By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma hugged at midcourt after South Carolina ended UConn’s undefeated run in NCAA championship games. It was the first time the coaches had met on women basketball’s biggest stage and may not be the last with so many talented players returning for
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The South Carolina Gamecocks granted The Associated Press behind-the-scenes access to their Final Four experience. It was clear that there was a singular focus to the journey that started last year, almost immediately after a 66-65 loss in the national semifinals to eventual champion Stanford. The
Continue Reading CNN By Wayne Sterling, CNN Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods said “it will be a game-time decision” on whether he will compete at the 2022 Masters, which begins Thursday at Augusta National in Georgia. “I will be heading up to Augusta today to continue my preparation and practice,” Woods wrote on Twitter Sunday. “It will
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA and AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writers NEW ORLEANS (AP) — There are strong connections between North Carolina and Kansas. The storied programs heading into Monday night’s NCAA men’s championship game in New Orleans share stories and ties to some of the giants of the sport. The connections include late North Carolina Hall
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins solidified their bullpen by acquiring left-hander Tanner Scott and right-hander Cole Sulser from the Baltimore Orioles for two minor leaguers, a player to be named later and a draft pick. Baltimore is getting left-hander Antonio Velez, outfielder Kevin Guerrero and Miami’s 2022 Competitive Balance Round B pick in the
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marcus Morris Sr. scored 22 points, Ivica Zubac got his 22nd double-double of the season with 16 points and 14 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers prevented the New Orleans Pelicans from clinching a spot in the play-in tournament with a 119-100 victory. Morris made
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jared McCann scored a short-handed goal in the first period, Ryan Donato converted on a breakaway early in the third period, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Dallas Stars 4-1. Yanni Gourde added a breakaway goal with 2:13 left and Karson Kuhlman scored an empty-netter in
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Wiggins scored 25 points, Jordan Poole added 22 and the Golden State Warriors held off the Sacramento Kings 109-90. Nemanja Bjelica had season-highs of 19 points and 12 rebounds to go with six assists. The Warriors won their second straight after not winning consecutive games
Continue Reading By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Destanni Henderson scored a career-high 26 points to lead South Carolina to a 64-49 victory over UConn in the national championship game. On a night when the Gamecocks’ height advantage helped them dominate the game inside, the smallest player on the court did the most damage on
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists to extend his point streak to 13 games, Leon Draisaitl scored his 50th goal of the season, and the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth straight game with a 6-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Edmonton’s Tyson Barrie and
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dawn Staley and South Carolina buttoned up on defense and won their second national championship, stifling UConn for a 64-49 victory that ended the Huskies’ undefeated streak in title games. Destanni Henderson scored a career-high 26 points, Aliyah Boston added 11 points and 16 rebounds, and
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Connecticut Huskies had to lean on Paige Bueckers as hard as they could against South Carolina in the NCAA championship game. She might have been enough against any other team in the country. UConn came up short in a 64-49 defeat by the Gamecocks despite
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Shea Theodore scored 2:05 into overtime, leading the Vegas Golden Knights to their fifth straight win with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and assist, and Alex Pietrangelo also scored in regulation for Vegas. Robin Lehner returned from a lower-body injury to make 26
Continue Reading By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Hayes scored the only goal of the shootout and Martin Jones made 43 saves to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers. Hayes lifted the puck past Igor Shesterkin as the Flyers got just their ninth road win in
Continue Reading By TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Shayne Gostisbehere scored on a deflection with 14.7 seconds left in overtime, Michael Carcone and Travis Boyd also scored, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2. The win was only struggling Arizona’s second in the last nine games (2-6-1). The slumping Blackhawks lost their fifth
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Joel Embiid had 44 points and 17 rebounds, James Harden recorded his second triple-double with Philadelphia and the 76ers locked up a playoff spot with a 112-108 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Embiid was questionable coming into the game with a sore ankle. But not only
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brittany Force beat out three other world champions to pick up her first NHRA win of the season at the Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 2017 world champion had a run of 3.718-seconds at 338.00 mph in the championship quad of Top Fuel, topping four-time
Continue Reading By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joel Eriksson Ek scored his career-best 20th and 21st goals of the season and added an assist, and the Minnesota Wild found the net on their first two shots on goal and cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Capitals. Marcus Foligno built on one
Continue Reading By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Keldon Johnson had 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 113-92 on Sunday night to strengthen their bid for a play-in berth. Coupled with the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to Denver, San Antonio’s magic number for clinching 10th in the
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Lowry had 16 points and 10 assists against his former team, Max Strus scored all of his 23 points in the second half, and the Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 114-109. Victor Oladipo scored 21 points, Tyler Herro had 18 and Bam Adebayo 16 as
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