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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The 2018 Olympics without NHL stars offered a glimpse of things to come for players who hadn’t yet reached the best hockey league in the world. Five years later, Kirill Kaprizov is starring for Minnesota. Wild teammate Jordan Greenway played on the U.S. team with Seattle’s Ryan Donato. Finnish

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Streamline Hotel, which opened in 1941, is widely recognized as the birthplace of NASCAR because it hosted meetings between drivers and officials during the racing series’ formative years. It had become a dilapidated building after years of neglect. But after a massive makeover

MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin took the lead in the opening run of the giant slalom at the world championships. Shiffrin was the third starter and beat the time of then-leader Tessa Worley of France by 0.12 seconds. Defending champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland had more than six-tenths to make up in

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Monaco striker Wissam Ben Yedder has quickly recovered from the disappointment of being left out by France coach Didier Deschamps for the World Cup. Since the league resumed at the end of December, the former Toulouse and Sevilla forward has scored eight goals and has embodied Monaco’s resurgence as

MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has taken the lead with her first run of the giant slalom at the world championships. Shiffrin was the third starter and beat the time of then-leader Tessy Worley of France by 0.12 seconds. Defending champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland had more than six-tenths to make up

SEATTLE (AP) — Freshman Keyon Menifield had a career-high 27 points, Jamal Bey scored a layup with 28 seconds left in overtime and Washington beat Oregon 72-71 to end a four-game losing streak. N’Faly Dante’s layup with 50 seconds left gave Oregon a 71-70 lead before Bey answered on the ensuing possession. Koren Johnson blocked

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Emirates is expanding its sponsorship in sailing with a three-year deal to become the title partner of Sir Ben Ainslie’s British team in the SailGP global league. The squad will be known as Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team starting with this weekend’s regatta on Sydney Harbor. The airline’s red

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pius Suter scored the winner in the fifth round of the shootout, leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Robby Fabbri and Olli Maatta scored in regulation for the Red Wings, who have won four straight. Ville Husso made 41 saves

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Matt Bradley scored 10 points and No. 21 San Diego State slipped past Fresno State 45-43. San Diego State has won four in a row and eight of nine overall, extending its winning streak against the Bulldogs to eight games. Nathan Mensah had eight points, eight rebounds and four blocks for

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tage Thompson picked up his 36th goal of the season, Casey Mittelstadt had the go-ahead score late in the second period and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Alex Tuch had a goal and two

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 21 points in his first game since becoming the NBA’s career scoring leader, and D’Angelo Russell had 21 points and seven assists during his warm welcome home in the Lakers’ 120-102 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. Anthony Davis had 28 points,

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad each had two goals and an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-4 for their sixth straight win. Chris Kreider and K’Andre Miller also scored for the Rangers, who are 7-0-1 in their last eight games. Igor Shesterkin stopped 25 shots.

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Denis Malgin scored for the second consecutive night, Nathan MacKinnon got his fifth goal in five games since the All-Star break and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2. Andrew Cogliano also scored for Colorado, and Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves. Georgiev had allowed