By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Meleek Thomas scored a career-high 26 points as No. 21 Arkansas scored the final six points to rally past Winthrop 84-83 on Tuesday night. Arkansas took their final lead with 11 seconds left when Nick Pringle scored at the rim ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Georgia got a boost to No. 4, Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M stayed in the top three and, in what is beginning to feel like a weekly ritual in the College Football Playoff rankings, everyone is wondering what the heck might happen to Miami. The ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Izzo had some nit-picking to do even after 17th-ranked Michigan State pulled away to beat No. 12 Kentucky 83-66 in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night. The Hall of Fame coach also pointed out a major positive. "We made some ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Cade Cunningham returned from injury with 25 points and 10 assists as the Detroit Pistons won their 11th straight game, 120-112 over the short-handed Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night. Jalen Duren added 24 points for the Pistons (13-2), who have their best start since going 15-2 ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Payton Pritchard had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 113-99 on Tuesday night to move above .500 for the first time this season. Derrick White added 15 points for ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Mike Nwoko scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Dedan Thomas Jr. and Marquel Sutton added 16 points each, and LSU rolled past Alcorn State 107-81 on Tuesday night. Nwoko was an efficient 12 of 15 from the floor, and 5 of 6 from the free-throw ...
TORONTO (AP) — William Nylander scored at 4:06 of overtime as the underperforming and injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs picked up a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues to snap a five-game slide Tuesday night. Jake McCabe and Steven Lorentz also scored for Toronto, which had dropped five ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Guentzel scored three goals for his eighth career hat trick and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Tuesday night. Darren Raddysh had a goal and two assists, and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and assist. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves as ...
By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Caleb Wilson had 23 points and 12 rebounds, leading No. 18 North Carolina to a 73-61 win over Navy on Tuesday night. A true freshman, Wilson also had four steals and three blocks for the Tar Heels (5-0). Luka Bogavac added 16 ...
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox acquired outfielder Everson Pereira in a multiplayer trade with the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. The White Sox sent right-handers Yoendrys Gómez and Steven Wilson to the Rays for Pereira and minor league infielder ...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Braden Huff scored 22 points on 11-for-13 shooting and Davis Fogle had a career-high 19 points as No. 13 Gonzaga beat Southern Utah 122-50 on Monday night. Mario Saint-Supery added 16 points, seven assists and six steals in his first career start for the Bulldogs (5-0), ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points, Paul George had nine points and seven rebounds in his season debut, and the Philadelphia 76ers rallied for a 110-108 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night. Quentin Grimes added 19 points and Andre Drummond had 14 ...
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — James Franklin was hired as Virginia Tech's coach on Monday, a little more than a month after he was fired during his 12th season at Penn State. The Hokies became the first Power 4 football program to fill a coaching vacancy this season. Franklin was set to be formally ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers might get a chance to say goodbye to one of his favorite places after all. Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday there's a chance that Rodgers and his fractured left wrist could still play on Sunday when the Steelers visit Chicago. Rodgers injured his ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Trey Kaufman-Renn had 17 points and Oscar Cluff added 14 to power No. 2 Purdue to a 97-79 romp over Akron on Sunday night. The win was the 500th of Matt Painter's career. He has 475 with Purdue after getting 25 with Southern Illinois. Kaufmann-Renn also had 15 ...
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase was suspended without pay for one game on Monday for spitting on Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Chase spat on Ramsey during a confrontation in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game. Ramsey grabbed Chase by the face mask and punched ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 118-106 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, who saw All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo leave Monday night's game due to injury. Antetokounmpo immediately went to the locker room with 3:03 remaining ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored the deciding goal of the shootout, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Monday night. Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov had a goal and an assist, and Adam Fantilli also scored in regulation as Columbus extended its ...
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Utah coach Kyle Whittingham turns 66 on Friday and certainly wouldn't mind a belated birthday present from Cincinnati. It would be a gift for several teams around the Big 12, actually. Because if the Bearcats knock off No. 11 BYU at home on Saturday night, the door ...
Michigan and TCU vaulted into the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll on Monday after big victories over ranked opponents. The sixth-ranked Wolverines climbed eight spots after routing then-No. 18 Notre Dame 93-54 on Saturday. No. 10 TCU moved up seven places as the ...