Month: February 2022

DHARAMSALA, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer struck his third consecutive half-century as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in their third and final Twenty20 cricket game to sweep the series 3-0. Iyer followed up his scores of 57 not out and an undefeated 74 in the first two games with another 73 not out

LEEDS, England (AP) — Marcelo Bielsa has been fired by Leeds after another heavy loss dropped the team to within two points of the Premier League relegation zone. Leeds said it aims to announce the Argentine coach’s successor on Monday. A 4-0 loss at home to Tottenham came at the end of a seven-day stretch

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss skier Priska Nufer has got a breakout win at age 30 in a World Cup downhill on home snow at Crans-Montana. It was Nufer’s first podium place in close to 150 World Cup races. She finished just ahead of three Olympic gold medalists. Nufer was 0.11 seconds faster than Ester

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — FIFA drew a swift backlash from European nations for not immediately expelling Russia from World Cup qualifying and only ordering the country to play at neutral venues under the name of its federation, the Football Union of Russia. Protesting against FIFA’s response to Russia’s invasion

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Vladimir Putin has temporarily lost his most senior official position in world sports. The International Judo Federation has cited “the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine” for suspending Putin’s honorary president status. The Russian president is a keen judoka and attended the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. The IJF is rare

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Henrik Kristoffersen came from behind to win his second men’s World Cup slalom in two days after the top three skiers from the first run all failed to finish. Kristoffersen became the first skier this season with multiple slalom victories after the previous seven races had seven different winners. Kristoffersen was

IRVINE, Calif. — Dawson Baker registered 18 points as UC Irvine narrowly defeated Long Beach State 77-72. Joel Murray led the Beach with 20 points.

HONOLULU — Bernardo Da Silva had 14 points off the bench to lead Hawaii to a 62-50 win over Cal State Bakersfield. Shawn Stith led the Roadrunners with 12 points.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk and Tyler Toffoli each had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames beat the Minnesota Wild 7-3. Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist, and Erik Gudbranson and Andrew Mangiapane also scored to help Calgary bounce back from a 7-1 loss at Vancouver on Thursday night

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Roy and Trevor Moore had a goal and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Islanders 5-2, making it five in a row for the Kings. Phillip Danault, Quinton Byfield and Brendan Lemieux also had goals and Cal Petersen made 26

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The invasion of Ukraine could further undermine Russia’s status as an elite sports dynasty, which already has been weakened by deception and doping scandals but often punished only by a tepid pushback from international sports bodies. A number of federations, including skiing, curling and Formula 1, pulled premier events

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist and the Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night for their fourth straight win. Patrice Bergeron also scored for Boston, which beat San Jose for the ninth straight time. Timo Meier scored for

LOGAN, Utah — Kendle Moore had a season-high 23 points as Colorado State topped Utah State 66-55. RJ Eytle-Rock led the Aggies with 14 points and six rebounds.

W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored in the third period to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. The Avalanche overcame a 2-1 deficit by scoring two goals 26 seconds apart early in the third period, with J.T. Compher tying the game and MacKinnon

LAS VEGAS — Marcus Shaver Jr. scored 27 points as Boise State defeated UNLV 86-76. Abu Kigab added 23 points for the Broncos. Bryce Hamilton led the Runnin’ Rebels with 25 points.

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ AP Sports Writer ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Rafael Nadal said earlier in the week that he´s not very aware of his career statistics. Now, he might want to have a look at them. The 35-year-old Spaniard defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to win the Mexican Open to extend his career-best start for

By STEVE MIMS Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Drew Peterson scored 20 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 11.5 seconds remaining, and No. 16 Southern California defeated Oregon 70-69. Isaiah Mobley added 17 points for the Trojans, whose 25 regular-season wins set a school record. Quincy Guerrier scored 15 points for Oregon, while De’Vion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jay Heath hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Arizona State gave up a 14-point second-half lead before Marreon Jackson made a layup in the closing seconds to help the Sun Devils beat Utah 63-61. Utah (11-18, 4-15) used a 14-1 run to make it

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Kuhse had 14 points and six rebounds and No. 23 Saint Mary’s beat No. 1 Gonzaga 67-57 to prevent the Bulldogs from completing another undefeated run in the West Coast Conference. The top six teams in the AP poll all lost and seven of the

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bryce Fowler scored 26 points as Sacramento State topped Eastern Washington 81-75. William FitzPatrick added 20 points for Sacramento State (9-16, 5-13 Big Sky Conference). Zach Chappell had 12 points. Jonathan Komagum added nine rebounds. Ethan Price had 18 points for the Eagles (15-14, 9-9). Rylan Bergersen added 17 points and eight

