Year: 2021

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings are perfectly aware of what they wasted on Sunday afternoon. Needing a win to maintain a solid chance at an NFC playoff spot they had things under control. With 1:50 to play and a 27-23 lead all they had to do was stop the

By The Associated Press Former Western Athletic Conference foes UTEP and Fresno State will meet in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 18. UTEP hasn’t won a bowl game since the 1967 Sun Bowl, the longest bowl victory drought in the country. Fresno State is undergoing some upheaval after coach Kalen DeBoer took the Washington

By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Andy Dalton and the Chicago Bears suffered through a miserable day in the rain, wind and cold Sunday and had a 33-22 defeat at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals to show for it, their sixth loss in seven games. Dalton suffered a left hand injury in

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Justin Herbert passed for three touchdowns and Tevaughn Campbell returned a Joe Mixon fumble 61 yards for a score, helping the Los Angeles Chargers hold off the Cincinnati Bengals for a 41-22 victory. Herbert was 26 of 35 for 317 yards as Los Angeles bounced back

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Notre Dame will face Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl in a matchup of two teams that just missed the College Football Playoff. The Fighting Irish will be led by new coach Marcus Freeman, who takes over for the departed Brian Kelly. The Cowboys are

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field, has joined Minnie Miñoso, Gil Hodges and three others in being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Former Minnesota Twins teammates Tony Oliva and Jim Kaat also were chosen

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wayne McKinney III had a career-high 17 points off the bench to carry San Diego to a 52-51 win over Cal Poly. Alimamy Koroma led the Mustangs on Sunday with 17 points.

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Noah Farrakhan had 20 points as Eastern Michigan romped past Northwood 79-57. Colin Golson Jr. had 13 points for the Eagles. Jack Ammerman had 23 points for the Division II Timberwolves.

SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — Saint-Etienne remained stuck to the foot of the French league standings after a humiliating 5-0 rout by Rennes that lifted the Brittany club to second place. The defeat prompted 10-time French champion Saint-Etienne to suspend its coach. Martin Terrier led the Rennes attack with a hat trick against Claude Puel’s team,

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer KEARNS, Utah (AP) — The U.S. set a world record in winning the men’s team pursuit and the Netherlands swept the men’s 1,000 meters for the third straight speedskating World Cup. The team of Joey Mantia, Emery Lehman and Casey Dawson won in 3 minutes, 34.47 seconds on the

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Amadou Sow registered 17 points and eight rebounds as UC Santa Barbara routed Cal Lutheran 87-66. Mason Johnson led the Kingsmen on Sunday with 13 points and six rebounds.

SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Stephens had 23 points plus 10 rebounds as VMI beat Seattle 89-82. Kamdyn Curfman added 22 points for the Keydets. Sean Conway had 12 points and eight rebounds for VMI. Riley Grigsby had 21 points for the Redhawks, whose six-game winning streak was broken.

By The Associated Press Purdue and Tennessee will meet for just the second time in the Music City Bowl. Purdue won the inaugural meeting 27-22 in the 1979 Bluebonnet Bowl. The Boilermakers finished fourth in the Big Ten West but topped then-top-five Iowa and Michigan State.  Quarterback Aiden O’Connell passed for 3,178 yards and 23

By The Associated Press North Texas lost six straight before winning its last five, including handing No. 22  UTSA its only loss, 45-22 in the finale. Miami (Ohio) hasn’t beaten an FBS opponent outside the Mid-American Conference since 2011. The Frisco Football Classic was just added as the 42nd bowl a week ago to ensure

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points, Rudy Gobert had 20 rebounds and five blocks and the Utah Jazz beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-108. Bojan Bogdanovic added 16 points and Rudy Gay had 15 for Utah, which made 20 3-pointers and gave away a 15-point lead in the

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — Will Richard had a season-high 23 points as Belmont defeated Samford 85-73. Ques Glover led the Bulldogs on Sunday with 22 points and six assists.

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark had her second triple-double of the season with 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and McKenna Warnock had 21 points as No. 9 Iowa beat Michigan State 88-61 for coach Lisa Bluder’s 800th career victory. Monika Czinano added 19 points as the