Month: February 2022

CHICAGO (AP) — Javon Freeman-Liberty had a career-high 39 points as DePaul turned back St. John’s 99-94. David Jones had 24 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Blue Demons (14-14, 5-13 Big East Conference). Yor Anei added 10 points and four blocks. Julian Champagnie had 26 points for the Red Storm (15-13, 7-10). 

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Josh Bannan had 23 points as Montana turned back Montana State 80-74. Brandon Whitney had 17 points for the Grizzlies (18-11, 11-7 Big Sky Conference). Xavier Bishop scored a season-high 27 points for the Bobcats (21-7, 13-4). Jubrile Belo added 21 points and 16 rebounds.

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Oshae Brissett scored 27 points and Buddy Hield had 11 of his 21 points during the final eight minutes to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Boston Celtics 129-107. The Pacers won for the second time in 10 games and beat their second Eastern Conference foe

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Taylor Mikesell scored 17 points, Jacy Sheldon added 13 points and 10 assists, and No. 17 Ohio State defeated Michigan State 61-55 on Sunday and the Buckeyes later claimed a share of the Big Ten regular-season title. Iowa defeated conference-leading Michigan 104-80 later Sunday, vaulting the Hawkeyes and Buckeyes into

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson held off Austin Dillon and Daniel Suarez in a tense finish Sunday to win at Fontana for the second time. After starting at the rear under penalty, Larson earned his 17th career victory and the 11th in his

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Representatives for the league and union paused exchanging formal proposals and instead held a series of smaller meetings with one day left until Major League Baseball’s deadline to salvage an on-time start to the regular season. The reps used those meetings to probe for what

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored in the 90th minute to give the LA Galaxy a 1-0 victory over defending MLS Cup champion New York City FC in the regular-season opener for both teams. The Galaxy had quality chances against NYCFC, but weren’t able to put one

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Rudy Gobert added 16 points and 14 rebounds and the Utah Jazz stayed hot with a 118-114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Utah has won eight of its past nine games and improved to 38-22. Phoenix — which still

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pedro Martinez of Spain has won his first professional title at the Chile Open clay-court tournament. The 24-year-old Martinez had a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Sebastian Baez. Martinez had lost his first final at last year’s Kitzbuhel Open in Austria. Báez was also looking for his first professional title.

ATLANTA (AP) — Luiz Araujo and Dom Dwyer scored first-half goals and 17-year-old homegrown forward Caleb Wiley scored in his debut to spark Atlanta United to a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in a Major League Soccer opener. Luiz Araujo staked Atlanta United to a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 20th minute.

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Robert Hight raced to his second straight Funny Car to open the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, beating Matt Hagan in the NHRA Arizona Nationals. In a matchup of two three-time season champions at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Hight had a 3.837-second run at 330.39 mph in as

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out players and owners held a series of short and more frequent meetings that stretched into the night Sunday as talks intensified a day ahead of Major League Baseball’s deadline to salvage March 31 openers. Teams and owners narrowed some differences Friday and

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice in the third period and the Winnipeg Jets broke a four-game skid with a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. Adam Lowry, Evgeny Svechnikov and Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets, who rallied from a 3-2 deficit in the third period. Nick

By RICH DUBROFF Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Fatts Russell matched his career high with 27 points, Eric Ayala scored 23 and Maryland took down No. 22 Ohio State 75-60. The Terrapins had lost six of its previous eight, and wore down the Buckeyes by holding them to 36.2% from the field. Ohio