Month: March 2022

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas postponed until next month a hearing in an assault case involving two NFL players and two other men accused  of severely beating a man at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub the weekend of the Pro Bowl. New Orleans Saints running back

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud set passing records in a Rose Bowl win over Utah but the problems that had dogged Ohio State’s defense all season were still on display. The  defense allowed a combined 950 yards and 87 points in the game against Utah

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Masseny Kaba scored a career-high 23 points, Brittney Smith had her sixth career double-double and UCF celebrated its first Top 25 ranking with an 69-54 win over Tulsa in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament. The top-seeded Knights, who moved into the AP rankings at 25 on Monday,

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thomas Jefferson University coach Herb Magee has retired after a Hall of Fame career. Magee turns 81 in June. He went 1,144-450 in 54 seasons at the Philadelphia school. He led the Rams to the NCAA Tournament 31 times, winning records over his final 24 seasons,

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have finally landed a worthy successor to Peyton Manning. Six years and a day after Manning retired, Broncos general manager George Paton agreed to send a massive haul of players and draft picks to the Seattle Seahawks for nine-time Pro Bowl

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple will enter the live sports coverage arena with “Friday Night Baseball.” Apple and Major League Baseball have announced that Apple TV+ will carry a weekly doubleheader on Friday nights in eight countries when the regular season begins. Games will initially be available without the need for an Apple TV+ subscription.

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has agreed to Ukraine’s request to postpone the national team’s World Cup qualifying playoff in Scotland in two weeks’ time. Domestic soccer in Ukraine has shut down during the invasion by Russia. FIFA says it will now organize the Scotland-Ukraine game in June during the

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its budget-priced iPhone that’s capable of connecting to ultrafast 5G wireless networks, an upgrade that has been available on the company’s upscale models for more than a year.  The latest iPhone SE marks the first upgrade

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Arizona’s Bennedict Mathurin has been named The Associated Press Pac-12 player of the year after a dominating sophomore season. The athletic guard led the No. 2 Wildcats in scoring with 17.3 points per game and has been the go-to player on a team that quickly became one of the

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Macee Williams recorded her third straight double-double of the Horizon League tournament with 19 points and 18 rebounds, and top-seeded IUPUI beat No. 4 seed Cleveland State 61-54 to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. IUPUI was playing in its third straight Horizon League championship game — winning in the

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is ready to move on from the threat of a Saudi-funded rival league. And part of the future at some point will involve a phone call from Phil Mickelson. Monahan says he hasn’t spoken to the six-time major

By The Associated Press Deion Sanders had two toes on his left foot amputated due to blood clots stemming from a previous surgery. The Jackson State head coach and NFL Hall of Famer reveals the severity of his foot injury in an upcoming episode of his “Coach Prime” documentary series. Sanders was hospitalized for around

ROME (AP) — Most members of the Ukrainian women’s synchronized swim team have arrived in Rome after fleeing the war in their homeland. Ten athletes and two coaches traveled in a bus provided by the Italian swimming federation from the Ukraine-Hungarian border to Rome. Italian swimming officials greeted the athletes, who will continue their training

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England’s Matt Turner will likely be sidelined for a couple more weeks by an ankle injury, raising the possibility the United States will be without its top two goalkeepers when World Cup qualifying resumes on March 24 at Mexico. Revolution coach Bruce Arena said during a news conference that Turner

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji is the unanimous pick as The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year. His is the league’s leading scorer at 19.8 points a game and shoots nearly 48 percent from the field. Agbaji is joined on the first team by Baylor guard James

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is planning to come back to the Green Bay Packers for an 18th season, a move that keeps the reigning MVP quarterback off the trade market and answers the question that had dominated NFL offseason discussions. NFL Network reported that the 38-year-old Rodgers had agreed to a four-year,

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Indiana has traded center Teaira McCowan to the Dallas Wings in a deal that gives the Fever four first-round picks in the upcoming WNBA draft. The Fever got the fourth and sixth overall picks in the deal announced Tuesday. They also have the Nos. 2 and 10 picks, and would be

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and the Badgers’ Greg Gard is coach of the year. Davis won top honors over Iowa’s Keegan Murray and both were unanimous picks for spots on the AP All-Big Ten team along with