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By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fame didn’t come overnight for Charles Melton. The 32-year-old “May December” star, currently reaping praise and racking up awards and nominations for his scene-stealing performance alongside acclaimed Hollywood veterans Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, has dutifully been chipping away at his resume since he moved to
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — One is a small-town girl from Spain’s northern coast whose family once owned a world champion cow and today supplies milk for much of the country and parts of Europe. The other is a well-traveled city girl from Barcelona with deep basketball pedigree as her
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Inside the Numbers dives into NFL statistics, streaks and trends each week. For more Inside the Numbers, head here. ___ In a season when much of the NFL is clustered around break even, the AFC can boast a record number of winning teams headed into Week 15 while
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — William Eklund scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:51 remaining in the third period and the San Jose Sharks beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Tuesday night. Justin Bailey had a goal for San Jose, his first since March 2018 with Buffalo. Mikael Granlund added
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard sat in the second half of back-to-backs last season. Now he’s healthy and highly productive. Leonard scored 31 points in three quarters, giving him 106 in his last three games, and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Sacramento Kings 119-98 on Tuesday night
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — LeBron James didn’t get the same break as his Los Angeles Lakers teammates after they won the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament. The superstar went back to LA from Las Vegas on Sunday to watch oldest son Bronny James make his collegiate debut for Southern California nearly
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns finished another white-knuckle win in the final seconds, once again making a comfortable victory much more close than it probably should have been. It’s a trend that coach Frank Vogel is getting tired of quickly. Devin Booker scored 32 points, Bradley Beal added
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jets leading scorer Kyle Connor missed Tuesday game at San Jose with a knee injury, returning to Winnipeg to be reevaluated by team doctors two days after getting hurt in a win against Anaheim. Connor will also miss Wednesday night’s game at Los Angeles, Jets coach Rick Bowness said. Connor
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kario Oquendo came off the bench to score 19 points, freshman Jackson Shelstad scored 17 and Oregon pulled away in the second half to beat California Baptist 76-55 on Tuesday night. Oquendo made 7 of 12 shots with two 3-pointers for the Ducks (7-2). Shelstad hit 8 of 14 shots with
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Draymond Green keeps losing his temper. Golden State keeps losing basketball games. The Warriors dropped another one on Tuesday night, falling 119-116 to the Phoenix Suns. It was a frustrating evening made worse when Green was ejected once again after hitting Jusuf Nurkic in the face
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza is being dropped from a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged she was raped by San Diego State University football players in 2021. The woman agreed Tuesday to dismiss Araiza from the lawsuit she filed last year, while Araiza agreed to dismiss his defamation
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic is piling up the minutes with All-Star sidekick Kyrie Irving sidelined by a bruised foot. When his back cooperates, Tim Hardaway Jr. feels the responsibility to pile up the points when Irving isn’t out there. Doncic had 33 points and 17 assists, Hardaway scored
Continue ReadingJOSHUA TREE, Calif. (AP) — A jury has acquitted a former Southern California elementary school janitor who spent years in jail after being accused of sexually abusing students, his attorneys announced Tuesday. Pedro Martinez, of Hesperia, who’s been jailed since January 2019, was found not guilty on Monday on all 10 counts against him. An
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on The Street” and modern comedy for eight on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” died Monday at 61. Braugher died after a brief illness, his publicist Jennifer Allen told The Associated Press.
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning star of ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61, reports say.
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Slugging South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $113 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the agreement had
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Al Michaels won’t be calling an NFL playoff game for NBC for the first time since the network returned to televising the league in 2006. NBC confirmed to The Associated Press that Michaels won’t be working the playoffs. It was first reported by the New York Post. The 79-year-old
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants made three offers to Shohei Ohtani, including a final proposal that president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi called “very comparable if not identical” to the record $700 million, 10-year contract the Japanese two-way star agreed to with the rival Los Angeles
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert’s fourth year as an NFL starting quarterback is over with four games remaining in the season. The Los Angeles Chargers placed Herbert on injured reserve Tuesday after he had surgery to repair the broken index finger on his right hand. With Herbert
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket told U.S. authorities he did not remember how he got through security in Europe, according to a federal complaint filed by the FBI. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International
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