Month: March 2022

DAYTON, Ohio — DaRon Holmes II had 20 points as Dayton stretched its home win streak to eight games, topping Davidson 82-76. Foster Loyer led the Wildcats on Saturday with 25 points.

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Jordan Brown had a career-high 31 points as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Texas State 79-72 in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Mason Harrell led the Bobcats with 16 points.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Beekman had 15 points, a career-high 12 rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Cavaliers, who secured the sixth seed to the conference tournament that begins Tuesday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Shedrick scored 16 of his career-high 20 points when he was perfect on seven shots from the

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has won its seventh straight game in the English Premier League by beating West Ham 1-0 to move within three points of leader Manchester City. Sadio Mane swept in the only goal in the 27th minute, converting from close range after a shot was driven across the face of goal

ATLANTA (AP) — Jordan Usher scored 30 points on 12-of-16 shooting and Georgia Tech defeated Boston College 82-78 in overtime after losing a 15-point second-half lead. The Yellow Jackets didn’t make it easy on themselves, making just 4 of 8 free throws in overtime, but Michael Devoe finally clinched it by sinking the second of

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — David Jean-Baptiste had 20 points as Chattanooga narrowly defeated The Citadel 71-66 in the Southern Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Hayden Brown led the Bulldogs on Saturday with 17 points.

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Fans, dogs and mushers have returned in droves to downtown Anchorage in the midst of a snowstorm for Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s ceremonial start. The event was canceled last year during the pandemic. This year, fans attending the 50th running of the race were limited

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Jesse Marsch has lost his first game as the latest American coach to manage in the English Premier League. Marsch’s Leeds was beaten at Leicester 1-0 despite a spirited performance and remains in the midst of a relegation fight. Marsch says it is “very positive and a big step

By The Associated Press American Jordan Pefok scored his fifth goal in six games, helping Young Boys to a 2-2 draw against visiting Lucerne in the Swiss Super League. The 25-year-old forward scored the first goal of the match on a diving header from 4 yards off Edimilson Fernandes’ cross in the eighth minute. Pefok

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — George Karlaftis and Arnold Ebiketie have a few things in common. Both were star defensive ends in the Big Ten. Both accepted invitations to this year’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. And neither started playing football until they moved to America at age 13. Karlaftis grew

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Moore scored 16 points, Jermaine Samuels added 15 and No. 11 Villanova broke away early to beat Butler 78-59 in their regular-season finale. The Wildcats improved to 23-7 and will be No. 2 seed in the Big East Conference tournament next week. Butler is 13-18 and

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson got a ceremonial start on senior day against No. 7 Kentucky. Johnson collapsed during a game in December 2020 and hasn’t practiced or played since. But he was on the floor for the first of two opening tips, got the basketball

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored 16 points in her third game back from knee surgery and No. 7 UConn routed Georgetown 84-38 in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament. Bueckers, who suffered a tibia plateau fracture and torn meniscus in her left knee on Dec. 5,

SIENA, Italy (AP) — Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar has displayed his dominance with an unprecedented long-distance solo attack to win the Strade Bianche race. It was a different story in the women’s race as Belgian champion Lotte Kopecky held off two-time champion Annemiek van Vleuten in a two-woman sprint. Pogačar attacked with

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Elissa Cunane had 20 points and 13 rebounds and No. 3 North Carolina State used a strong second half to pull away from No. 21 Virginia Tech 70-55 and advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game. Jada Boyd added 16 points and Raina

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Cindy Parlow Cone was re-elected to a four-year team as U.S. Soccer Federation president, beating predecessor Carlos Cordeiro in an endorsement of the governing body’s settlement of a lawsuit by women players. Cone, a former national team player, received 52.3% of the weighted vote on the first ballot during

PARIS (AP) — Nice has upended French league leader Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 with a score from Andy Delort off the bench and moved into second place. Delort met a cross from Calvin Stengs to volley into the top corner in the 88th minute. Nice shut out PSG for the third time this season after drawing

