Category: Sports

 Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves in his season debut, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sean Walker and Seth Jarvis scored and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 3-0 on Tuesday night.  Hurricanes: Host Minnesota on Thursday night.

 Ace Buckner had an efficient 18 points, and nine different Clemson players scored at least five points in an 88-38 trouncing of New Hampshire in a season opener for both teams.  Buckner was 6-of-7 from the field and from the free throw line. Jake Wahlin (11 points), Nick Davidson (10 points) and Carter Welling (10 points) all hit double digits, […]

Ta’Niya Latson scored 20 points in her South Carolina debut to lead the second-ranked Gamecocks to a 94-54 victory over Grand Canyon to start the season Monday night.  It was the 15th straight opening victory under coach Dawn Staley, and Latson, who led the country in scoring at Florida State last season, was front and center. She scored the game’s […]

Jacoby Brissett threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score in another game with Murray sidelined by a foot injury, and the Cardinals beat the Dallas Cowboys 27-17 on Monday night.

 Rico Dowdle made one big mistake on an otherwise splendid afternoon.  Dowdle and Carolina Panthers kicker Ryan Fitzgerald made sure it didn’t prove costly.  Dowdle rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns, and his big run in the final minute set up Fitzgerald’s last-second 49-yard field goal as Carolina beat Green Bay 16-13 on Sunday to climb above .500 and […]

Kyle Larson knew he wasn’t going to catch Denny Hamlin in the final laps on Sunday, not without the sort of help that only a caution flag can bring.  Larson got his lucky break.  Hamlin only got heartbreak.  Larson is now a two-time NASCAR champion after denying Hamlin what would have been his first career title when a late caution […]

 Miles Bridges scored 29 points, Kon Knueppel added a career-high 24 and the Charlotte Hornets routed the Utah Jazz 126-103 on Sunday night to snap a three-game losing streak.  Hornets: At New Orleans on Tuesday night.  Meanwhile,  Donovan Mitchell made eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 37 points in his return to Cleveland’s lineup, leading the Cavaliers to a 117-109 […]

 Lamar Jackson returned for the Baltimore Ravens, and so did the chants of “M-V-P!” — on the road.  Jackson threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns, showing little rust in his return from a right hamstring strain, and the Ravens routed the Miami Dolphins 28-6.  The two-time MVP completed 18 of 23 passes in his first start since Week 4 […]

 Franz Wagner scored 21 points and the Orlando Magic snapped a four-game losing streak with a 123-107 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night.  LaMelo Ball had 17 points and 13 assists for the Hornets, his third double-double of the season.  Ball was fined $35,000 by the NBA earlier in the day for making an obscene gesture during the […]

Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist, Brandon Bussi had 26 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Thursday night.  Mike Reilly, Bradly Nadeau, Jordan Martinook and Jackson Blake also scored and Logan Stankoven also had a goal and an assist for Carolina. The Hurricanes snapped a two-game skid and got the second win […]