By STEVE STEIN Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — David Mirkovic had 25 points and seven rebounds and No. 8 Illinois rebounded from back-to-back overtime losses with a 71-51 victory over Indiana on Sunday. Kylan Boswell, the Illini's second-leading scorer and top defensive player, ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James still hasn't decided whether his unprecedented 23rd NBA season will be his last. "When I know, you guys will know," James told reporters Sunday after arriving at Intuit Dome to play in his 21st All-Star Game. "I ...
JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU guard Richie Saunders will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL, the school announced Sunday. Saunders was injured Saturday on No. 22 BYU's first possession only 45 seconds into its 90-86 overtime victory over Colorado. He ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The San Francisco Giants added outfield depth on Sunday, reaching agreement with Will Brennan on a one-year contract. Brennan is guaranteed $400,000. He will make $900,000 while in the major leagues and $400,000 in the minors. The 28-year-old Brennan is coming back ...
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Anthony Kim walked out of a PGA Tour scoring trailer at Quail Hollow and straight to the parking lot on May 4, 2012. He put his clubs in the trunk and drove away, vanishing from golf and from the public view for 12 years. Kim was all the way back Sunday in ...
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Graham Ike had 21 points and a season-high 15 rebounds as No. 12 Gonzaga held off Santa Clara 94-86 on Saturday night. Ike shot 7 of 12 and had four assists to help the Bulldogs move a half-game ahead of the Broncos for ...
By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Darius Acuff Jr. tied a career high with 31 points and Billy Richmond III scored a career-high 25 to lead No. 21 Arkansas past Auburn, 88-75 on Saturday night. Acuff, who shot 10 of 15 from the field and 7 of 10 from 3-point ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer The San Diego Padres have agreed to terms with outfielder Nick Castellanos and right-handers Griffin Canning and Germán Márquez, a person with knowledge of the deals told The Associated Press on Saturday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity ...
By JIM FULLER Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Solo Ball had 20 points and Alex Karaban scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half as No. 6 UConn held off a second-half rally and beat Georgetown 79-75 on Saturday night. Silas Demary Jr. had 15 points, 12 rebounds and nine ...
By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Malik Thomas and Sam Lewis each scored 13 points and No. 15 Virginia beat Ohio State 70-66 on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena in the Nashville Hoops Showdown. The Cavaliers (22-3) extended their winning streak to six. Bruce ...
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Top-seeded Taylor Fritz beat Marin Cilic in straight sets and No. 2 Ben Shelton rallied past defending champion Denis Shapovalov on Saturday night, setting up a Dallas Open final between the world's highest-ranked Americans. Fritz had 22 aces in his 7-6(5), 7-6(3) ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — JT Toppin scored eight of his 31 points in a dominant overtime performance and No. 16 Texas Tech sent No. 1 Arizona to its second straight loss, shocking the Wildcats 78-75 on Saturday. Texas Tech (19-6, 9-3 Big 12) beat the No. 1 ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat won the Slam Dunk contest at NBA All-Star Saturday, overcoming perfect scores by San Antonio rookie Carter Bryant on his first dunk in the final round. For his final dunk, Johnson started behind ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Akshay Bhatia played Pebble Beach by the book in accommodating weather with such a blistering start that he threatened to run away with the tournament by building a five-shot lead at the turn. But then a cool day turned into a ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Vanderbilt would be the No. 1 seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament if it began now. The NCAA basketball selection committee did its first reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds Saturday. Undefeated UConn was ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Dylan Darling had 23 points and eight rebounds and No. 17 St. John's scored eight straight points after a fracas that resulted in six ejections to take the lead and earn its 11th straight victory, a 79-69 win over Providence on ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Seven players were ejected from Saturday's game between No. 17 St. John's and Providence after a fracas resulting from a hard foul by Friars forward Duncan Powell on Bryce Hopkins sent the Red Storm star crashing to the ground. St. ...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The NBA is trying its fourth All-Star Game format in four years this weekend as it attempts once again to answer one of the bigger existential questions in professional basketball. How do you get both the players and their fans to care about this midseason ...
By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Rob Wright III scored a career-high 39 points and No. 22 BYU beat Colorado 90-86 in overtime on Saturday. It was Wright's second straight 30-point-plus game after scoring 30 at Baylor on Tuesday night. AJ Dybantsa added 20 points, 13 ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — C.J. Cox and Gicarri Harris each had 14 points to help No. 13 Purdue beat Iowa 78-57 on Saturday. The Boilermakers (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten), wrapping up a stretch of six of eight games on the road, extended their winning streak to ...