Month: December 2021

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Liverpool great Steven Gerrard couldn’t do his old club a favor. Now manager of Aston Villa, Gerrard saw his team lose 2-1 at home to Manchester City. City is one of the sides challenging Liverpool for the Premier League title. First-half goals by Portugal internationals Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva gave

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have made a move to solidify the back end of their bullpen, adding four-time All-Star Mark Melancon on a $14 million, two-year deal. The right-handed Melancon led the National League with 39 saves last year in his only season with the San Diego

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Newly hired LSU coach Brian Kelly says he doesn’t spend time thinking about legacies. That’s how he responded Wednesday when asked how he expects his legacy at Notre Dame to be affected by the suddenness with which he walked away from the Fighting Irish

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Left-hander Alex Wood is staying with the San Francisco Giants, reaching agreement Wednesday on a $25 million, two-year contract. He gives manager Gabe Kapler two starters named Alex in the rotation after Tuesday’s addition of right-hander Alex Cobb on a $20 million, two-year contract with

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — In each of the past two offseasons, pitcher Kevin Gausman spurned free agent advances from the Toronto Blue Jays and general manager Ross Atkins. When Atkins called again this winter, Gausman couldn’t say no any longer. Gausman and the Blue Jays finalized a $110 million, five-year contract

WATFORD, England (AP) — Chelsea stayed top of the Premier League with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Watford in a match that was halted for 32 minutes in the first half after a spectator suffered cardiac arrest. Substitute Hakim Ziyech grabbed the winner for the leaders in the 72nd minute. He converted a cross from

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — While Justin Fields returned to practice for the Chicago Bears, Andy Dalton got the first-team snaps on Wednesday. Whether the prized rookie or veteran will start at quarterback Sunday when the NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals visit Soldier Field remains to be seen. Fields had

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball teams committed to more than $1 billion in salaries in one day for the first time Wednesday, hours before the league was expected to lock out players following the 11:59 p.m. expiration of the collective bargaining agreement. The Texas Rangers led the

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — James Maddison scored for the third successive game as Leicester twice came from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw at Southampton in the Premier League. Leicester was denied a comeback victory by a combination of exceptional goalkeeping and uncharacteristic profligacy. Jamie Vardy shot over when through on goal, while Harvey Barnes

LONDON (AP) — Neal Maupay scored with an overhead kick in the 89th minute to give Brighton a 1-1 draw at West Ham in the Premier League. Maupay converted his acrobatic finish from a cross by substitute Tariq Lamptey to leave West Ham waiting for a first Premier League win over the Brighton in nine

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Junior Messias continued his scoring form by netting twice for AC Milan to help the Rossoneri get back on track in the league with a 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Genoa. Zlatan Ibrahimović scored Milan’s opener. Milan moved a point below Napoli after the Serie A leader let