Новости за 16.12.2017

WASHINGTON — Mike Scott tied a season-high with 22 points while Bradley Beal added 20 as the Washington Wizards held off the Los Angeles Clippers 100-91 on Friday night. Scott scored 10 points in the third quarter, hitting four of his five shots from the field. Scott, who averages 8.4 points per game, made 9

ORLANDO, Fla. — Damian Lillard scored 21 points, C.J. McCollum had 20 and the Portland Trail Blazers withstood a late rally to beat the Orlando Magic 95-88 on Friday night. The Trail Blazers led by 17 with 7:26 left in the game, but needed late contributions from Al-Farouq Aminu and Jusuf Nurkic to slam the

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyler Johnson and Wayne Ellington scored 16 points each and Miami held off a late rally for a 104-98 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. It was Miami’s 24th win in its past 30 games against Charlotte, which opened a stretch of six of seven home games with a loss.

SARNIA, Ontario — Gymnastics Canada’s women’s national team director faces multiple sex-related charges. Sarnia Police said Dave Brubaker was charged Friday with one count of invitation to sexual touching, three counts of sexual interference, three counts of sexual exploitation, and three counts of sexual assault. The statement said Brubaker appeared in court on Friday and

CLEVELAND — Free agent outfielder Melvin Upton Jr. has agreed to a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians, pending a successful physical. The deal includes an invitation to big league spring training. He was limited to 12 games last season at Triple-A Sacramento by thumb and shoulder injuries. The San Francisco Giants released Upton

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Japhet Kadji and Femi Olujobi turned in double-doubles and North Carolina A&T defeated Tennessee Tech 64-54 on Friday night. Kadji was 6-of-8 shooting, including a pair of 3-pointers, in scoring 16 points while grabbing 10 rebounds. Olujobi was 4 of 6 from the field, scoring 11 points with 10 rebounds as the

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kelsey Mitchell made four 3s and scored 22 points on Friday night and No. 13 Ohio State scored 33 straight points to pull away for a 103-70 win over Dartmouth. The Buckeyes (10-2) led 58-51 with four minutes left in the third quarter and extended to 91-51 on Makayla Waterman’s free throw

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen has added Charlton Warren to his staff. Mullen made the announcement Friday, the same day offensive line coach Brad Davis left Florida to take the same position at Missouri. Warren spent this season Tennessee’s defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator. He spent the majority of his career

LOS ANGELES — Morgan Spurlock’s latest documentary will not premiere at the Sundance Film Festival as planned. The remaining partners in his production company said Friday that they removed “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!” from the Sundance slate in light of Spurlock’s confessions of sexual misconduct this week. Warrior Poets partners Jeremy Chilnick and

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nick Saban isn’t happy about one major new distraction, and it has nothing to do with Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt’s hiring at Tennessee. The fourth-ranked Crimson Tide (11-1) opened practice Friday in preparation for another playoff matchup with No. 1 Clemson (12-1) on Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl. But the

BOSTON — Celtics guard Gordon Hayward says he is open to playing this season, but says it will depend on how fast he is able to heal and show progress as he works his way back from a broken left ankle. Hayward was at TD Garden on Friday for Boston’s matchup with the Utah Jazz,

INDIANAPOLIS — The longtime director of the Indiana Department of Child Services is stepping down after nearly five years as its chief. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office says Mary Beth Bonaventura notified the governor Friday that she will resign, effective Dec. 27. Holcomb said in a statement that his office has begun searching for the next

SAN FRANCISCO — Left-hander Matt Moore was traded from the San Francisco Giants to the Texas Rangers for minor league right-handers Israel Cruz and Sam Wolff. Texas also received $750,000 in international signing bonus pool allotment from the Giants as part of the trade announced Friday. San Francisco last month exercised Moore’s $7 million option

DENVER — Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Callahan has an upper-body injury that will sideline him at least indefinitely. The Lightning said Friday that Callahan will be re-evaluated in 3-4 weeks. Callahan was injured in the third period of Tampa Bay’s 4-1 victory in Arizona on Thursday night. He tangled with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and the

NEW YORK — Longtime NBA referee Monty McCutchen is the league’s new vice president and head of referee development and training. McCutchen replaces Bob Delaney, who stepped down in October after 30 years with the NBA. The league says Friday that McCutchen will oversee the day-to-day management and on-court performance of the officiating staff. McCutchen,

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has unsealed an inflammatory letter in which a former Uber security specialist accused the ride-hailing service of corporate espionage. The letter alleges Uber dispatched a team of spies to steal its rivals’ trade secrets and take other shady actions to thwart competition. The explosive allegations, released Friday, have reshaped

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Justin Rose held a three-stroke lead after eight holes of the third round Saturday when play was suspended due to bad weather. Rose was 3-under on the day and led his playing partners Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Scott Vincent. The Englishman led both players by a stroke after the second round was completed

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Justin Rose completed the final two holes of his second round early Saturday for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke lead at the Indonesian Masters. Rose, who had a first-round 62, was among a quarter of the field forced off the Royale Jakarta Golf Club course after weather delays on Friday. The

RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks appear likely to be without at least one of their starting linebackers for Sunday’s matchup with the Los Angeles Rams. K.J. Wright has not practiced all week due to a concussion sustained last Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. While not officially ruled out, Wright has all but run out

LOS ANGELES — Jurors have awarded nearly $3 million in damages to a teenager molested by a Southern California teacher. Thursday’s verdict came in a personal injury lawsuit against the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. David Park taught at Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights. He’s acknowledged sexually abusing two students and served

OAKLAND, Calif. — For now, Gretchen Piscotty can still comfortably attend her son’s big league baseball games seven months after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and it is suddenly going to be far easier for her to do so. Her boy is back in the Bay Area on the Oakland Athletics. Stephen Piscotty got

URBANA, Ohio — A prosecutor says a 15-year-old Ohio boy accused of killing his father’s longtime girlfriend has been indicted in adult court on aggravated murder and murder charges. Champaign County prosecutor Kevin Talebi says a grand jury indicted Donovan Nicholas on Friday. Defense attorney Darrell Heckman says he expects to enter pleas of not

WASHINGTON — A tax bill moving forward in Congress would boost traditional forms of energy such as oil and gas while supporting renewable energy such as wind and solar power. It also would extend a hand to buyers of electric cars. An agreement by House and Senate negotiators would open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Doctors say sextuplets born this week in Alabama are doing well. Their parents, Eric and Courtney Waldrop of Albertville, joined doctors to talk to reporters about the babies Thursday. Dr. Lee Morris said the three boys and three girls were born about 10 weeks early. Doctors said Monday’s delivery in Huntsville went

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo coach Jason Candle has signed a six-year contract that runs through the 2023 and will pay him more than $1 million per year. Candle is 21-6 in two full seasons at Toledo, where he was promoted from offensive coordinator after the 2015 regular season when Matt Campbell left for Iowa State.