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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Since ESPN won back the NHL rights two years ago, it has carried the All-Star Game and Stanley Cup finals on ABC. The only thing it hasn’t had is an outdoor game. That changes Saturday night when ABC has the Stadium Series contest between the Washington Capitals and Carolina

By The Associated Press LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Led by Tahj Staveskie’s 21 points, the Canisius Golden Griffins defeated the Rider Broncs 81-78. The Golden Griffins are now 7-18 with the win and the Broncs dropped to 14-10.

By The Associated Press POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Led by Caleb Fields’ 21 points, the Fairfield Stags defeated the Marist Red Foxes 70-61. The Stags are now 12-14 on the season, while the Red Foxes fell to 8-17.

By The Associated Press EMMITSBURG, Md. — Led by Jalen Benjamin’s 26 points, the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles 70-66. The Mountaineers improved to 9-18 with the victory and the Purple Eagles fell to 14-11.

By: SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Zach Parise scored the tiebreaker late in the third period and Brock Nelson added two goals as the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4. Anders Lee had two goals and an assist, Ilya Sorokin finished with 40 saves and the Islanders snapped a three-game

By The Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. — Led by Matt Allocco’s 20 points, the Princeton Tigers defeated the Brown Bears 78-67. The Tigers moved to 17-7 with the victory and the Bears fell to 13-11.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods had some explaining to do Friday, about a putter so cold he nearly missed the cut at Riviera, and about a chauvinist prank he played on Justin Thomas in the Genesis Invitational. In his return to elite competition for the first time in

By The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Led by Tristan Enaruna’s 20 points, the Cleveland State Vikings defeated the Wright State Raiders 85-68. The Vikings moved to 17-11 with the victory and the Raiders fell to 16-12.

By The Associated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Marques Warrick scored 22 points as Northern Kentucky beat Purdue Fort Wayne 63-50 on Friday night. Warrick was 8 of 15 shooting, including 3 for 7 from distance, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Norse (17-11, 12-5 Horizon League). Xavier Rhodes went

By The Associated Press CHICAGO — Led by Daron Holmes’ 20 points, the Dayton Flyers defeated the Loyola Chicago Ramblers 65-49. The Flyers are now 18-9 on the season, while the Ramblers fell to 9-17.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The top two seeds have advanced to the semifinals of the Argentina Open. Top-seeded and second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-2 at the clay court event. The 19-year-old Alcaraz will face the winner of the match between Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo and Spain’s Bernabe Zapata

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ben Affleck was 12 years old in 1984 and growing up in the Boston area. The Celtics were NBA champions. The Red Sox and Patriots were respectable. The Bruins got swept in the first round of the playoffs. And that also was when Nike

By The Associated Press KENT, Ohio — Led by Sincere Carry’s 17 points, the Kent State Golden Flashes defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 81-54. The Golden Flashes are now 22-5 on the season, while the Eagles moved to 6-21.

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A Qatar-based bid for Manchester United has been confirmed with Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani promising to rid the iconic soccer club of debt and return it to its former glories. Sheikh Jassim is the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank and has submitted a

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Seven-time is officially back. Jimmie Johnson topped the first practice session for the Daytona 500 on Friday. It came in his return to stock car racing after a two-year dalliance in IndyCar. The two-time Daytona 500 winner and seven-time Cup Series champion reached a

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have added the last major piece of Frank Reich’s coaching staff, hiring Thomas Brown as offensive coordinator. The team has now filled all three coordinator positions. After deciding not to retain last year’s interim coach, Steve Wilks, who is Black, the Panthers

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Gregg Winik refers to the last time the NBA’s All-Star Weekend came to Salt Lake City as a simpler time. In 1993, festivities occurred over only two days while the fan festival known as Jam Session made its debut. For this year’s event, there are three nights of on-court

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The former interim CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport has been temporarily suspended by the center he used to run for failure to report and abuse of process. The center posted the suspension for Regis Becker earlier this week. Becker served as a member of the center’s board

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich are all one step closer to basketball immortality. The three international greats — Gasol, Nowitzki and Parker — were among the list of Class of 2023 finalists unveiled Friday by the Basketball Hall of Fame,