Month: February 2022

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The team competition in Olympic figure skating has always been a three-team scramble for the podium. There’s the Russians, who won gold at the event’s 2014 debut in Sochi and silver in Pyeongchang. There’s the Canadians, who took silver before finding gold four years later. And

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Justin Lewis had 19 points and nine rebounds, and No. 24 Marquette never trailed in an 83-73 victory over No. 12 Villanova. Marquette won for the eighth time in nine games and completed its first regular-season sweep of Villanova since 2011-12. The Golden Eagles won 57-54

BEIJING (AP) — About 150,000 spectators are expected to be invited to attend events at the Beijing Olympics. Organizers say they will be able to visit venues in Beijing and Zhangjiakou but not in Yanqing. Plans to sell tickets to international visitors were scrapped last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The block was extended

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kofi Cockburn had 37 points and 12 rebounds and No. 18 Illinois beat No. 11 Wisconsin 80-67 on Wednesday night. Cockburn had 20 first-half points on 10-of-12 shooting, including two rim-rattling dunks. He finished 16 of 19, making his last five shots for the Illini (16-5,

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Cam Talbot made 30 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Wednesday night to extended their points streak to 10 games. Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Fiala and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and an assist for

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz (AP) — Christopher Tanev scored the go-ahead goal and had three assists, Blake Coleman scored twice, and the Calgary Flames beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 for their fifth win in six games. Elias Lindholm also scored, and Jacob Markstrom had 24 saves for Calgary. The Flames had 50

DALLAS (AP) — Lu Dort scored 30 points, including 14 straight for Oklahoma City in overtime, and rookie Tre Mann added a career-best 29 as the Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-114. The Thunder won their second consecutive game for their first winning streak since taking three straight Dec. 18-22. They avoided a four-game sweep

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Bryson Mozone scored 26 points and South Carolina Upstate defeated Hampton 85-78. Russell Dean scored 24 points for the Pirates.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) — Nicholas Robinson scored a career-high 37 points and Western Carolina edged East Tennessee State 87-84. Jordan King hit seven 3-pointers on 11 attempts and scored 32 points for ETSU.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Yuri Collins went coast-to-coast and scored on a layup with one second left in the second overtime to lift Saint Louis to a 92-90 win over George Mason. Collins tied the game with 2:04 left in the first overtime and neither team scored again to force the second extra period. Josh

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. beat winless Honduras 3-0 in a World Cup qualifying match. Weston McKennie and Walker Zimmerman had first-half goals to give the U.S. an early spark on a frigid night. Then a fresh Christian Pulisic scored after entering as a second-half sub. The

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jesse Edwards and Cole Swider scored 19 points apiece and Syracuse scored the last six points of the game to top North Carolina State 89-82. The Wolfpack pulled within 83-82 on a pair of Dereon Seabron free throws but Syracuse quickly answered with a Swider 3-pointer from the left wing. N.C.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Gaige Prim and Isiaih Mosley scored 22 points apiece and Missouri State breezed to a 69-54 victory over Southern Illinois. Prim knocked down 9 of 11 shots and Mosley made all eight of his free throws for the Bears (17-7, 8-3 Missouri Valley Conference). Lance Jones led the Salukis (11-12, 4-7)