AP National Sports

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There aren’t many occasions anymore when one can say Sidney Crosby did something in a game for the first time. Saturday night, though, he accomplished a first he hoped to avoid. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ superstar received a game misconduct for the first time in his

By The Associated Press HONOLULU — Led by Max Jones’ 13 points, the CSU Fullerton Titans defeated the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 52-51. The Titans are now 14-12 on the season, while the Rainbow Warriors dropped to 18-8.

SINGAPORE (AP) — South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a 9-under 63 to power up the leaderboard and clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke from Finland’s Sami Valimaki. Strydom carded a final round of 63 _ the best score of the final day at Laguna National Golf Resort Club _ to finish at 19-under 269

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — TJ Bamba scored 20 points, Mouhamed Gueye had 17 points and 15 rebounds and Washington State beat in-state rival Washington 56-51. Gueye hit a jumper and followed with a three-point play with about eight minutes left in the first half and the Cougars never again trailed. Cole Bajema’s layup made it

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe had his first four-goal game and completed Los Angeles’ first natural hat trick in nearly 10 years, Pheonix Copley got his second career shutout and the Kings rolled to a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night. Anze Kopitar had three assists

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler had two goals an an assist as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1. Defenseman Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist, and Mark Scheifele also scored to help Winnipeg win its second straight. Connor Hellebuyck had 31 saves as the Jets completed four-game sweep of the

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 7 UCLA won in Eugene for the first time since 2019 with a 70-63 victory over Oregon. UCLA has won four straight after losing to Arizona and rival USC at the end of

By CAMERON SALERNO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 36 points, including six free throws in the final 18.4 seconds of overtime, leading the Sacramento Kings to a 133-128 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Fox shot 12 of 23 from the field and scored 26 of his points in the fourth quarter

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Canadian Women’s national team said Saturday night that players would return to team activities after Canada Soccer threatened legal action because of their protest over cuts to the women’s program. Players did not practice earlier Saturday in preparation for this week’s SheBelieves Cup game against the rival

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE Associated Press PERTH, Australia (AP) — Islam Makhachev defied a rowdy crowd and a sustained challenge from Alexander Volkanovski to cement his supremacy in the UFC lightweight division in a grueling fight in Perth, Western Australia. In the main event of UFC 284, Makhachev defended his 155-pound belt with an unanimous decision

By CADEN FRANK Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Julian Strawther scored 26 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:10 remaining, and No. 16 Gonzaga rallied to beat BYU 88-81. Drew Timme added 19 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs. After trailing 71-68 with 4:09 to play, Gonzaga made 3s on three

IRVINE, Calif. — Dawson Baker scored 23 points and UC Irvine beat UC Riverside 83-64. Baker added five rebounds for the Anteaters (17-8, 10-3 Big West Conference). DJ Davis hit four 3-pointers an scored 18. Bent Leuchten scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting. Lachlan Olbrich finished with 22 points to pace the Highlanders (16-10, 9-5).

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 25 points and 12 rebounds and No. 7 UCLA won in Eugene for the first time since 2019 with a 70-63 victory over Oregon. UCLA has won four straight after losing a pair to Arizona and rival USC at the

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Desmond Cambridge Jr. scored five of his 23 points in overtime and Arizona State beat California 70-62 in overtime. Collins made two free throws and Alonzo Gaffney followed with a dunk to give Arizona State a four-point lead 90 seconds into OT. DJ Horne added 12 points for the Sun Devils.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first Japanese pairs skaters to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships when they overcame a couple of mistakes in their free skate to easily win the title Saturday. They scored scored 137.05 points Saturday for a total of 208.24, easily outdistancing

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Led by Freddy Hicks’ 21 points, the Tarleton State Texans defeated the Utah Tech Trailblazers 75-71. The Texans moved to 14-12 with the victory and the Trailblazers fell to 11-15.

By MIKE COOK Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mats Zuccarello and Frederick Gaudreau scored in a shootout and the struggling Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the red-hot New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Saturday night. Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman scored in regulation and Filip Gustavsson stopped 27 shots for the Wild, which

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Calle Rosen had two goals and Ryan O’Reilly scored in overtime to lift the St. Louis Blues over the Arizona Coyotes 6-5. Brandon Saad, Sammy Blais and Robert Thomas also scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 23 saves to help St. Louis snap a five-game

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — D’Angelo Russell had 15 points, six assists and five rebounds in his Lakers return after being acquired from Minnesota, Dennis Schroder scored 26 points, and Los Angeles beat the Golden State Warriors 109-103 in a rivalry missing the star power of injured greats LeBron James