Month: March 2022

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders are making a blockbuster move to keep up in the AFC West, acquiring All-Pro receiver Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers. A person familiar with the move said Thursday the Raiders are sending the No. 22 overall pick in the April draft and

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Sam Burns is off to an ideal start in his bid to back-to-back at Innisbrook. Burns twice made bogey in the opening round. Both times he answered with consecutive birdies. That carried him to a 64 and a four-way share of the lead in

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jacob Gilyard had an inkling a week ago — well before Richmond had even qualified for the NCAA Tournament — that the Spiders were capable of a first-round upset. “Probably last Thursday,” the fifth-year guard said, referring to the day Richmond began a four-win run

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kevin Nickelberry leads No. 6 seed LSU into its first-round matchup with Iowa State in the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The 57-year-old Nickelberry was elevated to interim coach when Will Wade was fired Saturday amid allegations of NCAA violations. Associate head coach Bill Armstrong also was let go. The Tigers faced a

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Marco Gonzales and the Seattle Mariners finished with a flourish last season, winning 90 games and narrowly missing the playoffs. The expectations are high for the franchise to reach the postseason for the first time since 2001. Seattle has made several moves to boost its roster

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Navy sailor and convicted killer has testified that Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife asked him to kill the former NBA player nearly 12 years ago in Atlanta. Jimmie Martin testified Thursday at the trial of Billy Ray Turner, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of

By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JILL BLEED and ANITA SNOW Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says a 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people. NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday the truck’s left front tire,

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer has pledged $10 for every 3-pointer made in the NCAA women’s tournament toward humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, and she has challenged anyone else who can give to do so. Veteran Georgia Tech coach Nell Fortner, whose team is playing

By NORM FRAUENHEIM Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts used to imagine what what it might be like to have Freddie Freeman on his side. He doesn’t have to wonder anymore. All the speculation about Freeman joining the Dodgers went from rumor to real when the five-time All-Star, former

DETROIT (AP) — Penn State led the team race after the opening session of the NCAA wrestling championships, with seven of its nine wrestlers moving to the second round Thursday night. The Nittany Lions had 15.5 points, one ahead of defending national champion Iowa. Michigan was third with 12.5. Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis, going for his

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Jackson Zinn had a big heart and was close to his parents and two younger sisters. But when it came to the golf course, the 22-year-old University of the Southwest student was all business, self-disciplined and competitive. Family and friends remembered Zinn on Thursday as more

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the winning goal for Barcelona to secure a 2-1 victory over Galatasaray on Thursday and send the struggling European powerhouse into the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Aubameyang netted from close range four minutes into the second half as Barcelona came from a goal down to maintain