AP National Sports

By PAT GRAHAM and EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — American freestyle skier Nick Goepper has another Olympic medal and a great outlook to go with it. Goepper cheerfully announced he’s doing good these days from a mental health perspective shortly after winning the silver medal in slopestyle. That’s notable given some

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — When the Super Bowl was on the line, the Los Angeles Rams knew who they trusted to win it. Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp led the way on the game-winning drive that delivered the Rams the 23-20 win over Cincinnati. Stafford completed all four

By The Associated Press Oregon at No. 3 Arizona highlights the week in Pac-12 basketball. The Ducks had won 10 of 11 before a lackluster loss at California. The Wildcats are on a six-game winning streak since losing at No. 13 UCLA. The Bruins and No. 17 Southern California play at the Washington schools, as

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch makes no excuses for his Daytona 500 failures. His fortunes at NASCAR’s most famous track are filled with bad luck, bad timing and maybe even a few bad decisions. Busch is winless in 16 starts in NASCAR’s season opener. It’s a losing

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to skate at the Olympics in the short program partly because her age gives her extra rights as a “protected person” in a doping case. It comes as some skating officials push to raise the minimum age for her

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — African representation has shriveled at the Winter Olympics. A record eight African nations, fielding twice as many athletes as at the current Games in Beijing, competed at the last Winter Olympics in 2018 . Eritrea, Ghana, Morocco, Madagascar and Nigeria are back this time, but Kenya, South

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Ryan Shimabukuro still has that deep passion for speedskating. In a way, he remains the starry eyed kid who watched Eric Heiden beat the world in a glorious golden suit. That’s what set Shimabukuro on an improbable path as a teenager to leave the warmth and

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — French skier Clement Noel put down a blistering second run to win the slalom at the Beijing Olympics by a large margin. Noel moved up from sixth after the first leg to beat first-run leader Johannes Strolz of Austria by 0.61 seconds after posting the fastest

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin geared up for the Olympic Alpine combined by setting the fastest time in a downhill training session. The two-time Olympic champion so far has failed to win a medal at the Beijing Games. She skied out in the giant slalom and the slalom and finished

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted, according to documents submitted in her case. The World Anti-Doping Agency filed a brief in

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kailer Yamamoto scored the tiebreaking goal with 4:46 left and the Edmonton Oilers remained undefeated under new coach Jay Woodcroft with a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal for the Oilers, who are 3-0-0 since Woodcroft

RENO, Nev. — Will Baker scored 23 points as Nevada defeated San Jose State 81-72. Grant Sherfield added 21 points for the Wolf Pack. Omari Moore led the Spartans with 22 points and six rebounds.

DENVER (AP) — Joe Pavelski had two goals and two assists, Jake Oettinger made 46 saves and the Dallas Stars ended Colorado’s 19-game point streak by beating the Avalanche 4-1. The Avalanche hadn’t lost in regulation since Dec. 16, when the Predators beat them 5-2 in Nashville. It was Colorado’s first defeat at home in

By KELVIN CHAN, CANDICE CHOI and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Avocado ice cream and boiling hot pots are some of the best foods athletes say they’ve eaten at the Beijing Olympics. Some were also eyeing the KFC, but holding off until after competition to indulge. The food options for athletes are limited

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored in his debut with Calgary, and the Flames won their season-high seventh straight game, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2. Erik Gudbranson, Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk, Dillon Dube, and Adam Ruzicka also scored for Calgary (27-13-6), which moved past Vegas into first place in the Pacific Division, one

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The dominance of Russian women in Olympic figure skating has less to do with performance-enhancing drugs and more to do with something much simpler: math. Their coterie of teenage wunderkinds are able to pu ll of jumps nobody else can do. That gives them an unassailable

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — She has raced on at least 15 different bobsled tracks in 11 countries. She’s had no fewer than 41 different teammates in her sleds. She possesses more Olympic medals than any bobsledder in U.S. history and has a chance at one more this weekend. She has

SAN DIEGO — DJ Davis had 14 points off the bench to lead UC Irvine to a 56-50 win over UC San Diego. Toni Rocak led the Tritons with 20 points and seven rebounds.