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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Running back Frank Gore Jr. rushed for 87 yards and he threw for a touchdown as Southern Miss beat Louisiana-Lafayette 39-24 on Thursday night for its 10th straight win in the series. The Southern Miss defense intercepted Ben Wooldridge three times, including Natrone Brooks’ 52-yard pick-6 with 1:14 left in the

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Roman Josi had a goal and two assists, and the Nashville Predators defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-2 to stop a five-game losing streak. Michael McCarron, Zach Sanford, Tanner Jeannot, Ryan Johansen and Mikael Granlund also scored for the Predators, and Juuse Saros made 33 saves.

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Farabee had a goal and an assist, Carter Hart made 48 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Florida Panthers 4-3. Tony DeAngelo, Scott Laughton and Zack MacEwen also scored for the rebuilding Flyers, who are off to a surprising 5-2 start. Gustav Forsling, Josh Mahura

By BRENDAN McGAIR Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist in his season debut and the Boston Bruins extended their winning streak to four games, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Thursday night. Jeremy Swayman made 27 saves, David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists and Charlie

By MARK LUDWICZAK Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Anderson scored with just under four minutes remaining, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres. Brendan Gallagher and Kaiden Guhle also scored for the Canadiens. Sam Montembeault made 43 saves. Anderson scored the winner with 3:46 remaining. Following a flurry

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 24 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Clippers 118-110. Lu Dort scored 21 points and Aleksej Pokusevski added 15 for the Thunder, who also beat the Clippers 108-94 on Tuesday. Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard sat both games against

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ryan Hartman’s first goal of the season proved to be the winner as the Minnesota Wild beat Ottawa 4-2, snapping the Senators’ four-game win streak. Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov scored and Frederick Gaudreau added a empty-netter for the Wild, playing the third game of a five-game trip. Marc-Andre Fleury made 27

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer A person familiar with the situation tells AP that Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase could miss several games with a hip injury. Chase has been bothered by the hip for a few weeks, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Bengals are

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Things are pretty frightful around Cleveland these days, and it’s got nothing to do with   Halloween. The Browns’ season has turned ghastly. Riding their first four-game losing streak under coach Kevin Stefanski, the Browns enter Monday night’s home game against the Cincinnati Bengals in desperation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards guard Delon Wright has a strained right hamstring and the team says he will be re-evaluated in about three weeks. Wright was injured in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s win over Detroit. He is in his first season with the Wizards and averaged 6.5 points and 22.8 minutes through

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have exercised options for recent first-round draft choices Kira Lewis Jr. and Trey Murphy III. The club says it picked up a fourth-year option for Lewis. He’s a point guard drafted 13th overall out of Alabama in 2020. New Orleans exercised a third-year option for Murphy. He’s

MIAMI (AP) — The 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, one of the sites of the 2026 World Cup. The Coliseum in Los Angeles hosted the Gold Cup final in 1991, 1996, 1998 and 2000, and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena was the site in 2002 and

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — When the first pitch is thrown in the World Series on Friday night, it will be only the eighth game in 23 days for the Houston Astros. The new expanded playoffs this year that gave the Astros a first-round bye. That meant a five-day break after

By The Associated Press Ohio football neighbors, the Browns and Bengals will renew their rivalry on Monday night, this year on Halloween. It’s scary times in Cleveland anyway as the Browns have lost four straight games and can’t afford to fall any further back in the AFC North. The Bengals, on the other hand, have

NEW YORK (AP) — Retiring Miami striker Gonzalo Higuaín was voted Major League Soccer’s Comeback Player of the Year. The 34-year-old from Argentina scored a team-record 16 goals, including 14 in the final 16 regular-season games after returning from a knee injury. He received 16.63% in voting by players, media and team officials. San Jose

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — University of Maine coach Nick Derba remembers a lot from his time coaching Jeremy Peña in college, but what stands out the most is his work ethic. He said the shortstop “outworked everyone.” Just four years after leaving Maine, Peña helped lead the Houston Astros to

SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Austin Smotherman and Harrison Endycott shared the lead at 62 in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. The big surprise was Arjun Atwal. The 49-year-old hasn’t competed in the three months since his father died in India. He didn’t touch his clubs until last Friday. And he wasn’t even in the field until

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Dusty Baker is deeply disturbed that there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this year’s World Series. Neither Baker’s Houston Astros or the Philadelphia Phillies are expected to include any U.S.-born Black players on their rosters for Game 1 on Friday night. The 73-year-old

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Portland Thorns forward Sophia Smith has been named the National Women’s Soccer League Most Valuable Player. Smith had 14 goals in 18 matches for the Thorns, setting a team single-season record. She scored on all three of her penalty kick attempts and had four two-goal games. The 22-year-old