MINNEAPOLIS Cool as their unflappable head coach, Brad Stevens, the Boston Celtics never got down even as their deficit ballooned against the young and athletic Minnesota Timberwolves. When the Celtics finally got going, the Wolves tensed up once again and let another big lead get away. Isaiah Thomas scored 29 points and Boston rallied from […]

MEXICO CITY The party in the stands started early in the second NFL regular season game ever played in Mexico with loud cheers and chants from before kickoff until the final whistle. The Oakland offense took a little longer to get going, but once they did Derek Carr and the Raiders came out with yet […]

NFL kickers missed like never before Sunday, setting a record with 12 failed extra point attempts. Kickers missed left, right, had kicks blocked and hit the uprights. Kickers missed in the wind and indoors. It’s the most misses in one week since the NFL merger. The NFL moved extra-point attempts back before last season because […]

INDIANAPOLIS Klay Thompson scored 25 points in 26 minutes and two-time MVP Stephen Curry added 22 points as the Golden State Warriors routed the Indiana Pacers 120-83 on Monday night. The Warriors (12-2) have won eight straight and kept their starters on the bench for the entire fourth quarter after taking a 29-point lead. Indiana […]

NEW YORK In a sign of just how much American soccer has grown up, U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was fired after a pair of losses in the final round World Cup qualifying. Six days after a 4-0 loss at Costa Rica dropped the Americans to 0-2, Klinsmann was terminated after nearly 5 1/2 […]

EDMONTON, Alberta Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Cam Talbot made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season, helping the Edmonton Oilers beat the Western Conference-leading Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Monday night. Oscar Klefbom, Andrej Sekera and Anton Slepyshev also scored for the Oilers. Corey Crawford made 22 saves in the loss as the […]

WORCESTER, Mass. The Bowdoin College men’s and women’s swim teams opened the season on Saturday with a dual meet against WPI and MIT. In the women’s competition, the Polar Bears split with a 171-129 win over the Engineers of WPI, while falling 213-87 against the Engineers of MIT. Sterling Dixon posted three first-place finishes for […]