By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 24 points on 8-for-10 shooting and Braden Smith had 20 points, 10 assists and six rebounds as No. 20 Purdue pulled away from Minnesota for an 81-61 victory Thursday night. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 17 points for ...
By GUERRY SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Locked in a defensive struggle in which neither team gained 300 yards, Georgia coach Kirby Smart made an aggressive but ill-fated decision late in the first half of the Sugar Bowl. Right after Notre Dame took a 6-3 lead on a 48-yard ...
By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 33 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-115 on Thursday night. Derrick White scored 26 points for Boston, while Sam Hauser — filling in for the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jonatan Berggren scored with 36 seconds left in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings extended their winning streak to three games with a 5-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Alex DeBrincat scored and had two assists, Dylan Larkin and Patrick ...
By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mika Zibanejad and Brett Berard scored in the first period, and Jonathan Quick made 32 saves as the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 Thursday night to snap a four-game losing streak. The Rangers won at home for the first time ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored 33 points and handed out 15 assists, Myles Turner added 21 points and the Indiana Pacers rolled past the Miami Heat 128-115 on Thursday night. Pascal Siakam had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers, who shot ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Marco Rossi tied it in the third period, Matt Boldy scored the shootout winner and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday night after Alex Ovechkin moved one step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky's ...
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish found the right balance of family and football to produce a memorable performance under unprecedented, emotionally trying circumstances. Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, ...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 17 points to lead South Carolina's balanced offense, and the second-ranked Gamecocks used a big run in the third and fourth quarters to pull away for an 83-52 victory over Missouri in their SEC opener Thursday night. Te-Hina Paopao and Ashlyn ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Bailey Zappe will be quarterback No. 4 and No. 40 for the Browns. He was selected by coach Kevin Stefanski to start Saturday's season finale at Baltimore, making him the fourth quarterback to start this season and the 40th since ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Second chances don't come around often in life, Ohio State coach Ryan Day told his players in a team meeting before the Rose Bowl. After a season in which they fell short at too many key moments, the Buckeyes all knew they had one ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFC's No. 1 seed, two division titles and two playoff spots are on the line in Week 18 of the NFL's regular season. Game No. 272 on Sunday night between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings is a showdown for the NFC North and the conference's ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Football coaches, perhaps more than in other sports, are huge proponents of structure, routine, consistent messaging. Since the early days of his time in Happy Valley, Penn State's James Franklin has adhered to the philosophy of ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley had a heart-to-heart talk with his dad that was more coated in heartbreak than hope over the Philadelphia Eagles running back's pursuit of the NFL single-season rushing record. Barkley's stirring chase of Eric Dickerson ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The table is already set for 13, but leave room for at least one more, because the Buffalo Bills weren't kidding about their so-called "everybody eats" approach to offense this season. With practice squad call-up Tyrell Shavers ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Joel Embiid had 37 points and nine rebounds as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 125-103 on Monday night. Tyrese Maxey added 23 points for the Sixers. Kelly Oubre Jr. had 15 points and eight steals, and Guerschon Yabusele had 16 points off the ...
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Cam Skattebo's do-it-all offensive show wasn't enough to save Arizona State from a stretch of fourth-down failures against Texas. Led by Skattebo, the senior running back, Arizona State compiled big advantages in rushing yards, total yards ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Looking back, DeShon Elliott thinks he maybe shouldn't have made his frustrations about the direction the Pittsburgh Steelers defense is heading so public. Then again, the veteran safety knows the candor he showed in the aftermath of a ...
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers was in a reflective mood as he prepares for what could be his last game with the New York Jets. And of his impressive 20-year NFL career. "Yeah, of course," Rodgers said when asked Wednesday if he has ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach Frazier began his first season with the Pittsburgh Steelers with a problem he'd rarely encountered on the football field up to that point. The rookie center found himself stuck inside his head a little too much. "At first I had to ...