Smith Rowe and Saka score as Arsenal beats Brentford 2-1
LONDON (AP) — Second-half goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka have helped Arsenal beat Brentford 2-1 to strengthen its bid for a top-four…
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Gonzaga, Auburn lead NCAA men’s committee’s initial rankings
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona and Kansas hold No. 1 seeds in the initial rankings for the committee that will select…
Continue ReadingBurnley upsets Brighton 3-0 to move off bottom of EPL
BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst has scored his first Premier League goal as Burnley moved off the bottom of the…
Continue ReadingNebraska women’s assistant Chuck Love suspended with pay
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has suspended associate women’s basketball coach Chuck Love with pay. No reason for the suspension was given in…
Continue ReadingWater squirt costs Stars captain Benn $5K in NHL fine
NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for unsportsmanlike conduct after squirting water from the bench…
Continue ReadingSouthampton has unlikely scorers in 2-0 EPL win over Everton
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Stuart Armstrong and Shane Long struck rare Premier League goals as Southampton overwhelmed Everton in a 2-0 win on the…
Continue ReadingZiyech scores 89th-minute winner for Chelsea at Palace
LONDON (AP) — Hakim Ziyech volleyed in an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on its return to Premier League action after…
Continue ReadingWatford beats Aston Villa 1-0 to boost hopes of EPL survival
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Emmanuel Dennis has ended Watford’s scoring drought and helped boost the club’s hopes of Premier League survival…
Continue ReadingMane’s acrobatics and Salah’s 150th goal rescue Liverpool
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Sadio Mane scored a brilliant overhead kick and Mohamed Salah added his 150th goal for the team as Liverpool came from…
Continue ReadingModeste recovers to score for Cologne in 1-0 win v Frankfurt
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Anthony Modeste has returned from the sick bay to shoot Cologne to a 1-0 win over Eintracht…
Continue ReadingBurton keeps Ford strong at final practice for Daytona 500
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Harrison Burton was fastest in the final practice for NASCAR’s season-opening…
Continue ReadingLet’s go Brandon: Driver caught in unwinnable culture war
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Brandon Brown is caught in the middle of a swirling culture war.…
Continue ReadingFrazier, Knierim focus on Olympic skate amid ceremony appeal
By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — American pairs skaters Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim said they were left alone to concentrate on…
Continue ReadingNewcastle draws 1-1 at West Ham, stays unbeaten in 6 in EPL
LONDON (AP) — Newcastle has showed further evidence of its gradual improvement under Eddie Howe by drawing 1-1 at top four-chasing West Ham to…
Continue ReadingMore gold for Germany, more Olympic history by Meyers Taylor
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic medals. Elana Meyers…
Continue ReadingSui, Han earn Olympic gold at last in pairs figure skating
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin…
Continue ReadingBEIJING SNAPSHOT: Reporting, inside and outside the bubble
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Journalists who spent weeks of reporting on the Beijing Olympics while hermetically sealed…
Continue ReadingEpic Olympic battle highlights biathlon at Beijing Games
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The Frenchman fared better in the first week. The Norwegian nailed it in the second.…
Continue ReadingUS men’s hockey team gets noise complaint after Olympic loss
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it spoke to the men’s hockey team after…
Continue ReadingSamaranch voted back on IOC executive board at Beijing Games
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The International Olympic Committee member who oversaw preparations for the Beijing Games has been…
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