WINNIPEG, Manitoba Alexander Wennberg had two goals and Brandon Saad also scored, helping the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Thursday night to extend their franchise-record winning streak to 14 games. Columbus has tied for the fourth longest winning streak ever in the NHL and is closing in on the record 17 […]

MIAMI The Miami Marlins sealed a deal with right-hander Brad Ziegler, their latest move in an attempt to emulate recent playoff teams by building a strong bullpen. Ziegler reached an agreement last week on the $16 million, two-year contract, which became final after he passed a physical. Miami also gave right-hander Junichi Tazawa a $12 […]

CLAREMONT, Calif. The Claremont Mudd Scripps women’s basketball team outscored Bowdoin 14- 6 in the overtime session to hand the Polar Bears their first defeat of the season, 70- 62, on Thursday evening. The 13th-ranked Polar Bears fell to 8-1, while the Athenas improved to 5-5. Bowdoin led for the entire first half and held […]

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. The New England defense has turned from a major question mark to a strength as the Patriots steam toward the playoffs. “It’s just y’all that was gassing all of that up,” defensive co-captain Dont’a Hightower said Thursday, pointing a finger at the media. “That’s what y’all was doing. Y’all was saying that. We […]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Top-ranked UConn had just let a 19-point lead dwindle to five, causing the sellout crowd at Maryland to crank the noise to a deafening volume. Perhaps another team would have wilted. Not the Huskies, who know a thing or two about winning under any circumstance. An ailing Katie Lou Samuelson scored 17 […]

SPOKANE, WASH. Nigel Williams-Goss and Przemek Karnowski each scored 16 points as No. 7 Gonzaga beat short-handed Pepperdine 92-62 on Thursday night, extending the best start in program history. Three other players scored in double figures for unbeaten Gonzaga (13-0, 1-0 West Coast Conference). The Bulldogs held a narrow lead after the first half and […]