MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid will be sidelined indefinitely with a broken left wrist that occurred in the previous game, a blow to the team's depth during the stretch run of the regular season. The Timberwolves announced Friday before their game against the Los ...
PARIS (AP) — A fencing World Cup in France was canceled on Friday after the international governing body voted to let Russians compete. The French Fencing Federation said it would not host the men's Challenge Monal epee tournament near Paris in May following the International Fencing ...
Cinderella teams make for great stories and busted brackets. They don't necessarily make for great television ratings, though. After getting a dream Final Four field last year, CBS and Turner Sports have something very different this weekend with Florida Atlantic, Miami, San Diego State and ...
HOUSTON (AP) — The joy around the Mountain West Conference is palpable, stretching from the league office to each of its member schools. After numerous near-misses, San Diego State gave the conference its first Final Four team by beating Creighton in the NCAA Tournament last ...
NEW YORK (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge announced Friday he is retiring again from the NBA. Aldridge, 37, initially retired in 2021 after experiencing an irregular heartbeat in the last of five games he played for the Brooklyn Nets that season. He rejoined the Nets five months after announcing his ...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Patrick Rodgers took a step toward his first PGA Tour victory — and his first Masters appearance — on Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a three-stroke lead midway through the second round of the weather-delayed Valero Texas Open. Rodgers, who finished his ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Stroman is getting used to Major League Baseball's new pitch clock. And it's no small deal for the Chicago Cubs right-hander. "It's tough," he said. "It's a big adjustment." Stroman committed baseball's first regular-season pitch-clock violation Thursday in the third ...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Daniil Medvedev hasn't won a title in the United States since capturing the 2021 U.S. Open, when he turned away Novak Djokovic's bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam. Now the Miami Open's No. 4 seed is one victory from a fresh American title, beating fellow Russian ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle will miss the rest of the regular season with a sprained left ankle, and his availability for the playoffs — if the New York Knicks make it — is in doubt. Randle was hurt Wednesday in a victory over Miami, and the Knicks said Thursday that the All-Star ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Right after it was over, Dansby Swanson soaked in one more moment in a very special debut with the Chicago Cubs. He finally got to enjoy the victory song at Wrigley Field. "Hearing 'Go Cubs Go' is a lot better when you're on the team," the All-Star shortstop said. Swanson ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge's first swing of the season ended up just like 62 others last year: a soaring home run. In his first game as Yankees captain, Judge's solo drive in the first inning off Logan Webb started New York to a 5-0 opening-day win over the San Francisco Giants on ...
MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Nimmo broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run double, sending Max Scherzer and the New York Mets past the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Thursday. Scherzer (1-0) coughed up a three-run lead but threw six solid innings in a matchup with NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara as ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Oneil Cruz homered shortly after being helped by a pitch clock violation and later hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates opened the season by beating the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Thursday. "It was a team victory," Pirates manager Derek ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tristan Jarry typically speaks in a monotone, symbolic of a goaltender who when he's at his best takes a boring, almost zen-like approach to his job. It was telling earlier this week, however, when the two-time All-Star for the Pittsburgh Penguins took exception when asked ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whether or not Boston catches the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference standings, the Celtics will have reason to feel confident if the teams meet in the playoffs for a second straight season. Jayson Tatum scored 40 points, Jaylen Brown added 30 and the Celtics ...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored his NHL-leading 61st goal of the season and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Thursday night for their third straight victory. McDavid beat goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a wrist shot from the slot on a short-handed breakaway ...
BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored his 53rd goal of the season 41 seconds into overtime and the Boston Bruins wrapped up the Presidents' Trophy with their franchise-record 58th victory, 2-1 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night, Hampus Lindholm sent a pass to Pastrnak for the ...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The hopes of American men's tennis rest largely on the talented rackets of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. But a Spanish roadblock named Carlos Alcaraz is in the way – never more illustrated by the last few days at the Miami Open. Two days after routing the ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Hunter Renfroe made an amazing, no-look catch for the highlight reels on opening day. Playing his first game with the Angels, the right fielder could only grin ear to ear after robbing Jace Peterson of the Oakland Athletics with a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Cam Johnson had 31 points, Mikal Bridges scored 12 of his 27 in the fourth quarter and the Brooklyn Nets rallied to beat the Houston Rockets 123-114 on Wednesday night. Johnson and Bridges came over together from Phoenix in the trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Suns. Durant ...