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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The start of the NFL free agency period next week is the first big chance for teams to make big moves to fill…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nine-year major league veteran Stephen Vogt was eligible to sign a free agent contract in…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now comes the test: Will baseball players be happy with their new collective bargaining agreement…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boogie Ellis scored 17 points and No. 21 Southern California overcame a rash of turnovers to…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chad Baker and reserve Adam Seiko scored 11 points apiece to propel San Diego State to a 53-46 victory over Fresno State in the…

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Junior Madut hit a go-ahead layup and two late free throws, finishing with 17 points, to help send Hawaii get past UC…

PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Mahki Morris had a career-high 22 points to spark Abilene Christian to a 76-62 victory over Stephen F. Austin in the…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tomas Hertl scored 1:13 into overtime, Zach Sawchenko made 33 saves to get his first career…

By DENNIS GEORGATOS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 24 of his 34 points in the second half, and the Golden State Warriors…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 23 points, Jules Bernard added 19 and No. 13 UCLA knocked off…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Matt Johnson II had 24 points as Northern Colorado held off Eastern Washington 68-67 in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Diamond Battles scored 17 points and No. 25 UCF pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat South Florida 53-45 to win the…

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had his sixth career hat trick to extend his point streak to seven games and the Calgary Flames beat the…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — R.J. Cole and Tyrese Martin each scored 17 points to lead No. 20 Connecticut into the Big East…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 15 points and nine rebounds as Alabama A&M turned back Florida A&M 61-56 in the quarterfinals of…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Walker Miller had 17 points and Shavar Reynolds Jr. scored 15 to help Monmouth fend off Niagara 61-58 in the Metro…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Pippen Jr. scored 26 points, Myles Stute added 18 and 11th-seeded Vanderbilt rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit…

KATY, Texas (AP) — Troy Green had 21 points and New Orleans turned back McNeese 82-78 in the quarterfinals of the Southland Conference tournament.…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jordan Walker poured in 26 points, Quan Jackson scored 20 with 14 rebounds and UAB cruised past Florida Atlantic 80-66 in the…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Manek outscored Virginia in the first half on his way to 21 points and No. 25…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Eli Lawrence had 19 points, Deandre Dishman scored 18 and made a go-ahead layup with 2:01 left in overtime to help Middle…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams walked through the handshake line after a 72-41 blowout of…

By JUSTIN MICHAEL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chandler Jacobs banked in the winning basket with 1.8 seconds left and No. 23 Colorado State…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Justin Wright had 14 points to lead five North Carolina Central players in double figures as the Eagles got past…

PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Holland Woods had 24 points to guide Grand Canyon to a 71-66 victory over Sam Houston in the quarterfinals of the Western…

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Damari Milstead had 24 points, E.J. Anosike added 16 points and 20 rebounds and Cal State Fullerton breezed to a 73-55…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Grant Golden tossed in 19 points and Tyler Burton added a double-double to lead Richmond to a 64-59 victory over Rhode…

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Duchene had two goals and an assist, Juuse Saros made 27 saves and the Nashville…

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 6-2 to snap a…

DETROIT (AP) — Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Fiala both scored in the shootout to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.…

By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anders Lee got his first career hat trick and Ilya Sorokin stopped 25 shots for his sixth shutout…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Josh Norris scored twice in his 100th career game, including the winning power-play goal 2:34 into overtime, and the Ottawa…

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 18 of his 25 points in Brooklyn’s dominating first half in the Nets’…

BOISE, Idaho — Khalid Thomas had 20 points as Portland State got past Southern Utah 77-65 in the Big Sky Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Maizen…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart had his sixth career hat trick, Carter Verhaeghe scored twice and the Florida…

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak snapped a tie with 17.2 seconds left, and the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks…

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ethan Bear scored the game’s first goal with 5:40 left and Sebastian Aho added an…

NEW YORK (AP) — Keve Aluma tossed in 20 points, Storm Murphy scored 16 and Virginia Tech hit eight straight free throws in the final 46 seconds to…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots to win his 300th career game, and Buffalo defeated the Vegas…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jacob Rigoni totaled 16 points and eight rebounds as 11th-seeded Quinnipiac stunned No. 3 seed Siena 77-71 in the…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Kyle Connor scored his team-leading 35th goal late in the second period to snap a tie and lead…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Porter Moser remembers the feeling a couple weeks ago when the Sooners…

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Slater made the go-ahead free throws with 2.8 seconds left and No. 8 Villanova barely…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says it has charged San Jose State University’s former director of sports medicine with…

FRISCO, Texas — Kenneth Lofton Jr. made a layup with 24 seconds left to give Louisiana Tech the lead en route to a 59-57 win over Western Kentucky…

FORT WORTH, Texas — Darius Perry hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left to give Central Florida the lead en route to a 60-58 win over South Florida…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Max Christie scored 16 points, Gabe Brown added 13 points and No. 7 seed Michigan State nearly blew a 20-point…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Citadel fired basketball coach Dugger Baucom on Thursday after seven most struggling seasons. The school announced the…

