Month: March 2022

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Hayes scored a tying goal late in the third period, then assisted Joel Farabee’s game-winner with 1:19 remaining to lead Philadelphia to a 5-4 victory over the Nashville Predators after the Flyers honored captain Claude Giroux for playing in his 1,000th career regular-season game. Travis Sanheim

DETROIT (AP) — Penn State led the team race after two rounds of the NCAA wrestling championships with six of its nine wrestlers moving to the quarterfinals. The Nittany Lions will head into Friday’s matches with 27.5 points, 5 1/2 ahead of Arizona State. The Sun Devils had five of its seven wrestlers advance. North

MONTREAL (AP) — John Klingberg scored late in regulation and overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Klingberg tied it with 4:46 left in regulation and ended it with 10 seconds to go in the five-minute overtime. Radek Faksa and Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mike Brey knows more than anyone that sleep can be overrated during the NCAA Tournament. Fresh off an 89-87 double overtime victory over Rutgers in Wednesday’s First Four in Dayton, Ohio, Brey and his Notre Dame squad arrived in Southern California early Thursday morning without

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Anthony Mantha scored twice, and Alex Ovechkin and Connor Sheary each had a goal and an assist as the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-2 for their third straight win. Martin Fehervary, Connor McMichael and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored, and Nikolas Backstrom added two

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tiny Saint Peter’s took down basketball royalty, getting 27 points from Daryl Banks III in an 85-79 overtime victory over second-seeded Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Peacocks became the 10th No. 15 seed to win a first-round game since the

TORONTO (AP) — Erik Kallgren made 35 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Thursday night for the rookie goalie’s second straight victory. Mitch Marner, Ilya Mikheyev and Ondrej Kase scored for Toronto. The Maple Leafs were again without NHL goals leader Auston Matthews as he served the second of

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Logan Johnson scored 20 points and fifth-seeded Saint Mary’s took advantage of No. 12 seed Indiana’s grueling recent schedule, rolling to an 82-53 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tommy Kuhse added 19 points and six assists for the Gaels, the

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Akila Smith had 32 points and 13 rebounds, Kyla McMakin added 18 points with four 3-pointers and No. 16 seed Longwood led by 22 points before holding off Mount St. Mary’s 74-70 in an inaugural First Four game. Longwood will take a 10-game winning streak into a Saturday contest with ACC

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in a match featuring obscenities, underhand serves and smashed rackets. Nadal improved to 19-0 this year, the third-best start to a season since 1990. After the

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored a career-high 51 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 134-120 on Thursday night end a four-game losing streak. Bey tied the franchise record with 10 3-pointers in 14 attempts. He was 17 for 26 overall. . Two nights after being