SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — AJ Dybantsa and Keba Keita each scored 22 points to lead No. 9 BYU to a 91-60 victory over California Baptist on Wednesday night. Keita added 14 rebounds to help the Cougars (7-1) win their fourth straight neutral-site game — though this one was played in their home ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — JJ Peterka had two goals and two asssists, Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 shots for his first shutout of the season, and the Utah Mammoth beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game skid. Clayton Keller had a goal and two assists, Ian Cole added a goal ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating league injury reporting rules regarding Joel Embiid. The 76ers failed to accurately disclose the game availability status of Embiid prior to Sunday's contest against the Atlanta Hawks. Embiid was listed as out in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers doesn't see the need to dip into his greatest hits to put things in perspective for the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback who famously told everyone in Green Bay — his teammates included — to "R-E-L-A-X" after a sluggish start, has no plans to ...
Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft, two of the key pillars in the New England Patriots' dynasty, were picked as finalists for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. Belichick was picked as the coaching candidate and Kraft was picked as the contributor in results announced on Wednesday. Three ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — South Florida has hired Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline as the program's seventh head football coach. Hartline replaces Alex Golesh, who left for Auburn last week. "Brian Hartline was our clear-cut first choice to lead our football program into the most ...
The quarterback matchup between Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and Ohio State's Julian Sayin is commanding most of the attention going into the Big Ten Championship Game. However, Saturday night's matchup also features the nation's top two ranked scoring defenses. The Buckeyes lead the Football ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Deni Avdija scored 27 points, Caleb Love and Shaedon Sharpe added 20 apiece off the bench and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game losing streak, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-110 on Wednesday night. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 33 points, and Evan ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Toffoli had two goals and two assists as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Utah Mammoth 6-3 on Monday night. Will Smith also scored twice for San Jose, giving him 12 goals this season. He added an assist. Pavol Regenda scored in his Sharks debut, and Adam ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sidney Crosby says, no, of course he has not heard from Mario Lemieux recently as the current Penguins captain moves closer to taking another franchise record from his mentor. Crosby is seven shy of Lemieux for the most regular-season points with the Penguins. He already ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn't immune to the chorus of boos that chased the Pittsburgh Steelers to the locker room after a blowout loss to Buffalo on Sunday. If anything, the longest-tenured coach in the NFL felt the same way after watching his team get pushed around while losing for ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 135-119 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. Mitchell, who made 16 of 27 shots from the field, also had nine rebounds and six assists. Jaylon Tyson added 27 points on 10-of-13 shooting and ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sean Monahan scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Monday night, snapping a four-game skid. Charlie Coyle scored the go-ahead goal 6:40 into the third period and added two assists for the Blue ...
Texas A&M fell out of the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two months Sunday, Texas Tech notched its highest ranking in 17 years and a season-high four teams from Group of Five conferences are ranked as the top five got a shuffle with a week to go ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Allie Ziebell scored 16 points and made five of No. 1 UConn's season-high 18 3-pointers to lead the Huskies in a 104-39 blowout of Xavier on Sunday. Ashlynn Shade scored 14 points including four 3-pointers and Sarah Strong also scored 14 for the defending national ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Brock Purdy promised his San Francisco 49ers teammates he would have fun and celebrate if he scored during Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns. He delivered on his promise, not only showing that he is a talented quarterback, but also pretty adept when it comes to ...
Conventional wisdom has top-ranked Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana both earning first-round byes in the College Football Playoff regardless of what happens in Saturday night's Big Ten Championship Game. Indiana coach Curt Cignetti is not buying that for one second. "The way you play should mean ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored a season-high 42 points, Jaylen Brown got his fourth career triple-double and the Boston Celtics barely held on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-115 on Sunday night after giving up most of their big lead. The Celtics led by 21 points in the third ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Put aside the turnovers, middling passing production, poor tackling and all the other issues that have hounded the Buffalo Bills for much of this season. At a time their playoff chances showed signs of dimming, Buffalo provided a tenacious response in a 26-7 win ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — One of Mike Tomlin's pet phrases is "smile in the face of adversity," a "Tomlin-ism" the Pittsburgh Steelers coach trots out occasionally when his team hits a rough patch. Yet the corners of Tomlin's mouth never perked up — not even ...