Month: March 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Norton Jr. has returned to UCLA as inside linebackers coach. Norton was fired by the Seattle Seahawks in January after four seasons as Pete Carroll’s defensive coordinator. Norton previously had been the Oakland Raiders’ defensive coordinator for three years before reuniting with Carroll, his boss at Southern California from 2004

PARIS (AP) — Midfielder Romain Faivre has scored twice and Lyon has won at struggling Lorient 4-1 to move up to sixth place in the French league. Forwards Moussa Dembele and Karl Toko Ekambi set each other up on the other goals as Lyon moved two points behind Rennes in fourth spot. Fourth guarantees automatic

MILAN (AP) — Lautaro Martínez has scored a hat trick as Inter Milan ended its goal drought in spectacular style by beating Salernitana 5-0 to move to the top of Serie A. Edin Džeko also scored twice and Inter will remain top of Serie A for 48 hours at least. The defending champion moved a

ATLANTA (AP) — Thirty-nine players on the American women’s team endorsed Cindy Parlow Cone for a full four-year term as U.S. Soccer Federation president, a decision that followed the settlement of six years of litigation between the players and the governing body. Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, among the leaders of the lawsuit, gave their

NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle’s Bernie Martinez was suspended for 80 games, and the Mariners’ Luis Baez and San Francisco’s Sonny Vargas were banned for 60 games each following positive tests for performance-enhancing substances under the minor league drug program. All three are pitchers. Martinez, with High-A Everett, tested positive for LGD-4033, a selective androgen

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Players ejected for targeting in the second half of a college football game could be eligible to play the following game after an appeal through the conference office next season. The NCAA rules committee made that recommendation, which still needs approval from the playing rules oversight panel.

BIELEFELD, Germany (AP) — Daniel Caligiuri has scored to lead Augsburg to a 1-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld in their Bundesliga relegation fight. Caligiuri scored with Augsburg’s first shot on target in the 50th minute. It lifts his team three points above Hertha Berlin in the relegation playoff place and a point above Bielefeld. Hertha

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person familiar with discussions confirms to The Associated Press that the Buffalo Bills have granted veteran receiver Cole Beasley permission to seek a trade. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Bills were not going to formally announce the news. NFL.com

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former University of Georgia D-lineman Jordan Davis said that despite all the star power boasted by the Bulldogs last season, “we wanted to call ourselves a no-name defense.” In that regard then, the national champs failed miserably. Eight members of that domineering defense are attending

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma has birdied three of his last four holes to grab a one-shot lead halfway through the Kenya Open in Nairobi. A birdie-birdie finish earned him a 4-under-par 67 and a 10-under total at altitude at Muthaiga Club. Masahiro Kawamura of Japan scored a bogey-free 66 to be

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kayvon Thibodeaux looked like a lock to be this year’s top NFL draft pick until Aidan Hutchinson played his way into the conversation. With eight weeks to go before the draft, offensive linemen Ikem “Ickey” Ekwonu and Evan Neal also are in the debate. The four-man

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Jakia Brown-Turner scored nine of her 15 points during third-ranked North Carolina State’s dominating third-quarter performance, helping the Wolfpack beat Florida State 84-54 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Top-seeded N.C. State began its march toward a third straight tournament title by shooting 52%.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An agreement that would commit hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to build a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills is approaching completion, with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul confident a deal will be struck before the end of the month. Hochul says