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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries has announced that she is missing this season because she and her husband, former bobsledder Travis Armbruster, are expecting their first child. Humphries made the revelation Monday, saying the baby is due in June. “Baby on board,” she wrote. The three-time Olympic gold medalist has been
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UConn dropped to 17th in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday, its worst ranking in 30 years. The last time the Huskies were ranked this low was the second poll of the 1993-94 season when they were 18th. The drop also ended a 357-week stretch of
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., kicked off a series of one-day strikes starting Monday across four campuses to demand higher pay and more parental leave for thousands of professors, librarians, coaches and other workers. Hundreds of
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer At stake over the next week in the NBA: a trip to Las Vegas for four teams, a chance to be the first team to hoist the league’s newest trophy, medals for each of the players on the champion team, along with bragging rights for winning the inaugural in-season
Continue ReadingBy DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — There have been two constants to start the season for the Los Angeles Kings: wins and new milestones for Anze Kopitar. Through the first 20 games of the campaign, Kopitar had set the club record in games played, passed Luc Robitaille for second in points and
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Joe Flacco stepped behind center for his first NFL game since January and immediately led the Browns on a long scoring drive, capped by a 24-yard touchdown pass that set off a celebration on Cleveland’s sideline. Sure, Cleveland’s 36-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sure, Jalen Hurts says, he did have something to prove after he returned from a concussion check with the Eagles down 22 points. Hurts wasn’t interested in trying to convince the Eagles he was a tough guy. He wanted to show the Eagles still had a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Isaiah Moses scored 17 points as UC Riverside beat North Dakota 68-62 on Sunday night. Moses had eight rebounds and seven assists for the Highlanders (4-5). Barrington Hargress shot 6 for 12 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 1 of 4 from the free throw line
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Angel scored a career-high 25 points and Stanford breezed to an 88-64 victory over San Diego on Sunday night. Angel made 9 of 13 shots with two 3-pointers and all five of his free throws for the Cardinal (4-4), who snapped a three-game losing streak. The senior added eight rebounds
Continue ReadingBy ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin had three goals and an assist, Jonathan Quick won again, and the New York Rangers held on to beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Sunday night. Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Will Cuylle and K’Andre Miller also scored, and Jacob
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected from Sunday’s 42-19 win against Philadelphia for putting his hand in the face of the Eagles’ chief security officer. Dom DiSandro, a constant presence on the Eagles’ sideline and whenever players are out in public, pulled Greenlaw off
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Southern California (7-5, 5-4 Pac-12) vs. No. 16 Louisville (10-3, 7-1 ACC), Dec. 27, 8 p.m. ET LOCATION: San Diego TOP PLAYERS USC: QB Caleb Williams (3,633 yards passing, 30 TD passes, 11 TD runs); WR Brenden Rice (12 TD catches); RB MarShawn Lloyd (820 yards rushing,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Casabella netted five goals, Roberto Valera scored four times and California won its third straight men’s water polo championship with a 13-9 victory over UCLA on Sunday. It was the 17th championship for the Golden Bears and the sixth for coach Kirk Everist. Cal did not beat the top-seeded Bruins
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams have shown since coming off their bye week that this might not be another rebuilding season after all. Stafford threw three touchdown passes as Los Angeles pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 36-19 win over the
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the fifth time in seven games, JuJu Watkins scored 30 points and the season isn’t quite a month old. Watkins led No. 6 Southern California to an 89-58 rout of San Diego on Sunday. She had already broken WNBA Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie’s
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Deebo Samuel talked so much smack after last season’s NFC championship game, the box score almost needed a doublecheck to confirm that — yes, the 49ers did indeed lose to the Eagles. Samuel called one Eagles cornerback “trash” and blistered Philly as his “most-hated” team in
Continue ReadingBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Tristan da Silva couldn’t miss as he scored a season-high 22 points and freshman Cody Williams had a career-high 21 for a second-straight game as Colorado built an early lead and rolled to a 91-66 win over Pepperdine on Sunday. Da Silva went 5-for-5 from the field, hit both of his
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was checked for a concussion and briefly left Sunday’s game against San Francisco in the fourth quarter, returning after a visit to the locker room. Hurts was 17-of-29 passing for 196 yards and scored a rushing touchdown before he was forced out late in the game. Hurts,
Continue ReadingINGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Cleveland wide receiver Amari Cooper was ruled out for the second half of the Browns’ game against the Los Angeles Rams with a concussion. Cooper, who entered the game leading the Browns in receiving yards (765) and was second in catches (47), left in the second quarter. He had three catches
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer For its final act, the Pac-12 as we’ve known it is returning to the College Football Playoff for the first time in seven years, has another school participating in a New Year’s Six bowl and will send a total of eight teams to bowls. Most of those eight —
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