Month: November 2021

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Keeshawn Barthelemy converted six straight free throws in the final 63 seconds as Colorado held off Stanford, 80-76 to win its Pac-12 Conference opener. Tristan da Silva hit a 3 with 1:49 left to put the Buffaloes up 73-66, but the Cardinal rallied four layups, one a three-point play, and a

By The Associated Press NFL Today, Week 12

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins and center fielder Byron Buxton have agreed to a seven-year, $100 million contract, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the contract was not yet finalized and pending a

REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — Brett Lauther made a 34-yard field goal in the second overtime to give the Saskatchewan Roughriders a 33-30 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday in the Canadian Football League’s West semifinals. Saskatchewan will play at Winnipeg next Sunday in the West final. After both teams kicked field goals on their

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that the Texas Rangers have reached an agreement on a seven-year contract with free agent Marcus Semien. The Gold Glove second baseman is also a potential shortstop for Texas. The team also agreed on a four-year deal with right-handed

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Andre Blake made two spectacular saves, Nashville missed on two penalty kicks and the Philadelphia Union won a shootout Sunday to advance to Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference final for the first time in franchise history. Philadelphia will face the winner of the semifinal Tuesday night between New England and New

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Keon Ellis had 22 points, Jaden Shackelford contributed 15 and No. 10 Alabama defeated Miami 96-64 in the fifth-place game at the ESPN Events Invitational on Sunday night. Alabama (6-1), which also got 13 points each from JD Davison and Juwan Gary, found itself

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored 21 points, Desmond Bane added 18 and the Memphis Grizzlies took advantage of Sacramento’s poor shooting to beat the Kings 128-101 on Sunday night. Jaren Jackson Jr. added 17 points and nine rebounds, and Brandon Clarke had 15 points to help Memphis snap

By The Associated Press Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook was taken off the field on a cart with a shoulder injury in the third quarter of a 34-26 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Cook went down after losing a fumble and stayed on the ground for a while before being taken to the

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Smart scored 21 points, Al Horford had 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Boston Celtics beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 109-97 on Sunday night to snap a two-game losing streak. Josh Richardson scored 18 of Boston’s 32 bench points. Jaylen Brown added 16 points, and

SAN DIEGO — Atin Wright posted 16 points as Cal State Northridge narrowly beat San Diego 56-52. Marcellus Earlington led the Toreros with 20 points and nine rebounds.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Tavian Dunn-Martin had 27 points as Florida Gulf Coast topped Purdue Fort Wayne 85-78 at the FGCU Invitational. Jalon Pipkins led the Mastodons with 16 points.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic is expected to miss at least two weeks after tests confirmed he sprained his right ankle against the New York Knicks. Bogdanovic had to be helped off the floor in the second period of Saturday night’s 99-90 loss to New York. He did not return. The Hawks

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Collin Gillespie scored 13 points and No. 7 Villanova used a dominating first half to defeat La Salle 72-46 on Sunday. Brandon Slater added 12 points and Caleb Daniels and Eric Dixon each had 11 for the Wildcats (4-2), who played for the first time since a