By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Defense wins championships. That's why NFL teams are becoming more willing to part with valuable draft picks for elite defenders. Trading two first-rounders for a player has been rare with fewer than 20 such deals over the past 40 years. However, three of ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tyler Herro had 33 points, nine rebounds and nine assists and the Miami Heat snapped the Charlotte Hornets' six-game winning streak with a 128-120 victory Friday night. Herro was 8 for 10 from 3-point range, including one that broke a 108-all tie with 7:06 to play. ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 44 points in the first three quarters Friday night, overcoming LeBron James' absence and leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 128-117 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Doncic hit seven 3-pointers on a 14-for-25 ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Robert Thomas scored his second goal of the game 54 seconds into overtime and the St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Friday night, just hours after trading captain Brayden Schenn. Thomas scored on a rebound of a shot by ...
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks as the San Antonio Spurs rallied from a 25-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 117-112 on Friday night. Kawhi Leonard had 30 points and nine rebounds for Los ...
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Miami (Ohio) finished the regular season as the only unbeaten team in Division I men's basketball, with Eian Elmer scoring a career-high 32 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in a gritty 110-108 overtime victory over Ohio on Friday night. Peter Suder scored five of his 13 ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of barking dogs will take over downtown Anchorage on Saturday for the ceremonial start of the world's most famous sled dog race. The event, catered to fans who hope to see and cheer on their favorite mushers, takes place a day before the competitive ...
By The Associated Press Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and Brice Turang had three hits and four RBIs to lead the United States to a 15-5 win over Brazil in its World Baseball Classic opener Friday night. There was one out and one on in the first when Judge, the first player to commit to the ...
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — OG Anunoby scored 34 points to power the New York Knicks to a 142-103 win over the Denver Nuggets, who lost All-Star point guard Jamal Murray to a sprained ankle Friday night just when their starting lineup was back together. Josh Hart ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Fernando Mendoza won a Heisman Trophy, led Indiana to its first national championship and will be the No. 1 overall pick when the Las Vegas Raiders are on the clock next month. The rest of the NFL draft isn't that clear-cut. It's not even a certainty ...
By PAT PICKENS Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor scored 21 points and No. 18 St. John's held off Seton Hall 72-65 on Friday night to clinch at least a share of its second straight regular-season Big East title. Bryce Hopkins had 11 points and seven rebounds and Oziyah ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Five-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Maxx Crosby is heading to the Baltimore Ravens, two people with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Friday night. Both people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal can't be announced until the ...
By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk had his sixth career hat trick and the Florida Panthers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Friday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Eight points behind Boston for the final wild-card spot in the East, two-time ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin was suspended for five games for slashing Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin on the head, a punishment that will cost the Penguins forward nearly $160,000, the NHL announced Friday night. Malkin was assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking, a major ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 24 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-100 on Friday night in Jayson Tatum's first game in almost 10 months after rupturing his right Achilles tendon. Tatum had 15 ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors Friday in a deal to resolve a felony criminal case that arose immediately after he was fired for having an inappropriate relationship with his ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers The NHL trade deadline showed that the race to succeed the Florida Panthers as Stanley Cup champions after they went back to back and fell short this season is wide open. The Colorado Avalanche are rightfully the betting favorites, 5-2 on ...
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings center Ryan Kelly has retired after a concussion-marred final season in his 10-year NFL career, the team announced on Friday. Kelly played in only eight games in his lone season with the Vikings after he was part of the team's push to invest heavily in ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Berger loves playing in Florida in March. For most everyone else Friday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill made it feel like a spring preview of the U.S. Open. Berger was on his game again in the most demanding ...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears released linebacker Tremaine Edmunds on Friday after granting him permission last week to seek a trade. The 27-year-old Edmunds was entering the final season of a four-year, $72 million contract he signed in 2023. The Bears saved $15 million in cap ...