By The Associated Press College football's coaching carousel is slowing down after a dizzying frenzy. Eleven Power Four coaches were fired this fall and another in March. Kentucky's Mark Stoops was the last one shown the door and the fifth from the Southeastern Conference. Unprecedented ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Vladislav Gavrikov scored just over a minute into overtime and the New York Rangers beat Dallas 3-2 on Tuesday night, ending the Stars' four-game winning streak. Gavrikov scored for the Rangers 1:09 into overtime on a backhand shot. Carson Soucy and Will Cuylle also scored ...
By EVERETT MERRILL Associated Press PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Trey Kaufman-Renn had 19 points and 13 rebounds for his fourth double-double this season to lead top-ranked Purdue over Rutgers 81-65 in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams Tuesday night. Braden Smith added 16 points ...
By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kalani Sitake will remain BYU's head football coach after agreeing to a new long-term contract extension on Monday. Sitake is 83-44 since taking over at BYU in 2016. The Cougars have won 11 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time ...
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Isaiah Evans hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 19.7 seconds left, and No. 4 Duke held on to beat No. 15 Florida 67-66 on Tuesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge. The slim sophomore was sitting at 0 for 7 from behind the arc when ...
By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Horvat and Anthony Duclair scored to lead the New York Islanders past Tampa Bay 2-1 on Tuesday night, ending the Lightning's seven-game winning streak. Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves for his eighth win of the season as the Islanders ...
By MARK FRANK Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Freshman Nate Kingz scored a career-high 19 points, William Kyle III made a go-ahead free throw with 13.8 seconds left, and Syracuse held off No. 13 Tennessee 62-60 on Tuesday night. J.J. Starling hit a 3-pointer and a short jumper to ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 20 of his 35 points in the third quarter, Andre Drummond had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Washington Wizards 121-102 on Tuesday night. Maxey, who was coming off a 44-point performance, was 13 of 26 from the field to ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Coen Carr had nine of his 15 points in the second half after Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half, helping No. 7 Michigan State remain unbeaten with a 71-52 win over Iowa on Tuesday night in the Big Ten ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Ole Miss lost a coach and moved up a spot anyway. Notre Dame didn't lose a thing but the Irish fell. The release Tuesday of the latest College Football Playoff rankings produced its fair share of eye-openers and head-scratchers — plenty to talk about ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has sent a memo to its teams about a rule that requires certain players to wear helmets in pregame warmups. The memo was sent to all 32 clubs on Tuesday night. All players who debuted in the 2019-20 season or later are required ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech has reached an agreement on a new contract with coach Joey McGuire only days before the fifth-ranked Red Raiders play in the Big 12 championship game, and then almost certainly the 12-team College Football Playoff. The school said Tuesday that the deal will ...
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DENTON, Texas (AP) — North Texas has named Neal Brown as its new head coach, to replace Oklahoma State-bound Eric Morris after the playoff-chasing No. 20 Mean Green complete their record-breaking season. The appointment of Brown on Tuesday came days ...
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 ...