Month: April 2022

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman rebounded from a rough stretch with 23 saves and the Boston Bruins clinched a playoff spot by holding off the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 to halt a season-high three-game losing streak. Trent Frederic and Erik Haula scored first-period goals for the Boston, which went on the

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks are downplaying their recent domination of the Chicago Bulls as they open the playoff portion of their title defense.  Milwaukee has won 16 of its last 17 meetings with the sixth-seeded Bulls heading into their Eastern Conference first-round series beginning Sunday

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Eeli Tolvanen, Roman Josi and Matt Duchene also scored and Juuse Saros made 28 saves for Nashville, winners of two of three. Filip Forsberg had

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexis Lafreniere scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-0. Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist and Frank Vatrano also scored for New York. Barclay Goodrow had two assists. Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves for his fifth shutout of the season. Thomas Greiss had

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon returns to its traditional Patriots Day spot on the schedule on Monday with one of the strongest women’s fields in its history. That’s fitting as the event celebrates the 50th anniversary of its first official women’s race. Five of the eight women who

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — For most of the season, the attention was on everyone but Boston in the East. That was until the Celtics and new coach Ime Udoka put things together with a brand built on defense and buoyed by All-Star Jayson Tatum’s scoring. It blended to help them

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma captured its fifth NCAA women’s gymnastics title, rallying from last after the first rotation to the top spot at the end behind a stellar performance from junior Ragan Smith. The Sooners posted a team score of 198.200, just ahead of Florida at 198.075.

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — A spectacular overhead kick from Álvaro Morata led to a stoppage-time equalizer for Juventus to draw with nine-man Bologna 1-1 in Serie A. Morata’s acrobatic effort was going wide until Dušan Vlahović met it with a header at the far post that found the target to

LONDON (AP) — Manchester City has apologized to Liverpool and condemned supporters who chanted during a minute’s silence to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. Referee Michael Oliver cut short the commemoration to the victims from the 1989 crush before the FA Cup semifinal which City lost 3-2 at Wembley Stadium. The chanting

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Regular-season successes were nice but meant little to the Miami Heat in the grand scheme of things. The Heat aren’t shy about saying what matters to them is the postseason and the pursuit of a championship. That quest truly starts Sunday when the top-seeded Heat begin

WATFORD, England (AP) — Watford’s already-slim hopes of staying in the English Premier League are hit further by Pontus Jansson securing a 2-1 victory for Brentford with a goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time. The Hornets remain six points from safety with six games remaining. But they have now played two more than

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Quadruple-chasing Liverpool reached a first FA Cup final in a decade helped by Manchester City goalkeeper Zack Steffen’s blunder. Liverpool beat the English Premier League leader 3-2 at Wembley. Liverpool was already leading through Ibrahima Konate’s header when Steffen’s failure to clear a back pass