Month: March 2022

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 41 points and the Brooklyn Nets rallied past the Detroit Pistons 130-123. Kyrie Irving added 24 points in his second home appearance since New York exempted athletes from a private employer mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations last week. Andre Drummond had 14 points and

By PAUL GEREFFI Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Huberdeau and Ryan Lomberg both had two goals and an assist to lead the Florida Panthers past the Montreal Canadiens 7-4. Sam Bennett and Aleksander Barkov each added a goal and an assist for the Atlantic Division leaders, who are tied with Carolina for the

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s soccer team intends to be armed at the World Cup. The team travels with a sword that was seized by Costa Rican officials before last week’s qualifier in San Jose. Coach John Herdman says “the sword’s something that symbolizes New Canada.” Canada clinched its first World Cup berth since 1986 with

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 49th goal and added an assist as Toronto ended Boston’s four-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory. Matthews’ goal late in the second period was the fourth of five straight scored by the Maple Leafs, who held a 6-1 lead and flustered

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime and had two regulation assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3. Stamkos got the winner from the slot off Nikita Kucherov’s third assist of the game. Alex Killorn, Victor Hedman and Brayden

WACO, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor basketball player Tweety Carter has been named the team’s director of player development. That position opened when Bears head coach Scott Drew made other adjustments to his staff following the departure of Jerome Tang to become Kansas State’s head coach. Jared Nuness was promoted to an on-court assistant coach

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Frank Vatrano and Braden Schneider scored less than five minutes apart in the second period, and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2. Chris Kreider added his 45th goal in the third as the Rangers topped Pittsburgh for the second time in five days.

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 34 points in a triple-double and the Dallas Mavericks routed the Lakers 128-110 with Los Angeles missing LeBron James because of an ankle issue. LA is also anticipating the return of long-injured Anthony Davis. Davis hasn’t played since Feb. 16 because of a

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Peru has beaten Paraguay 2-0 in the last round of South American World Cup qualifiers to secure fifth place in the standings and entry to an intercontinental playoff for a spot in Qatar. Gianluca Lapadula opened the scoring in Lima in the 5th minute and

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and had a game-deciding block of Joel Embiid in the final seconds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 118-116 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. Khris Middleton scored 22 points and

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 14 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls pulled away for a 107-94 victory over the Washington Wizards. Nikola Vucevic scored 27 points for Chicago, which is trying to stay in the top six in the Eastern Conference

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George is back in the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Clippers after missing three months with an elbow injury. He had eight points, four assists and one rebound playing 14 minutes in the first half against the Utah Jazz. George hasn’t played since Dec. 22. George had been rehabbing