Month: February 2022

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kendall Coyne Schofield and Alex Carpenter each scored twice, and the U.S. women’s hockey team began the defense of its Olympic title with a 5-2 win over Finland in a game overshadowed by an injury to American forward Brianna Decker. The assistant captain and three-time Olympian

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Spanish snowboarder Queralt Castellet is 32 years old and at her fifth Olympics. She rarely has felt more on top of her game than this time around in Beijing. With the assistance of two-time Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass, Castellet is flying higher than she

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 30 points, Carmelo Anthony added 24 and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 99-94. Davis had 19 points and seven of his 15 rebounds in the final 12 minutes as the Lakers returned

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Stefan Rogentin of Switzerland posted the fastest time of 1 minute, 44.0 seconds in the opening downhill training session of the Beijing Olympics. Adur Etzezarreta of Spain was 0.08 seconds behind in second and Christof Innerhofer of Italy was 0.26 behind in third. But times and

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Trent Forrest had career highs of 18 points and eight assists to lead the Utah Jazz to a 108-104 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Mike Conley scored 17 points for Utah. Rudy Gay, Royce O’Neale, and Bojan Bogdanovic scored 15 points apiece. Six Jazz players

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored seven of his 12 points in the fourth quarter on his way to a double-double, and the Sacramento Kings handed the stumbling Brooklyn Nets their sixth consecutive loss, 112-101. Harrison Barnes scored 19 points and Haliburton had 11 assists to help the Kings

BEIJING (AP) — About 150,000 spectators are expected to be invited to attend events at the Beijing Olympics. Organizers say they will be able to visit venues in Beijing and Zhangjiakou but not in Yanqing. Plans to sell tickets to international visitors were scrapped last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The block was extended

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Cam Talbot made 30 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Wednesday night to extended their points streak to 10 games. Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Fiala and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and an assist for

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz (AP) — Christopher Tanev scored the go-ahead goal and had three assists, Blake Coleman scored twice, and the Calgary Flames beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 for their fifth win in six games. Elias Lindholm also scored, and Jacob Markstrom had 24 saves for Calgary. The Flames had 50

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Bryson Mozone scored 26 points and South Carolina Upstate defeated Hampton 85-78. Russell Dean scored 24 points for the Pirates.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) — Nicholas Robinson scored a career-high 37 points and Western Carolina edged East Tennessee State 87-84. Jordan King hit seven 3-pointers on 11 attempts and scored 32 points for ETSU.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Yuri Collins went coast-to-coast and scored on a layup with one second left in the second overtime to lift Saint Louis to a 92-90 win over George Mason. Collins tied the game with 2:04 left in the first overtime and neither team scored again to force the second extra period. Josh

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jesse Edwards and Cole Swider scored 19 points apiece and Syracuse scored the last six points of the game to top North Carolina State 89-82. The Wolfpack pulled within 83-82 on a pair of Dereon Seabron free throws but Syracuse quickly answered with a Swider 3-pointer from the left wing. N.C.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Gaige Prim and Isiaih Mosley scored 22 points apiece and Missouri State breezed to a 69-54 victory over Southern Illinois. Prim knocked down 9 of 11 shots and Mosley made all eight of his free throws for the Bears (17-7, 8-3 Missouri Valley Conference). Lance Jones led the Salukis (11-12, 4-7)

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Keve Aluma scored 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting and 8 for 9 from the foul line and Virginia Tech led most of the way in an 81-66 win over Georgia Tech. Michael Devoe’s layup pulled the Yellow Jackets into a tie at 23 with 8:26 remaining before halftime. From there the

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Christian Wood and rookie Jalen Green had 21 points each and the Houston Rockets snapped an 11-game home skid with a 115-104 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s the first win by the Rockets in Houston since a 114-104 victory over Brooklyn on Dec. 8 and

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz has apologized after he angrily rejected any conversation connected to the franchise’s response when a player said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach. Wirtz made his remarks at a town hall. It was the first time the franchise’s top

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kofi Cockburn had 37 points and 12 rebounds and No. 18 Illinois beat No. 11 Wisconsin 80-67 on Wednesday night. Cockburn had 20 first-half points on 10-of-12 shooting, including two rim-rattling dunks. He finished 16 of 19, making his last five shots for the Illini (16-5,

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Nijel Pack ran down a long in-bounds pass, then found open space at the top of the key to launch a game-winning 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left to give Kansas State a hard-fought 71-68 win over Oklahoma State. The game was tied four times in the final 6:46 after Mark Smith

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 26 points and 10 rebounds, Ja Morant added 23 points and nine assists and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the New York Knicks 120-108. Morant had some of his usual high-flying highlight plays, but shot just 9 for 27 from the field,

DALLAS (AP) — Lu Dort scored 30 points, including 14 straight for Oklahoma City in overtime, and rookie Tre Mann added a career-best 29 as the Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-114. The Thunder won their second consecutive game for their first winning streak since taking three straight Dec. 18-22. They avoided a four-game sweep

