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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov scored the go-ahead goal 3:40 into the third period and the Florida Panthers won their third straight game by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1. Barkov slammed a loose puck in the crease past Andrei Vasilevskiy for his second of the season. It came 1:04 after the Lightning tied

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and the Milwaukee Bucks opened the defense of their first title in half a century by beating the Brooklyn Nets 127-104 on Tuesday. Antetokounmpo also collected 14 rebounds and seven assists. Khris Middleton and Pat Connaughton each added 20 points to

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Pavelski and Alexander Radulov scored in a shootout to lift the Dallas Stars over the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1. Pavelski and Radulov both beat Pittsburgh goaltender Tristan Jarry with backhands to help Dallas end its season-opening four-game trip on a high note. Michael Raffl scored his

MONTREAL (AP) — Former New York Islanders winger Mike Bossy says he’s been diagnosed with lung cancer. Bossy revealed the news in a letter to TVA Sports, the French-language network where he works as a hockey analyst. He will take leave from his job while undergoing treatment. The 64-year-old Bossy had 573 goals and 1,126

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his first two goals of the season to help the Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3. Kuznetsov was the most noticeable player on the ice from his first shift on. He turned the puck over on Colorado’s first goal, but more than

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jeff Skinner and Tage Thompson scored 23 seconds apart in the third period as the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Tuesday. Kyle Okposo and Zemgus Girgensons each added a goal and an assist, and Craig Anderson made 32 saves. After finishing

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham has been ruled out of the team’s season-opening game against the Chicago Bulls due to a sprained right ankle. Detroit will host the Bulls on Wednesday night without Cunningham, the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. Cunningham hurt his ankle early in training camp and

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit a tying, three-run homer and Mookie Betts then lined an RBI double as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied in the eighth inning, beating Atlanta 6-5 and cutting the Braves’ lead in the NL Championship Series to 2-1. The Dodgers were down to

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer The New York Yacht Club is pulling out of the 37th America’s Cup due to the uncertainty about when and where it will be sailed. The decision came less than three months after the yacht club dropped the American Magic sailing team, which represented it in the 36th America’s

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith will have a Wildcats jersey retired in his honor in December. Smith coached the Wildcats from 1997 to 2007, leading them to the 1998 NCAA championship and multiple Southeastern Conference titles. The ceremony will happen during Kentucky’s Dec. 31 home game against High Point, Smith’s current

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars cut veteran kicker Josh Lambo two days after unheralded Matt Wright hit two field goals from beyond 50 yards in the final minutes to beat Miami and end the NFL’s longest losing streak in 44 years. Lambo was the league’s most

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday has left the defending champions’ season opener with a bruised right heel. Holiday had scored 12 points before leaving in the second quarter of Milwaukee’s game with the Brooklyn Nets. The Bucks announced he wouldn’t return to the game. George Hill replaced Holiday in the lineup to

By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Baylor’s sideline will look different this season, but the Lady Bears expect similar results after they were picked as the preseason No. 1 team in the Big 12. Coach Kim Mulkey stepped down after last season to take the job at LSU. She led the

NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Blues winger Pavel Buchnevich has been suspended two games for headbutting Arizona Coyotes forward Lawson Crouse. Buchnevich was thrown out of Monday’s game late in the first period Monday. He’ll miss the Blues’ upcoming games at Vegas and home against Los Angeles. The suspension costs Buchnevich $141,463 because he

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals improved to 6-0 on the season with a win over Cleveland on Sunday. As the NFL’s only remaining unbeaten team, the Cardinals retained the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved up a

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Mohamed Salah has scored twice as Liverpool took advantage of Antoine Griezmann’s red card to beat Atlético Madrid 3-2 in the Champions League. Griezmann also scored twice to help Atlético recover from a poor start but was sent off with a straight red card early in

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon made his season debut against the Washington Capitals after being cleared from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. He missed the first two games of the season because he tested positive for the coronavirus. MacKinnon, who is fully vaccinated, had been in protocol

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan says increased investment in the women’s game must be part of any plan for a biennial World Cup. Morgan is part of a FIFA technical advisory group that is looking into a proposal to stage the World Cup every two years. Morgan is

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer There was a goal rush in the Champions League and it was no surprise to see Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah among the scorers. They both converted coolly taken penalties to seal 3-2 wins for Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool to cap a night that saw 35 goals go in

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Washington State acting head coach Jake Dickert says his immediate focus in his new role is providing stability for players who were left hurting and shocked after Nick Rolovich and other coaches were fired for refusing to comply with the state’s vaccine mandate. He says he addressed the team