Month: March 2022

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Financier Lars Windhorst’s dream of elevating Hertha Berlin to among the best clubs in Europe has turned into a nightmare. Since Windhorst first invested in the club in June 2019, Hertha has lurched from one crisis, scandal or low point to another. This season the “Old

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The International Judo Federation has removed the titles and jobs Vladimir Putin and a long-time Kremlin-supporting oligarch held at the organization. The IJF says Putin and Arkady Rotenberg “have been removed from all positions.” Putin is an avid judoka and was honorary president of the federation. The title of honorary president

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say an autopsy conducted on the body of Australian cricket star Shane Warne has concluded that he died of natural causes. They say the opinion issued by the doctor who carried out the autopsy has been conveyed to Warne’s family and the Australian Embassy. Evaluations from Thai authorities suggested

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL has unveiled a new logo for the Stanley Cup playoffs and Final that replaces the one used for the last 13 years. League officials say the process of designing the new logo and word mark began more than two years ago, before the start of the pandemic.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mamadou Fall scored the game-tying goal for Los Angeles FC in a 1-1 draw against the Portland Timbers. LAFC is now 1-0-1 and the Timbers are 0-0-2.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — RJ Barrett had 24 points and nine rebounds and the Knicks dominated the Los Angeles Clippers in a 116-93 victory that snapped New York’s seven-game losing skid. Immanuel Quickley added 21 points off the bench for the Knicks. They used big scoring runs to open

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Max Abmas had 22 points as Oral Roberts beat Western Illinois 80-68 in the Summit League tournament’s quarterfinals. Trenton Massner led the Leathernecks with 28 points.

WASHINGTON — John Meeks had a season-high 31 points as College of Charleston topped Hofstra 92-76 in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. Jalen Ray led the Pride with 21 points.

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 30 of his 46 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and the Denver Nuggets rallied after squandering an early 21-point lead to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 138-130 on Sunday night. Jokic hit two free throws to tie it with 3.2 second

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyla McMakin had 22 points and six steals, Tra’dayja Smith went 5 for 5 from 3-point range and finished with 21 points, and No. 2 seed Longwood beat top-seeded Campbell 86-47 to win the Big South Conference tournament and clinch the first NCAA Tournament berth in program history. Senior Akila Smith,

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Corey Allen had a season-high 29 points as Georgia State narrowly defeated Appalachian State 71-66 in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Adrian Delph led the Mountaineers with 25 points.

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jack Eichel scored a power-play with 5.2 seconds remaining to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators. Jonathan Marchessault also scored for the Golden Knights, and Robin Lehner made 39 saves. Brady Tkachuk scored the lone goal for Ottawa, and Anton

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rickard Rakell scored 14 seconds into overtime, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Sharks 3-2 for their second win over San Jose during a six-game homestand. Adam Henrique had a goal and an assist, while Anthony Stolarz made 20 saves in Anaheim’s fourth victory in

SAN DIEGO (AP) — University of San Diego basketball coach Sam Scholl has been fired after the Toreros went 15-16 in his fourth season.  A former walk-on guard at USD, Scholl was 50-67 overall. Scholl was elevated to interim coach late in the 2017-18 season after Lamont Smith was placed on administrative leave following an

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Pete Nance had 19 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, Robbie Beran scored 13 points and Northwestern trailed for just 22 seconds in it 75-62 win over Minnesota in the regular season finale for both teams. Boo Buie had 10 points and eight assists for Northwestern (14-15, 7-13 Big Ten). Jamison

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Evan Mobley had 20 points and 17 rebounds, Lauri Markkanen scored 22 and the Cleveland Cavaliers widened their lead on Toronto in the Eastern Conference standings with a 104-96 win over the Raptors. However, the win may have been costly as All-Star Jarrett Allen reportedly

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — No. 20 Illinois locked up a share of the Big Ten regular-season title when Kofi Cockburn had 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead a 74-72 win over No. 24 Iowa. The Fighting Illini’s hopes for a conference crown were kept alive when Nebraska upset No.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Chris Kreider scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1. Mike Zibanejad and Barclay Goodrow also scored for the Rangers, and Artemi Panarin and Jacob Trouba each had two assists. Igor Shesterkin stopped 45 shots. Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck finished with 18 saves.

By TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Hedman scored twice, Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Sunday night. The Lightning came from behind with a five-goal outburst over seven minutes bridging the second and third periods. Hedman, Corey Perry and

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Martin Necas scored with 9:38 remaining to give the Carolina Hurricanes their first lead of the game in a 3-2 win over the Seattle Kraken. Nino Niederreiter and Tevuo Teravainen scored second-period goals on power plays for the Hurricanes, who stretched their home-ice points streak to

HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Porter Jr. scored 29 points, Christian Wood added 28 points and 13 rebounds and the Houston Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 123-112 on Sunday night to end a 12-game losing streak. Porter scored 19 of his 22 second-half points in the third quarter to help Houston overcome a 10-point halftime deficit.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Two games involving two of college basketball’s bluest bluebloods over the weekend left North Carolina and Indiana heading into conference tournament week on opposite ends of the NCAA Tournament bubble spectrum. The Tar Heels rolled into Cameron Indoor Stadium and handed fourth-ranked Duke a 94-81 loss Saturday night in

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Tasos Kamateros had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead five South Dakota players in double figures as the Coyotes topped Kansas City 74-61 in the Summit League tournament’s quarterfinals. Hunter Goodrick and Mason Archambault added 14 points apiece for the Coyotes. Kruz Perrott-Hunt chipped in 13 points, and Boogie Anderson

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic made a franchise-record 11 3-pointers and scored 35 points to help the Utah Jazz defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-103. Donovan Mitchell had 24 points and 10 assists and Jordan Clarkson added 20 points for the Jazz. Utah bounced back from a 124-90

By The Associated Press Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie will miss the rest of the club’s season. The 23-year-old from Fort Lewis, Washington, broke two bones in his left foot during a Champions League match at Spain’s Villarreal on Feb. 22 when Pervis Estupiñán made a two-leg, sweeping sliding tackle. Juventus originally projected McKennie’s recovery time

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Jalen Slawson had 17 points and seven rebounds as Furman narrowly defeated Samford 71-68 in the Southern Conference tournament semifinals. Ques Glover led the Bulldogs with 23 points.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji is the unanimous pick by the Big 12 coaches as the league’s player of the year. Baylor’s Scott Drew was selected by his peers as the Big 12′s top coach for the third season in a row. The reigning national champion Bears shared the Big 12 regular-season

WASHINGTON — Trazarien White posted 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead UNC Wilmington to a 75-58 win over Elon in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. Hunter McIntosh led the Phoenix with 15 points.

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored 25 points in his first game for Washington, and the Wizards beat the Indiana Pacers 133-123. Porzingis returned from a right knee bone bruise and played for the first time since the Wizards acquired him from Dallas in a trade last month. It

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Greg Williams Jr. registered 16 points as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Troy 66-57 in the Sun Belt Conference tournament’s semifinals. Khalyl Waters led the Trojans with 19 points.

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Haley Jones scored 19 points, Cameron Brink added 16 and No. 2 Stanford won its second straight Pac-12 tournament with a 73-48 rout of Utah. The Cardinal shut down the Utes defensively in the second half to pull away in what was a two-point game

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Bowman beat NASCAR champion Kyle Larson in a door-to-door overtime battle at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that sent Hendrick Motorsports to victory lane for the second consecutive week. Bowman got a shot at the win when a caution with three laps remaining shifted

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels is transferring to LSU, where he will enter a wide open competition to be the starter in coach Brian Kelly’s first season with the Tigers. Daniels entered the transfer portal last month with the Sun Devils in the midst of an NCAA investigation. He

