Month: September 2022

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU has emerged from Brian Kelly’s coaching debut trying to address a slew of miscues which proved costly in a narrow loss to Florida State. Kelly says receiver Kayshon Boutte is the least of his offense’s concerns despite making just two catches for 20

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Seven-time winner AC Milan has opened its Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw at Salzburg. Milan entered energized by its derby win over Inter Milan and the closing of its latest ownership switch which includes a minority stake for the New York Yankees. But Noah Okafor put Salzburg ahead with

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has scored two superb goals to give PSG a 2-1 win against Juventus in their Champions League opener. Mbappé has now scored 29 Champions League goals in a PSG jersey which is just one short of Edinson Cavani’s club record. At 23 years and 260 days, World Cup winner Mbappe

SEVILLA, Spain (AP) — Erling Haaland just cannot stop scoring for Manchester City. Make that 12 goals in seven competitive games in the Norway striker’s first season for City after his double in a 4-0 win over Sevilla in their Champions League opener. Phil Foden and Ruben Dias scored the other goals for City in

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer A person familiar with the deal says the Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a two-year contract with free agent center Montrezl Harrell. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. Harrell was the NBA Sixth Man of the Year

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams played what’s expected to be her last match at the U.S. Open. Rafael Nadal lost in the fourth round. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer weren’t even in the tournament. Those four players dominated, and were the main draws, in tennis for decades, collecting

LONDON (AP) — World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has parked a potential unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk and moved his sights toward fellow British heavyweight Anthony Joshua. In a video published on social media on Tuesday, Fury says he is willing to offer Joshua 40% of the purse for a title fight before the end

HOUSTON (AP) — Paulo Nagamura was fired as coach of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo and Dynamo 2 head coach Kenny Bundy was promoted to senior team interim coach for the rest of the season. Houston has eight wins, 16 losses and five draws, last in the 14-team Western Conference with 29 points. Among the

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Halftime took two days, which was about the only challenging part for the U.S. in its final game of group play at the AmeriCup tournament. Everything else seemed easy. Craig Sword scored 19 points, Anthony Lamb added 15 and the U.S. rolled into the AmeriCup quarterfinals by topping Venezuela 101-49 in

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears plan to build an enclosed suburban stadium that could host Super Bowls, College Football Playoff games and Final Fours. The Bears released conceptual illustrations of the proposed stadium and entertainment complex that would be built on the site of a former horse racing

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts receiver Michael Pittman Jr. just smiles in anticipation of the next question. He’s heard it each September since being drafted in 2020. And Pittman and his teammates know it will continue until they snap the NFL’s longest active opening day losing streak. The Colts

MILAN (AP) — The stars showed up at EuroBasket on Tuesday in a big way. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 41 points in 27 minutes for Greece. Luka Doncic had 36 points for Slovenia. And two-time reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic scored 29 points for Serbia. It was three of the world’s best players all leading their

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman has been medically cleared to play in the 23rd-ranked Demon Deacons’ trip to Vanderbilt this weekend after receiving treatment for a blood clot. The school announced Hartman’s return Tuesday. It’s been about a month since the school said he’d be out indefinitely due to

LONDON (AP) — Leeds manager Jesse Marsch has been charged with making improper comments to the media by the English Football Association after he was sent off during Saturday’s game against Brentford. The American was shown a red card for protesting a refereeing decision and then accused the match officials of showing him a “lack

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer Scoring touchdowns on special teams put a stamp on the Big 12′s opening week of the season. There were four punt returns for touchdowns, including two after blocked punts. A blocked field goal turned into a fifth score. And another blocked punt led to a quick TD one play

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Mislav Oršić must wish he could play English teams every week. The Croatia forward ran from the halfway line and produced a deft finish in the 13th minute to lead Dinamo Zagreb to a 1-0 win over Chelsea in their opening Group E match in the Champions League. Add that goal

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since Missouri and Kansas State played each other in football. On Saturday, the longtime conference rivals will finally meet again in an important out-of-conference game. The Tigers are coming off a season-opening win over Louisiana Tech while the Wildcats

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — United States international Gio Reyna set up two goals and Borussia Dortmund opened its Champions League campaign with a convincing 3-0 win over Copenhagen. Dortmund took early control of Group G with Manchester City playing at Sevilla later. Dortmund captain Marco Reus and Raphaël Guerreiro scored in quick succession toward the

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Guy Morriss, a 15-year NFL offensive lineman who played in Super Bowls with Philadelphia and New England before coaching collegiately at Baylor and Kentucky, has died. He was 71. Kentucky announced that Morriss died Monday in Danville, Kentucky. No cause of death was specified in a release, though Morriss was diagnosed

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia moved up to No. 2 in the first Associated Press college football poll of the regular season, passing Ohio State, after the defending national champions dominated their opener. Alabama remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank released Tuesday, receiving 44 of

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Golfers from the Saudi-backed breakaway series have faced strong criticism for choosing to play the BMW PGA Championship on the European tour this week. The main targets of the criticism were those LIV Golf players who are in the field at Wentworth because of their ranking in the top 60