Month: March 2022

DALLAS (AP) — All-Star guard Luka Doncic sat out the Dallas Mavericks’ home game against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday because of a left toe sprain. Doncic ranks sixth in the NBA in scoring, 18th in rebounding and fifth in assists. The Mavericks entered the game 31-16 this season with Doncic in the lineup and

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of an expanded postseason start a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead. Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jabari Smith scored 21 points, K.D. Johnson had 18 and No. 5 Auburn won the Southeastern Conference title with an 82-71 victory over South Carolina. The Tigers secured the No. 1 seed for next week’s league tournament in Tampa, Florida, after entering the day one

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — England striker Tammy Abraham is thriving at Roma after leaving European champion Chelsea. The forward whom Jose Mourinho convinced Roma to spend 40 million euros on in August was decisive for the second consecutive game as Roma beat Atalanta 1-0 in Serie A in a key

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Justin Hill posted 18 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as Longwood topped South Carolina Upstate 79-70 in the Big South Conference tournament semifinals. Bryson Mozone led the Spartans on Saturday with 24 points.

By BRYAN LAZARE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tari Eason scored 20 points and had a key block that led to his go-ahead dunk with 38 seconds left in overtime, and LSU scored the final six points to beat No. 25 Alabama 80-77. Darius Days had 24 points and Brandon Murray finished with

DAYTON, Ohio — DaRon Holmes II had 20 points as Dayton stretched its home win streak to eight games, topping Davidson 82-76. Foster Loyer led the Wildcats on Saturday with 25 points.

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Jordan Brown had a career-high 31 points as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Texas State 79-72 in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Mason Harrell led the Bobcats with 16 points.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Beekman had 15 points, a career-high 12 rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Cavaliers, who secured the sixth seed to the conference tournament that begins Tuesday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Shedrick scored 16 of his career-high 20 points when he was perfect on seven shots from the

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has won its seventh straight game in the English Premier League by beating West Ham 1-0 to move within three points of leader Manchester City. Sadio Mane swept in the only goal in the 27th minute, converting from close range after a shot was driven across the face of goal

ATLANTA (AP) — Jordan Usher scored 30 points on 12-of-16 shooting and Georgia Tech defeated Boston College 82-78 in overtime after losing a 15-point second-half lead. The Yellow Jackets didn’t make it easy on themselves, making just 4 of 8 free throws in overtime, but Michael Devoe finally clinched it by sinking the second of

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — David Jean-Baptiste had 20 points as Chattanooga narrowly defeated The Citadel 71-66 in the Southern Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Hayden Brown led the Bulldogs on Saturday with 17 points.

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Fans, dogs and mushers have returned in droves to downtown Anchorage in the midst of a snowstorm for Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s ceremonial start. The event was canceled last year during the pandemic. This year, fans attending the 50th running of the race were limited

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Jesse Marsch has lost his first game as the latest American coach to manage in the English Premier League. Marsch’s Leeds was beaten at Leicester 1-0 despite a spirited performance and remains in the midst of a relegation fight. Marsch says it is “very positive and a big step

By The Associated Press American Jordan Pefok scored his fifth goal in six games, helping Young Boys to a 2-2 draw against visiting Lucerne in the Swiss Super League. The 25-year-old forward scored the first goal of the match on a diving header from 4 yards off Edimilson Fernandes’ cross in the eighth minute. Pefok

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — George Karlaftis and Arnold Ebiketie have a few things in common. Both were star defensive ends in the Big Ten. Both accepted invitations to this year’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. And neither started playing football until they moved to America at age 13. Karlaftis grew

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Moore scored 16 points, Jermaine Samuels added 15 and No. 11 Villanova broke away early to beat Butler 78-59 in their regular-season finale. The Wildcats improved to 23-7 and will be No. 2 seed in the Big East Conference tournament next week. Butler is 13-18 and

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson got a ceremonial start on senior day against No. 7 Kentucky. Johnson collapsed during a game in December 2020 and hasn’t practiced or played since. But he was on the floor for the first of two opening tips, got the basketball

SIENA, Italy (AP) — Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar has displayed his dominance with an unprecedented long-distance solo attack to win the Strade Bianche race. It was a different story in the women’s race as Belgian champion Lotte Kopecky held off two-time champion Annemiek van Vleuten in a two-woman sprint. Pogačar attacked with

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Elissa Cunane had 20 points and 13 rebounds and No. 3 North Carolina State used a strong second half to pull away from No. 21 Virginia Tech 70-55 and advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game. Jada Boyd added 16 points and Raina