Month: December 2021

MIAMI (AP) — Duncan Robinson scored a season high-26 points and the Miami Heat beat the short-handed Chicago Bulls 118-92 on Saturday night. Playing in his record-tying 174th consecutive game for Miami, Robinson shot 9 of 13 from the field, making 5 of 9 3-pointers. Dewayne Dedmon had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Kyle

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Levi Stockard III had 16 points as VCU got past Old Dominion 75-66. Austin Trice led the Monarchs on Saturday night with 16 points.

By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Islanders finally won a game at their new arena on Saturday evening, beating division rival New Jersey 4-2 with the help of two former Devils captains. Andy Greene scored the game-tying goal and Zach Parise had the go-ahead goal in the second period

HOUSTON (AP) — Quincy Olivari had a season-high 27 points as Rice topped Houston Baptist 88-73. Carl Pierre added 21 points for the Owls. Jade Tse led the Huskies on Saturday night with 14 points.

TORONTO (AP) — David Kampf took a lucky carom off the end boards and scored with 1:20 left in the third period to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. As Chicago goalie Kevin Lankinen went behind his net to stop Morgan Rielly’s shot into the zone, the puck bounced

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Four Continents short track speedskating championships in January have been canceled because of expected limited attendance due to the new COVID-19 omicron variant. The International Skating Union says it was told that several countries won’t attend the meet that had been set for Jan. 14-16 at the Utah Olympic

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov had shootout goals for the Washington Capitals in their 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Martin Fehervary and Lars Eller scored in regulation, and Vitek Vanecek stopped 29 shots for the Capitals. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 40 saves for

By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Casey DeSmith stopped all 33 shots he faced, and Brock McGinn gave the Pittsburgh Penguins the only goal they needed for a 1-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. It was DeSmith’s seventh career shutout and first of the season. McGinn scored his seventh of the

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Jemarl Baker had 18 points off the bench to carry Fresno State to a 63-55 win over UC Irvine. DJ Davis led the Anteaters with 16 points.

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Takal Molson tossed in 14 points as James Madison topped Radford 79-70. Julien Wooden had 12 points for the Dukes (9-2), who picked up their fourth straight victory. Dravon Mangum and Camron McNeil both had 12 points to pace the Highlanders (4-6). 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teddy Allen had 12 points and eight rebounds as New Mexico State narrowly defeated Loyola Marymount 63-58. Eli Scott led the Lions on Saturday with 20 points.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — David Kachelries finished with 14 points and six assists and Gavin Kensmil added 14 points and nine rebounds as Stephen F. Austin topped Liberty 63-51. Nigel Hawkins added 10 points for the Lumberjacks (8-2), who have now won four straight games. Darius McGhee had 22 points for the Flames (5-4),

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves and Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and assist, leading the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 win over the slumping Montreal Canadiens. The Blues have won their last seven home games, their longest streak since winning nine in a row from

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Slow Down Andy upset heavily favored Messier by a length to win the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity. That snapped trainer Bob Baffert’s seven-year winning streak in the race for 2-year-olds. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, Slow Down Andy ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.33. The son of 2016 Kentucky Derby winner

The Associated Press Voting for the 2021 Heisman Trophy with first-, second- and third-place votes and total points (voting on 3-2-1 basis):

By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points, Rudy Gobert had 20 points and 11 rebounds and the Utah Jazz extended their winning streak to seven games with a 123-98 victory over the Washington Wizards. Hassan Whiteside added 18 points and 14 rebounds off the bench as the Jazz

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Alondes Williams finished with 16 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists to post the second triple-double in Wake Forest history and the Demon Deacons cruised to a 79-53 victory over South Carolina Upstate. Williams joins Tim Duncan, who did it in a win over Maryland in 1996, as the only Demon

SYRACUSE Syracuse place-kicker Andre Szmyt is returning in 2022 for his final year of eligibility. Szmyt made the announcement in a post on Twitter. Szmyt walked on at Syracuse and had a stellar freshman season in 2018. He was a unanimous All-America pick after leading the NCAA with 30 made field goals and scoring 151