LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Moustapha Thiam had a career-high 28 points and led Cincinnati to an 84-68 upset of No. 8 Kansas on Saturday. This was the second win of the season for Cincinnati (15-12, 7-7 Big 12) against a ranked team, having taken down then-No. 2 Iowa State 79-70 on Jan. 17. The ...
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians have agreed to a minor league deal with first baseman Rhys Hoskins. The deal is pending Hoskins passing a physical, but he was with the team on Sunday. Manager Stephen Vogt told reporters he is excited to have Hoskins added as a right-handed ...
MILAN (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau's No. 13 jersey was hanging in the U.S. locker room throughout the Olympics, and Dylan Larkin and Matthew Tkachuk carried it around the ice after the U.S. beat Canada in overtime to win the country's first gold medal at the Games since 1980. Then, the tribute to ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Isaiah Joe scored 22 points and Cason Wallace added 20 points and 10 assists to help the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-113 on Sunday. Chet Holmgren had 17 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks for Oklahoma City (44-14), which made 21 ...
Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the age of 89. Pirates owner Bob Nutting said ...
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Tennis player Alexandra Eala was a fan favorite at the Australian Open. Gymnast Carlos Yulo won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. And now Alpine skier Tallulah Proulx has become the first female athlete from the Philippines to compete in the Winter ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Anthony Dell'Orso scored a season-high 22 points after coming off the bench, Ivan Kharchenkov added 18 and No. 4 Arizona bounced back from its first two losses of the season by beating No. 23 BYU 75-68 on Wednesday night. Arizona (24-2, 11-2 Big 12) started the season ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid reported soreness in his right shin over the All-Star break and will miss the Philadelphia 76ers' game against Atlanta on Thursday night. The Sixers said Embiid experienced the soreness while participating in a right knee injury management program over the ...
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Azzi Fudd helped lead a second-half comeback and finished with 25 points, and Sarah Strong scored 21 despite early foul trouble as No. 1 UConn outlasted Villanova 83-69 on Wednesday night. The Huskies (28-0, 17-0 Big East) have won 44 consecutive games since last losing ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A scheduled spring fraud trial for two Cleveland Guardians pitchers accused of colluding with sports bettors to rig bets and betray "America's pastime" will likely be postponed until October, a federal judge said Wednesday as the men pleaded not guilty to a rewritten ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz forward Jaren Jackson Jr. underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove a growth in his left knee. The Jazz said Jackson will begin rehabilitation and be re-evaluated in four weeks to determine his recovery status. Dr. Travis Maak performed the procedure in Salt Lake ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Tennis player Alexandra Eala was a fan favorite at the Australian Open. Gymnast Carlos Yulo won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. And now Alpine skier Tallulah Proulx has become the first female athlete from the Philippines to compete in the Winter ...
MILAN (AP) — Sidney Crosby left Canada's Olympic quarterfinal game against Czechia in the second period because of injury, and he will not return. Hockey Canada ruled out Crosby for the remainder of the game Wednesday, calling it a lower-body injury. Crosby's right leg appeared to buckle ...
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Miami of Ohio coach Travis Steele isn't afraid to talk to his team about the 26-game winning streak that makes the RedHawks the last unbeaten team in Division I. "Obviously, it is the elephant in the room," Steele said on Tuesday night after Miami beat UMass 86-77. "I ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 27 points and Devin Royal added 25 for Ohio State as the Buckeyes knocked off No. 24 Wisconsin 86-69 Tuesday night. Ohio State (17-9, 9-6 Big Ten) beat a ranked team for the first time in seven tries this season. Braeden Carrington made five ...
The Big 12 coaches and players don't feel they are getting the respect they deserve. TCU, Baylor, West Virginia and Texas Tech all in The AP Top 25. Yet the conference only had the Horned Frogs in the initial Top 16 reveal by the NCAA last week. "We don't have many ranked teams, but every ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. He was 97. In a news release Thursday, the Pirates announced they confirmed Face's death. Team historian Jim ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Jarin Stevenson and Seth Trimble scored 19 points each to help No. 11 North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 79-65 on Saturday and secure another 20-win season. The short-handed Tar Heels played without star freshman forward Caleb Wilson (bone fracture in left hand) and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tre' Johnson, the former standout Washington offensive lineman who went on to become a Maryland high school history teacher, died Sunday. He was 54. Johnson's wife, Irene, announced the death in a Facebook post, saying he died during a short family trip. "It is with a ...