Month: April 2022

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona midfielder Pedri González will be sidelined for an unspecified period after an injury during a loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League. The Spanish club says the 19-year-old Pedri tore the femoral biceps in his left hamstring during the 3-2 home defeat Thursday in the second leg of the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer New York Islanders great Mike Bossy has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65. TVA Sports in Canada, where Bossy worked as an analyst, confirmed he died Thursday night. Bossy was arguably the best player during the early 1980s dynasty years when the Islanders won the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Until a few days ago, Volodymyr Musyak was on the front lines defending Ukraine from Russia’s devastating assault on his nation. Now he’s preparing to pick up a bow and arrow in the Invictus Games archery competition. The sporting event for active service personnel and

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The owners of the Chicago Cubs have dropped their interest in buying Chelsea. That leaves three remaining known bids for the enforced sale of the Premier League club by sanctioned Russian owner Roman Abramovich. The bid was being led by Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts but faced opposition from

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Burnley has fired long-serving manager Sean Dyche with the club embroiled in a fight to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Dyche was in charge of Burnley for 9 1/2 years during which time his team was promoted twice from the second-tier Championship and qualified for Europe for the

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Joe Root is stepping down as England’s test cricket captain. Root’s decision comes after the 1-0 test series defeat to West Indies last month, and the 4-0 Ashes loss to Australia in the winter. Root says “it has been the most challenging decision I have had to make in

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — One of Oakland’s all-time greats is still waiting for the number retirement ceremony he was promised. Right-hander Dave Stewart, now 65, found out in August 2019 the club planned to retire his No. 34 jersey, then it didn’t happen during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season or

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Bulls All-Star Zach LaVine finally gets a chance to play in the playoffs with Chicago set to face the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. LaVine never played on a team that won more than 31 games in his first seven seasons with Minnesota

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner singled in Freddie Freeman with the go-ahead run and Will Smith added a three-run homer in the eighth inning to rally the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Cincinnati Reds 9-3. The Dodgers played just the second night home opener in Dodger Stadium history.

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — An Arizona woman who lost a leg to a rare cancer is closing in on what would be a new world record — at least 102 marathons in 102 days. Jacky Hunt-Broersma began her unusual quest in mid-January, covering the classic 26.2-mile marathon distance every day.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller had a career-high five assists and the Vancouver Canucks extended their winning streak to five games with a 7-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes. Rookie Vasily Podkolzin had two goals and an assist, Alex Chiasson scored twice, and Sheldon Dries, Elias Pettersson and Conor Garland added goals for

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Victor Reyes and Austin Meadows had RBI singles in the seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2. With the game tied 2-2, pinch-hitter Eric Haase hit the first of three straight two-out singles off reliever Jake Brentz, followed by Reyes

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Alex DeBrincat scored the lone goal in the shootout after having three assists in regulation and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the San Jose Sharks. Jaycob Megna scored with 3:25 left in the third to tie it at 4

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary native Logan Thompson made 35 saves, Jonathan Marchessault and William Karlsson each had a goal and two assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 6-1 on Thursday night. With seven games left in the regular season, the Golden Knights are two points behind Western Conference wild-card leaders

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Seiya Suzuki stayed hot with an RBI double in a three-run first inning, Frank Schwindel homered and drove in two, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2. Suzuki extended his hitting streak to six games since joining the majors from Japan and drove in his

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist, Logan O’Connor and Andre Burakovsky also scored and the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche won their eighth straight game, 3-1 over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Pavel Francouz had 26 saves for Colorado, which has a league-best 114 points

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonah Heim hit an early grand slam off Shohei Ohtani and the Texas Rangers went on to a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Heim, a switch-hitting catcher, also had an RBI single off the Angels’ two-way standout and reigning AL MVP. Ohtani is

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joe Musgrove pitched 6 2/3 brilliant innings for his hometown Padres against defending World Series champion Atlanta, Manny Machado homered for his career-high fifth hit and rookie C.J. Abrams hit his first homer for San Diego in a 12-1 rout in its home opener. The

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Leon Draisaitl had three goals and Mike Smith made 30 saves, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-0 win over the Nashville Predators. Draisaitl’s hat trick gave him 54 goals this season, four behind NHL-leading Auston Matthews (58) of Toronto. Darnell Nurse also scored and Connor

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings, Joey Wendle had two RBIs and the Miami Marlins won their home opener by downing the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3. Garrett Cooper hit his first home run of the year, while Jesús Sánchez had two hits and an

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris and Tim Stützle each scored a goal in the second period and the Ottawa Senators beat Boston 3-2 and sent the Bruins to their first three-game losing streak this season. Jesper Froden scored his first NHL goal for Boston and Marc McLaughlin added

TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander, Michael Bunting and Ilya Mikheyev each scored twice, Auston Matthews had two assists to reach 101 points and the Toronto Maple Leafs routed the Washington Capitals 7-3 on Thursday night. Ilya Lyubushkin also scored and captain John Tavares had four assists to help the Maple Leafs improve to 48-20-6, a