DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Jamarius Burton made a go-ahead jumper with 10 seconds left and Pitt edged Mississippi State 60-59 in a back-and-forth First Four game Tuesday night that featured 21 lead changes — most in the NCAA Tournament in five years. Mississippi State had a great chance to win at ...
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Purdue's Zach Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson. The 7-foot-4, ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer At Alabama, one of the team's best players allegedly delivered a gun that was used in a fatal shooting. At New Mexico State, a player avoided charges for shooting and killing a student in what he said was self-defense, even though he was carrying a gun in ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Jimmy Garoppolo is finally out of San Francisco, ready to start the next phase of his career wearing the Raiders' silver and black. Sam Darnold is heading out West, where he'll replace Garoppolo and join Trey Lance and Brock Purdy with the 49ers. Mike White, ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Drake's Tucker DeVries was an interested spectator when the father-son team of Greg McDermott and Doug McDermott helped Creighton make consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014. DeVries' father, Darian, was an assistant on Greg McDermott's ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer Growing up in Washington, Michael Henn fell in love with basketball — the family sport. That love took him to UC Davis, California Baptist, Portland, Denver and, finally, Penn State. It kept him going through bone spurs, and it carried him all the way back ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyler Kolek adopted the acuity and audacity that defines his game with every bruise he took playing against his older brother while growing up in Rhode Island. Kolek was two years younger than his brother, Brandon, but wanted to prove ...
By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 33 of his 38 points in the first half, Stephen Curry added 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Phoenix Suns 123-112 on Monday night. Jordan Poole had 20 points and six assists ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his "Fosbury Flop," has died after a recurrence with lymphoma. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday, according to his publicist, Ray ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The San Francisco 49ers made a big addition to their stellar defense, agreeing to a four-year, $84 million contract with star defensive tackle Javon Hargrave. A person familiar with the deal said the sides reached agreement on Monday on the first day ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce tweeted on Monday that he would return for a 13th NFL season. Kelce has long been the heart of the Eagles and one of the top centers in the league. He played against his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, in the ...
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has hired Chris Beard as its basketball coach just over two months after his firing from Texas following a domestic violence arrest. The Rebels announced Beard's hiring on Monday and will introduce him Tuesday in a public event at the SBJ Pavilion. Beard is a ...
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Purdue and Marquette were far from the favorites in their own conferences going into the season. They are now the top two seeds in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament. Big Ten regular-season and tournament champion Purdue (29-5) is a No. 1 seed for ...
By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kris Letang's power-play goal 1:38 into overtime lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday. Letang's ninth goal of the season came after New York's Artemi Panarin was called for tripping Pittsburgh's Evgeni ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Anyone trying to fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets ought to start by figuring out which teams have the best backcourts. This has been a guard's event for years. When Kansas' Ochai Agbaji helped the Jayhawks win the national title last season, he ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — March Madness isn't just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets. There are more ways to bet the field in the NCAA Tournament, an event that will consume basketball fans over the next three weeks. Here's a look at the ...
By The Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler took on the scary TPC Sawgrass as if he was playing alone. And by the time he got done with a masterful performance Sunday in The Players Championship, that's about how it looked. Scheffler ran off five straight ...
By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press Does getting a record 87th World Cup win make Mikaela Shiffrin the greatest ski racer of all time? Shiffrin doesn't think so, despite congratulations pouring in from the likes of tennis stars Roger Federer and Iga Swiatek, actress Kate Winslet, and ...
By The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Garnet Hathaway broke a third-period tie to lead Boston to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, giving the Bruins their 50th win of the season — making them the fastest team to reach the milestone in NHL history. The Bruins needed ...