CLEVELAND (AP) — Ty Jerome scored 27 points in the first half and finished with a career-high 29 as the Cleveland Cavaliers never trailed in a 128-100 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.
Jerome, starting in place of injured point guard Darius Garland, had 20 points in the ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After snapping a two-game losing streak, Iowa State still has a chance to play for a Big 12 title. But the No. 22 Cyclones cannot afford to lose against Utah on Saturday.
Beating a Utes team mired in a six-game losing streak will be harder than it appears at first ...
BOSTON (AP) — Joonas Korpisalo stopped 21 shots, Elias Lindholm scored the game's only goal, and the Boston Bruins beat the Utah Hockey Club 1-0 on Thursday night in their first game since the team fired coach Jim Montgomery and named Joe Sacco as interim coach.
The win snapped Boston's ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer
More power programs are scheduling home-and-home series against each other as conference realignment has made scheduling nonconference games more difficult.
It's led to some must-see games at a time when big programs typically beat up on smaller schools ...
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Derek Barnett forced the first fumble and returned the second for a touchdown on the definitive defensive play of the game for the Houston Texans.
Joe Mixon did his thing, and C.J. Stroud didn't have to do much to extend ...
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Graham Ike bounced back from early foul trouble to score 20 of his 23 points in the second half, and Ryan Nembhard added 19 points and 10 assists as No. 3 Gonzaga ran past San Diego State 80-67 on Monday night in a showdown of future ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mauricio Pochettino had a message for American players after a 5-2 aggregate win over Jamaica gave the three-time defending champion United States a berth in the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals.
"My advice is look after yourself. We need to be a stronger in March," ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville sophomore cornerback Tayon Holloway was suspended indefinitely on Monday night following his arrest on domestic violence charges after police said he punched his girlfriend and pressed a pillow against her face.
The school said in a statement announcing the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 30 points in his return from a sprained ankle, Tyler Herro added 18 and the Miami Heat erased an early 19-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 106-89 on Monday night.
Duncan Robinson scored 13 ...
By PAVLE MARKOVIC Associated Press
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Curtis Jones scored 20 points and Tamin Lipsey added 17 to lead No. 5 Iowa State past IU Indianapolis 87-52 on Monday night.
It was Jones' second straight 20-point game off the bench and fourth in his two seasons with the Cyclones ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 26 points and 11 assists, and the New York Knicks rolled to a 134-106 victory Monday night that extended the Washington Wizards' losing streak to nine games.
Karl-Anthony Towns added 24 points and 12 rebounds in ...
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer
Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates was the heralded fireballer who equaled the hype, to the point he started the All-Star Game just two months after making his big league debut.
Luis Gil was an afterthought for the New York Yankees, earning a spot in ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cale Makar scored two goals, Casey Mittelstadt scored one and Justus Annunen had 24 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night in a game where a referee was stretchered off the ice.
Makar is off to a sensational scoring ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Mathieu Olivier scored short-handed in a three-goal first period that ended with the Boston fans booing their own team off the ice, and the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Bruins 5-1 on Monday night.
Justin Danforth also scored a ...
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Daniel Jones' tenure as the New York Giants' starting quarterback is over.
The Giants benched the struggling 27-year-old on Monday, and coach Brian Daboll plans to start fan favorite Tommy DeVito against the Tampa Bay ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena.
The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions were on the verge of their first Super Bowl appearance, but couldn't finish off the San Francisco 49ers in last season's NFC championship game.
This year, they have developed a killer instinct.
Entering their matchup Sunday ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — As owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam postured and politicked the past few months to find funding to help them get a new, domed, multipurpose stadium built in Cleveland's suburbs, their football team collapsed.
The Browns are a bust.
A season ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Here's a statement that would have seemed like a shocker for at least the last decade:
The Baltimore Ravens lost because of inferior placekicking.
Justin Tucker's struggles show no sign of subsiding. And after two more missed ...
By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith delivered in one of the season's biggest moments and boosted Seattle to a much-needed victory over the rival San Francisco 49ers.
Smith's 13-yard touchdown run with 12 seconds left gave Seattle a 20-17 ...