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Freshmen Daron Holmes II and Kobe Elvis posted career highs in scoring and Dayton blew past VCU 82-52. Holmes finished with 21 points and Elvis added 20 for the Flyers (15-7, 7-2) in a showdown for second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Toumani Camara scored 16 of his 18 points

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Josh Richardson made six 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Jayson Tatum hit two key free throws and finished with 19 points and the Boston Celtics held off the Charlotte Hornets 113-107, overcoming a career-best 38 points by LaMelo Ball. Marcus Smart scored 22 points and Jaylen Brown

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Kareem Reid scored 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting to lead Gardner-Webb to a 65-59 victory over High Point. Ludovic Dufeal finished with 10 points and five rebounds for the Runnin’ Bulldogs (12-10, 6-3 Big South Conference), who have won three straight. John-Michael Wright had 23 points to pace the Panthers

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Phillip Danault scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Los Angeles Kings finished off a highly successful six-game trip with a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Arthur Kaliyev, Victor Arvidsson and Adrian Kempe also scored for the Kings, who went

HOUSTON (AP) — Fabian White Jr. scored 16 of his career high-tying 21 points in the first half and No. 6 Houston beat Tulane 73-62 on Wednesday night for its 11th straight victory. White, a fifth-year graduate senior, also surpassed 1,000 points in his career at Houston (19-2, 8-0 American) and finished with eight rebounds.

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are opening with the same concerns that loomed over the 2008 Beijing Olympics: China’s record on human rights and its treatment of Tibetans and Uyghur Muslims in western China. Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games under the assumption it would improve

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — Ques Glover had 20 points as Samford defeated Chattanooga 80-72. David Jean-Baptiste led the Mocs on Wednesday night with a career-high 31 points.

WASHINGTON (AP) — James Bishop scored 27 points as George Washington held off La Salle 89-87. Bishop sank 1 of 2 free throws with 2 seconds remaining for the Colonials (8-12, 4-4 Atlantic 10 Conference) after Jhamir Brickus’ four-point play pulled the Explorers (6-13, 1-8) within a point with 5 seconds left. Joe Bamisile added

BANGOR, Maine — Allin Blunt registered 18 points as UMass Lowell defeated Maine 62-50. Maks Klanjscek led the Black Bears on Wednesday night with 16 points.

EDINBURG, Texas — Marek Nelson had 30 points plus 10 rebounds as Texas Rio Grande Valley topped Lamar 93-79. C.J. Roberts led the Cardinals with a career-high 26 points.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The team competition in Olympic figure skating has always been a three-team scramble for the podium. There’s the Russians, who won gold at the event’s 2014 debut in Sochi and silver in Pyeongchang. There’s the Canadians, who took silver before finding gold four years later. And

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Jacob Falko had a career-high 29 points as Binghamton got past Stony Brook 77-61. Tyler Stephenson-Moore led the Seawolves on Wednesday night with 15 points.

NEW YORK — Chuba Ohams recorded 14 points and 13 rebounds to carry Fordham to a 61-55 win over Rhode Island. Makhel Mitchell led Rhode Island on Wednesday night with 13 points, nine rebounds and four blocks.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Evan Taylor scored 13 points and his layup with 10 seconds left carried Lehigh past Navy 63-62. Navy’s Sean Yoder missed a 3-pointer as time expired to end it. Greg Summers had 16 points for Navy.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Keondre Kennedy registered 17 points as Maryland-Baltimore County defeated Albany 59-53. Szymon Wojcik had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Retrievers (10-10, 5-4 America East Conference), who won their fourth straight game.  Jarvis Doles and Jamel Horton scored 17 apiece to pace the Great Danes (9-13, 5-5). 

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kamdyn Curfman scored 18 points and Trey Bonham added 17 as VMI got past UNC Greensboro 76-65. Bonham added seven assists and six rebounds for the Keydets (13-10, 6-5 Southern Conference). Keyshaun Langley had 19 points for the Spartans (12-10, 4-6). 

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gary Harris scored 22 points and Wendell Carter Jr. had 19 points and 18 rebounds to rally the Orlando Magic past the Indiana Pacers 119-118. Harris scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, including two key 3-pointers. Indiana led by 17 midway through the third, but the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spike Lee will direct a multi-part documentary for ESPN on Colin Kaepernick that features extensive interviews with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and access to his personal archive. ESPN Films announced Tuesday that Lee would weave never-before-seen footage for Kaepernick’s archive to provide “a full, first-person account of his journey.”

HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Ryan Moffatt had a career-high 24 points as Colgate beat Bucknell 83-69. Moffatt made 6 of 9 shots from 3-point range for the Raiders (10-11, 6-2 Patriot League). Jack Ferguson had 16 points and six rebounds. Xander Rice had 18 points for the Bison (5-18, 2-9). 

