By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young's teammates say he never wavers in pressure situations. Perhaps that is why he thrives in them. Young completed 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns — two of them coming on fourth down, including a ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — JT Toppin scored 27 points and had nine rebounds as No. 20 Texas Tech outlasted Wyoming for a 76-72 win Sunday that extended the Red Raiders' non-conference home winning streak to 44 games. LeJuan Watts added 19 points and Christian Anderson 15 for the Red Raiders ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tristan Wirfs dropped back in pass protection, let the rusher run by him and jogged into the end zone with nobody around, waiting for Baker Mayfield to throw him a pass for the first time in his NFL career. Mayfield did and Wirfs caught it. Mayfield tossed a 2-yard ...
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — American standout Mikaela Shiffrin dominated a World Cup slalom on home Colorado snow Sunday to remain perfect in the discipline during the Olympic season. Shiffrin extended her winning streak in slalom to four races after also claiming the opening two races ...
By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Wilson had two goals and an assist, and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Sunday. Alex Ovechkin and Aliaksei Protas each scored an empty-net goal as the Capitals extended their win streak to four games. Logan ...
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Bill Belichick stood at the microphone in a crowded room of reporters. North Carolina's season had just ended with a lopsided loss to a fierce nearby rival to cap a four-win season. And the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Oregon would receive a coveted top-four seed and Texas A&M would play a first-round home game in the biggest changes to the College Football Playoff mock bracket based on the latest Associated Press Top 25. Texas A&M slipped from No. 3 to ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas hired Ryan Silverfield away from Memphis as the Razorbacks' new coach Sunday after a miserable 2-10 season filled with near misses. Silverfield is 50-25 in six seasons at Memphis, and he was at his best going 10-3 in 2023 and 11-2 in 2024. The Tigers were ...
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn hired South Florida's Alex Golesh as its next coach on Sunday, counting on him to revitalize an offense that has ranked in the bottom half of the Southeastern Conference each of the last six years. The 41-year-old Golesh, who was born in Russia and moved to the ...
IGLS, Austria (AP) — Laura Nolte of Germany and Kaysha Love of the U.S. continued their sizzling starts to the World Cup bobsled season on Sunday. Nolte teamed with Deborah Levi to win a two-woman race, with Love and Sylvia Hoffman finishing second. Nolte and Love have medaled in all four ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Mountain West announced on Sunday that Boise State will host UNLV in the conference championship game on Friday, making this the third straight season the Broncos and Rebels will meet for the title. Boise State, New Mexico, San Diego State and UNLV all ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 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 ...
DALLAS (AP) — Wyatt Johnston scored 28 seconds into a two-minute, five-on-three power play late in the second period to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 win over the Utah Mammoth on Friday night. Roope Hintz matched a career high by scoring in his fourth straight game, and Jamie Benn and Jason ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Keyonte George scored 31 points and Lauri Markkanen added 28 to help the Utah Jazz snap a four-game skid with a 128-119 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. Brice Sensabaugh had 20 points for the Jazz, who finished 1-3 in NBA Cup group play. Russell ...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Bear Bachmeier threw for 289 yards and a touchdown to help No. 11 BYU beat UCF 41-21 on Saturday. LJ Martin added 95 yards and three touchdowns on the ground for the Cougars (11-1, 8-1 Big 12, No. 11 CFP) who clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship game next Saturday ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dylan Holloway scored, Joel Hofer stopped 17 shots for his second shutout of the season and the St. Louis Blues beat the Utah Mammoth 1-0 on Saturday night in the second half of back-to-back games for both teams. Hofer has four career shutouts, also blanking the Sabres in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carson Beck passed for 267 yards with three touchdowns and an interception as No. 13 Miami beat No. 24 Pittsburgh 38-7 on Saturday to keep its slim hopes for a spot in the ACC title game alive, at least for a few hours. The Hurricanes (10-2, 6-2 ACC) need several other ...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Kaytron Allen ran for a career-high 226 yards and a touchdown as Penn State beat Rutgers 40-36 for the 18th straight time to become bowl eligible after a tumultuous season. The Nittany Lions (6-6, 3-6 Big Ten) retook the lead for good when linebacker Amare Campbell ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson had a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2 on Saturday. Ekman-Larsson extended his point streak to a career-best nine games, tied for second-longest by a defenseman in team history. He has three goals and ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Owen Tippett scored two goals and added an assist in the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. The loss was the first at home for New Jersey this season. The Devils are now 9-1-1 at the Prudential Center. Matvei Michkov scored twice in ...