Month: December 2021

By The Associated Press Two teams with 18 conference championships each will square off in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta. Coach Deion Sanders will lead the Jackson State Tigers against the Bulldogs of South Carolina State. The Tigers’ Southwestern Athletic Conference championship was their first since 2007. The game was first played in 2015. It

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Chip Long has been hired as Georgia Tech’s new offensive coordinator. He previously served in that role at Memphis, Notre Dame and Tulane. Long replaces Dave Patenaude, who was fired along with two other assistants after a 3-9 season that ended with six consecutive losses. Long

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wayne McKinney III had a career-high 17 points off the bench to carry San Diego to a 52-51 win over Cal Poly. Alimamy Koroma led the Mustangs on Sunday with 17 points.

SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — Saint-Etienne remained stuck to the foot of the French league standings after a humiliating 5-0 rout by Rennes that lifted the Brittany club to second place. The defeat prompted 10-time French champion Saint-Etienne to suspend its coach. Martin Terrier led the Rennes attack with a hat trick against Claude Puel’s team,

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer KEARNS, Utah (AP) — The U.S. set a world record in winning the men’s team pursuit and the Netherlands swept the men’s 1,000 meters for the third straight speedskating World Cup. The team of Joey Mantia, Emery Lehman and Casey Dawson won in 3 minutes, 34.47 seconds on the

SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Stephens had 23 points plus 10 rebounds as VMI beat Seattle 89-82. Kamdyn Curfman added 22 points for the Keydets. Sean Conway had 12 points and eight rebounds for VMI. Riley Grigsby had 21 points for the Redhawks, whose six-game winning streak was broken.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The New York Giants arrived in Miami with a quarterback problem. They left with two quarterback problems. Not only is there no clarity on when starter Daniel Jones — who missed Sunday’s 20-9 loss to Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins with a neck injury

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) —  The Atlanta Falcons wanted to try to run the ball against the NFL’s top rushing defense. That part worked out. It just wasn’t enough against Tom Brady and Tampa Bay. Cordarrelle Patterson had 78 of Atlanta’s 121 yards rushing, but Brady passed for four touchdowns in

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Aliyah Matharu scored 26 points, draining five 3-pointers and leading the 15th-ranked Texas women past No. 17 Texas A&M 76-60 in the all-Lone Star version of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The loss broke Texas A&M’s eight-game win streak and gave Longhorns coach Vic Schaefer a win in what is likely

By The Associated Press North Carolina and South Carolina are set to meet in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte. Both teams are 6-6. The Tar Heels opened the season ranked No. 10, but their biggest win was a 58-55 comeback victory over No. 20 Wake Forest. South Carolina has wins over Florida and Auburn

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points, Rudy Gobert had 20 rebounds and five blocks and the Utah Jazz beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-108. Bojan Bogdanovic added 16 points and Rudy Gay had 15 for Utah, which made 20 3-pointers and gave away a 15-point lead in the

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — Will Richard had a season-high 23 points as Belmont defeated Samford 85-73. Ques Glover led the Bulldogs on Sunday with 22 points and six assists.