LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 12 Texas A&M women’s basketball team was unable to get by No. 11 Kentucky, falling 76-54 at Memorial Coliseum Thursday night. A strong third quarter from junior guard Kayla Wells helped her lead the way with 18 points, while junior forward Ciera Johnson also added 18. Johnson got things going to the Aggies in the first […]
DALLAS (AP) _ Rasmus Dahlin scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period, Linus Ullmark made 28 saves and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars 4-1. Dahlin took a pass from Henri Jokiharju and sent a wrist shot from the top of the right faceoff circle past goalie Ben Bishop at 16:10. Jimmy Vesey […]
HOUSTON (AP) _Houston Astros star outfielder George Springer and the tainted team have settled on a $21 million contract for next season. Springer led the tainted Astros to their first title in 2017 and was the Most Valuable Player of the World Series that year. This week, Major League Baseball released a report that detailed […]
By STEPHEN HAWKINS Baylor has hired LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda as its new football coach. The move was finalized three days after LSU beat Clemson for the national championship. He replaces Matt Rhule, who last week became head coach of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. Aranda takes over a Big 12 team on the rise. […]
UNDATED (AP) _ The new manager of the New York Mets is leaving that job before a single game. The Mets say Carlos Beltran and the team have agreed to part ways in the latest fallout from the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal. Thursday’s announcement came two days after Boston cut ties with manager Alex Cora, […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ An LSU spokesman says the university has contacted officials from the NCAA and Southeastern Conference regarding Cleveland Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s apparent cash payments to Tigers players on the field after the national championship game. LSU athletics spokesman Michael Bonnette says initial information suggested that Beckham handed out novelty […]
By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON (AP) _ Damian Lillard scored 25 points and CJ McCollum added 24 as the Portland Trail Blazers withstood a late surge from the Houston Rockets to get a 117-107 win.The Trail Blazers led by double figures for most of the game, but the Rockets began cutting into the lead in the […]
By TIM REYNOLDS MIAMI (AP) _ Kendrick Nunn scored 33 points, Goran Dragic added 17 and the Miami Heat held on to beat the San Antonio Spurs 106-100 and move back into the No. 2 spot in the Eastern Conference. Bam Adebayo had 14 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists as Miami improved to 18-1 […]
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Luka Doncic had 25 points, 15 rebounds and a career-high 17 assists for his NBA-leading 12th triple-double, and the Dallas Mavericks held off a late run to beat the Sacramento Kings 127-123. Seth Curry scored q points as Dallas won its third straight. Dwight Powell added 17 points […]
By JOHN TRANCHINA STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) _ Kamaka Hepa scored 15 points and Courtney Ramey had 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists to help lead Texas to a 76-64 victory over Oklahoma State. Andrew Jones also scored 14 points, Jase Febres added 13 and Matt Coleman III 10 for Texas. Freshman Kalib Boone scored […]