By MICHAEL KELLY The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Monte Morris hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 28 seconds left, Nikola Jokic had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Sacramento Kings 115-110. It was Jokic’s 16th triple-double of the season and the 73rd of his career. His rebound with

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hanging with the Arizona Wildcats for one half wasn’t going to cut it for Colorado this time. About six weeks after watching a four-point halftime deficit in Arizona turn into a blowout, the Buffaloes went into the locker room trailing the Wildcats by five Saturday

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Flo Thamba had 18 points, Jeremy Sochan had 17 and 10th-ranked Baylor overcame a big early deficit to beat No. 5 Kansas 80-70. The 24-5 Bears avenged an embarrassing loss from three weeks earlier and kept the Jayhawks from clinching a share of their 20th

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Darrion Trammell had 16 points and seven assists as Seattle defeated Dixie State 73-65. Riley Grigsby had 11 points for Seattle (22-8, 13-4 Western Athletic Conference). Cameron Tyson and Emeka Udenyi added 10 points apiece. Cameron Gooden had 15 points for the Trailblazers (13-16, 6-10). Hunter Schofield added 14 points and

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 to spoil the first outdoor game in Music City. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Brayden Point scored the first goal as Tampa

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Omir Fernandez scored the deciding goal in a 3-1 win for the New York Red Bulls over the San Jose Earthquakes in the season opener for both teams.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Estrada’s two goals and Bill Hamid’s four saves lifted D.C. United to a win over by a score of 3-0. 

HOUSTON — PJ Henry scored 14 points, Brison Gresham swatted five shots and Texas Southern set a season-high with 12 blocks in an 81-66 win over Jackson State. Dyllan Taylor led Jackson State with 12 points.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny White Jr. had 18 points as Tennessee Tech beat UT Martin 88-75. Diante Wood added 17 points and eight rebounds for Tennessee Tech (10-20, 7-10 Ohio Valley Conference).  Jr. Clay chipped in 15 points. Shandon Goldman had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists.  Bernie Andre scored a season-high 25 points

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 38 points and the Brooklyn Nets stopped their recent slide by winning 126-123 over the slumping Milwaukee Bucks. Bruce Brown sank a 3-pointer to put the Nets ahead for good 118-116 with 1:38 left. Brooklyn ended a two-game skid and won

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jonathan Osorio scored the tying goal in the 45th minute for Toronto in a 1-1 draw with Dallas in the season opener for both teams. Jader Obrian scored the lone goal for Dallas.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Ajay Mitchell scored 10 of his team-high 30 points in the second overtime as UC Santa Barbara beat UC Riverside 97-90. Mitchell scored a season-high 31 points Thursday night in the Gauchos’ 76-69 win over UC Davis. 

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 for their fifth straight win. Andrew Hammond stopped 26 shots to for Montreal to improve to 2-0-0 in two starts this season. Colin White scored for Ottawa, and Matt Murray had 30 saves. The Senators have lost six

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tari Eason scored 18 points off the bench, leading four in double figures, and LSU rolled past Missouri 75-55. Brandon Murray scored 11 points and Darius Days added 10 for LSU. Xavier Pinson, a transfer from Missouri, also scored 10 points. LSU opened the second half on a tear, outscoring

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A.J. Reeves made seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help No. 11 Providence win its first Big East regular-season championship with a 72-51 victory over Creighton on Saturday night. Nate Watson and Al Durham each added 12 points, and Justin Minaya had 11 rebounds for Providence (24-3, 14-2). Ryan Kalkbrenner

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ja Morant scored a franchise-record 46 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies hung on to beat DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls 116-110. The Grizzlies hung on after letting a 17-point lead shrink to one and came away with the win after losing two in a row.

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Shepherd scored 19 of his 28 points in the first half and California beat rival Stanford 53-39 on Saturday night. Cal (12-17, 5-13 Pac-12) ended its seven-game home losing streak while Stanford (15-13, 8-10) has lost three straight and five of its last six. The game was tied at 4

PEORIA, Ill. — Rienk Mast had 22 points and 11 rebounds as Bradley won its seventh consecutive home game, easily beating Valparaiso 79-55. Kobe King and Kevion Taylor led Valpo with 16 points each.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tasos Kamateros had 23 points as South Dakota edged Oral Roberts 92-87. Erik Oliver had 13 points for the Coyotes (18-11, 11-7 Summit League). Elijah Lufile had 15 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Golden Eagles (18-11, 12-6). 

