Month: September 2022

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Argentina has beaten USA Basketball in the semifinals of the AmeriCup 82-73. Gabriel Deck scored 30 points and Nicolás Laprovittola added 18 for Argentina. It was a rematch of the gold-medal game from the most recent AmeriCup tournament in 2017 when the U.S. prevailed. Norris Cole led the U.S. with 18

By TOM COYNE Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Steven Gilmore returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter and Khalan Labron ran for 163 yards as Marshall shocked No. 8 Notre Dame 26-21. Marcus Freeman became the first Fighting Irish coach to lose his first three games. Gilmore,

MONZA, Italy (AP) — Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has apologized for referring to Formula One driver Yuki Tsunoda as “Tsunami.” Binotto used the word when alluding to Tsunoda in an interview with Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport last week. It was pointed out to the Ferrari boss at a news conference ahead of the

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Good as she’s been this year, Iga Swiatek came to the U.S. Open unsure of what to expect. She complained that women use different, slightly lighter, tennis balls than the men do at Flushing Meadows, where she’d never been past the fourth round. She was

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Freshman E.J. Warner passed for 173 yards and two touchdowns, De’Von Fox blocked three punts and Temple beat Lafayette 30-14 for the Owls’ first victory under coach Stan Drayton. Warner, the son of NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, entered in the second quarter with the game tied at 7 after starter

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the players’ association will submit union authorization cards to an arbitrator on Wednesday under an agreement with Major League Baseball that will lead to collective bargaining for approximately 5,500 farmhands. MLB and the union

By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Riqui Puig scored the game-tying goal for the LA Galaxy in a 1-1 draw with Nashville on Saturday. Nashville moved to 12-9-10 and the Galaxy are 11-11-7.

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas fans have seen this before: a hot-handed quarterback getting knocked out of the game early in a tough loss to Alabama. Texas freshman Quinn Ewers suffered a sprained clavicle in the first quarter Saturday. Ewers had already passed for 134 yards and the injury

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ally Ewing shot into the lead with a fast start and stayed there on a soggy course Saturday for a 5-under 67 to build a one-shot lead over Maria Fassi in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Ewing’s first order of business this deep in the LPGA Tour season is to make sure

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Carter Bradley threw three first-half touchdown passes, La’Damian Webb added two rushing touchdowns, and South Alabama defeated Central Michigan 38-24. The USA defense, which held Nicholls to 165 yards in a 48-7 victory last week, kept the Chippewas under 200 yards through three quarters. CMU rallied with two touchdowns in

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — DeeWil Barlee rushed for a career-high 177 yards and a score and Villanova survived four interceptions to beat Long Island 38-21. TD Ayo-Durojaiye added a career-high 109 yards and another rushing touchdown. Connor Watkins was 7-of-12 passing with four of his incompletions being interceptions, three by Victor Nelson Jr. Watkins still

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Joey Bart and David Villar each homered, doubled and drove in two runs, helping the San Francisco Giants top the Chicago Cubs 5-2 to end a five-game losing streak. Logan Webb allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings, while striking out six and walking none.

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer New Zealand skipper Peter Burling threw an aggressive high-speed maneuver at Tom Slingsby of Australia en route to a dominating opening day at the France Sail GP in St. Tropez. That led to some heated words between the trans-Tasman Sea rivals who are fighting for the season points lead.

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — Frank Cignetti, a Hall of Fame coach who turned Indiana University of Pennsylvania into a Division II power, has died. He was 84. Cignetti starred at IUP in the late-1950s then returned as head coach in 1986. He spent 20 years leading the Crimson Hawks, twice leading them to the Division

NORTH EASTON, Mass. (AP) — Ashur Carraha completed 9 of 11 passes for 186 yards and four touchdowns, and Stonehill had eight first-half touchdowns in a 76-0 rout of Division II member Post University. Stonehill led 41-0 in the first quarter and 55-0 at halftime. Stonehill linebacker Marje Mulumba made an interception on the second