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Jones’ breakaway goal leads Ducks past Blue Jackets 7-4

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Max Jones scored the tiebreaking goal on a breakaway with 2:37 remaining and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4 Friday night in a matchup of teams near the bottom of the NHL standings.Jones got the puck at center-ice and then beat Michael Hutchinson on his stick side for his seventh goal of the season.Scott Harrington had two goals for the Ducks, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Troy Terry and Ryan Strome each had a goal and an assist, Trevor Zegras and Max Comtois also scored and Simon Benoit had two assists for Anaheim. Lukas Dostal stopped 38 shots.Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist for Columbus, which has dropped two straight and became the first team eliminated from postseason contention. Nick Blankenburg, Boone Jenner and Cole Sillinger also scored, and Hutchinson made 31 saves and also had an assist.Harrington and Strome added empty-netters in the final minute to seal the Ducks’ win.The Blue Jackets have a league-low 49 p...

Burling’s Kiwis take lead in SailGP regatta in home waters

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

Peter Burling steered his Kiwi catamaran to finishes of second, first and second in home waters to take the lead in the New Zealand Sail Grand Prix Christchurch on Saturday.Burling had a strong day in gusty conditions in front of thousands of Kiwi fans. He’s looking to solidify Team New Zealand’s spot in the Season 3 standings in tech tycoon Larry Ellison’s global league and earn a spot in the season-ending $1 million, winner-take-all, three-boat Grand Final in early May. The Kiwis scored 28 points, four ahead of Canada and its New Zealand-born skipper, Phil Robertson. Sir Ben Ainslie has Emirates Great Britain in third with 23 points while Quentin Delapierre’s French team is fourth with 21. Tom Slingsby and two-time defending champion Australia was fifth with 18 points and Jimmy Spithill of Team USA sixth with 16 points in the fleet of nine foiling 50-foot catamarans.There will be three more fleet races Sunday, with the top three teams advancing to the podiu...

Coles hits late floater, TCU edges Ariz St in March Madness

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

DENVER (AP) — JaKobe Coles hit a floater from the lane with 1.5 seconds left and No. 6 seed TCU rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to beat 11th-seeded Arizona State 72-70 on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Coles took a pass Mike Miles Jr. from near the top of the 3-point circle, dribbled once and let go of the game-winner. Arizona State’s desperation heave at the buzzer missed.Miles, playing on a hyperextended right knee, finished with 26 points for the Horned Frogs (22-12). They advanced to a second-round matchup with No. 3 seed Gonzaga on Sunday in the West Region. DJ Horne had 17 for Arizona State (23-13). ___AP March Madness coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness and bracket: https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Source

Tatum scores 34, Celtics hold off Trail Blazers 126-112

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics withstood a late Portland rally for a 126-112 victory over the struggling Trail Blazers on Friday night.Jaylen Brown added 27 points for the Celtics, who have won four of their last five after a three-game losing streak. Boston sits behind NBA-leading Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference.Damian Lillard finished with 41 points — including 25 in the fourth quarter — for the Blazers, who have lost five straight. At 13th in the West, Portland hasn’t yet been eliminated from the playoffs but time was running out with just 12 games remaining.Boston led by as many as 21 points in the third quarter. Lillard’s 3-pointer pulled Portland within 109-96 and he hit another 3 to close the gap to 111-103. The teams exchanged free throws before Brown dunked and Al Horford hit a 3-pointer to put Boston up 118-105 with 1:33 left and all but seal the win. Tatum (hip) and Marcus Smart (non-COVID illness) w...

March Madness betting guide: Upsets shuffle favorites’ odds

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — March Madness isn’t just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets. There are more ways to bet the field in the NCAA Tournament, an event that will consume basketball fans over the next three weeks. Here’s a look at the favorites, underdogs and long shots.WHO’S FAVORED TO REACH THE FINAL FOUR?Earlier this week, top-seeded Houston was the plus-135 favorite to emerge as the Midwest Region representative and play in Houston, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. That means a $100 bet pays $135. The next top team in the region is No. 5 Texas at plus-350.Alabama, the No. 1 overall seed, was plus-150 to come out of the South. The most competitive region appears to be the West. Top seed Kansas opened as a slight favorite but later shared that spot with No. 7 UCLA at plus-330. No. 9 Gonzaga wasn’t far behind at plus-400.Top seed Purdue was at plus-300 to come out of the East, but the Boilermakers lost in the first round.WHO’S FAVORED TO WIN THE TITLE?Af...

