By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Big boxing in New York for long meant Madison Square Garden, in recent years Barclays Center as well. Fight night in Times Square promises to be a whole different scene. "I think we're expecting half a million people, for free," said ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Dallas signed defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa before the franchise tag deadline Tuesday and Minnesota declined to give the tag to quarterback Sam Darnold, clearing the way for him to hit the open market next week. Only two players were given the tag ...
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Davante Adams' reunion with Aaron Rodgers lasted just 11 games with the New York Jets. The team released the veteran wide receiver Tuesday, ahead of the start of the NFL's new league year next week. The move, which was expected, will save the ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James will soon become the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points in the regular season and postseason. If James suits up Tuesday night, he'll need just one point to set the mark during the Los Angeles ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Saquon Barkley will become the highest-paid running back in NFL history after his record-setting season helped the Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl. The Eagles are giving Barkley a two-year contract extension worth $41.2 million with $36 million ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Attorneys seeking approval of the $2.8 billion legal settlement for college sports pointed to nearly 102,000 athletes who signed up to receive damages from the action, while batting down objections to what they described as the "intergalactic paradigm ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk. After that, they're going home. They don't know what awaits when they get there. Heraskevych ...
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson and Florida State are ready to move forward together after legal fights that threatened the stability of the league. Each approved a settlement Tuesday to end the crossfire of lawsuits between the member schools and ...
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer The Dallas Cowboys and defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa agreed Tuesday on an $80 million, four-year contract with $58 million guaranteed, his agent said. The agreement came a few hours before the deadline for clubs to apply the franchise tag on one ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kelly Olynyk scored a season-high 26 points and had nine rebounds and the New Orleans Pelicans used a 15-0 fourth-quarter run to defeat the Utah Jazz 128-121 on Sunday night. CJ McCollum added 25 points and eight assists, Zion Williamson had 24 points and nine assists ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — William Nylander scored 1:00 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Sunday. Nylander, Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist as Toronto earned its fifth consecutive win. John Tavares, Max ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Anfernee Simons scored 21 of his 34 points in the second half, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 119-102 on Monday night. Simons shot 13 for 26, including 6 for 11 from beyond the arc. Shaedon Sharpe added 20 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and ...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Fousseyni Traore scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season off the bench, Egor Demin had 15 points and six rebounds and No. 25 BYU dominated West Virgina 77-56 on Saturday night. Richie Saunders added 13 points for the Cougars (21-8, ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Walker Kessler had a go-ahead dunk with 9.7 seconds left to help the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-116 on Friday night, snapping a six-game losing streak in the series. John Collins scored a season-high 29 points and 12 rebounds for Utah, Brice ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Derik Queen had 23 points, Ja'kobi Gillespie scored 19 and No. 16 Maryland beat Penn State 68-64 on Saturday. Selton Miguel added 17 points for the Terrapins (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten), who overcame a 36-30 halftime deficit to snap a seven-game losing streak in Happy ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, extending his point streak to 17 games, and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday. Pastrnak scored his 32nd goal of the season 1:32 into the game on a breakaway. Mason Lohrei added a power-play goal for ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Chucky Hepburn scored a career-high 37 points to lead No. 19 Louisville to a 79-68 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Terrence Edwards Jr. added 23 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals (23-6, 16-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 51.1% from the field ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Philadelphia rookie Matvei Michkov scored on a backhander against Connor Hellebuyck in the shootout and the Flyers beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Saturday night. Jamie Drysdale scored in regulation the Flyers and Ivan Fedotov stopped 30 shots to help the Flyers ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored a career-high 44 points and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a nine-game losing streak, beating the Golden State Warriors 126-119 on Saturday night in a game where Stephen Curry had his first dunk in six years. Curry's one-handed jam on a break cut the ...
HOUSTON (AP) — L.J. Cryer scored 20 points and No. 4 Houston clinched the outright Big 12 regular-season title for a second straight season with a 73-64 win over Cincinnati on Saturday. Terrance Arceneaux added 10 points for Houston (25-4, 17-1 Big 12), which has won eight straight. The ...