DETROIT (AP) — Tucker Gleason ran for one overtime score and threw for four more as Toledo beat Pittsburgh 48-46 in a bowl-record six overtimes at the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field on Thursday. The game surpassed the previous mark set 48 hours earlier when South Florida beat San Jose ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sean Monahan scored twice in his 800th NHL game, helping Columbus beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 Friday night and extending the Blue Jackets' home win streak to three games. Dmitri Voronkov added two goals and an assist, extending his point streak to six games. Kirill ...
DENVER (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points, Evan Mobley had 26 points and the streaking Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 149-135 on Friday night for their sixth straight win. Cleveland set a season high in points and improved to 10-1 since dropping two in a row to Atlanta ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Miami Dolphins need plenty of outside help to make the AFC playoffs. First, though, they must help themselves. With no margin for error, the Dolphins (7-8) hope to stay in the postseason hunt at least another week with a win Sunday over the Browns (3-12), whose season ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Deni Avdija and Shaedon Sharpe each scored 27 points, and Scoot Henderson made a tiebreaking jumper with 0.1 seconds remaining as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 122-120 on Thursday night. Henderson finished with 18 points and 10 assists, Deandre Ayton ...
SALT LAKE CTIY (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored three goals, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 34 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-1 on Friday night. Mikko Rantanen also scored and Nathan MacKinnon had three assists for Colorado, which has won four straight. Blackwood ...
By The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Devils defenseman Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist, Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves and New Jersey defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night. Ondrej Palat, Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer also scored for New Jersey, which has won ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers signed former New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres to a $15 million, one-year contract on Friday. The two-time All-Star gets a slight raise from his $14.2 million salary with the Yankees. His agreement includes a one-time assignment bonus of ...
By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Taylen Green threw for 341 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 81 yards in Arkansas' 39-26 victory over Texas Tech on Friday night in the Liberty Bowl. Green completed 11 of 21 passes and Arkansas (7-6) had 573 yards of total ...
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Manaea and the New York Mets finalized a $75 million, three-year contract Friday night that keeps one of the team's best pitchers last season at the front of a remodeled rotation. The sides agreed to terms earlier this week, ...
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle McCord threw for 453 yards and five touchdowns to break Deshaun Watson's Atlantic Coast Conference season passing record and lead No. 22 Syracuse to a 52-35 victory over depleted-yet-scrappy Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on ...
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points, Evan Mobley had 26 points and the streaking Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 149-135 on Friday night for their sixth straight win. Cleveland set a season high in points and improved to 10-1 ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Mike Brown less than halfway through his third season with the team mired in a five-game losing streak. General manager Monte McNair called the move Friday a "difficult decision" and thanked Brown for his work. Assistant ...
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster who broke barriers during his career calling some of the biggest sporting events, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by the network on Friday. He was 78. "He leaves behind a legacy ...
By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 26 points and nine assists, Josh Hart added 23 points and 13 rebounds and the New York Knicks extended their winning streak to six games with a 108-85 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night. Karl-Anthony Towns ...
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Diego Pavia and Vanderbilt delivered another victory to end a surprising season. Pavia threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores and Vanderbilt secured its first winning season since 2013 with a 35-27 victory over ...
By ROY LANG III Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Army coach Jeff Monken says he's still losing sleep over the Black Knights' previous game. A "bad taste" remains in the mouth of quarterback Bryson Daily, who finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting. Two weeks after a gutting ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid was fined $75,000 by the NBA on Friday for making obscene gestures during the first half of the the 76ers' 118-114 road victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. The fine comes nearly two months after Embiid was suspended for three games ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Not even two years ago, Rick Carlisle publicly lauded Mike Brown for the job he did on the way to winning the NBA's coach of the year award. And on Friday, Carlisle was among a slew of coaches reacting with dismay — some even ...
By The Associated Press undefined Scottie Scheffler injured his right hand on a broken glass preparing Christmas dinner, forcing the top-ranked player to withdraw from the PGA Tour's season-opening event in Hawaii. "Scottie sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his right hand from a ...