SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin set an NBA rookie record Friday night by making a 3-pointer in his 34th straight game. Demin set the record on the first basket for the Nets against the Utah Jazz. He finished 6 for 12 from long distance, scoring 25 points and collecting ...
David Robertson, who recorded 179 saves over a 17-year major league career while pitching for eight teams, announced his retirement Friday. "Baseball has given me more than I ever dreamed possible over the last 19 seasons," Robertson posted on social media. "... Saying goodbye isn't easy, but ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Natasha Cloud rooted for the 76ers as a kid growing up in suburban Philadelphia and — like so many hoopsters back in the day — idolized Allen Iverson. So when the former WNBA champion and current New York Liberty standout hit the same court where Iverson once dazzled, ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham is heading east to run the defense for Mike McCarthy in Pittsburgh. The Steelers hired Graham on Friday to take over a highly paid, if occasionally erratic defense as Pittsburgh hits reset following Mike Tomlin's ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers has been suspended 25 games for violating the terms of the NBA's anti-drug program, the league announced Saturday. The NBA did not disclose the nature of the violation or the substance that was involved, and George released a ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang will miss at least four weeks with a fractured foot. The club announced the extent of the injury on Saturday before the surging Penguins faced the New York Rangers. Pittsburgh coach Dan Muse said Letang, who is in his 20th season, ...
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Carter Welling and Nick Davidson scored 12 points each and No. 22 Clemson used a big first-half run to take control on the way to its 15th straight win over Pittsburgh, 63-52, on Saturday. Welling and Davidson combined for 17 second-half points for the Tigers (18-4, 8-1 ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Trey Green made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Ishan Sharma added 18 on six more 3s and No. 21 Saint Louis beat Dayton 102-71 on Friday night. Quentin Jones also had 18 points for the Billikens (21-1, 9-0 Atlantic 10), who made 15 of their first 22 ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored 27 points and the Phoenix Suns beat Cleveland 126-113 on Friday night to sweep a back-to-back and end the Cavaliers' winning streak at a season-best five games. On Thursday night against Detroit, the Suns gave out "Dillon the Villain" T-shirts before ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Milos Uzan had 16 points and No. 10 Houston won its 38th straight game over an unranked opponent with a 76-54 victory against Cincinnati on Saturday. Emanuel Sharp, Chris Cenac Jr. and Isiah Harwell each scored 13 for the Cougars (19-2, 7-1 Big 12). Cenac scored all of his ...
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Allie Ziebell had a UConn program record-tying 10 3-pointers and a career-high 34 points, and Sarah Strong had 19 of her 25 points in the first half as the top-ranked Huskies won their 38th consecutive game with a 97-39 win over Xavier on Wednesday night despite missing ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Wednesday night for their third straight win. Kirill Marchenko, Eric Gudbranson, Sean Monahan and Mathieu Olivier also scored for the Blue Jackets to offset a hat ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James doesn't know if Wednesday night will end up being his last trip to Cleveland as a player. If James doesn't return, the Cavaliers and their fans continued to let James know how much he means to them. James teared up during a video tribute played during a timeout ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez has had two consistent goals throughout this major league career — playing for one team and winning a World Series. Ramírez's $175 million, seven-year contract with the Cleveland Guardians likely accomplishes that first goal. "It's important to me to say ...
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic finally beat one of the two men who've been blocking his path to an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam singles title when he edged Jannik Sinner in five sets to reach the Australian Open final Friday. To get that coveted ...
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Alexander Zverev vented angrily on the court when Carlos Alcaraz was given a medical timeout in the third set of their Australian Open semifinal, and he didn't backtrack on his opinion after losing an epic five-setter that lasted ...
LONDON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Lauren Price will head home to Wales to defend her world welterweight titles against fellow undefeated fighter Stephanie Pineiro Aquino of Puerto Rico on April 4. The 31-year-old Price (9-0) holds the WBA, WBC and IBF titles and hasn't fought since a ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer As the NBA trade deadline loomed last year, a star player reacted to the blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks by saying the following: "It's a business. You have to understand this. ...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Olivia Gadecki and John Peers became the first team to win consecutive Australian Open mixed doubles titles since 1989 after beating the French pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 on Friday. The Australians trailed 7-5 in the final-set ...
DALLAS (AP) — As Dallas rookie Cooper Flagg set the NBA record for points by a teenager with 49 on Thursday night in a 123-121 loss to Charlotte, he broke the franchise rookie scoring record he shared with Mark Aguirre — whose jersey was retired at halftime. "Mark Aguirre is special. Such ...