By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The toughest game Notre Dame will play this season is obviously going to happen on Jan. 20, the College Football Playoff national championship game in Atlanta against Ohio State. The toughest game the Irish played to date ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 38 points to lead a New Orleans Pelicans team playing without the suspended Zion Williamson past the Philadelphia 76ers 123-115 on Friday night. Williamson was suspended for one game for a violation of team policies, that included repeated lateness to ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points in 29 minutes, and the Oklahoma City Thunder emphatically bounced back to rout the New York Knicks 126-101 on Friday night in the first game since their 15-game winning streak was ...
By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond each had a goal and an assist and the Detroit Red Wings won their sixth straight game, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Friday night. Albert Johansson scored his first NHL goal, Andrew Copp and Marco ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam each scored 25 points on Friday night to help the Indiana Pacers race past the Golden State Warriors 108-96. Haliburton added 10 assists and Siakam also had 10 rebounds as Indiana won its fifth straight to match its longest streak of ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Derrick Henry gave the Baltimore Ravens nearly 2,000 yards rushing during the regular season — and a lot of that was before winter arrived and the temperature began to dip. "I don't believe anybody likes hitting in the cold — ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has banned two fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks. MLB sent a letter to Austin Capobianco and John P. Hansen this week ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Out of NFL concussion protocol, Jalen Hurts is ready to roll for the Eagles. With Hurts cleared, the NFC East champion Eagles (14-3) are close to full strength in the starting lineup for their NFC wild-card game Sunday against Green ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Lamar Jackson joined some illustrious company with his third selection to The Associated Press NFL All-Pro Team. Now he hopes the postseason success will follow. Jackson became the eighth quarterback picked as a first-team All-Pro at least three times ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Carson Beck is heading to Miami. Beck, the now-former Georgia quarterback, has pushed his NFL plans back a year and is committed to play next season at Miami, making the announcement known Friday and becoming another huge transfer ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Lamar Jackson beat out Josh Allen, and Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson are unanimous choices for The Associated Press 2024 NFL All-Pro Team. Saquon Barkley received 48 of 50 first-place votes and Patrick Surtain II got 49 from a nationwide panel of ...
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Josh Allen won't be the only athletic, elusive, mobile quarterback at Highmark Stadium this weekend when the Buffalo Bills host the Denver Broncos in an AFC wild-card game. Rookie Bo Nix reminds plenty of observers of a ...
By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson's already unstable future with the Browns is even shakier. Watson may miss the entire 2025 season after Cleveland's polarizing quarterback ruptured his Achilles tendon for the second time in three months and underwent another ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The NFL's regular season is over after an eventful Week 18 that saw the Detroit Lions capture the No. 1 seed in the NFC while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos will try to make an unexpected run after squeezing into the postseason field. The ...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics should expect to play in front of packed houses at Sutter Health Park this season. The team announced Friday that it has sold all its season tickets for home games inside the 14,000-seat venue in West Sacramento. It's unclear, though, how many ...
By The Associated Press The results of The Associated Press 2024 NFL All-Pro balloting as selected by a national panel of 50 media members. First-place votes in parentheses are worth three points, second-place votes worth one: OffenseQuarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Baltimore, 109 (30); Josh ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has denied NASCAR's motions to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell of the Western District of North Carolina also denied NASCAR's request that two ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Left-hander Caleb Ferguson and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a $3 million, one-year contract. The agreement was announced Friday. The 28-year-old is 19-13 with five saves and a 3.68 ERA in 263 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Houston Astros. ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Azzi Fudd had 18 of her 23 points in the first half as No. 7 UConn rolled to an 81-27 win over Xavier on Wednesday night. Sarah Strong added 15 points — all in the first half — with seven rebounds and five steals for UConn (14-2, 5-0 Big East). UConn played without ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The most-hyped game so far this season in the NBA didn't disappoint. Cleveland beat Oklahoma City 129-122 on Wednesday night, with the Cavaliers — now winners of 11 straight — pushing the NBA's best record to 32-4 and snapping the Thunder's 15-game winning streak. It ...