Year: 2022

JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mason Marchment scored twice, Jake Oettinger made 30 saves and the Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Thursday night. Joe Pavelski and Wyatt Johnston also scored and Tyler Seguin added three assists for Dallas, which won its opener for the fourth time in the last

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Davius Richard accounted for six touchdowns to lead North Carolina Central to a 59-20 victory over Morgan State. Richard completed 17 of 24 passes for 217 yards with four touchdowns and added 66 yards rushing and two scores. Latrell Collier had 112 yards rushing on 16 carries and a touchdown for

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Wrter CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is facing a new civil lawsuit from a woman in Texas claiming he pressured her into a sexual act during a massage therapy session two years ago. The woman, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, filed the lawsuit on

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Tony Mathis rushed for a career-high 163 yards and two touchdowns and Casey Legg kicked a 22-yard field goal with 33 seconds left to lift West Virginia to a 43-40 victory over Baylor on Thursday night. Mathis came up big in the absence of West

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Artemi Panarin had a goal and three assists and Chris Kreider scored twice for the New York Rangers in a 7-3 victory at Minnesota. That spoiled the Wild’s season opener. Kreider and Adam Fox had the first two goals as the Rangers took a

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews broke a third-period tie, Ilya Samsonov made 24 saves against his former Washington teammates and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Capitals 3-2 on Thursday night. John Tavares and Calle Jarnkrok also scored and Morgan Rielly added two assists to help the Maple Leafs rebound from an opening 4-3 loss

DETROIT (AP) — Ja Morant had 31 points and eight rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies closed out their preseason with a 126-111 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Desmond Bane went 1 for 7 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points for Memphis. Brandon Clarke also scored 16 points while playing extended minutes after starting

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny and Morgan Frost each scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Flyers coach John Tortorella won his debut with the team in the season opener. Carter Hart stopped 34 shots for

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin and rookie JJ Peterka scored 2:54 apart in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 in the teams’ season opener. Craig Anderson stopped 35 shots and Victor Olofsson sealed the victory by scoring two empty-net goals

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams don’t have the least productive running game in the NFL just because of their injury-plagued offensive line. The defending Super Bowl champions also need much better play from their running backs, who are struggling right along with the men blocking

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The atmosphere at Petco Park will be absolutely electric when Blake Snell and the Padres face Tony Gonsolin and the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the first playoff game at San Diego’s downtown ballpark with fans in the stands in 16 years. The Padres put

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek needed more than two hours to post a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Zheng Qinwen of China in her opening match Thursday at the WTA 500 San Diego Open. Contending with a steady mist that caused a 30-minute delay just after the match’s initial point was played and

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has looked at Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett’s disputed roughing-the-passer penalty on Tom Brady to determine whether Brady attempted to kick Jarrett and if that warrants a fine, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on