April 13, 2024 4:35 am
Arizona Coyotes players have been informed the NHL club is expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, a person with knowledge of the meeting tells The Associated Press. Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong flew to Edmonton, Alberta, to tell players about the team’s potential move to Utah before the Coyotes game against the Oilers, the person said on condition of anonymity because the move hasn’t officially been announced. The league has been working on separate schedules for next season based on the team playing in Utah or Arizona. Potential new owner Ryan Smith solicited names for a Salt Lake City-based team earlier this week.
April 12, 2024 4:22 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Erik Karlsson scored 1:40 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins bolstered their playoff odds with a 6-5 win over Detroit. Sidney Crosby set up Karlsson’s winner to become the 14th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career assists. Crosby finished with a goal and two assists to move past Phil Esposito and into 10th on the NHL’s all-time scoring list. Crosby now has 1,591 career points, one more than Esposito. Pittsburgh moved into the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot with the victory. Lucas Raymond had his second career hat trick for Detroit.
April 12, 2024 4:24 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ranger Suárez struck out eight over six shutout innings and Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh and Bryson Stott homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1. The Phillies won the opener of a season-high 10-game homestand that included four with the Pirates, and three games each against the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox. Suárez sent the surprising Pirates to their first back-to-back losses of the season. Bohm and Stott each hit their first homers of the season.
April 12, 2024 4:28 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities have charged the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani with federal bank fraud. Prosecutors allege that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole more than $16 million from the Japanese sensation to cover gambling bets and debts. U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges Thursday at a press conference in Los Angeles. Mizuhara was abruptly fired by the team after the scandal surfaced last month and Major League Baseball opened a separate investigation. Prosecutors say Ohtani was the victim in the case. Mizuhara’s attorney declined to comment Thursday.
April 12, 2024 4:27 am
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau was the mad scientist. Then he was the incredible bulk. This next iteration might be really daunting. DeChambeau says this is his golf phase, and it was impressive in the wind-blown opening round of the Masters. He opened with a 65 for his best start in a major and leads by one shot over world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. The round couldn’t be completed because of a two-and-a-half hour weather delay. The greens were soft, but the wind was raging. Gusts were close to 40 mph. Tiger Woods was holding steady at 1 under through 13 holes.
April 11, 2024 4:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have put together a late-season surge to get into the playoff mix. The Penguins are 6-0-2 in their past eight games to move within a point of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with a week to go in the regular season. Longtime Penguins captain Sidney Crosby says the pressure the club has felt of late has brought out the best in the team. Pittsburgh is looking for a return to the playoffs after missing out for the first time since 2006 last spring.
April 11, 2024 12:53 pm
(AP) – The Masters got underway Thursday after a 2 1/2-hour weather delay on Thursday when Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson hit the ceremonial first shots. Most of the heavy rain expected at Augusta National missed the club, though high winds were still expected to make for a difficult day. Those teeing off late, including Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson, were unlikely to finish before dark, which means they will have long days finishing Friday before playing their second rounds. Jon Rahm is the defending champion after rallying on a marathon Sunday to overcome Brooks Koepka last year.
April 10, 2024 4:30 am
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters is more than just the first major of the year. It’s the first time the whole gang is back together. The question is for how much longer. The 13 players from LIV Golf join the rest of the players in an 89-man field at Augusta National. Masters Chairman Fred Ridley is leaning on invitations in his belief they can get the right players. He believes the Official World Golf Ranking is legitimate. The Masters always reviews the criteria. Ridley did not announce any changes in his news conference. For now, the focus is on winning a green jacket.
April 11, 2024 4:32 am
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former NFL linebacker Terrell Suggs has been arrested after allegedly threatening another man and showing a handgun during a dispute in a Starbucks drive-thru line. Scottsdale Police arrested Suggs and charged the former Baltimore Ravens player with threatening and intimidating and disorderly conduct with a weapon. The incident on March 10 began after a black Range Rover driven by Suggs passed the ordering speaker at Starbucks and had to back up to place his order, backing into the other vehicle.
April 10, 2024 2:12 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pirates two-time All-Star closer David Bednar is off to a rough start. Bednar blew his third save in four opportunities this season in a 5-3 loss to Detroit. The 29-year-old Bednar, a Pittsburgh native, was booed after letting a two-run lead slip away. Pirates first baseman Rowdy Tellez chastised the fans for their behavior, calling it “unacceptable.” Bednar says control issues are his biggest problem at the moment. He added he plans to get with the coaching staff to figure out what the issue is. Even with Bednar struggling, the Pirates are off to a 9-3 start heading into a four-game series at Philadelphia. (Photo: AP)
