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Sidney Crosby’s goal in Dallas completes scoring milestone in all NHL cities
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby scored his team’s first goal in a 3-2 road loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday. It marked Crosby’s first goal in Dallas during his career and allowed him to claim a goal in all 31 of the NHL’s active opposing markets. Here are Crosby’s...
Alabama, Houston in Sweet 16 — we’ll fade one, back the other: Best Bets for March 24
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Jerry Green, Detroit sports writer at 56 Super Bowls, dies
DETROIT — Jerry Green, a Detroit sports writer who covered 56 consecutive Super Bowls, has died at 94, The Detroit News said Friday. Green retired as a columnist at the News in 2004 but continued to attend the Super Bowl for the newspaper until this year. His streak began with...
Mavs’ Doncic fined $35,000 over money sign toward officials
NEW YORK — Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic was fined $35,000 on Friday for directing a money sign toward officials in the final seconds of a loss to Golden State. Doncic walked toward officials while rubbing his fingers together with 1.7 seconds left in the 127-125 loss on Wednesday night....
AP source: Browns add free agent receiver Marquise Goodwin
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns added another speedy wide receiver Friday, agreeing to contract terms with free agent Marquise Goodwin, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The 32-year-old Goodwin is getting a one-year deal, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract...
March Madness: Bench play key to South Carolina’s success
GREENVILLE, S.C. — South Carolina certainly has front-line, championship talent with All-American Aliyah Boston and top scorer Zia Cooke. And they’re backed by a bench that’s second-to-none in the women’s game. “It’s not just the starting five that can make things happen,” Cooke said. The Gamecocks’ reserves lead the nation...
Union rolls past Lourdes Regional to claim 1st PIAA girls basketball championship
HERSHEY — Union’s girls basketball team was unbeatable for 16 straight games in reaching the PIAA finals, and finished off that winning run with a historic victory on the biggest stage in Pennsylvania. The Scotties captured the program’s first state title with a 46-29 win over Lourdes Regional in the...
Safety Terrell Edmunds leaving Steelers to sign with Eagles
He’s no longer a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but Terrell Edmunds will remain in the state of Pennsylvania for the next football season. After the Steelers signed a pair of free agents with ties to the Philadelphia Eagles, that organization reciprocated by agreeing to a one-year contract with Edmunds,...
Trevor Bauer, shunned by MLB, introduced by Japanese team
YOKOHAMA, Japan — The Trevor Bauer era in Japan began Friday at an introductory news conference, where he pulled a blue and white Yokohama DeNA BayStars jersey over a white shirt and red tie. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner is in Japan on a one-year deal that could let...
Mark Madden: Tristan Jarry just can’t be trusted to be available for Penguins
A lot can happen between now and the end of the Penguins’ season. But in the case of Tristan Jarry, it probably won’t. Now, as he slogs through his fifth injury inside of a year, the Penguins must plan to cut ties with their goalie when his contract runs out...
Punch thrown following Bowling Green-Memphis WNIT gameVideo
A Memphis basketball player has been charged by Bowling Green campus police with assault after punching a Falcons player in the handshake line following a Women’s NIT game, according to the Bowling Green athletic department. “Violence is never acceptable and our priority remains the health, safety and support of our...
Jordan Taylor, Jenson Button to make NASCAR debuts at COTA: See betting picks, odds
BY SPENCER URQUHART | Home Field Sports The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Circuit of the Americas in Austin for the third time in as many years, and it projects to be an intriguing race with multiple outside drivers making their NASCAR debuts. IMSA sports car star Jordan Taylor will...
Playing for Team USA in WBC an ‘awesome experience’ for Pirates All-Star David Bednar
A beaming David Bednar showed off his silver medal from the World Baseball Classic on Thursday and called playing for Team USA an “awesome experience, top to bottom.” The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star closer, interviewed on AT&T SportsNet during a Grapefruit League game against the Boston Red Sox, said playing in...
