You've got to feel for the Cincinnati Bearcats. No matter what lofty heights they reach — and a perfect record is certainly within reach after after a 45-28 win Friday night over lowly South Florida pushed the record to 10-0 — in all likelihood they will not be among four teams selected ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alex Ovechkin got his 742nd career goal, Conor Sheary scored with 1:22 left and the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 Friday night. Garnet Hathaway scored twice to help Washington get its third straight win. Ilya Samsonov stopped 26 shots for his ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Desmond Ridder threw two touchdown passes to break the Cincinnati career record and ran for a score to help the No. 2 Bearcats beat South Florida 45-28 on Friday night. Cincinnati (10-0, 6-0 American Athletic, No. 5 CFP), one of four unbeaten FBS teams, has started the ...

BOSTON (AP) — When the Milwaukee Bucks scratched Giannis Antetokounmpo 90 minutes before the tipoff, Boston coach Ime Udoka worried that his team would expect an easy night against the rest of the defending NBA champions. It took the Celtics a while to snap out of it. "There's always a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry put on quite a show for his old college coach from Davidson. The reigning NBA scoring champion piled up 40 points with nine 3-pointers, Draymond Green delivered another all-around effort and the Golden State Warriors beat the Chicago Bulls 119-93 on Friday ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two highly ranked teams and a raucous crowd packed into historic Pauley Pavilion sure made it seem like it was already March Madness. It's not just yet, although No. 2 UCLA backed up its Final Four run last spring with an 86-77 overtime victory against fourth-ranked ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Christian Pulisic sent a message — with his head and his undershirt. Take that, Mexico. Pulisic and the Americans are back atop the region. Pulisic scored on his very first touch in the 74th minute, Weston McKennie added a goal in the 85th and the United States beat ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers could be playing football again less than two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19 and misleading everyone about being an unvaccinated player. Whether the off-field consequences of the reigning MVP's science-defying ...

There's a video interlude during the "Gold Over America Tour" that Simone Biles spent the fall headlining where she offers advice to the audience of predominantly young women on how to deal with adversity. "Regroup, reset, and everything will be just fine," she says. The seven-time Olympic ...

Texas Tech named Baylor assistant and longtime Texas high school coach Joey McGuire as its next head coach on Monday, though he won't take the job until the end of the season. McGuire will be formally introduced Tuesday on the Lubbock campus. He will immediately join the Texas Tech athletic ...

The NCAA is setting the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. Approval of a new, streamlined constitution is expected in January with minimal consternation or conflict. The next phase of the NCAA's ...

Much of the attention on the Green Bay Packers this year has focused on quarterback Aaron Rodgers' off-field actions, from skipping the team's mandatory minicamp to testing positive for COVID-19 amid revelations that he was unvaccinated. But the results on the field have underscored how vital ...

On the field, the first half of the season went almost as well as planned for the Las Vegas Raiders. The defense has been much improved, Derek Carr has been more aggressive, and the Raiders are tied for first place in the AFC West even after a 23-16 loss to the New York Giants on Sunday. Off ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks to the White House on Monday, praising team members not just for their achievements on the court, but also for their efforts to promote coronavirus vaccinations and for speaking out after the 2020 police shooting ...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — One month after undergoing surgery on the middle finger of his throwing hand, Russell Wilson was back on the Seattle Seahawks' practice field Monday, flinging passes. Barring a setback, Wilson should be back under center for the Seahawks on Sunday when they travel to ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was so disgusted by the last round of conference realignment — when Missouri and Texas A&M bolted the Big 12 for the SEC — that he vowed never to play the Tigers again. It didn't matter that the Border War had been one of the ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid missed the Philadelphia 76ers' game against the New York Knicks on Monday night after entering the NBA's health and safety protocols. ESPN, citing sources, reported earlier Monday that Embiid tested positive for COVID-19. Neither the 76ers nor coach Doc Rivers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 741st career goal to tie Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL's all-time list, and helped the Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Monday night. Tom Wilson added two goals and Evgeny Kuznetsov contributed his ninth, 10th and 11th assists ...

More than a year and a half after COVID-19 concerns prompted the U.S. to close its borders to international travelers from countries including Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom and much of Europe, restrictions are shifting to focus on vaccine status. Beginning Monday, bans ...

WACO, Texas (AP) — The championship expectations are unchanged for AP All-America senior forward NaLyssa Smith and Baylor. So much else is different for the 11-time defending Big 12 champions. No more coach Kim Mulkey, and no more Lady Bears in Waco. "I feel it's still the same team. I ...