Purdue’s Ramos shocks Iowa’s Lee; Penn St. leads team race

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Purdue’s Matt Ramos pulled one of the most stunning upsets in NCAA Division I wrestling history, ending Iowa’s Spencer Lee’s chase for four national titles with a pin in the closing seconds of their semifinal match on Friday night.Ramos, the No. 4 seed at 125 pounds, got the fall with one second remaining in the third period to end the nation’s longest win streak at 58 matches. Ramos had been vocal about his belief that he could beat Lee.“I work really hard and I trust in what I believe in, and being able to speak it out into existence — I’m not trying to be cocky or anything, but if I can’t get it out into the world, then I don’t believe it will happen,” he said. That will leave Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis as the only wrestler still in contention for a fourth title on Saturday. He defeated Penn State’s Shayne Van Ness 8-3 in his semifinal match at 149. If Diakomihalis defeats Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso in the final, he will become the fifth wre...

Chicago Bulls have improved defensively since a ‘wake-up call’ of allowing 150 points to the Minnesota Timberwolves

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

When the Chicago Bulls allowed the Minnesota Timberwolves to drop a walloping 150 points on their heads on Dec. 18, it was supposed to be a wake-up call.The season already had begun to fall off the tracks, but the 150-126 loss was a different form of demoralization. And for the Bulls, it forced a sharper focus on defensive discipline that had grown slack in the early weeks of December.“It was a wake-up call,” center Nikola Vučević said after practice Thursday at the Advocate Center.A quick glance at the Bulls’ current standing somewhat belies the change that followed that wake-up call. Before the loss to the Timberwolves, the Bulls had slumped to 11-18. Their offensive rating (110.7) was in the bottom tenth of the league and their defensive rating (112.6) was 18th.The Bulls still haven’t pulled themselves above .500 as they struggle to piece together more than two wins at a time, and their offensive rating since that game (114.1) remained in the bot...

Isiah Hartenstein describes difficulties guarding Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic: ‘It’s different’

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

Nikola Jokic isn’t the biggest talker in the NBA. Especially not publicly.But apparently when you get the big man going about basketball, Jokic demonstrates his brilliance.“We talked a lot. I’m always a guy who wants to learn a lot,” Isaiah Hartenstein said. “So I think that was a special time for me to talk to them and learn. Like how he uses his eyes to pass and stuff like that. I could always pass, but the way he reads the game. When he tells you when you sit down with him what he’s seeing, it’s special. And I think that’s what makes him an MVP-type of player.”“There were certain times [we talked] before practice,” Hartenstein added. “We would mostly be taking ice baths and talk, like, ‘What do you see?’ And how certain things work, and I think that’s how smart he is about the game. I think that’s incredible.”Jokic and Hartenstein, two European centers, were teammates on the Nugg...

New Chicago Bears TE Robert Tonyan on switching sides in the rivalry with the Green Bay Packers: ‘I know I made the right decision’

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

Robert Tonyan’s NFL career blossomed over six seasons while catching passes from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field.But all the while Tonyan, a 6-foot-5, 240-pound tight end, kept in his basement the jersey and autograph from a childhood hero, Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher.Tonyan, 28, grew up in McHenry and played quarterback for McHenry High before moving to wide receiver at Indiana State and tight end with the Packers. His NFL dreams along the way often were colored in orange and blue, and this week he made that a reality by signing a one-year contract with the Bears.He joins a growing list of Bears players from the Northwest suburbs, including fellow tight end Cole Kmet, returning linebacker Jack Sanborn and new linebacker T.J. Edwards.“Did I think I’d be a tight end for the Bears? No,” Tonyan said on a videoconference call with Chicago reporters Friday. “But did I think I’d play for the Bears? Y...

FOX 5 rides along with CHP on St. Patrick's Day

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:06:19 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- California Highway Patrol officers are warning of a potential spike in driving under the influence arrests as St. Patrick’s Day celebrations bloom all over the county. “We are proactively looking for those DUI drivers. St. Paddy’s Day is a holiday where a lot of people are drinking,“ said Officer Jared Grieshaber with the CHP. With this St. Patrick's Day landing on a Friday, officers say it gives revelers a little more freedom, because there is no work Saturday morning. Woman found dead after hit-and-run in Carlsbad “She’s my DD, she’s my ride home,” said a partier in Hooley’s Irish Pub. A DUI can cost roughly $10,000 in legal fees and fines and potentially suspend a driver's license.The legal alcohol driving limit is .08 and smaller people can get to that limit in as much as two drinks in an hour. Officers say drive safe or take an Uber, it will be the best $20-30 you’ll ever spend.