Month: April 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Center Robert Williams is set to play for the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of their first-round series against Brooklyn after missing nearly a month with torn cartilage in his left knee. Celtics coach Ime Udoka said Williams was available to play about 20-24 minutes off the bench Saturday night. Williams

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford enters his sixth season with the Nittany Lions and fourth as their starter. He says he feels like an “old man” at 23 since he’s surrounded by so many fresh-faced 18- and 19-year-olds but likes the way spring ball has

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored his team-leading 39th goal after missing the previous eight games with an undisclosed injury, helping the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-1. Taylor Hall and Trent Frederic also scored for Boston, which is jockeying for playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference. Linus

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has retained his WBC title with a sixth-round stoppage of fellow Briton Dillian Whyte in front of more than 94,000 spectators at London’s Wembley Stadium. A right uppercut from Fury sent Whyte to the canvas and the champion raised his right

PARIS (AP) — At 34, Lionel Messi has reinvented himself. He’s no longer the prolific speedy winger of his Barcelona glory days. The Argentina star has lost a bit of pace but compensates with his vision and technique to still have an impact on the game. Messi helped Paris Saint-Germain clinch a record-tying 10th French

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Alfonso Rivas had three hits and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs stopped a four-game slide by pounding the Pittsburgh Pirates 21-0. Rivas, who was recalled Friday from Triple-A Iowa, capped Chicago’s eight-run second with a three-run homer. He tacked on RBI singles in the fourth and

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Facundo Quignon scored a goal in the third minute of second-half stoppage time to send FC Dallas to a 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo in MLS action. Sebastian Ferreira notched his third goal of the season to give the Dynamo (3-2-3) a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute. Dallas (4-1-3)

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has clinched a record-tying 10th French league title. Lionel Messi scored in their 1-1 home draw with Lens. The Argentina superstar controlled a pass from Neymar before curling home from the edge of the box in the 68th minute. Lens substitute Corentin Jean equalized with a sliding effort in the

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jiménez has been carted off the field after he hurt his right hamstring in the second inning of their game in Minnesota. Jiménez stretched for first base while running out a ground ball to third. He stumbled after the play and his

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some Yankees fans in the right-field bleachers pelted Cleveland outfielders with bottles, cans and debris in a chaotic scene moments after Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres got RBI hits with two outs in the ninth inning to lift New York to a 5-4 win. Aaron