Associated Press stories, Page 738
Marc-Andre Fleury can’t help but smile about his career in goal, even if he’d rather skip the fussVideo
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The two decades Marc-Andre Fleury has spent in the NHL have passed as quickly for him as the airborne pucks that speed toward him in the net each time he takes the ice. Now the fourth goalie in history to appear in 1,000 games, a mark...
Bo Nix closes career with 5 TD passes as No. 8 Oregon rolls over Liberty in Fiesta Bowl
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Bo Nix threw for 363 yards and five touchdowns to cap a recording-breaking career, and No. 8 Oregon closed a season that started with national title expectations by rolling over No. 18 Liberty, 45-6, in the Fiesta Bowl on Monday. Nix played like a Heisman Trophy finalist...
Nussmeier shines as Daniels’ successor, No. 13 LSU rallies to nip Wisconsin 35-31 in ReliaQuest BowlVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Garrett Nussmeier threw for 395 yards and three touchdowns, helping 13th-ranked LSU launch its post-Jayden Daniels era with a come-from-behind 35-31 victory over Wisconsin in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Monday. Stepping in to make his first college start after Daniels, the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, opted out...
Jaguars hope to get QB Trevor Lawrence, WR Christian Kirk back for finale
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars could get quarterback Trevor Lawrence and receiver Christian Kirk back for their regular-season finale at Tennessee, a game that will help determine the AFC South. Lawrence missed Sunday’s 26-0 drubbing of Carolina because of a sprained throwing shoulder, ending a streak of 51 consecutive...
Nico Iamaleava leads No. 25 Tennessee to 35-0 rout of No. 20 Iowa in the Citrus BowlVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava ran for three touchdowns and threw for one in his first career start, and No. 25 Tennessee shut down No. 20 Iowa’s Division I-worst offense to beat the Hawkeyes, 35-0, in the Citrus Bowl on Monday. Iamaleava, a prized recruit for Volunteers coach...
South Carolina still No. 1 in AP women’s basketball poll, Syracuse enters Top 25Video
South Carolina started the new year where it finished off 2023: atop the Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 34 of the 35 first-place votes from a national media panel Monday. They had been unanimous the previous six weeks. UCLA got the other No. 1 vote after beating...
Purdue remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Gonzaga falls to No. 24 but runs poll streak to 142 weeksVideo
Purdue remained atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week Monday. Gonzaga dropped to No. 24 after a loss to San Diego State but kept alive its streak of 142 consecutive weeks in the poll. The Boilermakers picked up three more first-place votes and...
Marsha Warfield, bailiff Roz Russell on ‘Night Court,’ returns to the show that has a ‘big heart’
NEW YORK — Fans of the rebooted hit NBC sitcom “Night Court” might have been forgiven for tuning in all season long and asking “Where’s Roz?” Roz Russell — played by comedian Marsha Warfield — was the salty, no-nonsense bailiff alongside Bull Shannon who had a world-weary view of the...
Israel’s Supreme Court overturns a key component of Netanyahu’s polarizing judicial overhaul
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, delivering a landmark decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country’s ongoing war against Hamas. The planned overhaul sparked months of mass protests, threatened...
Analysis: Cowboys got all the breaks while Ravens and 49ers were big winners, locking up No. 1 seeds
The Dallas Cowboys got another big victory without taking the field Sunday. The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers took care of business to make sure they get an extra week of rest. The NFL’s playoff picture is clearer with one week to go. Nine teams are in. Five spots...
Russia launches record number of drones across Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue aerial attacks
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, while Russia also reported Ukrainian attacks. A 15-year-old boy was killed and seven people wounded after falling debris from one of 87 downed drones...
Israel pulling thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on enclave’s main southern city
TEL AVIV, Israel — Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said Monday, in the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began as forces continued to bear down on the main city in the southern half of the enclave. The troop...
