PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and his broken left wrist will start on Sunday when Pittsburgh hosts Buffalo. Rodgers, who sat out last week's loss to Chicago after injuring the wrist against Cincinnati on Nov. 16, was a full participant in practice for the second consecutive day on ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — There are many, many things Mike Tomlin loves about coaching football. The urgency created by the limited number of chances to compete is near the top of the list. "You get 17 opportunities to state a case for yourself," the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach said. And 11 ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Monangai rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown, D'Andre Swift ran for 125 yards and a score, and the Chicago Bears finished with 281 yards on the ground to win their fifth straight game, 24-15 over the reeling Philadelphia Eagles on Friday night. Led by rookie coach ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Game has had many upsets, including last year when Michigan stunned Ohio State as nearly 20-point underdogs. The top-ranked Buckeyes don't want the 15th-ranked Wolverines to add to the long list Saturday at the Big House. If Michigan wins a fifth straight games ...
Zac Taylor said all it would take is one win for the Cincinnati Bengals to get momentum for a late-season run. Taylor's squad will have the opportunity to prove their coach right after playing their most complete game of the season, a 32-14 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday ...
By KIRK KERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg had 20 points and 11 rebounds as No. 7 Michigan routed No. 12 Gonzaga 101-61 on Wednesday night to win the Players Era Championship. Trey McKenney added 17 points for the impressive Wolverines (7-0), who dominated every one ...
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta (AP) — Victor Plante scored at 5:53 of an overtime series tiebreaker and the U.S. National Team Development Program won the CHL-USA Prospects Challenge over the Canadian Hockey League on Wednesday night. After the USNTDP won the opener of the two-game series 4-2 in ...
By STEVE BITTENBENDER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ryan Conwell scored 32 points and No. 6 Louisville hit 20 shots from 3-point distance, its most in 18 years, while overpowering NJIT in a 104-47 victory Wednesday night. The former Xavier guard had his biggest scoring ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Water bottles were getting dumped on Miami coach Erik Spoelstra from all angles in a joyous locker room after the Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA Cup game, and the scene caught him off-guard. The water-pourers wanted to celebrate ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — William Nylander became Toronto's career overtime goals leader with 15, scoring on a wrist shot with 20 seconds remaining in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 2-1 comeback victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night. Nylander got ...
By SAMMI SILBER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 908th career NHL goal and the Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Wednesday night. John Carlson, Jakob Chychrun and Connor McMichael also scored for the Capitals, winners of five of the last six. ...
By KIRK KERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Melvin Council Jr. and Elmarko Jackson each scored 17 points and Kansas defeated previously unbeaten No. 17 Tennessee 81-76 in the third-place game of the Players Era Championship on Wednesday night. Tre White added 14 points for Kansas ...
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist as the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Wednesday night. Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves, stopping all 13 shots he faced in the first period. Noah Laba, Vincent Trochek and Will ...
By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Rust and Kevin Hayes scored in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday night to snap a two-game losing streak. Hayes tapped in Erik Karlsson's pass from the top of the crease with 7:26 ...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Tyson Foerster scored on a rebound of his own shot with 45.2 seconds left for what became the game-winner, and the Philadelphia Flyers topped the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Wednesday night. Foerster's shot from just inside the blue line ricocheted off the leg of Florida ...
By KEITH TAYLOR Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Denzel Aberdeen, Otega Oweh and Trent Noah each scored 16 points to lead No. 19 Kentucky to a 104-54 win over Tennessee Tech on Wednesday night. Kentucky (5-2) improved to 5-0 at home and reached the 100-point plateau for the second ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina safety Tre'Von Moehrig will miss the Panthers' home game Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams after losing an appeal of a one-game suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct. The NFL said Wednesday that Moehrig intentionally hit San Francisco 49ers wide receiver ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 33 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the New York Knicks handed the Charlotte Hornets their seventh straight loss 129-101 on Wednesday night. Josh Hart added 22 points for the Knicks, ...
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and the Boston Celtics ended Detroit's winning streak at a franchise record-tying 13, outlasting Cade Cunningham and the Pistons 117-114 on Wednesday night. The Eastern Conference-leading Pistons squandered a ...
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer Former LSU coach Brian Kelly received a letter from LSU on Wednesday confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed "liquidated damages as required" under his contract of about $54 million. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, clears the ...