 draw and the Serie A lead. Napoli could have gone on top with a win. Instead, Inter has a one-point lead over Napoli with a game in hand, and third-placed AC Milan is one point further back in their

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Three judges from the Court of Arbitration for Sport will sit on the panel to hear the doping case against Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva on Sunday at the Beijing Olympics. One is an American who was once picked by Maria Sharapova’s legal team for her

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russian ice dancer Diana Davis mostly remained silent as partner Gleb Smolkin snapped at reporters for asking about Davis’ mother, embattled figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, and her involvement in 15-year-old Kamila Valieva’s doping case. Davis looked uneasy as she held tight to Smolkin while batting off

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Many thought Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron deserved to stand atop the podium four years ago in Pyeongchang, when they were edged by their longtime rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in one of the tightest Olympic ice dance competition in history. The four-time world champions

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hannah Neise has never won a World Cup medal. Or a medal at the world championships. Or a medal from the European championships. She’s got an Olympic medal now. And it’s the one that everybody wants. Skeleton has a new champion and she was a bit

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United’s lean spell continues with a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton in the Premier League as Cristiano Ronaldo’s run without a goal extended to six games. Che Adams grabbed Southampton’s equalizer in the 48th minute to cancel out the opener in the 21st by Jadon Sancho. Sancho scored at

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ryan Fox will take a six-shot lead into the final round of the Ras Al Khaimah Classic as he goes in search of his first win on the European tour. The 211th-ranked New Zealander shot 7-under 65 in the third round for a 54-hole total of 19-under 197.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Katie Tannenbaum overcame long odds to just to get to the Beijing Olympics. The California native competes in skeleton for the U.S. Virgin Islands. She has lived there since 2007. Her claim to racing fame before now was sliding headfirst into a broom that was dangerously

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Just making it to the starting line at the Olympics is a miraculous achievement in itself for a teenager who’s chances of survival were slim when he was born. William Flaherty will ski for Puerto Rico on Sunday in the giant slalom at the Beijing Games. Winning

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Marius Lindvik of Norway won Olympic gold in ski jumping on the large hill by holding off Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan. Lindvik jumped 140 meters on his final jump and earned 296.1 points overall to become the first Norwegian to win the event since Toralf

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The biggest questions at the Beijing Olympics hardly centered on who would win the six gold medals up for grabs. Not with the fate of 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva still undecided. Will the Russian be allowed to compete after testing positive for a ban substance?

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway skied fast enough to overcome a missed target and win the Olympic gold medal in the biathlon sprint race. Boe covered the 10-kilometer course in 24 minutes, 0.4 seconds to win his third medal of the Beijing Games. He also took

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Gao Tingyu has become the first Chinese man to claim an Olympic gold medal in speedskating by winning the 500 meters. Gao added to the bronze medal he took in the 500 at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. Zhang Hong had been the only Chinese gold medalist

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The United States and Canada go into the final day of the preliminary round at the Olympics in very different positions. The unbeaten Americans can win the group and earn a spot in the quarterfinals by beating Germany on Sunday. Canada has some kinks to work

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Canadians have dominated the Beijing Games women’s hockey tournament with a dynamic, fast-paced transition attack. They have outscored their opponents by a combined 44-5 through the quarterfinal round. The team was forced to reinvent its approach after losing to the U.S. at the 2018 Games

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Shaun White’s next big contest? It will be the Super Bowl. The day after his emotional farewell ride at the Olympics, the snowboarding icon left China. He’s making his way to Los Angeles so he can attend his first Super Bowl in person. He says

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Slopestyle gold medalist Max Parrot says fellow Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris has apologized for saying Parrot only won because of questionable Olympic judging. Parrot acknowledged to The Associated Press that he failed to fully execute a grab on the first jump of the slopestyle course and

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The Russian team started strong and finished strong in the women’s four-person relay and won another Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing. Yulia Stupak broke away early with nine women chasing. The Germans briefly took the lead on the last lap with Russian skier Veronika Stepanova

BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) — Former U.S. Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green shot a 4-under 68 and increased her lead to five strokes after three rounds of the Vic Open. Green won the LPGA Tour major in 2019 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. She had a 12-under par total of 205 at

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eteri Tutberidze’s young pupils have dominated women’s figure skating for the past eight years. Her camp in Moscow produces a line of teenage stars who can land jumps no other women even try. She rarely speaks to the media. This week, she is in the spotlight

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin and Sofia Goggia have come away with positive thoughts after taking part in the first women’s downhill training run at the Beijing Olympics. The race is scheduled for Tuesday. Shiffrin is still not sure whether she will enter what would be her fourth event

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ja’Marr Chase gets most of the attention at receiver for Cincinnati with his big-play ability opening up the offense and helping the Bengals reach the Super Bowl. The addition of Chase this season wouldn’t have been nearly as consequential for the Bengals if not

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams were once defined by the Fearsome Foursome. It was possibly the best defensive line in NFL history when it disrupted offenses in the 1960s. Six years into the Rams’ second stint in Los Angeles, their front is once again the strength

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport says Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping hearing will be held Sunday night with a ruling by Monday afternoon. The 15-year-old Valieva broke down in tears after an emotional practice session at the Olympics. She tested positive for a banned

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nobody views Beijing as a winter sports capital. So why is the sprawling city holding the Winter Olympics? These Games come just 13 1/2 years after the extravagant 2008 Summer Games in the Chinese capital. There’s a simple answer. Potential hosts in Europe — as many

By ANDREW DESTIN For The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cam Heyward was helping one group of children plant in the garden Friday at the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club, while Harrison Phillips was lobbing passes to another set of kids. The two defensive linemen were among a group of NFL players who

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Captain Andy Miele had two points and Strauss Mann made 35 saves to help the United States beat Canada 4-2 in men’s hockey at the Olympics. The young Americans went hit for hit with the bigger, stronger and more experienced Canadians. The victory puts the U.S.

BOISE, Idaho — Abu Kigab had 18 points as Boise State extended its home win streak to nine games, defeating UNLV 69-63. Bryce Hamilton led the Runnin’ Rebels on Friday night with 32 points.