Month: March 2022

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Kim Mulkey dismisses the notion that her third-seeded team’s narrow escape in the first round of the NCAA Tournament signifies that the Tigers are vulnerable. The proof will come when the Tigers meet sixth seed Ohio State in second-round action Monday night.

MILAN (AP) — The Italian soccer federation has reportedly started an investigation after racist chants were heard at the end of AC Milan’s match at Cagliari in Serie A. Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and defender Fikayo Tomori, who are both Black, were racially abused after the 1-0 victory in Sardinia on Saturday. Milan coach Stefano

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona’s five-game losing streak against Real Madrid has ended with a stunning 4-0 win in the last “clásico” of the season. The away win keeps Barcelona with an outside chance of fighting for the Spanish league title after a difficult start to its first season without

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Oshae Brissett scored 24 points, Justin Anderson had 18 and the Indiana Pacers cruised past the Portland Trail Blazers 129-98. Brissett sank 8 of 10 shots and all six free throws, and he led Indiana with nine rebounds. Terry Taylor and Jalen Smith each scored 17 points

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Desmond Bane had 24 points and the Memphis Grizzlies overcame the absence of star Ja Morant with balanced scoring in a 122-98 victory over the NBA-worst Houston Rockets on Sunday. Bane was one of six Memphis players to score at least 13 points on a day

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles is coming off a triple-double. Oklahoma’s Taylor Robertson is fresh off a 17-point second half. The guards likely will play key roles in determining which squad reaches the Sweet 16. Fourth seed Oklahoma will host No. 5 seed Notre Dame in

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired veteran defenseman Mark Giordano and forward Colin Blackwell from the Seattle Kraken for three draft picks. The move helps Toronto keep pace with division rivals Tampa Bay and Florida that already have added before the NHL trade deadline Monday. The Panthers made another

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Iga Swiatek defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-1 in an error-filled final to win the BNP Paribas Open. Swiatek will rise to a career-best No. 2 in the world in Monday’s WTA Tour rankings, trailing only top-ranked Ash Barty, who skipped Indian Wells. Sakkari will

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Neither Erling Haaland nor Gio Reyna could help Borussia Dortmund keep pace with Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich as the team was held 1-1 at Cologne. Sebastian Andersson’s first-half equalizer earned Cologne a point from an intensive game and left Bayern six points clear of Dortmund with

DALLAS — Michael Flowers had 22 points as Washington State beat SMU 75-63 in the second round of the NIT. Kendric Davis led the Mustangs with 30 points.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis again broke his own pole vault world record with a clearance of 6.20 meters — or 20 feet, 4 inches — at the world indoor championships. The 22-year-old Swede had promised “something higher” at the event and set the new mark at his third and final attempt

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 20 points, Eric Dixon hit a big 3-pointer late and second-seeded Villanova fended off seventh-seeded Ohio State 71-61 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats earned their eighth trip to the Sweet 16 under Jay Wright after surviving a second-half

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston scored 10 points and 16 rebounds as top-seeded South Carolina had to ride its strong defense to a 49-33 win over Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Gamecocks again held an opponent without a field goal in the second quarter

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Tom Young, the former Rutgers basketball coach who led the Scarlet Knights to an undefeated regular season in 1975-76 and their only Final Four appearance, has died. He was 89. Young died early Sunday in Virginia Beach, Virginia, son Tom Young Jr.  told the university. Young had been hospitalized. Young is

By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — All-Americans Elissa Cunane of top-seeded North Carolina State and Ayoka Lee of ninth-seeded Kansas State are set for a rematch on Monday in the second round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. The teams met in November at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, also the

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer A person with knowledge of the deal says the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired veteran defenseman Mark Giordano from the Seattle Kraken. The move helps Toronto keep pace with division rivals Tampa Bay and Florida that already have added before the NHL trade deadline Monday. The Panthers made another