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LSU star cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. said Saturday that he isn’t working out at the NFL’s scouting combine because he’s still on the mend after tearing a ligament in his left foot last fall. Stingley provided the specifics of his injury for the first time

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have signed center Travis Boyd to a two-year contract. Terms of the deal were not released. The 28-year-old Boyd has set career highs this season with 10 goals and 24 points in 46 games with Arizona. He’s also one assist away from establishing a career high. Boyd was

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Crystal Palace extended its unbeaten away run in 2022 to five games with a 2-0 win at Wolverhampton in the Premier League. Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring from close range in the 19th minute with his second goal in three games after Palace started brightly. Its lead was doubled through Wilfried

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gulf Coast has fired men’s basketball coach Michael Fly after four seasons. Fly went 21-11 this season, by far the best record of his tenure. He was 55-59 in his four years and will have the chance to coach if the Eagles are chosen for one of this month’s

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Philippe Coutinho gave a masterful display and Danny Ings offered Southampton a painful reminder of his prowess as Aston Villa’s revival continued in style with a 4-0 win in the English Premier League. Ings joined Villa from Southampton last summer. He scored one and set up two others while Coutinho netted

NORWICH, England (AP) — A hat trick from Ivan Toney has seen Brentford claim a vital 3-1 win at last-placed Norwich on the day Christian Eriksen took another positive step in his remarkable recovery. Eriksen played the whole match for the Bees and had a hand in the first two goals, almost nine months on

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has exposed Bayern Munich’s defensive frailties but was unable to get more than a 1-1 draw from their Bundesliga encounter. Bayern dropped points for the second time in four league games and posed more questions than answers ahead of its Champions League round of

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Chelsea has scored four goals in a 21-minute burst at the start of the second half in a 4-0 win at Burnley in the English Premier League. Kai Havertz had two of the goals along with one each from Reece James and Christian Pulisic as Chelsea put aside the off-field turbulence

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested last month at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. The Russian Customs Service said Saturday that the cartridges were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10

LEICESTER, England (AP) — American coach Jesse Marsch had an encouraging first match in charge of Leeds except for the result. Making the Premier League’s most porous team more resilient and organized didn’t stop Leeds falling to a 1-0 loss at Leicester. Harvey Barnes’ well-taken 67th-minute goal was enough to earn victory for Leicester and

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Dominik Paris dominated the penultimate men’s World Cup downhill of the season to keep his slim chance alive of winning the discipline title. The Italian skier mastered the Olympiabakken course to beat home crowd favorite Alexander Aamodt Kilde by 0.55 seconds. The result left four racers in with a shot at

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of Georgia says he’s not taking sides in the state’s GOP primary campaign for governor. That may not be easy, given that Donald Trump is backing both Walker for the Senate and former Sen. David Perdue in the governor’s race against incumbent

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Roger Federer says any tournament comeback from his knee surgery last year will not be until at least the late summer. The 40-year-old tennis great gave an update on his lengthy rehabilitation to Swiss broadcaster SRF. He was attending a women’s World Cup ski race at Lenzerheide where he has a

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has taken a clear lead over Petra Vlhova in the World Cup overall standings. She placed second Saturday in a tricky super-G in Switzerland won by the unheralded Romane Miradoli. It was an impressive return to form on a steep, twisting course for the American star in her first

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — Russian driver Nikita Mazepin has been dropped by Haas F1 despite the FIA ruling he could compete under a neutral flag. Haas has also ended its sponsorship with Russian company Uralkali, which is owned by Mazepin’s father. Dmitry Mazepin is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his son’s

SINGAPORE (AP) — In Gee Chun shot a 6-under 66 to lead a trio of South Korean golfers at the top of the leaderboard after three rounds of the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship. Chun had a 54-hole total of 12-under 204 on the Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong course. She had a one-stroke lead

PARADISE, Nev. — Moses Wood had a career-high 28 points as Portland beat San Diego 73-55 in the second round of the West Coast Conference tournament. Jase Townsend led the Toreros on Friday night with 17 points and eight rebounds.