Weber State’s Dillon Jones and UNC Asheville’s Drew Pember had every reason to decide they’d done enough at this level. Yet both returned to school in part because they wanted their college careers to have a better finish. Jones’ team suffered a double-overtime loss in a Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal. Pember’s […]
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions can trace their turnaround to hitting more than missing in the draft. Jahmyr Gibbs and Sam LaPorta are the latest examples. Gibbs ran for a season-high 152 yards and a touchdown, LaPorta had eight receptions for 57 yards with a score, and the rookies […]
UTAH (102) Collins 7-16 0-3 15, Markkanen 10-24 2-2 27, Kessler 10-11 2-3 22, Clarkson 2-10 0-3 4, Horton-Tucker 7-12 0-0 16, Olynyk 0-2 3-4 3, Agbaji 0-5 0-0 0, Dunn 0-2 0-0 0, George 1-6 0-0 3, Sexton 5-10 0-0 12. Totals 42-98 7-15 102. DENVER (110) Gordon 10-12 […]
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert passed for 298 yards and three touchdowns, including a 39-yarder to Austin Ekeler, and the Los Angeles Chargers stopped a two-game slide by routing the Chicago Bears 30-13 on Sunday night. Herbert, who had struggled with accuracy the past two games after breaking the […]
DENVER (AP) — Justin Simmons never paid much attention to the Broncos’ long losing streak to the Kansas City Chiefs or the way Patrick Mahomes had owned them ever since winning in Denver in his first NFL start back in 2017. Simmons won’t have to address — or ignore — […]
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott didn’t lean on his defense quite so much this time. Still, it was quite the assist — again — from cornerback DaRon Bland. Prescott threw two of his four touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb, Bland recorded his NFL-leading third interception return for a score and the […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Amine Bassi scored the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, Héctor Herrera also scored a goal, and the Houston Dynamo beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 Saturday night in Game 1 of the best-of-three first-round MLS Cup Playoffs series. Houston can clinch a berth in the conference semifinals […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 26 points, Eric Gordon added 21 and the Phoenix Suns easily handled the Utah Jazz 126-104 on Saturday night. The Suns dominated the majority of the game, never trailing after the first few minutes. They opened a 16-point lead by halftime and led by […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Parker McKinney threw two of his three touchdown passes on Eastern Kentucky’s first two drives of the second half and the Colonels rallied to beat Utah Tech 34-30 on Saturday night. McKinney turned a two-point halftime deficit into a 21-16 lead when he connected with […]
FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) — Zac Larrier scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard run in the third quarter, punctuating a drive aided by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Colorado State bench because of fans pelting the visiting Falcons’ sideline with snowballs, and No. 19 Air Force remained undefeated […]
