Year: 2022

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hiring coach Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame already cost LSU $500,000 more than anticipated. Not that anyone in Baton Rouge is complaining. The Southeastern Conference will lay a $250,000 fine on the Tigers for the second time in two games because fans rushed

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kevin Willard makes his debut as Maryland’s coach when the Terrapins open the season against Niagara on Monday night. He took over after Maryland finished below .500 in 2021-22. The Terps and coach Mark Turgeon parted ways in December, leaving Danny Manning in the

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia tightened its hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU climbing up to No. 4 and Alabama dropping all the way to No. 10. The Bulldogs had their strongest support of the season after manhandling Tennessee in a 1-2 matchup

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Mikel Arteta is making believers out of Arsenal doubters while his predecessor Unai Emery has unfinished business in the Premier League. It was a good day for Gunners managers past and present as Arsenal moved back to the top of the table with a 1-0

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Bobby Hurley knows what’s coming. At some point in the months ahead, one of his Arizona State players will walk into his office with surprising news. “There’s a guy on my team right now that mostly likely is going to transfer that I won’t even think that he’s going

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam will miss at least two weeks because of a strained right adductor muscle. The 28-year-old was injured when he slipped in the third quarter of Friday’s loss at Dallas. He was helped off the court and did not return. Siakam was averaging career-highs of 24.8 points, 9.3

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier has been suspended for the first three games of the season while the school cooperates with an NCAA probe. The NCAA has not announced any sanctions against Miami. That means this is a self-imposed penalty by the university.

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Unseeded Danish teenager Holger Rune staged a stunning comeback to secure the biggest victory of his career by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the Paris Masters. Rune denied Djokovic a record-extending 39th Masters title. The 19-year-old Rune saved six break points

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Unbeaten Flightline has been retired and will stand at stud after completing a dominant career. His last win was Saturday’s runaway victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland. Lane’s End Farms announced that the son of Tapit will begin his breeding career next

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The St. Louis Cardinals hired ex-slugger Matt Holliday, who helped the organization win the World Series in 2011, as manager Oliver Marmol’s bench coach. The Cardinals also announced Dusty Blake, who had been a pitching strategist, was promoted to pitching coach and Turner Ward, who had been an assistant

By The Associated Press American forward Haji Wright has scored his ninth goal of the season. He helped Antalyaspor comeback from a two-goal deficit in a 4-2 win over visiting Fatih Karagümrükon in the Turkish Super League. Wright scored from 6 yards in the 35th minute on a diving header from Bünyamin Balcı’s cross. The

By The Associated Press American goalkeeper Matt Turner was dressed and on the bench for Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Chelsea. Turner had missed three matches with an injured groin. Turner did not dress for one Premier League and two Europa League games. He has not played since Oct. 20 against PSV Eindhoven and has been