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Japan’s northern city of Sapporo went nearly two months without sow By JAE C. HONG Associated Press February 20, 2020, 7:22 AM 2 min read SAPPORO, Japan — After two months of almost no snow, Japan’s northern city of Sapporo was overwhelmed with the white stuff. Earlier this month, about 14 inches (34 centimeters) fell […]

Alex Galchenyuk scored the tying goal and the shootout winner as the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 February 20, 2020, 8:11 AM 4 min read VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Alex Galchenyuk scored the tying goal and the shootout winner as the Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Wednesday night and delivered

Tokyo Olympic organizers say a test event scheduled for later this month is being revamped because of the fear of the spreading virus from China By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer February 20, 2020, 7:06 AM 4 min read TOKYO — A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would

Davide Moretti scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer right after Cartier Diarra missed an easy breakaway dunk that would have tied the score midway through the second half, and Texas Tech beat Kansas State 69-62 February 20, 2020, 6:09 AM 4 min read LUBBOCK, Texas — Davide Moretti flinched as a pass the Texas Tech

David Pastrnak scored the winner 1:14 into overtime to give the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers February 20, 2020, 5:06 AM 2 min read EDMONTON, Alberta — David Pastrnak scored the winner 1:14 into overtime to give the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

Freshman Will Baker scored a season-high 20 points as Texas snapped a four-game losing skid with a 70-56 win over TCU By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer February 20, 2020, 4:08 AM 3 min read AUSTIN, Texas — Freshman Will Baker scored a season-high 20 points and Texas snapped a four-game losing streak with a

Freshman Tony Johnson Jr. scored four of his career-high 21 points in the second overtime and  Central Florida upset Cincinnati 89-87 on Wednesday night By Mark Schmetzer Associated Press February 20, 2020, 3:02 AM 3 min read CINCINNATI — Freshman Tony Johnson Jr. scored four of his career-high 21 points in the second overtime and

Anna Makurat and Megan Walker each scored 18 points and No. 6 UConn secured a share of its seventh straight American Athletic Conference regular-season title Wednesday with a 74-31 rout of Tulane By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer February 20, 2020, 2:01 AM 2 min read HARTFORD, Conn. — Anna Makurat and Megan Walker each

Houston infielder Aledmys Díaz, Miami first baseman Jesús Aguilar and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Brian Goodwin all won their salary arbitration cases, cutting the teams’ advantage to 6-4 in decisions this year with three cases remaining February 20, 2020, 12:55 AM 3 min read PHOENIX — Houston infielder Aledmys Díaz, Miami first baseman Jesús Aguilar

Newly hired American men’s soccer coach Gregg Berhalter earned nearly as much from the U.S. Soccer Federation in the fiscal year ending last March 31 as women’s counterpart Jill Ellis By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer February 19, 2020, 11:49 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Newly hired American men’s soccer coach Gregg Berhalter