HONG KONG (AP) — Abraham Ancer and Dean Burmester shot 7-under 63s Friday to share the first-round lead at the inaugural LIV Golf tournament in Hong Kong.
Both players had strings of five consecutive birdies on the relatively short 6,710-yard Hong Kong Golf Club course.
They led by one ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Young right-hander Brayan Bello and the Boston Red Sox agreed Thursday to a $55 million, six-year contract.
Bello gets a $1 million signing bonus and salaries of $1 million this year, $2.5 million in 2025, $6 million in 2026, $8.5 million in 2027, $16 million in 2028 ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Laila Phelia scored 23 points and sixth-seeded Michigan beat 11th-seeded Minnesota 76-57 to earn a berth in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Women's basketball tournament Thursday night.
Michigan takes on No. 3 seed and 12th-ranked Indiana in the quarterfinals on Friday ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tom Wilson made a trip home to Toronto last week to see his ailing grandfather, Jake Avery, one final time.
The veteran Washington Capitals forward and the man he called Grampy were close, and after Avery died at 95 on Thursday afternoon, ...
By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Tamin Lipsey scored 19 points and Curtis Jones added 18 to help No. 6 Iowa State finish the season undefeated at home for the first time in 23 years with a 68-63 win over No. 20 Brigham Young on Wednesday night.
"I was not alive last time ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Franz Wagner scored 28 points, Paolo Banchero added 25 and the Orlando Magic rallied from a 21-point second-quarter deficit to beat Washington 119-109 on Wednesday night, handing the Wizards their 16th consecutive loss.
Washington (9-53) tied a ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First, Draymond Green defended Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jonathan Kuminga got a few chances then Golden State coach Steve Kerr turned to rookie Tracye Jackson-Davis for a stretch.
Jackson-Davis had studied the Bucks big man and his ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon said farewell Wednesday to a good friend who was traded away.
Then, they went to work.
Makar had his first career hat trick, MacKinnon extended his home points streak to 31 games with a goal and three assists ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Brown is starting to run out of adjectives to describe De'Aaron Fox.
The Sacramento Kings coach might need a thesaurus with the type of season his high-scoring guard is having.
Fox tied a career high with 44 points as the Kings ...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer
A major French union warned of possible strikes, including at hospitals, during the Paris Olympics, when a massive influx of people is in the French capital.
Speaking to France Info media on Thursday, the general secretary of the CGT said the union ...
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer
MIAMI (AP) — Nearly four years ago, Sean O'Malley was an undefeated rising star with several viral knockouts under his belt entering UFC 252. His opponent, Marlon "Chito" Vera, was a veteran in the sport by comparison, but hadn't yet broken out with a ...
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A proposal to lure the the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals to Alexandria took another big hit Thursday, when top Virginia lawmakers confirmed the budget they will take up later this week would not include ...
A CORUNA, Spain (AP) — Alone, Cole Brauer braved three oceans and the elements as she navigated her sailboat for months.
When she and her 40-foot (12.2-meter) sailboat arrived Thursday in A Coruna, Spain, the 29-year-old became the first American woman to race nonstop around the world by ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ashley Owusu and Makenna Marisa combined for 22 first-half points when seventh-seeded Penn State built a big lead it rode to an 80-56 win over 10th-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Owusu scored 12 of 13 points in the first half ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Jaden Ivey scored 34 points and Cade Cunningham had 32 points and 11 assists to lead the Detroit Pistons to their first home win since January, 118-112 over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night.
Detroit (10-52) had lost nine of 10 and hadn't won ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing back versatile linebacker Drue Tranquill on a three-year, $19 million contract, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Thursday night.
The person requested anonymity because the team had ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gun violence prevention advocates who gathered Monday at the Utah State Capitol called on Gov. Spencer Cox to veto legislation that they said could place children in harm's way by training more teachers to carry firearms on campus.
The bill funding tactical training for ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jordan Clarkson scored a season-high 38 points, including a 12-0 run down the stretch, to boost the Utah Jazz over the Washington Wizards 127-115 on Monday night.
"Being able to watch and see what they were doing from the bench and then come in and finish was big," ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pavel Buchnevich and Jake Neighbours scored in the shootout, and Kevin Hayes had a goal against his former team as the St. Louis Blues beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Monday night.
Neighbours scored between the pads of Flyers goalie Sam Ersson as St. Louis' second ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis Schroder and Dorian Finney-Smith each scored 20 points, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-107 on Tuesday night.
Lonnie Walker IV added 19 points and Nic Claxton had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who bounced back quickly after a poor ...