By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn was not about to put everything on the line in her first World Cup race back after more than five years of retirement. Not with her history of crashes and injuries. Not with her new titanium knee. Not at age ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Marcus Freeman learned the hard lessons from all those big losses as well as the inexplicable ones. On Friday night, in the first game in college football's new playoff era, the Notre Dame coach celebrated the most significant victory of his career — in Notre Dame ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Matt Murray felt tingles in making sure to take in the moment during pregame warmups and the national anthem before making his first NHL start in nearly 21 months. The 30-year-old, two-time Stanley ...
DALLAS (AP) — Igor Shesterkin stopped 41 shots, including 23 on seven successful penalty kills, and the struggling New York Rangers beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Friday night to end a three-game losing streak. The Rangers also scored on their penalty kill, Reilly Smith's short-handed goal ...
By The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Dan Skillings Jr. scored 17 points and Jizzle James added 14 as No. 19 Cincinnati ended No. 22 Dayton's five-game winning streak 66-59 on Friday night. Simas Lukosius added 13 for the Bearcats (9-1), who have won three straight. Malachi Smith and ...
By MIKE COOK Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game midway through the third period and the Utah Hockey Club beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 Friday night. Guenther beat Marc-Andre Fleury five seconds into a power play for the go-ahead ...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov scored a power-play goal with 18 seconds left in overtime, giving the Florida Panthers a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. Oskar Sundqvist got his third goal of the season for St. Louis, coming midway through the first period. Uvis ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Darius Garland added 16 and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved to 15-1 at home with a 124-101 win on Friday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, who played for the first time since winning the NBA Cup. Cleveland ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 34 points and nine assists after missing a game because of a sinus fracture, helping the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Charlotte Hornets 108-98 on Friday night. Wearing a protective " Phantom of the Opera " mask, Embiid was introduced to a roaring ...
By The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — DJ Lagway shrugged off a couple of first-half turnovers and threw for 305 yards and a touchdown to lead Florida to a sloppy, but dominating 33-8 victory over Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl on Friday. Trey Smack kicked a Gasparilla Bowl-record four ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Gold Glove first baseman Christian Walker and the Houston Astros agreed Friday to a $60 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — In a switch, Myles Garre tt put pressure on the Browns. As he heads into the final weeks of a disappointing, double-digit loss season, Cleveland's star defensive end said Friday he has no interest in the team going through another ...
By The Associated Press Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was fined $5,628 by the NFL for wearing mismatched cleats that were not "constitutional team colors," a person familiar with the league's decision told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke to the AP on ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods turns 49 at the end of the month and he has one pressing goal that relates to his golf. He wants to prolong that inevitable day when his son beats him over 18 holes. They will be playing with — not against — each other ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Parker Navarro ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth in the first half and Ohio held off Jacksonville State 30-27 on Friday in the Cure Bowl, the only bowl game featuring two conference champions. The Mid-American Conference champion Bobcats (11-3), who won ...
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Norfolk State officially named Michael Vick its head football coach Friday, the latest hire of a talented NFL player with no college coaching experience to lead an HBCU program. Vick's addition was unanimously approved by the school's board of visitors, Norfolk State ...
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore waived wide receiver Diontae Johnson on Friday following a brief and troubled stint with the team in which the Ravens said he refused to enter a game against Philadelphia. Johnson received a one-game suspension for that, missing last weekend's win over the ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Netflix is planning to provide plenty of gifts for viewers of its two Christmas Day games, including Mariah Carey kicking it all off with a taped performance of "All I Want for Christmas is You." Yet, Netflix executive Brandon Riegg realizes it all amounts to ...
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Netflix has secured the U.S. broadcasting rights to the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031 as the streaming giant continues its push into live sports. The deal announced Friday is the most significant FIFA has signed with a streaming ...
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer DaQuan Jones remembers the chaos. The uncertainty. The sanctions. The aftermath. How could he not? He and the rest of his Penn State teammates — those that stuck around anyway — lived through it. Jones was a sophomore defensive lineman in the fall of ...