By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 23 points and Jayson Tatum had 20 in his second game back from a torn right Achilles, lifting the Boston Celtics to a 109-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a battle of Eastern Conference contenders on Sunday ...
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos and inside linebacker Justin Strnad have agreed on a three-year, $18 million contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because ...
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Defending national champion Florida spent the past few weeks chasing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The fifth-ranked Gators openly talked about it — and certainly played like it. Now they seemingly have it. Florida enters ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Ready, set, negotiate multi-million contracts. The NFL's free agency period opens Monday with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year Wednesday. Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver ...
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Brayden Burries scored 22 of his season-high 31 points in the second half, fellow freshman Koa Peat had 25 points and No. 2 Arizona rallied from 11 down to beat Colorado 89-79 on Saturday night. Arizona (29-2, 16-2), which clinched ...
By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Robert Wright III scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half, rallying BYU to an 82-76 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech on Saturday night. Wright made his first seven shots after halftime to help the Cougars (21-10, 9-9 Big 12) snap a ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Add another chapter to UConn coach Dan Hurley's combative history with officials just as March Madness is approaching. Hurley was ejected from the fourth-ranked Huskies' 68-62 loss to Marquette on Saturday after picking up two ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nigel James Jr. scored 19 points and UConn coach Dan Hurley was ejected in the final second as Marquette hung on for a 68-62 victory on Saturday that prevented the fourth-ranked Huskies from claiming a share of the Big East ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored the only goal of the shootout to help the Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Saturday night. Owen Tippett, Alex Bump and Denver Barkey scored for the Flyers, and Dan Vladar stopped 20 shots. Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell and Erik ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 35 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 24 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-116 on Saturday night for their season-best sixth straight victory. Atlanta, which had two five-game runs during the ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson and Jason Zucker scored less than two minutes apart in the second period and the Buffalo Sabres held on to win their sixth game in a row, 3-2 over the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Josh Doan scored 16 seconds into the third period for a 3-1 lead and Alex ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Star pass rusher Maxx Crosby struggled to hold in his emotions as he said goodbye to Raiders fans in a nearly 13-minute video Saturday and told his new supporters in Baltimore that he would go there with the singular goal of winning the ...
WACO, Texas (AP) — Tounde Yessoufou scored 26 points, and Baylor coach Scott Drew collected his 500th career win with the Bears' 101-75 rout over Utah on Saturday in a Big 12 Conference regular-season finale. Drew, in his 23rd season at the helm with the Bears, is one of 25 active Division-I ...
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Joshua Jefferson, Tamin Lipsey and Milan Momcilovic had 16 points apiece, and No. 6 Iowa State scored 24 straight points to break open an 86-65 victory over Arizona State on Saturday. The Sun Devils led 45-41 when the game turned early in the second half. Momcilovic and ...
By KEITH TAYLOR Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Thomas Haugh had 20 points and nine rebounds as No. 5 Florida beat Kentucky 84-77 on Saturday to end the regular season with an 11-game winning streak. Boogie Fland added 16 points and six assists for the Gators (25-6, 16-2 ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers agreed to a four-year, $17 million contract with kicker Eddy Pineiro to keep him off the free agent market next week. Agent Drew Rosenhaus said Saturday that the two sides reached agreement on the ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — John Blackwell made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Nick Boyd added 23 and Wisconsin set a school-record with 18 3-pointers in a road game Saturday in a 97-93 win over No. 15 Purdue. The Badgers (22-9, 14-6 Big Ten) ...
By The Associated Press Shohei Ohtani homered for the second straight day and Seiya Suzuki went deep twice and defending champion Japan beat South Korea 8-6 on Saturday night at Tokyo and improved to 2-0 at the World Baseball Classic. Suzuki drove in four runs and Masataka Yoshida homered and ...
By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes had a hat trick and an assist, Nico Hischier scored the go-ahead goal, and the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Saturday for their fourth straight win. Hischier scored a power-play goal at 8:05 of the ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — This is the Shohei Ohtani effect. Ohtani put on a giant show in batting practice hours before he hit a grand slam in the second inning — in the first he doubled on the first pitch of the game but didn't score — as Japan hammered Taiwan ...