GREELEY, Colo. — Matt Johnson II had 24 points as Northern Colorado narrowly defeated Idaho 98-94. Daylen Kountz added 20 points for for Northern Colorado (17-13, 12-6 Big Sky Conference). Dru Kuxhausen had 15 points  Bodie Hume added 11 points. Trevante Anderson scored a career-high 32 points plus nine rebounds and six assists for the

CHICAGO — Michael Diggins posted 16 points and seven rebounds, Damaria Franklin had 15 points and six rebounds, and Illinois-Chicago defeated Milwaukee 71-58. Kevin Johnson had 13 points for Illinois-Chicago (13-15, 9-10 Horizon League). Jalen Warren added 10 points and seven rebounds. DeAndre Gholston had 18 points and six rebounds for the Panthers (10-21, 8-14).

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — B.J. Mack had 26 points as Wofford defeated Mercer 74-67. Max Klesmit added 21 points for the Terriers (18-12, 10-8 Southern Conference). Kamar Robertson had 18 points for the Bears (15-16, 8-10). Felipe Haase added 15 points. James Glisson III had 12 points. Jalen Johnson, who was second on the Bears in

HOUSTON — Myles Smith had 16 points off the bench to carry Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to a 75-70 win over Houston Baptist. Khristion Courseault led Houston Baptist with 16 points.

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Graham Ike had 23 points and 15 rebounds as Wyoming extended its home winning streak to 13 games, defeating Nevada 74-61. Hunter Maldonado added 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists for Wyoming (23-5, 12-3 Mountain West Conference).  Jeremiah Oden had 10 points  Drake Jeffries added seven rebounds. Desmond Cambridge Jr. had

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored a season-high 36 points, Tyler Herro added 27 off the bench and the Miami Heat rallied from an early 16-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 133-129 on Saturday night. Jimmy Butler scored 27 points in 30 minutes for Miami, which improved

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Baylor Scheierman had 25 points as South Dakota State won its 18th straight game, topping Kansas City 86-75. Josiah Allick led the Roos on Saturday night with 21 points, tying his season high.

PHILADELPHIA — Amari Williams dunked for the winning points and Camren Wynter and Xavier Bell scored 18 points apiece as Drexel narrowly defeated College of Charleston 80-79. Coletrane Washington added 14 points, Williams scored 13 and James Butler had 11 for the Dragons. Dimitrius Underwood led the Cougars with a season-high 23 points.

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Freddy Hicks had 22 points as Tarleton State topped Lamar 57-49. Brock McClure led the Cardinals on Saturday night with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Quintana scored 24 points as Loyola Marymount ended its 10-game losing streak, defeating Pacific 90-77. Eli Scott added 20 points for the Lions (10-17, 3-12 West Coast Conference). Alphonso Anderson had 19 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers (8-21, 3-11).

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mitchell Marner had four goals and two assists, including a natural hat trick during the first 9:19 of the second period, and the Toronto Maple Leafs withstood a third-period rally to down the Detroit Red Wings 10-7. Marner scored on two shots from the right circle and

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young returned to his All-Star form by scoring 41 points and the Atlanta Hawks rode a dominant third period to a 127-100 win over the Toronto Raptors. All-Star point guard Fred VanVleet led Toronto with 24 points and nine assists. Precious Achiuwa added a season-high

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Yimmi Chara scored on a bicycle kick goal in the 78th minute to pull the Portland Timbers into a 2-2 draw with the New England Revolution in the Major League Soccer opener for both teams Saturday. Dairon Asprilla also scored for the Timbers to

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — Andrew Garcia had 21 points plus 10 rebounds as Kent State won its 10th consecutive game, narrowly beating Central Michigan 73-71. Sincere Carry added 20 points for the Golden Flashes. His three-point play with 25 seconds remaining proved to be the decisive points. Cameron Healy led the Chippewas with a season-high

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) — Marques Warrick had 22 points as Northern Kentucky topped Youngstown State 75-61. Sam Vinson had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Norse (18-11, 14-6 Horizon League). Tevin Olison had 15 points for the Penguins (18-13, 12-9). 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Jaylan Gainey had 25 points plus 12 rebounds as Brown defeated Columbia 81-74. Tamenang Choh added 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Bears. Cameron Shockley-Okeke led the Lions with 19 points.