LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boogie Ellis scored 19 points, Drew Peterson added 15 points, eight rebounds and 12 assists and Southern California beat Mount St. Mary’s 83-74. Joshua Morgan made 6 of 7 from the field and finished with career highs of 15 points and 12 rebounds. The 6-foot-11 junior added four blocks for USC
Continue Reading NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Brandin Podziemski scored 21 points as Santa Clara beat DePaul 69-61. Podziemski also contributed 12 rebounds and three steals for the Broncos (3-1). Jaden Bediako scored 14 points and added nine rebounds. The Blue Demons (3-1) were led by Umoja Gibson, who posted 18 points and four assists.
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brock Boeser scored twice to end an 11-game drought and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1. Elias Pettersson also scored two goals, and Andrei Kuzmenko and Quinn Hughes each had two assists to help Vancouver win its second straight. Thatcher Demko stopped 37 shots to get his
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had 24 points, 10 assists and six rebounds, Andrew Wiggins added 20 points with seven rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat the New York Knicks 111-101. Klay Thompson had 20 points with four 3-pointers and showed signs of finding his shooting groove.
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 38 points and 16 rebounds, Lonnie Walker added 17 points and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Detroit Pistons 128-121 to win consecutive games for only the second time this season. LeBron James missed his third straight game with a left
Continue Reading By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cody Bellinger, Brian Anderson and Luke Voit were among 83 players who became free agents when their former teams declined to offer them contracts for next season. Alex Reyes, Ryan Yarbrough and Jeimer Candelario also were cut loose ahead of baseball’s tender deadline, with clubs
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — No. 19 Illinois rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat No. 8 UCLA 79-70 in the Continental Tire Main Event. Terrence Shannon Jr. made 8 of 9 3-pointers and scored 29 points with 10 rebounds. The Illini will play No. 16 Virginia in Sunday’s championship
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By AJ Willingham, CNN The beginning of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will also kick off another intense international sport: Pronouncing “Qatar.” To Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages, the name of this year’s World Cup host is a no-brainer. However, to English speakers, it is literally one tricky letter after another. That’s
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By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in another step toward keeping lines of communication open between the two biggest economies. A White House official said Harris and Xi exchanged remarks Saturday while heading into a closed-door meeting at the Asia-Pacific
Continue Reading By ANTHONY SANFILIPPO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo argued with an arena worker and flung a ladder away from a basket, sending it toppling over as he tried to shoot practice free throws after the Bucks’ 110-102 loss to Philadelphia on Friday night. After going 4 for 15 from the line,
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI, CHISATO TANAKA AND CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific called for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine and pledged to steer the region’s economies toward sustainable growth as they wrapped up summit meetings Saturday. Host Thailand garnered a diplomatic coup in managing to bridge divisions
Continue Reading MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Aanen Moody scored 22 points and Montana pulled away in the second half to beat Merrimack, 62-51. Moody knocked down 4 of 9 from beyond the 3-point arc and was 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Josh Bannan added a double-double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. Ziggy Reid led
Continue Reading POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tommy Bruner buried a 3-pointer on the final shot of the game and Denver rallied late to beat Idaho State 70-69. Tevin Smith had 21 points and six rebounds for Denver (3-1).  Smith had a dunk with 40 seconds left to get the Pioneers within two and then picked up his
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian military says Israeli airstrikes have hit central and coastal regions of Syria, killing four soldiers and wounding one. State media quoted an unidentified Syrian military official as saying that Israeli warplanes flying over the Mediterranean fired missiles early Saturday toward military positions in coastal and central Syria. Israel has carried
Continue Reading By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 38 points, including an improbable turnaround jumper to beat the shot clock with 38.5 seconds left, and the Utah Jazz beat the Phoenix Suns 134-133 on Friday night. In a wildly entertaining offensive shootout, Utah’s defense made the difference down
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As they watched House Speaker Nancy Pelosi step forward to wrangle an unruly Congress over the years or stare down a bombastic president, many women across the country saw a version of the calm, confident leader they hoped to be themselves. Pelosi, in rooms full of powerful
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson, Nouran Salahieh and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The mother of University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins, who was hospitalized after a shooting that killed three football players last Sunday, says her son was trying to warn others before being struck by gunfire. Hollins, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is one of
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power next year to investigate the Biden administration and, in particular, the president’s son. But the midterm results have emboldened a White House that has long prepared for this moment. Republicans secured
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching bull shark, the species considered by many scientists to be the most aggressive in the world. I am beginning to have second thoughts about this assignment. Before we entered
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN The shark turns and swims directly at me. There is only open water between us, no cage to protect against the approaching bull shark, the species considered by many scientists to be the most aggressive in the world. I am beginning to have second thoughts about this assignment. Before we entered
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