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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long days of rehabbing from a knee injury in 2018 wasn’t the most challenging thing Cooper Kupp had to go through. It was missing the Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver was on the sideline three years ago in Atlanta when the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Joe Burrow got to the Super Bowl faster than any other No. 1 pick quarterback. Matthew Stafford’s journey from top pick to the title game has taken longer than any other quarterback. A rare Super Bowl meeting between No. 1 pick quarterbacks provides quite a contrast for their

By The Associated Press No. 12 UCLA at No. 21 Southern California highlights the week in Pac-12 basketball. The Bruins dropped nine spots in this week’s AP Top 25 poll after losing to No. 4 Arizona and Arizona State last week. The Trojans split against the Pac-12’s desert schools, beating Arizona State and losing by

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the NBA trade deadline looming, it’s decision time for teams around the league. That includes the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers. The two expected NBA Finals contenders find themselves potentially headed for the play-in round. They must decide before Thursday’s deadline to stand

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. The 36-year-old rode hard to the line in her snowboardcross final a full 16 years after a mistake cost her the title. Jacobellis was competing in her fifth Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The winners in the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics still have not received their medals two days later because of what the IOC says are “legal issues.” The ceremony to award the Russian team the gold medals, the United States silver and Japan

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Petra Vlhova added an Olympic gold medal to her growing list of achievements by winning the women’s slalom at the Beijing Games. Mikaela Shiffrin again failed to finish the race. It is Slovakia’s first Olympic medal in Alpine skiing. Vlhova already has already clinched the World

RENO, Nev. — David Roddy scored 29 points as Colorado State defeated Nevada 82-72. Kendle Moore added 22 points for the Rams. Desmond Cambridge Jr. led the Wolf Pack with a career-high 36 points.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event. It was a quick end to her day just like in her first event in Beijing, the giant slalom. The

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — PJ Pipes scored 21 points and Jalen Williams had 18 points and 10 assists as Santa Clara beat No. 22 Saint Mary’s 77-72. Pipes shot 8 of 13 from the field, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range. Josip Vrankic added 16 points to move

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Shaun White hammered down a pressure-packed halfpipe qualifying run to make it through to the medal round of his fifth and final Olympics. The three-time gold medalist fell on his signature trick on his first run and was mired in 19th place. Each rider gets

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Scott Hamilton and Brian Boitano have been waiting more than a decade for someone to join them in one of the most exclusive clubs in American figure skating: Olympic champions. The wait could be down to a day. With one clean performance in Thursday’s free skate,

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and nine rebounds, Minnesota made 22 3-pointers and the Timberwolves won their fifth straight, beating the Sacramento Kings 134-114. Malik Beasley matched his career high with seven 3-pointers and scored 21 points, helping the Timberwolves to their ninth win in 12

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 33 points and 11 assists, Jalen Brunson scored 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks overwhelmed the Detroit Pistons 116-86. The Mavs won their third game in a row. Doncic was three rebounds shy of his third consecutive triple-double. Hamidou Diallo had 18 points

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event. It was a quick end to her day just like in her first event in Beijing, the giant slalom. The

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist and notched a scoring milestone as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-1. The Canucks’ leading scorer collected his 400th career point as Vancouver improved to 21-20-6 in its return from the All-Star break. Elias Pettersson and Bo Horvat each added

SAN FRANCISCO — Kristian Sjolund had 23 points plus 18 rebounds as Portland narrowly beat San Francisco 69-68. Gabe Stefanini led the Dons with 18 points.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Johnny Juzang scored 23 points, including a momentum changing four-point play and Jaime Jaquez, Jr. added 16 to help No. 12 UCLA beat Stanford 79-70. The Bruins (17-4, 9-3 Pac-12) ended a two-game slide. Spencer Jones scored 20 points to pace Stanford (14-9, 7-6 Pac-12), which has lost three of five

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — It’s never been easy for U.S. skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender. Her resume suggests that she’s made it look easy. Uhlaender is a five-time Olympian. She joins snowboarders Shaun White and Lindsey Jacobellis and curling’s John Shuster as the only members of this U.S. team in that