By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Another Kansas City Chiefs playoff win. Another game where officiating steals some of the spotlight. Patrick Mahomes rallied Kansas City to a 32-29 victory over Josh Allen and the Bills in the AFC championship game on Sunday, sending the Chiefs back to ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has lured Tom Knowles away from Ohio State. The Nittany Lions hired Knowles on Monday to serve as their defensive coordinator. Knowles held the same position with the national champion Buckeyes for three years. Knowles replaces Tom Allen, who left to ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Everything looked oh-so familiar at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night: Patrick Mahomes hoisting the AFC championship trophy as confetti rained down, Andy Reid hugging Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, and Travis Kelce kissing Taylor Swift, ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are going for a three-peat in a Super Bowl rematch. This time, Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles have Saquon Barkley. The Eagles and Chiefs will face off for the Lombardi Trophy for the ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills ought to be getting used to this by now. It surely doesn't make it any easier. Despite another gutsy effort from Josh Allen and his bunch, who took the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl to try for an unprecedented three-peat when they face the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 9 in New Orleans. Kansas City opened as a 1 1/2-point favorite, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. The ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley decided to only watch from the field as Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown and the rest of his Eagles teammates celebrated and hoisted the NFC championship trophy on the stage. He had to find his family first. "That was the ...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Open women's champion Madison Keys returned to her career-best ranking on Monday and joins three other American women in the WTA top 10, while men's champion Jannik Sinner maintained his significant lead atop the ATP list. Keys won her first Grand Slam ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jayden Daniels ran out of time to rally for one more can-you-believe-it comeback. The rookie quarterback who led the Washington Commanders to six consecutive victories entering the NFC championship game had won the first five on the ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Vanderbilt was fined $500,000 by the Southeastern Conference on Sunday for allowing fans to storm the court Saturday after the Commodores' 74-69 victory over No. 9 Kentucky. Vanderbilt was penalized for a third offense under the conference's revised access to ...
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are finalizing a trade for Ryan Pressly, adding the right-hander to the back end of their bullpen in their second major offseason deal with the Houston Astros. Pressly has agreed to waive his no-trade clause, according to a ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday as everyone else stood in ovation. He has that effect on people. In another stunning display of athleticism, the reigning world champion landed six of his seven ...
By STEVE STEIN Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored 17 points and had six rebounds to lead No. 17 Illinois over Northwestern 83-74 on Sunday. Morez Johnson Jr. had 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots, Ben Humrichous had 14 points, Kasparas Jakucionis ...
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sedona Prince had 24 points and 14 rebounds as ninth-ranked TCU led throughout to end a 35-year losing streak to instate rival No. 25 Baylor and take over first place in the Big 12 with an 80-75 victory Sunday. The Horned ...
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer United States defender Naomi Girma has become women's soccer's first million-dollar player. The 24-year-old Girma completed her move from San Diego Wave to Chelsea for a reported 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) on Sunday. Here's a look at how the record ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Roger Penske started his 59th season in motorsports the same way he closed last year — as a champion. Porsche Penske Motorsport on Sunday won the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the second consecutive year, and third time ...
By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State, the first team to run the gauntlet of four playoff games on its way to the national title, celebrated with 30,000 Buckeyes fans on Sunday at Ohio Stadium. Fans braved 30-degree temperatures to welcome home a team that ...
By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored the tiebreaking goal with 14.7 seconds left and Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 saves and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sunday. Defenseman Cale Makar scored twice and assisted on the ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points, Zach Edey added 19 points and four blocks and the Memphis Grizzlies won their sixth straight by beating the Utah Jazz 125-103 on Saturday night. Desmond Bane finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists, while Jaylen Wells ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Vince Dunn scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, and Eeli Tolvanen and Matty Beniers both scored in the third as the Seattle Kraken beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday. Dunn's goal came on a 5-on-3 power play and broke a 1-1 tie. After a scoreless ...