AP National Sports

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang started their 17th season together with a bang as the Pittsburgh Penguins raced by the Arizona Coyotes 6-2. The longtime franchise cornerstones combined for two goals and four assists. The trio joined former New York Yankee stars Derek Jeter,

By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Patric Hornqvist scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots and Florida beat the New York Islanders 3-1 to give Paul Maurice a win in his first game as Panthers coach. Eetu Luostarinen scored in the second period and Matthew Tkachuk

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — John Rhys Plumlee accounted for seven touchdown to match a program record and led UCF to a 70-13 rout of Temple. Plumlee threw for 373 yards and four touchdowns and added another 37 yards on the ground with three scores. Plumlee threw a pair of TD passes each to Kobe Hudson

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Wrter CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is facing a new civil lawsuit from a woman in Texas claiming he pressured her into a sexual act during a massage therapy session two years ago. The woman filed the lawsuit in Harris County District Court in Houston. She claims

By The Associated Press Shane Bieber and the Cleveland Guardians try to bounce back in the Bronx, hoping to avoid a wipeout at Yankee Stadium a day after a washout. Game 2 of the Cleveland-New York matchup in the AL Division Series was postponed Thursday night because of a rainy forecast. Aaron Judge and the

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny and Morgan Frost each scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Flyers coach John Tortorella won his debut with the team in the season opener. Carter Hart stopped 34 shots for

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin and rookie JJ Peterka scored 2:54 apart in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 in the teams’ season opener. Craig Anderson stopped 35 shots and Victor Olofsson sealed the victory by scoring two empty-net goals

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams don’t have the least productive running game in the NFL just because of their injury-plagued offensive line. The defending Super Bowl champions also need much better play from their running backs, who are struggling right along with the men blocking

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The atmosphere at Petco Park will be absolutely electric when Blake Snell and the Padres face Tony Gonsolin and the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the first playoff game at San Diego’s downtown ballpark with fans in the stands in 16 years. The Padres put

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has looked at Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett’s disputed roughing-the-passer penalty on Tom Brady to determine whether Brady attempted to kick Jarrett and if that warrants a fine, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek needed more than two hours to post a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Zheng Qinwen of China in her opening match Thursday at the WTA 500 San Diego Open. Contending with a steady mist that caused a 30-minute delay just after the match’s initial point was played and

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago cornerback Jaylon Johnson is active for the Bears game against Washington after being sidelined by a quad injury. The 23-year-old Johnson, a second-round pick in the 2020 draft, missed the previous three games. Considered the Bears’ top cover corner, he had a forced fumble and four tackles through the first two

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants punter Jamie Gillan returned to practice Thursday after staying in the United Kingdom for a couple of extra days because of a passport issue. Gillan returned to the United States on Wednesday. He was a full participant in the workout for Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens.

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox plans to avoid coverage of Qatar’s controversial treatment of migrant workers during World Cup broadcasts, much as it didn’t address criticism of Russia’s government during the 2018 tournament. David Neal, executive producer of Fox’s World Cup coverage, says “our stance is if it affects

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Bruce Irvin is back for a second reunion with the Seattle Seahawks. Irvin is nearly 35 years old and he signed to Seattle’s practice squad and could be on the field Sunday when the Seahawks host Arizona. Irvin was Seattle’s first-round pick in 2012. He

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press Scott McTominay scored deep into stoppage time to give Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Omonoia Nicosia in the Europa League. McTominay received a pass from fellow substitute Jadon Sancho and fired the winner past Nigeria international goalkeeper Francis Uzoho at Old Trafford. Bukayo Saka scored and Arsenal beat Bodø/Glimt

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — If it’s any consolation to Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers also had a rough first season under Nathaniel Hackett’s tutelage. “It’s tough when you’ve been in a different style of offense, for sure,” said Rodgers, who had nine games with either zero or one touchdown

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson tried to be cool. Or at least not let on how much of a thrill the moment was for him. The New York Jets quarterback was on the practice field last year during training camp chatting it up with Aaron