By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Mikel Brown Jr. had a part of every point during Louisville's go-ahead run early in the second half as the standout freshman followed up his historic game with 29 points and six assists in the No. 24 Cardinals' 82-71 win over ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Emanuel Sharp had 23 points and six rebounds as No. 3 Houston rallied from an early deficit to beat Kansas State 78-64 on Saturday for the Cougars' sixth straight win. Sharp scored 14 points on 4 of 10 shooting in the first half as Houston (23-2, 11-1 Big 12) built a 33-19 ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver believes teams are tanking more aggressively this season than the league has seen in recent years, and he is considering many possible remedies to ensure real competition, from taking away draft picks ...
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Xaivian Lee scored 22 points, Urban Klavzar added 19 and No. 14 Florida beat 25th-ranked Kentucky 92-83 Saturday for its 10th victory in its last 11 outings. Lee and Klavzar took advantage of Florida's paint presence and hit a ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Clash winner Ryan Preece kept his Ford on the ground Saturday, and the manufacturer took the top five spots in the final Daytona 500 practice. Preece helped RFK Racing sweep the top three spots a day ahead of NASCAR's ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is in a position to be No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll because the program had financial support to make moves in the transfer portal and coach Dusty May has developed a selfless culture that money can't ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Jarin Stevenson and Seth Trimble scored 19 points each to help No. 11 North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 79-65 on Saturday and secure another 20-win season. The short-handed Tar Heels played without star freshman forward Caleb Wilson (bone fracture in left hand) and ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 2 Michigan to an 86-56 victory over UCLA on Saturday that puts the program in position to be ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2013. No. 1 Arizona ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Chris Paul, the "Point God" who was a 12-time All-Star selection and two-time Olympic gold medalist, announced his retirement on Friday in the capper of a 21-season career that surely will merit induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The ...
MILAN (AP) — The upstart Italians didn't make it easy on the Americans, and that's everything veteran forward Kelly Pannek could have asked for as the top-seeded U.S. continued its run through the Olympic women's hockey tournament. A festive atmosphere, a determined opponent, a little ...
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Jakara Anthony brought another freestyle-skiing gold medal to Australia on Saturday, winning in the Winter Olympics debut of dual moguls, the wilder and more unpredictable cousin of moguls skiing that has been in the Games for decades. Anthony skied cleanly through all ...
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Long before snowboards edged their way into the Olympic world, riding them was more of a pasttime than a sport. More than searching for gold medals, riders dug out halfpipes in parks and on mountains and tried to do something cool. Often the "judging," as it were, ...
MILAN (AP) — Dalibor Dvorsky's goal with 39 seconds left may have sent Slovakia to the quarterfinals in men's hockey at the Olympics as the winner of the group in a tiebreaker even after losing to Sweden 5-3 on Saturday in each team's final preliminary round game. Slovakia wins Group B as ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — They're both in their 40s. They're both moms. Elana Meyers Taylor has five Olympic medals already, the most by any Black woman in Winter Games history. Kaillie Humphries Armbruster has three Olympic gold medals, more than any female bobsledder ever. Their ...
ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — In her Olympic debut, Maren Kirkeeide of Norway bested two Frenchwomen to take gold in a snowy women's 7.5-kilometer sprint biathlon race at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday. Kirkeeide cleared all 10 of her shots and crossed the finish line in 20 minutes ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Canadian curler at the center of a spiraling controversy at the Winter Olympics insisted Saturday he was not a cheat and postulated that his team might be the target of a "premeditated" attack by Sweden, one of its biggest rivals for the gold medal. Marc ...
MILAN, Italy (AP) — Nikita Volodin's career had stalled in Russia. Then came a move to Germany, which made him an Olympic medal contender. Volodin teamed up with German skater Minerva Hase in 2022, after nearly four years out of elite-level competition skating in ice shows. He'd come close ...
MILAN (AP) — For a while now, Jordan Stolz's talent and dominance as a speedskater, and his much-anticipated potential for Olympic success, prompted many to repeatedly mention his name — prematurely, no doubt — alongside that of Eric Heiden. Now they really do belong in the same sentence, ...
BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom Saturday and earn South America's first medal at a Winter Games. With snow falling and fog settling in, the 25-year-old Pinheiro Braathen remained cool and relaxed ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin tries to put the disappointment of a fourth-place finish in the women's combined behind her when she returns to the slopes for the giant slalom. Medals will also be handed out in biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle ...