Month: March 2022

LAS VEGAS (AP) — James Keefe capped a double-double by banking in a short jumper at the buzzer as ninth-seeded Stanford closed the game on a 16-1 run to shock eight-seeded Arizona State 71-70 in the Pac-12 Conference tournament opener. Stanford faces top-seeded and second-ranked Arizona on Thursday in the quarterfinals.  Harrison Ingram rebounded Jalen

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed wide receiver Josh Reynolds to a two-year contract, adding depth where they need it in coach Dan Campbell’s second season. The team announced the move Wednesday. General manager Brad Holmes claimed Reynolds off waivers from Tennessee late in the 2021 season. He had 19 receptions

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jack Eichel acknowledged feeling butterflies in his return to Buffalo on the eve of the Golden Knights game against the Sabres on Thursday night. The game will mark Eichel’s first in Buffalo since being traded to Vegas in November. Eichel prompted the trade, which ended

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Go For Gin, who won the 1994 Kentucky Derby and was the race’s oldest living winner, has died. He was 31. Kentucky Horse Park announced on its web site that Go For Gin died Tuesday from heart failure. He had lived there since retiring from stud in June 2011. Trained by

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As negotiators for locked-out players took steps toward Major League Baseball, management gave the union a new option that would allow an agreement to be cut short after the 2024 season — leading to even more bargaining. While the differences narrowed on the three most

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have hired Tyler Williams as their executive director of player health and performance. They’re adding another former member of the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams to follow new head coach Kevin O’Connell. Williams will take over the team’s sports medicine operation that was directed by Eric Sugarman

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers BRUSSELS (AP) — Fired Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin has been added to a list of people sanctioned by the European Union in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because of his father’s connections to the Kremlin. According to the EU, Dmitry Mazepin is a

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Novak Djokovic says he will not be able to compete at the upcoming tennis tournaments in Indian Wells, California, and Miami because he is unvaccinated and can’t travel to the United States. The 20-time Grand Slam champion tweeted Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control “confirmed the regulations won’t

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, just as expected. There was none of the drama of the 5-0 win in Lisbon at Sporting with the second leg drawn 0-0. The most memorable part of the game was Scott Carson being brought off the bench for his first Champions