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CLEVELAND — Mark Sears had 24 points and 10 rebounds as Ohio topped Ball State 77-67 in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tourney.…

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the BNP Paribas Open. She rallied to beat Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in a…

FRISCO, Texas — Abou Ousmane had 16 points, eight rebounds and three blocks and Thomas Bell recorded 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists as…

NORFOLK, Va. — Malik Miller had 16 points and seven rebounds as Morgan State defeated South Carolina State 80-77 in the quarterfinals of the…

KATY, Texas — Simeon Fryer posted 16 points as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi topped Houston Baptist 75-60 in the Southland Conference tourney…

WASHINGTON — Noah Fernandes had a career-high 29 points as UMass defeated George Washington 99-88 in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Conference…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Kathy Delaney-Smith is retiring after 40 years as Harvard’s women’s basketball coach. She…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evan Battey had 19 points and 12 rebounds, Jabari Walker added 18 points and 16 rebounds for his 17th double-double this season…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets re-signed safeties Lamarcus Joyner and Will Parks. The moves keep two…

CLEVELAND — Malique Jacobs had 21 points and 11 rebounds as Kent State topped Miami (Ohio) 85-75 in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American…

BOISE, Idaho — Dillon Jones had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Weber State defeated Montana 68-56 in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former water polo coach at the University of Southern California is on trial for his alleged…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have gone from trying to modernize Nissan Stadium to working on plans for a new stadium right next…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Boeheim called the first losing season he has had in 46 years at Syracuse the best…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people familiar with the negotiations confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the…

FORT WORTH, Texas — Sam Griffin had 21 points as Tulsa beat Wichita State 73-67 in the American Athletic Conference Tournament first round. Darien…

HENDERSON, Nev. — Joel Murray had 25 points as Long Beach State got past Cal State Bakersfield 72-61 in the Big West Conference tourney…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Details of the memorandum of understanding agreed to Thursday by Major League Baseball and the…

LONDON (AP) — It was a tumultuous day off the field but business as usual on it for the club that is swiftly becoming one of most talked about…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tari Eason led five players in double figures and fifth-seeded LSU used a big start to roll to a 76-68 win over 12th-seeded…

LAS VEGAS — Emmanuel Akot had 22 points as Boise State edged past Nevada 71-69 in the Mountain West Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Grant…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person familiar with discussions confirmed to The Associated Press that the Buffalo Bills…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Miller scored on a transition layup as time ran out in overtime to give fourth-seeded Miami a 71-69 win over 13th-seeded…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self watched West Virginia counterpart Bob Huggins pick up two…

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Newcastle has moved further away from relegation trouble with a 2-1 over Southampton thanks to goals from two January…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Christian Koloko scored 24 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 20 and No. 2 Arizona held off…

NORWICH, England (AP) — Chelsea overcame the chaos of a turbulent day off the pitch to grind out a 3-1 win at Norwich and stay in the driving seat…

NEW YORK — Ryan Kalkbrenner had 14 points, nine rebounds and three assists and Ryan Hawkins recorded 18 points as Creighton defeated Marquette…

LEEDS, England (AP) — Aston Villa handed Leeds a sixth straight Premier League loss as Steven Gerrard’s impressive side won 3-0 Thursday at…

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer Carlos Correa, Freddie Freeman and Kris Bryant are among 138 free agents set to resume looking for a spot after a…

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Watford’s dwindling hopes of avoiding Premier League relegation suffered another blow with a 4-0 loss to…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Four-time Paralympian Jasmin Bambur watches the news out of Ukraine and the flashbacks arrive. How, as a kid, Bambur…

WASHINGTON — Francis Okoro recorded 17 points and 13 rebounds as Saint Louis easily defeated La Salle 71-51 in the second round of the Atlantic 10…

BOISE, Idaho — Xavier Bishop had 14 points to lead five Montana State players in double figures as the Bobcats romped past Sacramento State 83-61…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Keegan Murray scored 26 points and Jordan Bohannon added 17 as No. 24 Iowa beat Northwestern…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights sent home starting goalie Robin Lehner to further evaluate a lower-body injury. Coach Pete DeBoer…

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without No. 1 goaltender Jack Campbell for at least the next two weeks because of a rib injury. Head…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — West Virginia coach Bob Huggins was ejected from the Mountaineers’ quarterfinal game against No. 6 Kansas in the Big…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hassan Diarra drilled a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 0.4 seconds left in overtime to give Texas A&M an 83-80 win…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press Munir has scored the winning goal for Sevilla to lead the six-time Europa League champions 1-0 over West Ham in the…

FORT WORTH, Texas — David DeJulius had 22 points as Cincinnati beat East Carolina 74-63 in the American Athletic Conference tournament first round.…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — TCU coach Jamie Dixon and Texas counterpart Chris Beard delivered the exact same…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States and Canada will be named GEODIS Park in a naming rights deal…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi over heated incidents…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juwan Howard was on his best behavior. Sure he worked the officials. And yes he spent most of…

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Al Durham drained a go-ahead 3-pointer with 41 seconds left for his first basket of the game,…