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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tyler McGhie had 27 points in UC San Diego’s 80-45 win over Toledo on Saturday night to win the Boardwalk Battle championship. McGhie shot 10 for 16, including 7 for 11 from beyond the arc for the Tritons (5-2). Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones scored 19 points and added five rebounds. Hayden Gray

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Amar Augillard led Fresno State with 25 points and David Douglas Jr. made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 42 seconds left as the Bulldogs took down Long Beach State 72-69 on Saturday night. Augillard shot 8 of 21 from the field, including 4 for 13 from 3-point range, and went 5

AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joe Thornton spent a career setting up his teammates with the perfect passes that helped them score goals. His jersey retirement ceremony Saturday was an opportunity for his former San Jose teammates to dish out the compliments for his play, leadership and friendship in tributes that repeatedly

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Bryson Barnes accounted for 323 yards and four touchdowns to lead Utah State over San Diego State 41-20 on Saturday. Barnes ran 19 yards for a touchdown and threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Grant Page inside the final two minutes of the second quarter to give Utah State a 14-13

Associated Press SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country’s Sado Island Gold Mines but offered no apology over Japan’s brutal wartime use of Korean forced laborers, highlighting lingering tensions between the neighbors over the issue. South Korea a day earlier announced that it was boycotting the memorial,

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action. A weasel with a tiny shoe in its mouth was spotted on the video footage after police installed three cameras in the school in the

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jamir Simpson scored 21 points as Southern Utah beat Idaho 82-67 on Saturday night. Simpson went 9 of 16 from the field (2 for 5 from 3-point range) for the Thunderbirds (6-1). Dominique Ford scored 14 points, shooting 4 for 8, including 4 for 6 from beyond the arc. Kyson Rose

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg strolled in wearing a jacket with JuJu Watkins’ name and number on the front and back. Michael B. Jordan thrilled a USC woman fan with an impromptu autograph during a timeout. The stars came out to Saturday’s showdown between Watkins and third-ranked Southern California and No.

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg strolled in wearing a jacket with JuJu Watkins’ name and number on the front and back. Michael B. Jordan thrilled a USC woman fan with an impromptu autograph during a timeout. The stars came out to Saturday’s showdown between Watkins and third-ranked Southern California and No.

Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor countries in the face of climate change. It’s a far-from-perfect arrangement, with many parties still deeply unsatisfied but

Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns, Jonathan Brady had two touchdown catches and the go-ahead score and California rallied to beat Stanford 24-21 on Saturday in the first Big Game as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Mendoza was under pressure on 3rd and 11 with

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe and Quinton Byfield scored in the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 on Saturday. David Rittich made 19 saves for the Kings, who improved to 6-2-1 at home. Kempe and Byfield scored 1:44 apart in the second period. Byfield buried a

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Isaiah Smith ran for a career-high 205 yards on 31 carries and scored a touchdown and San Diego beat Morehead State 37-14 in a season-ending contest for both teams on Saturday. Grant Sergent threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns for San Diego (8-3, 6-2 Pioneer Football League) which ended the

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo scored 24 points and No. 6 Notre Dame defeated JuJu Watkins and third-ranked Southern California 74-61 on Saturday in a marquee matchup on the West Coast. Watkins and the Trojans (4-1) fell behind early and were down 21 points in the fourth quarter. She had 24

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture. Rollins has agriculture ties but also a strong relationship with Trump. The president-elect has prized loyalty as he assembles his second administration. She would lead a sprawling agency that traces back to the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As the blueprint for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, Trump

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies. The nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, which