AP National Sports

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Robert Hight raced to his second straight Funny Car to open the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, beating Matt Hagan in the NHRA Arizona Nationals. In a matchup of two three-time season champions at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Hight had a 3.837-second run at 330.39 mph in as

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out players and owners held a series of short and more frequent meetings that stretched into the night Sunday as talks intensified a day ahead of Major League Baseball’s deadline to salvage March 31 openers. Teams and owners narrowed some differences Friday and

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice in the third period and the Winnipeg Jets broke a four-game skid with a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. Adam Lowry, Evgeny Svechnikov and Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets, who rallied from a 3-2 deficit in the third period. Nick

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — David Sloan had 19 points to propel East Tennessee State to a 73-69 victory over UNC Greensboro 73-69. Jordan King and Mohab Yasser added 15 points each for the Buccaneers (15-16, 7-11 Southern Conference). Ty Brewer pitched in with 13 points and seven rebounds. Kobe Langley scored a career-high 21 points

By RICH DUBROFF Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Fatts Russell matched his career high with 27 points, Eric Ayala scored 23 and Maryland took down No. 22 Ohio State 75-60. The Terrapins had lost six of its previous eight, and wore down the Buckeyes by holding them to 36.2% from the field. Ohio

CHAPEL HILL,N.C. (AP) — Anya Poole and Alyssa Ustby scored 15 points each and No. 18 North Carolina defeated Duke 74-46. Kennedy Todd-Williams scored 14 points for the Tar Heels and Carlie Littlefield added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ustby had eight rebounds. Deja Kelly, North Carolina’s leading scorer at 16.3 ppg, had two points

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez had his second hole-in-one of the tournament and closed with a 7-under 65 to win the Cologuard Classic. Jimenez started the final round with a two-shot lead and got off to a birdie-eagle start at Tucson National. Reigning Charles Schwab Cup champion

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 38 points and 11 assists and No. 21 Iowa clinched a share of the Big Ten championship with a 104-80 win over No. 6 Michigan. It’s the first conference regular-season title for the Hawkeyes (20-7, 14-4 Big Ten) since 2008, who shared

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Sepp Straka is going back to Georgia in a few weeks. He’s headed to his first Masters, after pulling off a huge comeback to win the Honda Classic. Straka, down by five shots entering the final round, tapped in for birdie in the

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Alexandre Pato had a go-ahead goal and Pedro Gallese made five saves to lead Orlando City to a 2-0 victory over CF Montreal in a Major League Soccer opener. Pato’s first MLS goal came in the 49th minute and put Orlando up 1-0. Ruan had an assist on the goal. Benji

DALLAS (AP) — Michael Raffl scored twice to end a 16-game goalless streak and Jake Oettinger made 38 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2. Raffl scored the game’s first goal midway through the first period and added his sixth of the season late in the second period. Roope Hintz and Denis

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have hired Elizabeth Benn as director of major league operations, making her the franchise’s highest-ranking female baseball operations employee ever, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring. The person confirmed Benn’s hiring to The Associated Press on condition of

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored his fifth goal in three matches as Barcelona kept momentum with a 4-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league. Ousmane Dembélé, Luuk de Jong and Memphis Depay also scored for Barcelona. The Catalan club has won three in a row

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich and David Perron scored during St. Louis’ dominant second period, and the Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 for their fourth straight win. Perron tacked on a third-period goal in the opener of a four-game trip. Brayden Schenn had two assists for

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Damian Dunn scored 19 points and Jahlil White added a double-double to help Temple get past Tulane 75-70. White finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Owls (16-10, 9-6 Amterican Athletic Conference), who have won five straight at home. Jaylen Forbes had 19 points for the Green Wave (12-13, 9-7).

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Departing Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne scored one goal and set up a stoppage-time winner for Fabián Ruiz to help his side win 2-1 at Lazio. Napoli moved level on points with AC Milan at the top of Serie A ahead of their eagerly anticipated clash next

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Taylor Mikesell scored 17 points, Jacy Sheldon added 13 points and 10 assists, and No. 17 Ohio State defeated Michigan State 61-55 on Sunday in a Big Ten regular-season finale.Mikesell and Sheldon were the only Ohio State  players in double figures but they received a boost from the bench which

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer The madness arrived early this year. An unpredictable college basketball season took an unprecedented turn Saturday when the top six teams and seven of the top 10 teams lost. Gonzaga, Arizona, Auburn, Purdue, Kansas and Kentucky all went down. That marked the first time since The Associated Press began