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By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and No. 15 UConn snapped a three-game losing streak by routing Butler 86-56. Adama Sanogo added 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Huskies. They won their first 14 games this season but dropped five of six coming into the

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former UConn star and current WNBA player Katie Lou Samuelson has been hired as Vanderbilt’s director of player development for women’s basketball. Samuelson plays for the Los Angeles Sparks and will assist with recruiting and strategy for the Commodores. Samuelson helped UConn win the 2016 NCAA title, when Vandy coach Shea

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland can break all sorts of Premier League scoring records this season and it still might not secure Manchester City another title. That’s because there is just no stopping Arsenal which overcame another big obstacle in its bid for a first league title since 2004. A few hours

LONDON (AP) — Eddie Nketiah kept Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge on track with two goals as the Gunners beat Manchester United 3-2 in a pulsating game at the Emirates Stadium. Nketiah netted the winner in injury time with a back-heeled flick-on after a shot from Martin Odegaard to secure a crucial victory that keeps

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Vancouver Canucks have fired coach Bruce Boudreau and hired Rick Tocchet as his replacement. The move comes midway through another underwhelming season in the Pacific Northwest. It’s the second consecutive season that the Canucks have fired their coach. Boudreau took over when previous coach Travis Green and general

LONDON (AP) — A top-flight women’s match in England has been abandoned after just six minutes because the field was frozen and it has sparked complaints from managers and players that the league isn’t being taken seriously enough. The referee took Chelsea and Liverpool players off the field shortly after the match began at Chelsea’s

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Gio Reyna scored the winning goal in his first game since the World Cup as Borussia Dortmund beat Augsburg 4-3 in the Bundesliga. Augsburg left Reyna in space to the right of the penalty area and he controlled the ball before flicking it up and

LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds’ winless run in the Premier League moved to six matches after being held to a 0-0 draw by Brentford at Elland Road. The point lifted Leeds above West Ham into 15th place but Jesse Marsch’s team sits just one point above the relegation zone. Brentford extended its club-record unbeaten league

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chad Henne has spent most of the season holding clipboards behind Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes. But when the All-Pro quarterback hurt his right ankle in Saturday night’s playoff game against Jacksonville, the 37-year-old journeyman entered the game and proceeded to lead Kansas City on

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jessica Pegula is headed to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the fifth time. It is her third consecutive trip to that stage of the Australian Open. The 28-year-old American has yet to make it to a semifinal. She will face 2012-13 Australian

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State says guard Terquavion Smith is day-to-day after a scary fall in Saturday’s loss to North Carolina. Smith was wheeled off the court on a stretcher in Saturday’s loss at North Carolina. The school says Smith reported neck and elbow pain, as well as numbness in his right arm

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erling Haaland scored his fourth Premier League hat trick of the season to lead Manchester City to a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton as Pep Guardiola’s midweek message got through to the champions. The Norway striker’s three-goal burst in a 14-minute spell either side of halftime lifted him to 25 for the

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin has signed Croatia right back Josip Juranović from Scottish champion Celtic for the modest Bundesliga club’s biggest transfer to date. Union has announced the 27-year-old Juranović’s transfer without giving details of the length of his contract or transfer fee. Media reports suggested Union had

MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) — Frenchman Sebastien Ogier has won the season-opening Monte Carlo rally for a record ninth time to break the tie with countryman Sebastien Loeb. The eight-time world champion Ogier powered his Toyota to victory over defending world champion Kalle Rovanperä of Finland (Toyota) and Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). The 39-year-old Ogier

KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Daniel Yule has won a men’s World Cup slalom after first-run leader Manuel Feller straddled a gate and failed to finish his home race. Yule was seventh after the opening run. He posted the third-fastest time in the second and then saw the top six fail to beat his

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Victor Perez won the Abu Dhabi Championship for the third and biggest European tour title of his career. The Frenchman’s 6-under 66 in the final round was capped by holing a bunker shot at No. 17. Perez led by one when he sent his tee shot short and