DULUTH, Minnesota (AP) — Ohio State defender Sophie Jaques won the Patty Kazmaier Award on Saturday, given to the top player in women's NCAA Division I hockey. Jaques, who is from Toronto, is the first Buckeye to win the award and the second-ever defender. She helped Ohio State to a 33-5-2 ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 24 points in his return from a left foot injury, leading the New York Knicks to a 116-110 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. Brunson had 16 points in the first quarter to get the Knicks off to a quick start, then finished strong to help them ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Sergio Romo will retire as a member of the San Francisco Giants after helping the franchise win three World Series titles. The 2013 All-Star was an integral part of the team's bullpen from 2008 to 2016; the Giants won titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014. He also pitched for the ...
CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 49 points, Zach LaVine finished with 39 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 139-131 in double overtime on Friday night. DeRozan and LaVine joined Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen as the only Bulls duo with 39 points or more ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night. The shortest team in the tourney, the Knights (21-15) ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nicholas Boyd drove to the basket through traffic and converted a floater with 2.5 seconds left to make history for Florida Atlantic. The play by the second-year guard off an inbounds pass from Johnell Davis will go down in Florida Atlantic lore as it secured the first ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Trayce Jackson-Davis made staying up late worthwhile for Indiana fans. The All-American did it all with 24 points, 11 rebounds, five blocked shots and five assists as Indiana defeated 13th-seed Kent State 71-60 Friday night to reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Grace Stone is making a habit of game-winning jumpers for the streaking Princeton Tigers. "She's got ice in her veins. She has that look in her eyes and you know she's gonna make a play. She's gonna hit a shot," Princeton coach Carla Berube said. Stone scored 22 ...
The Philadelphia Eagles and quarterback Marcus Mariota have agreed on a one-year, $5 million contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team hasn't announced the deal, said Mariota's contract is ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joel Embiid had 38 points and 13 rebounds in just 29 minutes, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Charlotte Hornets 121-82 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory. Embiid scored 12 points in each of the first two quarters before calling it an early night in ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Emily Kiser leads Michigan, by far, in the basketball equivalent of football helmet stickers for the number of winning plays she's made this season — from diving for loose balls to taking charges. There are more than 40 stickers in her locker now, according to coach ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Nelly Cummings scored 13 points and No. 11 seed Pittsburgh held sixth-seeded Iowa State to 23% shooting in a 59-41 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Jamarius Burton added 11 points and Greg Elliott had 10 for coach Jeff Capel's Panthers, who ...
DENVER (AP) — The Creighton Bluejays couldn't hit anything from outside. No worries — OK, maybe a little — they simply went inside to their big man. Ryan Kalkbrenner scored a career-high 31 points and sixth-seeded Creighton overcame a rough 3-point shooting day to fend off No. 11 seed ...
Xavier moves on to face Pittsburgh on Sunday in the Midwest Region. Xavier led 68-67 when Burden — who'd been successful all day with dribble penetration — turned into the paint past Jerome Hunter and appeared to have a path to the rim. The 7-foot Nunge moved over and swatted the ball into ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Thorns forward Janine Beckie tore a ligament in her right knee and will miss the National Women's Soccer League season and the World Cup this summer with Canada. Beckie tore her ACL in a preseason game between the Thorns and the U.S. under-23 women's national ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night. The shortest team in the tourney, the Knights (21-15) ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew Nembhard scored 24 points and Aaron Nesmith hit six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points as the Indiana Pacers rallied late and beat the Central Division- and Eastern Conference-leading Milwaukee Bucks 139-123 Thursday night. Indiana (32-38) shot 22 for 46 from ...
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in 17 years, Sacramento has a winning team again. Domantas Sabonis had 24 points and 21 rebounds, and the Kings clinched their first winning season since 2005-06 by beating the Brooklyn Nets 101-96 on Thursday night. De'Aaron Fox added 18 points, six ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sir'Jabari Rice, reflecting on the career-high seven 3-pointers he made for Texas, was asked by a reporter when he last felt that confident. "I don't necessarily feel hot, because I missed three," Rice said with a straight face as teammate Marcus Carr doubled over in ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 22 points to lead Northwestern to a win in the school's second appearance ever in the NCAA Tournament, 75-67 over Boise State on Thursday. The seventh-seeded Wildcats (22-11) previously made it to the Big Dance in 2017, and just like that time, they ...