Year: 2022

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant scored a season-high 53 points, making the tiebreaking 3-pointer in a sensational show for a crowd that included Kyrie Irving, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the New York Knicks 110-107. Durant’s 3-pointer snapped a 103-all tie with 56 seconds remaining. He added four

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jacob Gilyard scored 26 points, Tyler Burton had 16 points and 12 rebounds and No. 6 seed Richmond beat top-seeded Davidson 64-62 to clinch the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament and an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time in 11 years. Richmond was playing in the A-10 championship game — needing two

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is concerned about the roster impact stemming from rules that Major League Baseball players who aren’t vaccinated against the coronavirus won’t be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Toronto. Canada’s government requires a person must

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Santiago Vescovi scored 17 points and Josiah-Jordan James had 16 points and 10 rebounds to help ninth-ranked Tennessee beat Texas A&M 65-50 to claim its first men’s SEC basketball tournament title in 43 years. The second-seeded Volunteers never trailed. They rattled off the first 14

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Stephen Strasburg is slated to throw a live bullpen session next week as the Washington Nationals get spring training camp started. The 2019 World Series MVP played catch during the team’s first official workout. The right-hander is coming back from two consecutive seasons lost to surgery. The Nationals say

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Joe Girardi isn’t concerned about managing the Philadelphia Phillies without a contract extension. Girardi signed a three-year deal in 2019 with a team option for 2023. The club hasn’t picked up the option and will likely wait to make that decision. Girardi is 110-112 in two seasons with the Phillies. He

By JASON P. SKODA Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have signed Jesse Chavez to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to big league camp, adding the veteran reliever after he had a strong year with the champion Atlanta Braves. The 38-year Chavez posted a 2.14 ERA in 33 2/3

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Brent Sass continues to lead the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday, but he must hold off the defending champion as mushers have reached the Bering Sea sea coast and its treacherous ice. Sass breezed through the checkpoint in the village of Shaktoolik on Sunday

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer The Minnesota Twins took their first significant step toward restocking their starting pitching by acquiring right-hander Sonny Gray in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds included minor league right-hander Francis Peguero in the deal for Twins pitching prospect Chase Petty. The 18-year-old Petty was Minnesota’s first-round draft

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Erling Haaland and Gio Reyna returned from injury as Borussia Dortmund cut Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga lead to seven points with a 1-0 win over coronavirus-hit Arminia Bielefeld. Marius Wolf’s first-half goal was enough for Dortmund to re-inject a measure of excitement into the title race with

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Azar Swain scored 23 points and Yale held on for a 66-64 victory over Princeton to win the Ivy League tournament. The Bulldogs will play in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time. Yale led by nine with a minute left then withstood a final Princeton rally. Bez Mbeng added 13

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jade Edwards scored 21 points, Taylor Brown added 18 and American University defeated Bucknell 65-54 in the title game of the Patriot League Championship. The second-seeded Eagles won the conference championship for the third time, all under coach Megan Gebbia, and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018.

By MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Arsenal has maintained its grip on fourth place in the Premier League thanks to a 2-0 win over Leicester, with the Gunners enjoying their best run of the season. Thomas Partey netted early and Alexandre Lacazette added a second-half penalty as Arsenal secured its fifth straight league

EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) — Michaela Harrison scored 17 points and third-seeded Mount St. Mary’s defended its Northeast Conference title with a 60-42 win over seventh-seeded Bryant, earning the Mountaineers their fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament. After an even first quarter, Mount St. Mary’s dominated the middle, outscoring the Bulldogs 35-18. The Mountaineers’ previous NCAA

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Alexia Putellas has scored two goals and set up another to help Barcelona win its third consecutive women’s Spanish league title with a 5-0 rout of Real Madrid. The Ballon d’Or winner scored twice before halftime to help lead the Catalan club to its seventh league title. The win gave Barcelona

LONDON (AP) — Kai Havertz’s late finish has sealed a nervy 1-0 win for Chelsea over resurgent Newcastle, providing a rare distraction from the uncertainty surrounding the club’s future. The Germany forward superbly brought down Jorginho’s lofted pass before slotting home, to cut through an otherwise stodgy affair and hand the Blues a fifth successive

By The Associated Press American Jordan Pefok scored his Swiss Super League-leading 17th goal of the season, helping Young Boys to a 2-2 draw at Lausanne. The 25-year-old forward tied the score 1-1 in the 49th minute. He redirected Ulisses Garcia’s cross from 6 yards past goalkeeper Mory Diaw for his sixth goal in seven

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has rebounded from its disappointing scoreless draw with Galatasaray in the Europa League by scoring three goals in less than 30 minutes in a comfortable 4-0 win over Osasuna in the Spanish league. Ferrán Torres scored twice and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Riqui Puig added a