AP National Sports

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — Former overall champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde kept up Norway’s success on the Saslong course by winning a World Cup super-G. Austrian skiers Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr finished second and third. Norwegians have now won eight of the last 10 super-Gs in

MILAN (AP) — Christian Eriksen’s contract with Inter Milan has been terminated by mutual agreement, six months after he had a cardiac arrest at the European Championship. The 29-year-old Eriksen is prohibited from playing in Italy with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator due to local health regulations. But he could continue his career in another country where

PARIS (AP) — Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been elected as president of motorsports governing body FIA. He replaces Jean Todt. The 60-year-old Ben Sulayem is from the United Arab Emirates. He received more than 60% of the votes to defeat British rival Graham Stoker. Ben Sulayem has pledged to double participation in the sport worldwide

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — Former overall champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde kept up Norway’s success on the Saslong course by winning a World Cup super-G. Austrian skiers Matthias Mayer and Vincent Kriechmayr finished second and third. Norwegians have now won eight of the last 10 super-Gs in

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City has canceled Pep Guardiola’s news conference after the manager’s COVID-19 test returned inconclusive. Guardiola was scheduled to talk to the media ahead of the Premier League leader’s match at Newcastle on Sunday. Half of the scheduled weekend matches have already been postponed because of COVID-19 outbreaks at clubs, underscoring

ZURICH (AP) — Former England defender Steven Caulker has switched eligibility to represent Sierra Leone. Caulker can now be selected for the African Cup of Nations. The tournament starts on Jan. 9 in Cameroon and Sierra Leone is in a group with Algeria, Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea. FIFA rules let Caulker change eligibility because

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer In the late 1990s, then-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue initiated meetings with minority assistant coaches throughout the league. Tagliabue sought input on why so few of them were being considered for head coaching and even coordinator positions. One of the men he met with was Ted Cottrell, whose defenses

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia recovered from a poor start to score a vital race win on the first day of SailGP racing on Sydney Harbour, as two of their biggest rivals were involved in a damaging collision. Tom Slingsby’s Australian team finished third and seventh in the first two races and were sitting sixth on

Broadcaster Clarence Iron is hoping that his play-by-play of a handful of NHL games in 2022 will help preserve his Cree language, considered one of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in Canada. The 60-year-old Iron will debut “Hockey Night in Canada in Cree” in January. “We’re trying to save the Cree language,” he said.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Spencer Haywood, the trailblazing forward who grew up picking cotton in Mississippi, wound up reshaping the league in a way that many take for granted today. With the help of the owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, Haywood sued the league, which had a rule that didn’t allow players to enter the

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — For as long as Brandon Staley is in charge, the Los Angeles Chargers are going to be highly aggressive on fourth downs. Even after it sort of felt like it cost them a crucial game against Kansas City. The Chargers went 2 for 5 on

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Madi Kubik had 13 kills, three aces and two blocks, Lauren Stivrins had nine kills and six blocks — the last of which came on match points — and Nebraska rallied to beat No. 3 seed Pittsburgh 16-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-22 in the semifinals of the NCAA volleyball tournament. No. 10

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brock Boeser scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks won their sixth straight game since coach Bruce Boudreau took over, beating the San Jose Sharks 5-2. Boeser opened the scoring in the first period and added an insurance goal late in the second. Bo Horvat

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Jaiden Delaire tied his career high with 22 points, Harrison Ingram scored seven of his 13 points in the final minute of regulation and Stanford rallied to beat Dartmouth 89-78 in overtime. Brandon Angel had a career-high 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting for Stanford. Ingram scored in the lane, Michael O’Connell

HOUSTON (AP) — Immanuel Quickly hit seven 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help the short-handed New York Knicks beat the Houston Rockets 116-103 on Thursday night. New York snapped a four-game losing streak, winning for just the second time in its last nine games. Houston has lost four of five since a seven-game winning

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dedric Boyd had a season-high 28 points as Tennessee State edged past Charleston Southern 78-75. Tahlik Chavez led the Buccaneers with 17 points.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Jesse Puljujarvi had two goals and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers snapped a six-game skid with a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.Derek Ryan, Brendan Perlini and Warren Foegele also scored for the Oilers, who also ended a five-game losing streak at home.Gustav Nyquist and Justin

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Travis Kelce scored on a 34-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes in overtime and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied for a 34-28 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. Kelce caught a tying 7-yard touchdown pass with 1:16 left in the fourth quarter, then ended the game

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — JaVale McGee scored 17 points, Deandre Ayton added 15 and the Phoenix Suns cruised to a 118-98 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night. The McGee-Ayton center combo dominated the interior, with the Suns scoring 58 points in the paint. All five starters and eight

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians say minor league catcher Andrés Meléndez died Thursday in Miami. He was 20. The team said Meléndez died suddenly. There was no immediate word on the cause of death. The Venezuela native began his career with Milwaukee’s organization in 2018. He spent two seasons between the Brewers’ Dominican Summer