Month: March 2022

ATLANTA (AP) — Destin Lasco the 200 yard backstroke by more than a second at McAuley Aquatic Center to help California win the men’s swimming and diving national title. Cal, which has won two of the last three championships, finished with 487.5 points, 51 ahead of defending national champion and second-place Texas. Florida was third

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Johnny Russell scored a pivotal goal in Sporting Kansas City’s 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake. Sporting KC is now 2-3-0 after the victory and RSL fell to 3-1-1.

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Nanna Koerstz Madsen was tied for the lead in the JTBC Classic when she teed off Saturday on the par-4 18th. She two-putted for par and a 3-under 69 — and walked off with an unexpected three-stroke lead over Na Rin An. Coming off a breakthrough victory two weeks ago in

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jermaine Samuels had 16 points and 10 rebounds as Villanova advanced to its third Final Four in the last six NCAA Tournaments with a 50-44 victory over Houston in the South Region final. Caleb Daniels added 14 points for the Wildcats, and fifth-year senior Collin

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Raptors’ game against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night was suspended in the second quarter and the arena evacuated because of a fire in a speaker hanging over the stands. Players headed to their locker rooms with 4:05 left in the second quarter and the

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Miami guard Charlie Moore will play against familiar faces in a very familiar city when the 10th-seeded Hurricanes face top-seeded Kansas in Midwest Region final in Chicago. He’ll be facing one of his former teams in his hometown with a trip to the Final Four at

CEDAR CITY, Utah — John Knight III had 20 points as Southern Utah defeated Portland 77-66 in The Basketball Classic second round. Tyler Robertson led the Pilots with 27 points.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Karol Swiderski scored twice and Kristijan Kahlina stopped six shots as Charlotte FC defeated Cincinnati, 2-0. Charlotte improved to 2-3-0 after the victory and Cincinnati fell to 2-3-0.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Favorite Epicenter took a big step toward the Kentucky Derby, surging past leader Zozos and Pioneer of Medina entering the stretch and pulling away for a 2 1/2-length victory Saturday in the $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. The Steve Asmussen-trained bay colt started the Grade 2 stakes race from

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Miami coach Jim Larrañaga has another double-digit seed on the brink of the Final Four. Standing in his way is Kansas and Bill Self, another highly successful coach looking to make his own history. Larrañaga and Self have never faced off as head coaches, but that

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dejounte Murray had 15 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, Keldon Johnson punctuated his 21-point night with a breakaway dunk in the final seconds and the San Antonio Spurs bolstered their postseason hopes with a 107-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. CJ McCollum scored

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — AJ Allmendinger and Kaulig Racing scored their first victory of the season Saturday in the Xfinity Series race at Circuit of the Americas. Allmendinger was scheduled to start 20th on Sunday in the Cup race, also in a Chevrolet for Kaulig. It was Allmendinger’s