South Carolina’s leading scorer Jackson heads to NBA draft
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina leading scorer Gregory “GG” Jackson II said Friday that he’s entering the NBA draft after one season in college. The 6-foot-9 freshman said on Instagram Live that his year in college with the Gamecocks helped him mature. “Now, I’m declaring for the NBA draft, just...
Sakamoto defends women’s title at figure skating worlds
SAITAMA, Japan — Kaori Sakamoto fended off a challenge from South Korea’s Lee Hae-in on Friday to become the first Japanese woman to defend her title at the figure skating world championships. Sakamoto, who led after the short program, made only one mistake in Friday’s free skate at Saitama Super...
Euro 2024 host Germany looks to rebuild after World Cup
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — Another World Cup failure, another rebuild for Germany. This time there’s even more at stake. Germany will host next year’s European Championship and is desperate to avoid another debacle at home. The Germans once took pride in having a “tournament team,” one that could put distractions aside...
Ukraine pushes for continued Russian Olympic exclusion
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine renewed its push to keep Russian athletes out of the Olympics on Friday ahead of an International Olympic Committee board meeting next week which is expected to set the framework for their return to international sports events. Vadym Guttsait, who is Ukraine’s sports minister and leads...
Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events
Pride nights, held annually for several years by National Hockey League teams to show support for the LGBTQ community, are in the spotlight following several high-profile incidents this season. A handful of players have objected to participating in pregame warmups that included Pride-themed jerseys, most recently Florida’s Eric and Marc...
Tim Benz: World Baseball Classic raises a debate about MLB’s pitch clock worth discussingVideo
Major League Baseball is already making tweaks to the pitch clock. ESPN’s Jeff Passan outlined all of them contained in a memo published by MLB. Most of it is common sense minutia. Things like allowing more time for batters to get set after getting brushed back or pitchers to get...
Florida Atlantic makes first Elite Eight, bounces Tennessee
NEW YORK — When the horn sounded on the greatest victory in the history of Florida Atlantic athletics, Nick Boyd and Bryan Greenlee hopped onto the press row table to celebrate. Instead of going to the locker room, some of the Owls players made their way up into the stands...
Gonzaga beats UCLA 79-76 in Sweet 16 on Strawther’s shot
LAS VEGAS — Gonzaga and UCLA played one NCAA Tournament game that left the Zags’ star player bawling, and another game that stunned the Bruins. Add another to the list. Maybe the maddest one in March yet. Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left to answer a 3-pointer...
With goaltender Tristan Jarry sidelined again, Penguins fall to Stars
The Pittsburgh Penguins are most certainly paying attention to other games in the NHL. After all, they haven’t played well enough to this point of the 2022-23 season to afford themselves the luxury of indifference to the rest of the league. “Everybody scoreboard watches a little bit this time of...
UConn a step from Final Four after 88-65 blowout of ArkansasVideo
LAS VEGAS — Jordan Hawkins scored 24 points for UConn, and the Huskies are one step away from the Final Four after an 88-65 rout of Arkansas 88-65 in a West Region Sweet 16 matchup Thursday. The fourth-seeded Huskies (28-8) will play the winner of UCLA or Gonzaga in an...
Nowell breaks NCAA assist record, Kansas State beats Michigan State in OTVideo
NEW YORK — Markquis Nowell broke the NCAA Tournament record for assists in a game with 19, his last two on spectacular passes in the final minute of overtime, and Kansas State beat Michigan State, 98-93, on Thursday night in a Sweet 16 thriller at Madison Square Garden. Playing in...
John Tortorella earns 700th career win as Flyers top WildVideo
PHILADELPHIA — James van Riemsdyk scored the only goal in a shootout, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota Wild, 5-4, on Thursday night for coach John Tortorella’s 700th career victory. Tortorella is 700-573-181 in 1,454 games as an NHL head coach. His 700 wins rank 12th in NHL history,...
