PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy, the new No. 1 player in golf, is not easily rattled. McIlroy buried a 10-foot putt for his first birdie of the day. The pressure of trying to win and reach No. 1 in the world didn’t really hit him until he was lining up a putt […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Freshman Anthony Davis had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones added 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky capped a perfect Southeastern Conference season with a 74-59 victory over No. 16 Florida on Sunday. Kentucky (30-1, 16-0) extended its winning streak to 22 games and secured its hold on […]

BRUNSWICK — The weekend was full of New England interscholastic action with wrestling, swimming and indoor track on tap. The 48th annual New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships were held Friday and Saturday at the Providence Career and Technical Center, Providence, R.I. Lisbon High School’s Zach Stevens ( 120 pounds) and Brunswick’s Jared Jensen (152) competed. Stevens […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Josh Beckett was just happy to be on the mound. The right-hander pitched two scoreless innings in the Boston Red Sox’s spring training opener Sunday, an 8-3 win over the Minnesota Twins. Beckett, who lost his final two starts down the stretch during the September collapse that kept Boston out […]

LOS ANGELES ( AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 33 points in his third straight stellar performance since Dwyane Wade broke his nose in the All-Star game, and Wade managed just 16 points before fouling out midway through the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a 93- 83 victory over the Miami Heat […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Wellwood scored less than a minute after Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette called a timeout to give his players an earful, and Ilya Bryzgalov made 34 saves, leading the Flyers to a 1-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday night. Bryzgalov earned his third shutout of the season, and the 26th […]