By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Star pass rusher Maxx Crosby struggled to hold in his emotions as he said goodbye to Raiders fans in a nearly 13-minute video Saturday and told his new supporters in Baltimore that he would go there with the singular goal of winning the ...
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Joshua Jefferson, Tamin Lipsey and Milan Momcilovic had 16 points apiece, and No. 6 Iowa State scored 24 straight points to break open an 86-65 victory over Arizona State on Saturday.
The Sun Devils led 45-41 when the game turned early in the second half. Momcilovic and ...
By KEITH TAYLOR Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Thomas Haugh had 20 points and nine rebounds as No. 5 Florida beat Kentucky 84-77 on Saturday to end the regular season with an 11-game winning streak.
Boogie Fland added 16 points and six assists for the Gators (25-6, 16-2 ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers agreed to a four-year, $17 million contract with kicker Eddy Pineiro to keep him off the free agent market next week.
Agent Drew Rosenhaus said Saturday that the two sides reached agreement on the ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — John Blackwell made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Nick Boyd added 23 and Wisconsin set a school-record with 18 3-pointers in a road game Saturday in a 97-93 win over No. 15 Purdue.
The Badgers (22-9, 14-6 Big Ten) ...
By The Associated Press
Shohei Ohtani homered for the second straight day and Seiya Suzuki went deep twice and defending champion Japan beat South Korea 8-6 on Saturday night at Tokyo and improved to 2-0 at the World Baseball Classic.
Suzuki drove in four runs and Masataka Yoshida homered and ...
By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes had a hat trick and an assist, Nico Hischier scored the go-ahead goal, and the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.
Hischier scored a power-play goal at 8:05 of the ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer
TOKYO (AP) — This is the Shohei Ohtani effect.
Ohtani put on a giant show in batting practice hours before he hit a grand slam in the second inning — in the first he doubled on the first pitch of the game but didn't score — as Japan hammered Taiwan ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ryan McLeod and Alex Tuch scored short-handed goals and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday night.
McLeod now has a league-best five short-handed goals this season. Josh Norris added a power-play goal, Owen Power scored and Mattias Samuelsson ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vitek Vanecek stopped 16 shots in his 100th career win and Dylan Guenther assisted on two Utah goals as the Mammoth beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Thursday night.
Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller scored in the second period for the Mammoth, and Michael Carcone added ...
The Texas Rangers and outfielder Andrew McCutchen agreed to a minor league contract.
As part of the deal announced Friday, the 39-year-old would make $1.5 million this season while playing in the major leagues if he's added to the 40-man roster.
McCutchen has three weeks of spring training to ...
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 ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jet Greaves made 26 saves, Mathieu Olivier scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets dealt another blow to Florida's playoff hopes with a 4-2 victory over the Panthers on Thursday night.
Two-time defending champion Florida is in danger of becoming the first Cup-winning ...
DENVER (AP) — LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most field goals in NBA history but his night ended with a disheartening loss and a sore left elbow.
James hit a turnaround 12-foot jumper over Zeke Nnaji with 12 seconds left in the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Elsa Lemmila had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jaloni Cambridge also scored 17, and No. 11 Ohio State beat No. 19 Minnesota 60-55 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
Fourth-seeded Ohio State (26-6) plays No. 1 seed and second-ranked UCLA — which beat ...
Two-time Stanley Cup champion Florida, Toronto, St. Louis and so many perennial contenders not being in the mix for the playoffs turned the NHL trade deadline upside down.
Those teams and others were sellers this time or simply stood pat, opening the gates for a new set of buyers eager to take ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland judge set bail at $2 million Friday for a woman accused of killing her two young daughters and burying them in suitcases in shallow graves.
Aliyah Henderson, 28, faces two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Mila Chatman and Amor Wilson, whose bodies ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...