Sports

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — Ziggy Reid scored 23 points, Jordan Minor had 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists and Merrimack closed on an 8-0 run to beat Fairleigh Dickinson 67-66 to capture the Northeast Conference Tournament championship. Merrimack, which is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament due to a four-year transition to Division I,

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Pau Gasol joined the Los Angeles Lakers just over 15 years ago, the Spanish 7-footer banished his ego, redoubled his work ethic and immediately turned this team into contenders who eventually became champions. Gasol and Kobe Bryant did it all together, and their numbers

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Brook Lopez scored 26 points, Khris Middleton and Jevon Carter each added 24 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Orlando Magic 134-123 for their 18th win in 19 games. Bobby Portis Jr. had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Jae Crowder added 15 points for

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Led by Dylan Penn’s 26 points, the Vermont Catamounts defeated the Binghamton Bearcats 79-57 in the America East Conference Tournament semifinals.

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Led by De’Lazarus Keys’ 18 points, the Texas A&M-CC Islanders defeated the McNeese Cowboys 80-63 in the Southland Conference Tournament

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Grant Basile scored 20 points, Justyn Mutts added 18 and Viriginia Tech rallied to beat Notre Dame 67-64 in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The game was tied 64-all when Mutts scored on a dunk, and then Rodney Rice blocked Cormac Ryan’s layup attempt with 12 seconds

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have reached a new four-year contract with quarterback Daniel Jones and put a franchise tag on running back Saquon Barkley. The Giants confirmed the deal with Jones on Tuesday night. The team reached an agreement with Jones’ representatives with with

LOWELL, Mass. — Led by Allin Blunt’s 19 points, the UMass Lowell River Hawks defeated the New Hampshire Wildcats 75-64 in the America East Conference Tournament.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Dakota Leffew scored 15 points, including two in the overtime, as the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers knocked off the Canisius Golden Griffins 67-66 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament

NEW YORK — Led by Jhamir Brickus’ 18 points, the La Salle Explorers defeated the Rhode Island Rams 73-56 in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournamentfalse Championship

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Jurgen Klinsmann has arrived to start his job as head coach of South Korea’s national team and has immediately set a target of ending an Asian Cup drought that has stretched for more than 60 years. The 58 year-old Klinsmann won the 1990 World Cup

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Makai Ashton-Langford scored 16 points and Jaeden Zachery added 15 points and eight assists to lead Boston College over Louisville 80-62 on Tuesday in the first round of the ACC Tournament despite playing without leading scorer and rebounder Quinten Post. Boston College coach Earl Grant said Monday that Post was day-to-day

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The attorney representing a dozen former Iowa football players who settled their racial discrimination lawsuit with the university’s athletic department for over $4 million — half of which is coming from taxpayer funds — said Tuesday that Black Hawkeyes players will continue to be at risk of harassment “as

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Maisie Burnham scored 19 points, Alex Fowler had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Portland beat two-time defending West Coast Conference Tournament champion Gonzaga 64-60 to claim an NCAA Tournament berth. Portland (23-8) snapped a six-game losing streak against the No. 16 Zags — with its last win coming in the

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Hall of Fame boxing matchmaker and publicist Robert “Bobby” Goodman, who promoted two major Muhammad Ali fights in the 1970s, has died. He was 83. Goodman’s family said in a statement that he died Sunday at a hospital in Galloway Township, New Jersey, where he had spent the past three

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson missed a second consecutive game because of a sore left foot, sitting out Tuesday night against the Charlotte Hornets. Brunson had been listed as questionable to return, but Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said he still wasn’t quite ready, saying the point guard’s status was day

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The numbers that sum up this season for Minnesota are awfully bleak. The Gophers have 17 losses in Big Ten play. Their average scoring margin is fourth-worst among major conference teams. Their free-throw shooting percentage ranks 352nd, dead last in the country. They lost their top

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Ja Morant’s skyrocketing basketball career is on hold following a series of off-court decisions by the young NBA star involving a gun in a strip club, actions which have temporarily derailed his meteoric rise. Morant is the target of a second NBA investigation in weeks with no timetable