Month: February 2022

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns gave big men everywhere something to shoot for. Minnesota’s 7-footer became the first center to win the 3-Point Shooting Contest, defeating seven guards during the NBA’s All-Star Saturday and providing a memorable moment on a night the dunk contest barely got off the ground.

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Drew Doughty and Adrian Kempe scored two goals apiece and the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. Doughty, Kempe and Trevor Moore each scored in a 3:39 span early the third period as the Kings overcame a two-goal deficit for

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Matt Johnson II had a career-high 25 points as Northern Colorado slipped past Weber State 83-79 in overtime. Johnson’s 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining sent the game to OT tied at 65. Dru Kuxhausen added 21 points for the Bears (15-12, 10-5 Big Sky Conference). Koby McEwen had 29 points and

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Double gold in Pyeongchang, double gold in Beijing. Francesco Friedrich won everything the Olympics had to offer once again. The world’s best bobsledder finished off a dominating Olympics by the world’s sliding superpower by winning the four-man race at the Beijing Games. He won the two-

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Top-seeded Cameron Norrie and second-seeded Reilly Opelka will meet in the final of the Delray Beach Open. Norrie beat fourth-seeded Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-3 in one semifinal Saturday. Opelka edged John Millman 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4) in exactly three hours in the late match. The  final will be

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Drew Timme had 23 points and nine rebounds, Andrew Nembhard added 21 points, and top-ranked Gonzaga beat Santa Clara 81-69 to win its 10th straight West Coast Conference regular-season title. Rasir Bolton added 18 points for Gonzaga. The Zags  now won 16 straight overall and

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls signed forward/center Tristan Thompson on Saturday night and released forward Alfonzo McKinnie. Terms of Thompson’s deal weren’t disclosed. Thompson averaged 6.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in 34 games this season for Sacramento and Indiana. In 707 games in 11 NBA seasons with Cleveland, Boston, Sacramento and Indiana, he has

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Darrious Agnew sank two free throws with 3 seconds remaining to propel Alcorn State to a 61-60 victory over Jackson State. With the victory, the Braves (11-15, 10-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference) remained in a three-way tie with Southern and Texas Southern atop the West Division. The Tigers (8-17, 6-8) led 34-30

PHOENIX (AP) — Teddy Allen had 30 points and 10 rebounds as New Mexico State topped Grand Canyon 82-66. Jabari Rice had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Aggies (22-4, 11-2 Western Athletic Conference). Holland Woods had 22 points and Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 20 for the Antelopes (18-7, 8-5). 

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Elijah Pepper had 24 points and Ezra Manjon scored 23 as UC Davis edged Cal State Bakersfield 81-79. Pepper made all 12 of his foul shots for the Aggies (11-7, 5-3 Big West Conference). Caleb Fuller had 18 points Kaleb Higgins scored a season-high 23 points for the Roadrunners (6-15, 1-11),

NEW YORK (AP) — Emile “The Cat” Francis, a diminutive goalie who became a Hall of Fame coach and general manager with the New York Rangers has died. He was 95. The Rangers announced the death Saturday night. Francis was general manager of the Rangers from October 1964 to January 1976, also serving as coach

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eve Muirhead has led Britain to the Olympic women’s curling gold medal. The British pulled away with a four-ender in the seventh for a record-setting 10-3 victory over Japan. It was the first Olympic championship for the sport’s homeland since 2002. The British men took silver