Month: March 2022

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Hayes scored both goals for Philadelphia and the Flyers beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in their first game since trading longtime captain Claude Giroux. Joel Farabee and Travis Konecny each assisted both goals for Philadelphia. Casey Cizikas scored for the Islanders. Giroux was dealt to

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Diamond Miller scored 24 points, and fourth-seeded Maryland used a 19-0 run spanning parts of both halves to pull away to a 89-65 win over 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast. Angel Reese added 21 points and Ashley Osusu scored 20 for the Terrapins, who advanced

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis has again broken his own pole vault world record with a 6.20-meter clearance 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 Sunday. He had already secured his first world

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Princeton Tigers passed their first NCAA Tournament test by beating the Southeastern Conference Tournament champions on Saturday. Now comes an even bigger challenge: Beating third-seeded Indiana on its home court. The Ivy League champs and No. 11 seeded Tigers celebrated their second win in

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dalton Knecht made a layup with 2:23 left to give Northern Colorado the lead en route to a 74-71 win over Florida Atlantic in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. Daylen Kountz had 23 points to lead the Bears. Johnell Davis led the Owls with 18 points.

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Darlington Nagbe scored the game-tying goal for the Columbus Crew in a 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls. The Red Bulls moved to 2-1-1 and the Crew are 2-0-2.

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — A person with knowledge of the deal says running back Rashaad Penny has agreed to terms on a one-year deal to return to the Seattle Seahawks. The new deal will pay Penny up to $6.5 million for the 2022 season, according to the person who spoke

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City and Liverpool just can’t be kept apart this season. They are engaged in another tight tussle for the Premier League title and now the two northwest England rivals must squeeze an FA Cup semifinal meeting into their busy end-of-season schedules. Both won away matches in the quarterfinals

By ABIGAIL SNYDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Maddy Siegrist and Villanova will try and pull off another upset when the Wildcats face Naz Hillmon and No. 4 seed Michigan in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Siegrist averages 25.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game and was central to No.

MILAN (AP) — Roberto Mancini has called up Juventus defender Mattia De Sciglio to replace the injured Giovanni Di Lorenzo in the Italy squad for the World Cup playoffs. Di Lorenzo was forced to withdraw from the squad after the Napoli full back sprained his right knee during Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Udinese in Serie

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Tammy Abraham has established himself further as a fan’s favorite with two goals as Roma swept aside Lazio 3-0 in the capital derby in Serie A. That took Abraham’s tally to 15 in the league this season and nine since the start of January. Only Bayern