ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Igor Shesterkin made 46 saves and Vladislav Gavrikov had a goal and two assists as the New York Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Noah Laba, Jaroslav Chmelar and Vincent Trocheck also scored ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the first time since 2017. The ...
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 20 points and 14 rebounds in a season-high 32 minutes, Neemias Queta had 24 points and 10 rebounds and the Boston Celtics withstood a late charge to beat Washington 111-100 on Saturday night and send the Wizards to their 11th straight loss. Tatum had his second ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wide receiver Calvin Ridley has agreed to restructure his contract with the Tennessee Titans coming off a season where injuries limited him to seven games, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The biggest challenge for Ludvig Aberg was finding satisfaction in a three-shot lead Saturday at The Players Championship instead of wondering how much larger it could have been. Aberg had only two bogeys on his card all ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor reached 30 goals for a franchise-record eighth time and added an assist, Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Saturday. Connor broke a tie with Ilya Kovalchuk for the most 30-goal seasons in ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — J.J. D'Orazio doubled with three RBIs and Andrew Fischer drove in two runs as Italy kept up its charmed World Baseball Classic run with an 8-6 win over Puerto Rico on Saturday to earn its first trip to the semifinals. The Azzurri improved ...
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Oscar Cluff had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 18 Purdue beat short-handed UCLA 73-66 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Cluff scored eight points as Purdue (26-8) outscored UCLA (23-11) 11-4 over ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the eighth time and first since winning the ...
By SAMMI SILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Charlie McAvoy scored twice and Fraser Minten had the shootout winner as the Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday. Minten beat Washington's Logan Thompson with a backhand shot in the ninth round of the shootout to ...
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 32 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists and three blocks in his return from a one-game absence, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 115-102 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday. Miles Bridges had 22 ...
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings for the Detroit Tigers in a 6-1 spring training game win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday rather than make a second start for the United States at the World Baseball Classic. Winner of the last two AL Cy Young Awards, ...
By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — CJ McCollum scored 30 points, Jalen Johnson had his 12th triple-double of the season and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 122-99 on Saturday for their ninth straight victory. Johnson finished with 23 points, 12 assists and 10 ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds remaining, and No. 3 Michigan beat Nick Boyd and No. 23 Wisconsin 68-65 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship. Aday Mara scored 16 points and Elliot Cadeau ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg yelled and pumped his right arm in celebration before he was mobbed by the rest of his Michigan teammates. The 6-foot-9 forward turned a halftime message from coach Dusty May into one of his best moments in a huge ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — This time last week observers were questioning what was wrong with Joe Gibbs Racing as the team stumbled out of NASCAR's opening gate and parked in the back end of the garage as a team struggling in the Cup Series rankings. Then ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored a season-high 28 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on for a 104-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday in a game they led by as many as 28. Grimes shot 10 for 22 and had eight rebounds for the short-handed 76ers, who were missing Joel ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Oklahoma coach Porter Moser's team has gotten him off the bubble. The team itself is still on the bubble to make the NCAA Tournament, but its late run helped new athletic director Roger Denny decide to keep Moser for another year. Oklahoma lost nine games ...
Anticipated No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas were chosen as hosts for the first two rounds of the NCAA Women's Tournament on Saturday. For the first time, the NCAA revealed the 16 teams that will be hosting on opening weekend a day before the bracket is revealed. The list of ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer The teams on the bubble are suddenly big fans of Darius Acuff Jr. The Arkansas guard scored 37 points Friday night to help the Razorbacks hold off Oklahoma 82-79 in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. The Sooners had won six straight to pull themselves into ...