Year: 2022

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Anders Lee and Casey Cizikas each had a goal and an assist, and the New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3. Matt Martin, Matthew Barzal, Brock Nelson and Zach Parise also scored for the Islanders, and Cal Clutterbuck had two assists. Ilya Sorokin made 34 saves. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Elias

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Woods is missing the Super Bowl for the Los Angeles Rams after tearing a ligament in his knee last November. The injury deprived the Rams of a cornerstone of their offense for all five seasons of coach Sean McVay’s tenure. Woods also grieved the

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Cross-country skiers and biathletes got a bit of a respite from the bitter conditions at the Beijing Olympics this week as winds calmed and temperatures hovered around 19 degrees. But that’s expected to change this weekend when a cold front moves through. The frosty conditions are

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Shepherd scored 15 points, including the final four, and California snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 63-61 victory over Oregon State. Oregon State didn’t have a basket after Dexter Akanno’s 3-pointer with 5:16 remaining knotted the score at 55. The Beavers hit six straight free throws to grab a

By SALLY HO and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — After delivering a solid performance at his second Olympics that beat his last Winter Games showing, American figure skater Jason Brown said he’s accomplished all his goals but hasn’t decided yet if it’s time to retire. At the men’s singles free skate competition in

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Matt Bradley had a season-high 28 points as San Diego State beat San Jose State 72-62. Bradley made 4 of 6 shots from 3-point range and added seven rebounds for the Aztecs (14-6, 6-3 Mountain West Conference). Joshua Tomaic had eight rebounds. Myron Amey Jr. had 23 points and 12

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — American curler Matt Hamilton has some pretty wild shoes with him at the Beijing Olympics. The multi-colored and multi-patterned shoes are really standing out among more typically sedate outfits curlers tend to wear. Hamilton says some friends sent him the shoes. They were converted for curling

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Barnes scored 30 points, Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 14 rebounds in his Kings debut and Sacramento pulled away late to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 132-119. De’Aaron Fox added 27 points and eight rebounds to help the Kings win in their first game since

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Karel Vejmelka made 34 saves, Nick Schmaltz scored twice including a clinching empty-net goal in the final minute, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2. Phil Kessel and Anton Stralman both scored as Arizona built a 3-1 lead, and Alex Galchenyuk added an empty-net

By MATT SLOCUM Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — For one Associated Press photographer, the Olympics were a chance to cover ice hockey — and experience what happened after a positive COVID test. Matt Slocum was monitored for hours after his, but emerged to photograph another day. He said he didn’t have time to be sick,

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen remembers making the long drive with his mother from his home in Utah to Rafael Arutyunyan’s training base in Southern California. He had started out in figure skating just a few years earlier, using his sister’s skates and sleeping in the car to follow

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Anfernee Simons scored 29 points and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 107-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Jusuf Nurkic added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Blazers, who prevailed late despite a roster depleted by a

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Beijing’s Winter Olympics remind us of how everything in China is big, bigger — and even bigger. Think of famous landmarks like Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Three Gorges Dam, and dozens of high-end malls in Beijing. China has thousands of years

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is on the entry list for the BNP Paribas Open in California, where the Serb would face a vaccine mandate. Djokovic was unvaccinated against COVID-19 as of last month. He was detained and eventually deported from Australia for failing to meet that country’s strict vaccination requirements. It