By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in a shootout, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist, and Cutter Gauthier also scored to help the Ducks end a five-game trip ...
By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist to help the Boston Bruins rally for a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm and Mikey Eyssimont scored during Boston's second-period rally after the Bruins ...
MIAMI (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 20 of his 28 points in the first half to keep up his hot-shooting start to the season, and the high-scoring Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Hornets 144-117 on Tuesday night. Bam Adebayo had 26 points and Andrew Wiggins added 21 for the Heat, who won their ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points with 10 assists, and the Philadelphia 76ers stormed back with Joel Embiid on the bench, beating the Washington Wizards 139-134 in overtime on Tuesday night to remain unbeaten. Embiid scored 25 points in a ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Miles Wood scored twice, with his second goal coming 2:53 into overtime, to rally the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. Zach Werenski and Yegor Chinakhov had a goal and assist each, and the ...
By ANTHONY SANFILIPPO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny scored a milestone goal, Bobby Brink scored the shootout winner and had a goal and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night. Konecny notched his 200th career goal ...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt will not play against Iowa State after twice leaving last week's loss to No. 22 Houston. Leavitt went out after taking a hard hit in the first quarter of the Sun Devils' 24-16 loss to the Cougars last Saturday. He returned to the game ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer It's easy to get enamored with No. 2 Indiana's glitzy offense. The gritty, increasingly stout defense has been just as impressive — maybe even better. On Saturday, the Hoosiers set the tone with an interception return for a touchdown on the second play ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin went on a local radio station over the summer and said he believed the Pittsburgh Steelers defense could do "historic things" in 2025. It's on a path to do just that, just not in the way the NFL's longest-tenured head coach ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even in a monumental 18-inning World Series game overflowing with statistical superlatives and unforgettable achievements all across the field, Shohei Ohtani again managed to tower above it all. No player ever had more extra-base hits ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series Late Show was so good the Dodgers produced a sequel: The Late, Late Sho. Seven years and one day after outlasting the Boston Red Sox over 18 innings in Game 3, Los Angeles did it again, beating the Toronto Blue Jays ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Ohio State coach Ryan Day spoke definitively earlier this month about where he believes Buckeyes wide receiver Jeremiah Smith ranks nationally. "I don't think it's even close that Jeremiah Smith is the best offensive player in college football," Day said ...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's seven-game winning streak has revealed a new side of coach Kalen DeBoer. And it could set the tone for the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide as they move closer to securing spots in the Southeastern Conference championship game and the College Football ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan and football coach Sherrone Moore have dropped their appeal against NCAA penalties stemming from a sign-stealing operation. Michigan was fined tens of millions of dollars and Moore was suspended for a ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A week into the NBA season, the defenses are losing. By a lot. If it seems like there's never been this many high-scoring performances in the first few days of a season, that's because this indeed is unprecedented. Going into ...
By The Associated Press Pittsburgh (17-15 overall, 8-12 ACC) Jeff Capel begins his eighth season with the Panthers, seemingly starting from scratch after just four scholarship players from last year's group return. A season ago, Pitt hoped retaining a huge chunk of its roster from 2023-24 ...
By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press When Mikaela Shiffrin started skiing again weeks after her terrifying crash last year, the American star was even more alert to the potential dangers of training courses. Shiffrin's injuries — puncture wound to her abdomen and severe damage to her ...
By The Associated Press No. 25 North Carolina (23-14, 13-7 ACC) The Tar Heels have 11 new players and five returnees from last year's NCAA Tournament team. Six transfers and an international player join the roster amid pressure for Hubert Davis' fifth season. The Tar Heels are picked ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eighteen innings in Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium again. And this Hollywood rerun had a similar ending. Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice during another ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays with a 6-5, 18-inning win in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, producing a lengthy list of records topped by Shohei Ohtani as they took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven ...