Month: May 2022

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has signed a three-year contract extension to stay with the Premier League club through the 2024-25 season. The former Arsenal midfielder has his team on the verge of Champions League qualification for the first time in five years. The north London club is in fourth place with four

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer Less than three months after Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the Olympic Council of Asia said Friday that this year’s Asian Games in China are being postponed because of concerns about the spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The OCA said it had not picked

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Han Xu feels much more comfortable in her second WNBA stint with the New York Liberty. The 6-foot-10 center from China missed the last two WNBA seasons. She stayed in China amid COVID-19 lockdowns and training for the Olympics. Now the 22-year-old Han is back in New York after

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Romain Grosjean used a line from “Days of Thunder” to shrug off criticism from Graham Rahal following late contact between the two in last week’s IndyCar race:  “Racing is rubbing, or rubbing is racing.” He says he was racing for points when he

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The American Hockey League is staging a full playoffs for the Calder Cup for the first time since 2019. The pandemic kept the NHL’s top feeder league from handing out the storied trophy the past two years because it wasn’t feasible to put on a postseason tournament. The AHL

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer The AVP is heading back to the beach with a bunch of new teams and a lot more tournaments for them to figure things out. The domestic beach volleyball tour season opens this weekend in Austin, Texas. It is emerging from the pandemic with its longest and most lucrative

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 29 saves and got his first postseason shutout in his second career playoff start to lift the Dallas Stars over the Calgary Flames 2-0 to even their first-round series at a game each. Joe Pavelski scored and Michael Raffl added an empty-net goal for the Stars. The best-of-seven

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar scored 8:31 into overtime, Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves on his 32nd birthday and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series. Makar got the rebound in the middle of the offensive zone and

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Minnesota Twins star Carlos Correa may have a broken finger after he was struck by a pitch in Baltimore. The Twins said after the game that preliminary imaging showed the potential for a non-displaced fracture of Correa’s right middle finger. Correa is expected to have a

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado had two impressive home runs and Nick Martinez threw seven strong innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 victory against the Miami Marlins. Both homers by the $300 million third baseman came off left-hander Jesus Luzardo. Machado homered to straightaway

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Zunino hit a three-run homer against his former team, Shane McClanahan held Seattle hitless into the fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Mariners 4-3 for their fourth straight win. McClanahan was overpowering early, received some terrific defensive help and kept Seattle’s slumping

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve and rookie Jeremy Peña hit solo homers and Kyle Tucker’s RBI single in the ninth inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Yordan Alvarez singled off Gregory Soto with no outs in the ninth and was replaced by

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Mets erased a six-run deficit in the ninth inning, capping the rally with Starling Marte’s tiebreaking double to beat the flabbergasted Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 Thursday night. With the Mets trailing 7-1, Marte led off the inning with an infield single against James Norwood and

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers topped the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night to even their Eastern Conference first-round series at a game apiece. Aaron Ekblad, Anton Lundell and Mason Marchment also scored for

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle homered twice, and Austin Hays hit a home run with his bat and saved a run with his arm as the Baltimore Orioles outlasted the Minnesota Twins 5-3. Hays hit a tiebreaking homer with one out in the eighth, and Mountcastle followed with a

By VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Frank Vatrano each had a goal and two assists and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 in Game 2 on Thursday night to even the best-of-seven first-round series. Chris Kreider, Andrew Copp and Ryan Strome also scored for

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan hit the first homer of his breakout rookie season, Franmil Reyes had three hits and an RBI, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5. Kwan’s two-run shot off José Berríos tied it at 2 in the third, beginning a string of six

By The Associated Press Milwaukee’s Willy Adames is powering a Brewers surge with seven homers in his past 10 games, including two during a 10-5 trouncing of Cincinnati on Thursday. Adames had just one homer in 16 games prior to this run, mirroring a trend for the whole team — after connecting 14 time in

SEATTLE (AP) — The Mariners optioned young right-handed starter Matt Brash to Triple-A Tacoma, with the plan to transition him to a bullpen role for the rest of the season. Seattle manager Scott Servais said the team thinks Brash can best contribute on the big league club from the bullpen this year. He did not

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have begun their search for a head coach, asking permission to speak with several candidates, said a person familiar with the situation. The person says the list includes two-time NBA coach of the year and New Orleans Pelicans consultant Mike D’Antoni. They’ve

CHICAGO (AP) — American winger Chris Mueller is returning to Major League Soccer after just one-half of a season in Scotland, joining the Chicago Fire in a free transfer from Hibernian. Mueller agreed to a four-year contract that included a team option for 2026. Chicago acquired MLS rights to the 25-year-old from Schaumburg, Illinois, from

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is downplaying his chances in his much anticipated Madrid Open quarterfinal against Carlos Alcaraz, the youngster touted in Spain as his successor. The 35-year-old Nadal and the 19-year-old Alcaraz will meet Friday in a clash of generations Spanish that fans had been craving to

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings raised the Stanley Cup for the second time in June 2014. The victory punctuated a phenomenal three-year run in which these longtime NHL afterthoughts won 10 playoff series and became one of the most tenacious teams in hockey. And then

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The physicality of the NHL playoffs is creeping into the crease. Goaltenders typically move without concern of being hit. But there’s already been a huge goal disallowed for the New York Rangers due to interference. Carolina lost a starting goaltender after taking an early shot to the head. And

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Most Americans know Haas as the worst team in Formula One. But that was before the debut of this year’s new car. Or the team makeover forced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Or a super fast engine from Ferrari. Now Haas is turning

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — College sports leaders visited Capitol Hill, asking lawmakers to consider rules to govern name, image and likeness money for college athletes. Greg Sankey of the SEC and George Kliavkoff of the Pac-12 were scheduled to meet with lawmakers on both sides of aisle.

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press Eintracht Frankfurt reached its first European final in 42 years by knocking West Ham out of the Europa League on Thursday, setting up a title game against Scottish club Rangers. Frankfurt beat 10-man West Ham 1-0 at home to complete a 3-1 aggregate victory in the semifinals, while Rangers overturned