Japan lowers tsunami warning but still tells people not to go home after series of earthquakes
TOKYO — Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come. The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and...
Harrison Butker hits 6 field goals, kicks Chiefs to AFC West title with win over Bengals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have grown accustomed to wrapping up the AFC West by the middle of December. Turns out they’re perfectly fine with clinching it on New Year’s Eve. Amid an up-and-down season in which the Chiefs have been forced to rely on their defense...
Panthers owner David Tepper tosses drink into visiting stands late in 26-0 loss to JaguarsVideo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Panthers owner and Pittsburgh native David Tepper threw the contents of a drink into the visiting crowd near the end of Carolina’s 26-0 loss at Jacksonville on Sunday. Tepper’s reaction came after rookie Bryce Young was intercepted with less than 3 minutes to play. It was unclear...
Colorado mother suspected of killing her 2 children and wounding 3rd arrested in United Kingdom
A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third was arrested Saturday in the United Kingdom, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Kimberlee Singler’s 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son were found dead on Dec. 19 when police responded to a report of a...
NFL Week 17: Brock Purdy bounces back, 49ers clinch the NFC’s top seed by beating Commanders
LANDOVER, Md. — Minutes after rolling to a 27-10 victory at Washington, the San Francisco 49ers watched the final minute of Philadelphia’s game at Arizona together in the visiting locker room. A loud cheer erupted when the Eagles lost to Arizona in stunning fashion. After Brock Purdy threw two touchdown...
A tantalizing Rose Bowl matchup pits Saban’s Alabama against Harbaugh’s Michigan in the CFP
PASADENA, Calif. — In a sport long defined by its coaching giants, Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh are among the few larger-than-life figures still standing. Saban has won six national championships at Alabama, establishing the most successful program of the 21st century. Harbaugh has completely revitalized his alma mater, reaching...
Lamar Jackson’s perfect passer rating helps Ravens rout Dolphins to clinch top seed in AFCVideo
BALTIMORE — In what may have been his final bid for the MVP award, Lamar Jackson threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns, finishing with a perfect passer rating and helping the Baltimore Ravens clinch the top seed in the AFC with a 56-19 rout of the Miami Dolphins on...
Noah Reynolds scores 27 as Green Bay takes down Robert Morris
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Noah Reynolds scored 27 points as Green Bay beat Robert Morris, 78-61, on Sunday. Reynolds shot 10 for 17 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line for the Phoenix (8-7, 3-1 Horizon League). Foster Wonders scored 13 points...
Washington, Texas meet in Sugar Bowl CFP semifinal behind coaches with very different career paths
NEW ORLEANS — Wearing matching smiles and dark blue suits, Washington coach Kalen DeBoer and Texas’ Steve Sarkisian shook hands and posed for a photo with the Sugar Bowl trophy their teams will play for Monday night. They are newcomers to this stage, with career paths that could not be...
Marc-Andre Fleury becomes 4th goalie to play in 1,000 NHL gamesVideo
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Marc-Andre Fleury became the fourth goalie in NHL history to play in 1,000 games on Sunday in the Minnesota Wild’s game against the Winnipeg Jets. Martin Brodeur (1,266 games), Roberto Luongo (1,044) and Patrick Roy (1,029) are the only goalies to have played in more games...
New women’s professional hockey league, with hopes of staying power, ready to drop the puck
No longer a far-fetched notion, the Professional Women’s Hockey League is approaching reality and Sarah Nurse can’t help but pinch herself. On Monday, the 28-year-old Canadian national team forward will be on the ice in Toronto when her yet-to-be nicknamed team faces off against New York to open the new...
Paula Abdul accuses ‘American Idol’ producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault in lawsuitVideo
LOS ANGELES — Paula Abdul has accused former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the reality competition show, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles also accuses Lythgoe of sexually assaulting Abdul...
Maine state official who removed Trump from ballot was targeted in swatting call at her home
A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause. She becomes the latest elected politician to...