DURHAM, N.H. — Jayden Martinez had 24 points as New Hampshire beat Hartford 70-64. Moses Flowers led the Hawks on Wednesday night with a season-high 27 points.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Aaron Deloney had a career-high 24 points as Vermont stretched its win streak to 11 games, easily defeating NJIT 90-67. Antwuan Butler led the Highlanders on Wednesday night with 16 points.

RADFORD, Va. — Josiah Jeffers posted 10 points as Radford topped Charleston Southern 64-52. Deontaye Buskey led the Buccaneers on Wednesday night with 13 points.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — DeShaun Wade scored 17 points and Longwood stretched its winning streak to nine games with a 56-48 victory over UNC Asheville. Wade made 4 of 6 from 3-point range for the Lancers (16-5, 8-0 Big South Conference). Zac Watson had 12 points. Coty Jude had 14 points for the Bulldogs (12-10,

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Damian Dunn had 26 points as Temple topped East Carolina 71-63. Tristen Newton led the Pirates on Wednesday night with 22 points.

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. beat winless Honduras 3-0 in a World Cup qualifying match. Weston McKennie and Walker Zimmerman had first-half goals to give the U.S. an early spark on a frigid night. Then a fresh Christian Pulisic scored after entering as a second-half sub. The

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Davion Mintz scored 21 points off the bench, hitting a 3-pointer during a pivotal 11-2 run, and No. 5 Kentucky overcame nearly blowing a double-digit lead to survive Vanderbilt 77-70 on Wednesday night for its third consecutive victory. The Wildcats (18-4, 7-2 Southeastern Conference)

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — PJ Hall scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help Clemson hold off Florida State 75-69 on Wednesday night. Hall sank 5 of 8 from the floor and 5 of 6 at the free-throw line for the Tigers (12-9, 4-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won despite going the final 4:59

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie  had a triple-double to lead the Washington Wizards to a 106-103 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Dinwiddie had 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Kyle Kuzma scored 24 points and the Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak. Joel Embiid had 27 points and

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Emily Ryan and Lexi Donarski scored 15 points apiece, Ashley Joens had a double-double and No. 11 Iowa State used a dominant third quarter to defeat No. 25 Kansas State 70-55. The Cyclones scored the last five points of the second quarter to lead 31-25 at the half and outscored the

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Jake LaRavia scored nine of his 18 points in a little more than the first five minutes and Wake Forest went largely unchallenged in its 91-75 win over Pittsburgh. Wake Forest built a 9-0 lead and never trailed. The Demon Deacons extended their margin to 19-6 with LaRavia scoring nine on

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Christyn Williams scored 17 points apiece and 10th-ranked UConn shook off a slow start to beat Creighton 76-56 with an ill coach Geno Auriemma in the locker room the entire game. The Huskies fell behind by double digits early against the Bluejays

CINCINNATI (AP) — Zach Freemantle scored 23 points and No. 21 Xavier overcame a miserable 3-point shooting night to beat Butler 68-66 on Wednesday night. Xavier (16-5, 6-4 Big East) matched its season low in 3-pointers, going just 3 for 17. Chuck Harris and Jayden Taylor each scored 18 points for Butler (11-11, 4-7). The

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Paul Atkinson Jr. had a season-high 23 points with 11 rebounds, Prentiss Hubb scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half and Notre Dame beat Miami 68-64. Notre Dame had two 10-0 runs in the opening 10 minutes of the second half to take control. The Fighting Irish

By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jaden Ivey scored 21 points and Zach Edey added a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds, leading No. 4 Purdue to an 88-73 win over Minnesota. Senior guard Eric Hunter Jr. scored a career-high 20 points and the Boilermakers had four players in double figures. Purdue

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi freshman Daeshun Ruffin will miss the season with a knee injury that will require surgery. Ruffin was injured in the Rebels’ 76-72 win over No. 25 LSU on Tuesday night, when he scored 19 points in 20 minutes. Ruffin missed eight games after breaking his right hand in the season

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — New Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett has hired former Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten as his offensive coordinator and former Broncos and Vikings assistant Klint Kubiak as his passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Hackett also hired Butch Barry as his offensive line coach. Outten (pronounced OW-ten) spent the last

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The last time the Olympics came to China, Xi Jinping oversaw the whole endeavor. Now the Games are back, and he is running the entire nation. The Chinese president, hosting a Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Officials have identified the 56-year-old driver killed in a collision with a dump truck in a San Diego suburb as Savaii Seau, the brother of the late NFL Hall of Famer Junior Seau. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Wednesday that Seau was driving in the suburb of Lakeside on Tuesday afternoon

By DAVE CAMPBELL and LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writers Jim Harbaugh will stay at Michigan after all. He has ended his dalliance with a return to the NFL after interviewing with the Minnesota Vikings for their head coach vacancy. The Vikings have targeted Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell for the job instead. Harbaugh