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NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle manager Eddie Howe says he hasn’t made inquiries about the Premier League team’s ownership status after new questions were raised about Saudi Arabian investment in the club. Howe says his focus is on weekend opponent Manchester City and that his recent communications with board members have been about on-field developments

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — This was a different kind of pitch tipping when Minnesota right-hander Kenta Maeda made only his second spring start in his return from Tommy John surgery two seasons ago. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the PitchCom device catcher Tony Wolters was using was loud enough for Tampa Bay hitters to

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Formula One great Lewis Hamilton has been cleared to race in the first practice session of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after having his jewelry inspected. Hamilton clashed with governing body FIA last year over the wearing of jewelry and was cleared at the Singapore GP in October for wearing a

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors say Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has been indicted on rape charges. The prosecutors office in Nanterre says Hakimi was questioned by investigators probing rape allegations on Thursday. He was then indicted by an investigating judge and placed under judicial supervision. A 24-year-old woman says she was raped by Hakimi

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished in fourth place in a World Cup super-G and missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory. Shiffrin was the ninth starter and trailed leader Elena Curtoni of Italy by 0.15 seconds. The race was eventually won by Cornelia Huetter. The Austrian edged Curtoni by a

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Keylan Boone scored 25 points, Moe Adum added 22 and Pacific defeated Pepperdine 84-71 in the first round of the West Coast Conference Tournament. Boone sank 11 of 15 shots with three 3-pointers and added five rebounds for the seventh-seeded Tigers (15-17). Adum made 9 of 15 shots with three 3-pointers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Azoulas Tubelis scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 8 Arizona ended USC’s 14-game home win streak with an 87-81 victory. It was the Wildcats’ first game since they were upset by rival Arizona State on an improbable half-court shot at the buzzer, 89-88. Arizona has not lost back-to-back

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frida Formann scored 16 points to lead 20th-ranked Colorado to a 62-54 victory over Oregon State in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. Formann made 4 of 9 shots with two 3-pointers for the third-seeded Buffaloes (23-7), who advance to play No. 7 seed Washington State in the semifinals

SEATTLE (AP) — TJ Bamba scored a career-high 36 points, Andrej Jakimovski added a double-double and Washington State won its sixth straight Pac-12 Conference game for the first time in 30 years with a 93-84 victory over Washington. Bamba, a junior, made 13 of 20 shots with three 3-pointers and all seven of his free

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Jordan Sears led the UT Martin Skyhawks with 33 points and sealed the victory with a layup with 36 seconds left as the Skyhawks took down the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars in an Ohio Valley Conference quarterfinal.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jermaine Couisnard scored 17 points to lead five in double figures as Oregon cruised past California 84-51. Couisnard was 6 of 8 from the floor and made three 3-pointers. N’Faly Dante, Nate Bittle, Rivaldo Soares and Kel’el Ware each added 10 points for Oregon (17-13, 11-8 Pac-12), which shot 55% (34

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabe Vilardi and Anze Kopitar scored in the third period and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Thursday night. Alex Iafallo also scored and Pheonix Copley made 19 saves to help the Kings win their fourth straight home game. Josh Anderson had

By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Pavel Buchnevich had four assists, Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist, and the St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3. Logan Brown, Colton Parayko, Brayden Schenn, Kasperi Kapanen and Tyler Pitlick also scored for the Blues. Thomas Greiss made 22 saves

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored his 38th and 39th goals of the season to help the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Thursday night for their third straight victory. Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves for Minnesota. Kaprizov opened the scoring at 44 seconds of the first period with a backdoor

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Led by DJ Davis’ 26 points, the UC Irvine Anteaters defeated the UC Riverside Highlanders 75-65. The Anteaters are now 21-10 on the season, while the Highlanders moved to 20-11.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calle Jarnkrok broke a tie at 2:20 of the third period and Joseph Woll made 25 saves in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. After Jacob Markstrom stopped Morgan Rielly on a breakaway, Jarnkrok was able to score off the rebound as the net

By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Led by Alston Mason’s 17 points, the Missouri State Bears defeated the UIC Flames 74-57 in a Missouri Valley Conference tournament first-round game

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Antoine Davis outscored them all – except for “Pistol” Pete. Detroit Mercy’s star guard finished four points shy of surpassing Pete Maravich as the NCAA career scoring leader on Thursday night, scoring 22 in a gritty 71-66 loss to Youngstown State in the Horizon League

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Zach Edey didn’t want to know whether Purdue already had clinched the Big Ten outright regular-season title before the end of his team’s game with Wisconsin. Edey’s coach couldn’t resist finding out. “I wish I could lie to you, but I asked,” Purdue coach Matt