AP National Sports

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Russian athletes have been restricted from competing in more sporting events around the world but the Paralympics made an exception. Sports including biathlon and table tennis were among those to join more than a dozen other Olympic sports in excluding competitors from Russia and Belarus

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton has halted its major sponsorship with companies belonging to Alisher Usmanov. Usmanov is a Russian metals tycoon who has been sanctioned by the European Union. The move came in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Everton says it had “suspended with immediate effect all commercial sponsorship arrangements with the

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The International Paralympic Committee says Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries’ roles in the war against Ukraine. Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Pressure is growing on Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea, and one potential buyer has revealed the Russian oligarch is trying to offload the Premier League club. Chelsea and Abramovich’s media representatives have not disputed a claim by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss that he “received an

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The International Paralympic Committee says Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries’ roles in the war against Ukraine. Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — As Rob Manfred stood behind a podium in the left-field corner of Roger Dean Stadium, fans chanted at the baseball commissioner from outside the spring training home of the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals: “We want baseball!” they yelled. They won’t get it anytime

By The Associated Press A rematch between No. 16 Southern California and No. 17 UCLA should serve as a nice capper to the final week in Pac-12 hoops. The Trojans won the first meeting at home 67-64 behind Drew Peterson’s career-high 27 points, but this one will be at Pauley Pavilion. Both teams have locked

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Former WNBA champion Tina Thompson has not been able to enjoy that kind of success with the Virginia women’s basketball program. The Cavaliers have struggled mightily during Thompson’s tenure, raising questions about whether she’ll be back for the fifth year of her contract. Virginia

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Milestone wins are nice, but in 14 years of coaching in the NHL, Peter DeBoer has come to appreciate the monumental victories a bit more. Tuesday night he enjoyed both. DeBoer earned his 500th career coaching win as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored a power-play goal with 21.6 seconds remaining to give the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins. Rickard Rakell, Isac Lundestrom and Adam Henrique scored in the first period, and John Gibson made 31 saves for the Ducks, who had lost

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks blew a big early lead and then rallied for a 109-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Jalen Brunson hit four 3-pointers while scoring 22 points, and Luka Doncic scored seven of his 25 points in the fourth quarter. Dallas trailed 100-94

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Amadou Sow had a season-high 26 points as UC Santa Barbara topped Cal State Northridge 70-61. Elijah Hardy led the Matadors with 15 points.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Justyn Mutts had 14 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and blocked two shots as Virginia Tech ended a 17-game losing streak to Louisville with a 75-43 rout. Virginia Tech (19-11, 11-8 ACC) has won nine of its last 10 games and secured at least the seventh seed into the conference tournament.