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Retief Goosen holed out for eagle from a greenside bunker on the short par-4 first hole, birdied the next two and cruised to an 8-under 63 and a four-stroke victory Sunday in the Hoag Classic. A stroke behind fellow South African star Ernie Els entering the round, Goosen pulled away

By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Robertson had his second hat trick of the weekend and the Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 6-3. Robertson is up to 29 goals on the season, seven of which have come in the last three games. Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn also scored

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Derrin Hansen was fired as Omaha men’s basketball coach following a second straight five-win season. Hansen led the Mavericks through their transition from Division II to Division I. Hansen had been a member of the Mavericks’ staff since 1998 and head coach for 17 seasons. Hansen compiled a 253-260 record, including

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gabe Brown and Malik Hall led a key second-half surge and Tom Izzo became the all-time Big Ten leader in career wins as Michigan State defeated Maryland 77-67. With his 663rd win at Michigan State, Izzo passed Indiana’s Bob Knight for the most wins at a Big Ten school. Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Greg Summers and John Carter Jr. scored 21 points apiece as Navy narrowly defeated Boston University 85-80 in overtime in the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament. Javante McCoy led the Terriers with 30 points, tying his career high.

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) — Needing to win or finish solo second to retain PGA Tour status, Ryan Brehm went out Sunday and ran away with the Puerto Rico Open for his first tour title. With wife Chelsey at his side as his caddie, Brehm birdied five of the first 11 holes at windy

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton scored a season-high 44 points, Jrue Holiday had 17 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied to beat the short-handed Phoenix Suns 132-122 on Sunday. Milwaukee outscored Phoenix 12-1 over the last three minutes to win in the

AUSTIN, Texas — Sebastian Driussi scored twice to lead Austin over Inter Miami on Sunday, 5-1. Austin moved to 2-0-0 after the victory and Miami dropped to 0-1-1.

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Evina Westbrook scored 14 points Sunday and UConn cruised into the Big East title game with a 71-51 win over No. 5 seed Marquette. Christyn Williams and Dorka Juhasz each added 13 points for the Huskies (24-5), who will be looking to win a ninth

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Malachi Smith had 25 points and 11 rebounds as Chattanooga easily beat Wofford 79-56 in the Southern Conference tournament semifinals. B.J. Mack led Wofford with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler didn’t win the U.S. Open on Sunday. It just felt that way. Scheffler made clutch par putts down the stretch at Bay Hill and won the Arnold Palmer Invitational for his second PGA Tour win in the last month. The scoring conditions were

WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — And they’re off to Nome. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race had its competitive start Sunday north of Anchorage. There are 49 mushers trying to be first to the finish line in the Bering Sea coastal community of Nome. To get there, they and their dog teams have to go over

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Monika Czinano had 30 points and 10 rebounds and Caitlin Clark scored 18 as No. 12 Iowa captured its second Big Ten Tournament title in four years by beating No. 14 Indiana 74-67. The league’s regular-season co-champs have won seven straight to earn an NCAA Tournament

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis is set to make his debut for the Washington Wizards when he returns from a bone bruise to face the Indiana Pacers. Coach Wes Unseld Jr. said Porzingis would be available Sunday night. He is expected to start in his first game for the Wizards since they acquired him in

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Traci Carter had a season-high 21 points as Hartford got past Albany 61-49 in the America East Conference tournament quarterfinals. Matt Cerruti led Albany with 13 points.

WASHINGTON — Jyare Davis posted 17 points and 10 rebounds to lift Delaware to a 66-56 win over Drexel in the Colonial Conference tournament quarterfinals. Camren Wynter led Drexel with a season-high 28 points.

DALLAS — Kendric Davis had 19 points as SMU stretched its home winning streak to 16 games, beating Tulane 74-68. Emmanuel Bandoumel added 18 points for the Mustangs and Michael Weathers chipped in 16. Jadan Coleman led the Green Wave with 19 points.