By The Associated Press Vinnie Pasquantino had the World Baseball Classic's first three-homer game, leading Italy over Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday night to win Pool B and advance the United States to the quarterfinals as group's second-place team. Italy's victory ended a day of uncertainty for ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer . Fernando Mendoza won a Heisman Trophy, led Indiana to its first national championship and will be the No. 1 overall pick when the Las Vegas Raiders are on the clock next month. The rest of the NFL draft isn't that clear-cut. It's not even a certainty ...
By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Desmond Bane had a 3-pointer and two free throws in the final 17.4 seconds to cap a 35-point night and help the Orlando Magic hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 128-122 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Paolo Banchero ...
By ROB PARENT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny and Trevor Zegras scored in the second period and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday night. Washington has lost four of its last five games and is tied with Philadelphia at 71 ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Texas came to Music City needing at least a victory to bolster its NCAA Tournament resume. The Longhorns' former coach put a dent into those hopes Wednesday night. Fired by Texas on Jan. 5, 2023, in his second season, Chris ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored his 37th goal of the season, Matt Boldy notched his 36th, and Filip Gustavsson earned his fourth shutout of the season as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth 5-0 on Tuesday night. Bobby Brink scored his first goal since the Wild acquired ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cam Payne scored 13 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, rookie VJ Edgecombe added 21 points in his return to the lineup and the Philadelphia 76ers rallied to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 139-129 on Tuesday night. Kelly Oubre Jr. had 31 points and 12 rebounds and Quentin ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jackson Blake converted on the decisive shootout goal and the Carolina Hurricanes recovered after relinquishing a two-goal lead late in regulation to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Tuesday night. Mark Jankowski and Seth Jarvis scored 59 seconds apart in Carolina's ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Quadir Copeland had 24 points and eight assists, Ven-Allen Lubin added 18 points and No. 7 seed N.C. State beat 15th-seeded Pittsburgh 98-88 on Wednesday in the second round of the ACC Tournament. N.C. State (20-12) advances to play No. 2 seed and 10th-ranked Virginia ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward agreed to a one-year contract extension with the club on Wednesday as the team transitions to new head coach Mike McCarthy. The 36-year-old Heyward, a seven-time Pro Bowler, four-time All-Pro and the 2023 Walter Payton Award ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny and Trevor Zegras scored in the second period and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Wednesday night. Washington has lost four of its last five games and is tied with Philadelphia at 71 points. Both teams are seven points ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Conor Garland scored two goals for the second consecutive game and the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Tuesday night. Kiril Marchenko, Dante Fabbro and Ivan Provorov also scored for Columbus, who improved to 15-2-3 in the past 20 games. Blue ...
The Miami RedHawks have already reached a milestone by becoming the fifth men's Division I program this century to go undefeated during the regular season. Travis Steele's team knows the stakes rise when the Mid-American Conference Tournament begins Thursday in Cleveland with a game against ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jamichael Stillwell had 17 points and 15 rebounds, Riley Kugel added 15 points, and eighth-seeded UCF rallied to beat ninth-seeded Cincinnati 66-65 in overtime on Thursday and advance to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. John Bol scored 13 points for the ...
By Wednesday afternoon, the Baltimore Ravens had a deal with Trey Hendrickson, their two first-round picks back — and some explaining to do. Hendrickson agreed on a four-year, $112 million contract with the Ravens, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Desmond Bane had a 3-pointer and two free throws in the final 17.4 seconds to cap a 35-point night and help the Orlando Magic hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 128-122 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory. Paolo Banchero added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven ...
The Associated Press national player of the week in women's basketball for Week 18 of the season: Madison Booker, Texas The junior wing led No. 3 Texas to its first Southeastern Conference Tournament championship. In the title game win over South Carolina, Booker had 18 points, going 8 of 15 ...
BYU guard AJ Dybantsa, the national scoring leader in his first college season, was named The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year and the conference's top freshman on Tuesday. Dybantsa is averaging 24.5 points per game for the Cougars going into this week's Big 12 tournament in Kansas ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — AJ Dybantsa had 27 points in another brilliant Big 12 Tournament performance, Kennard Davis Jr. added 20 points, and No. 10 seed BYU beat seventh-seeded West Virginia 68-48 on Wednesday night to advance to the quarterfinal round. Robert Wright III also had 11 points ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic had 31 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds in his seventh triple-double of the season, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame LeBron James' latest injury absence to sweep their season series with the Minnesota Timberwolves with a ...