Year: 2022

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Remy Martin scored 20 points, Ochai Agbaji put Kansas ahead for good with his first basket early in the second half, and the Jayhawks held off Creighton 79-72 to advance to the Sweet 16. Martin hadn’t led top-seeded Kansas in scoring all season as

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer March Madness is finally part of the women’s NCAA Tournament vernacular and the first round has so far aptly fit that phrase. Six double-digit seeds have already advanced to the round of 32. That’s just short of the record seven set in 1998. And that doesn’t include two near

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan booked the most surprising of its five straight trips to the Sweet 16 by beating No. 3 seed Tennessee 76-68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Eli Brooks put Michigan ahead for good with a three-point play and delivered four critical points in

CHICAGO (AP) — Kacper Przybylko scored two goals and the Chicago Fire beat Sporting Kansas City 3-1. The Fire are now 2-0-2 after the win and Sporting KC fell to 1-3-0.

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gus Nyquist, Patrik Laine and Emil Bemstrom each had a goal and an assist, lifting the Columbus Blue Jackets over St. Louis 5-4 and sending the Blues to their third straight loss. Sean Kuraly and Jakub Voracek also scored, and Eric Robinson and Oliver Bjorkstrand each

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Noah Horchler scored 16 points and Providence had its best 3-point shooting performance of the season, routing 12th-seeded Richmond 79-51 to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 25 years. The fourth-seeded Friars will face Kansas,

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evander Kane scored twice, Connor McDavid had a goal and a pair of assists and the Edmonton Oilers used a four-goal third period to top the New Jersey Devils 6-3 for their fifth straight victory. Leon Draisaitl, Tyson Barrie and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who have the NHL’s

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby scored third-period goals to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Saturday. Malkin broke a 1-1 tie with 7:24 to play. He was stopped on a drive to the net against Scott Wedgewood, but finally corralled the puck

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Anthony Edwards scored 25 for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 138-119 win against the Milwaukee Bucks, who were playing without star Giannis Antetokounmpo due to right knee soreness. Naz Reid added 14 points off the bench for a

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo are preparing for their final matchup as coaches. The Blue Devils and Spartans play Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s West Region. Krzyzewski is in his final tournament after announcing this will be his

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Houston’s Kyler Edwards has NCAA Tournament experience. A ton of it. The senior guard will play in his 10th tournament game Sunday when the Cougars take on Illinois in the South Region with a Sweet 16 spot up for grabs. Edwards went to the national title

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer A person familiar with the negotiations tells AP the Browns have agreed to trade backup quarterback Case Keenum to Buffalo and signed free agent QB Jacoby Brissett. Cleveland is sending Keenum to Buffalo for a seventh-round draft pick in 2022, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Iowa State’s historic turnaround arrives at the second round of the NCAA Tournament when the Cyclones face Wisconsin on Sunday night. The 11th-seeded Cyclones held off LSU for a 59-54 win Friday night, and the third-seeded Badgers advanced with a 67-60 victory over Colgate. Iowa State

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Veteran infielder Matt Carpenter has signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. The 36-year-old Carpenter was a three-time All-Star while playing his first 11 major league seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. He will have a $2 million base salary while in the majors if added to the 40-man

By The Associated Press American defender Justin Che made his Bundeliga debut, entering in the 77th minute of Hoffenheim’s 3-0 loss at Hertha Berlin. The 18-year-old from Richardson, Texas, has dual U.S. and German citizenship and has played for the American under-20 team. He made his first professional appearance for third-tier North Texas in July

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Brittney Smith came off the bench to score a career-high 26 points and lead No. 7 seed UCF past in-state rival Florida 69-52 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It was UCF’s first-ever win over the Gators in program history after 26 consecutive

GATINEAU, Quebec (AP) — Eve Gascon became the third female goalie to play in a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game Saturday, making 18 saves in the Gatineau Olympiques’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Rimouski Oceanic. The 18-year-old Gascon, from Laval, Quebec, joined Manon Rheaume and Charline Labonte as the only women to see regular-season