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By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — From Super Bowl opening night to the night before the big game, the party was on all week long. The frenzy was back in full force this year after COVID-19 restrictions limited the wild, zany atmosphere that surrounds the most-anticipated and most-hyped week on the

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler added 22, Gabe Vincent had 20 and the Miami Heat rallied to beat the Orlando Magic 107-103 in overtime. Vincent opened the OT with a 3-pointer, Herro scored twice from the lane and the Magic never caught up. Markelle

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney picked up her team-best fifth medal of the World Cup season, a bronze in a women’s singles race. Julia Taubitz of Germany won the race in 1 minute, 51.683 seconds. Anna Berreiter of Germany was second in 1:51.891 and Sweeney was third in 1:52.038. It was Sweeney’s

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won gold in the men’s downhill for his first career medal at a world championships. Odermatt had a flawless run on the demanding L’Eclipse course to beat Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by 0.48 seconds as the Norwegian added to his silver from Thursday’s super-G. Cameron Alexander finished 0.89

By ANDREW DAMPF and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says the organization is not on the wrong side of history by aiming to help Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Games. Bach insists sports must respect human rights of all athletes and not

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Southampton has fired manager Nathan Jones after a 2-1 loss to Wolverhampton that left his team in last place in the Premier League. Fans called for Jones to be sacked as Southampton conceded two late goals against an opponent playing with 10 men for more than an hour. The announcement comes

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