Month: December 2021

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Montre Gipson had 27 points as Tarleton State topped South Alabama 65-52. Jay Jay Chandler led the Jaguars with a career-high 23 points.

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are trying to set the record straight about owner Shad Khan’s firing of embattled coach Urban Meyer. A spokesman for Khan told The Associated Press on Friday night that the decision to move on from Meyer was made following Jacksonville’s 20-0

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, Charlie Lindgren made 26 saves and the St. Louis Blues capped a home-and-home sweep against the Dallas Stars with a 4-1 win. Lindgren improved to 5-0 since taking over in net for the injury-ravaged Blues. Logan Brown scored, Ivan Barbashev added an

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 30 points to help the Golden State Warriors earn a 111-107 victory over Boston. Curry hit five 3-pointers and added a one-handed scoop shot in the final minute to help clinch it. The Warriors snapped a five-game losing streak against the Celtics. Andrew

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Hawkins scored 19 points to lead four players in double figures and Creighton closed with a flurry in a 79-59 victory over No. 9 Villanova in the Big East opener for both teams. The Bluejays saw their double-digit lead get cut to 56-54 with

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Grayson McCall threw four touchdown passes and Coastal Carolina held off Northern Illinois 47-41 in the Cure Bowl on Friday night, with the game ending with the Huskies at the Chanticleers 4. McCall was 22 for 30 for 315 yards, and Braydon Bennett ran for 108

OREM, Utah — Le’Tre Darthard had a career-high 30 points as Utah Valley easily beat Bethesda 107-65. Justin Clark led the Flames with 11 points.

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Rookie Bones Hyland scored a career-high 24 points in a reserve role, Monte Morris added 21, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Atlanta Hawks 133-115. Nikola Jokic and Jeff Green each finished with 20 points for the Nuggets, who have won three of four. The Hawks,

SAN ANTONIO — Marek Nelson recorded 13 points as Texas Rio Grande Valley defeated UTSA 68-50.BJ Simmons add ed 12 points for the Vaqueros, who held the Roadrunners to 26.0 percent shooting. Jacob Germany had 16 points for the Roadrunners.

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jeff Carter redirected a centering pass from Kris Letang between the legs of Malcom Subban 2:53 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over Buffalo. Pittsburgh extended its winning streak to a season-high six games by relying on the NHL’s top penalty-killing unit

By JOHN DENTON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Max Strus scored 23 of his career-best 32 points in the first half, Gabe Vincent added a career-best 27 and the Miami Heat beat the short-handed Orlando Magic 115-105. The Heat made 19 3-pointers to give them 91 over their past five games. That’s the most

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Garrison Brooks scored 18 points, Shakeel Moore made the go-ahead basket in the final minute and Mississippi State escaped with a 69-66 victory over Furman. Mississippi State blew an 11-point halftime lead, falling behind by six points with about 3 minutes left. The Bulldogs regrouped and regained the lead with 49

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia has increased its lead at the top of the SailGP series standings and guaranteed its place in the final in San Francisco in March after beating the United States and Spain in the three-boat final on Sydney Harbor. There was little between Australia and the U.S. at the start, but the

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu scored 19 points and USF coach Jose Fernandez got his 400th career win as the No. 16 Bulls beat High Point 62-46. Fernandez — who was, in November of 2000, elevated from recruiting coordinator to head coach after just months at USF — took over a moribund program

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Russell Westbrook had a short stay in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Westbrook was cleared to return Friday, as was DeMar DeRozan, leaving the Chicago Bulls with seven players in protocols. The Los Angeles Lakers announced a few hours before their game in Minnesota that Westbrook would be

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Mack Smith had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Western Michigan to a 67-56 win over Aquinas College. Sammie Ryans led the NAIA Saints with 17 points.