Новости за 10.02.2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Damian Lillard scored 22 of his season-high 50 points in the third quarter, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Sacramento Kings 118-100 on Friday night. Lillard scored at will, making 16 of 26 shots — including eight 3-pointers — and all 10 of his free-throw attempts. He reached the half-century mark

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — When an athlete succeeds as often as Mikaela Shiffrin does, the slip-ups suddenly seem to get a lot more attention. So when Shiffrin held a pre-Olympics news conference Saturday, 48 hours before the first of what could be five events for the American skiing star at the Pyeongchang Games, the initial

MOSCOW, Idaho — Nate Sherwood scored 23 points, and Victor Sanders blocked a shot at the buzzer to give Idaho a 66-64 victory over Eastern Washington on Friday night. Idaho (17-7, 9-3 Big Sky Conference) has won seven of its last eight games and moves into third place in the conference standings, a half-game back

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Kesler scored early in the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks held on for a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Corey Perry also scored and Hampus Lindholm had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who are tied with San Jose and Calgary for third place

CHICAGO — Zach LaVine scored 35 points against his former team, and the Bulls spoiled Jimmy Butler’s return to Chicago with a 114-113 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. Butler scored 38 to finish one shy of a season high. But the Bulls rallied from 17 down to snap a seven-game losing streak.

BERKELEY, Calif. — Asha Thomas made two free throws to give California the lead with 32 seconds left and the Golden Bears held on for a 78-76 victory over Colorado on Friday night. After Thomas’ free throws put Cal ahead 77-76, Colorado’s Alexis Robinson missed a 3-pointer with six seconds remaining and Cal’s Mikayla Cowling

WASHINGTON — It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can foot the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. And next year it would rise to

NEW YORK — In a story Feb. 10 about fashion week show focused on the #MeToo movement, The Associated Press reported erroneously that all the designs shown were those of Myriam Chalek. Two pieces were designed by Minika Ko. A corrected version of the story is below: A Me Too moment at NY Fashion Week

PULLMAN, Wash. — Katie McWilliams made a pair of free throws with 1.1 seconds left in overtime and No. 16 Oregon State escaped with a 63-61 victory over short-handed Washington State on Friday night. WSU’s Maria Kostourkova made 1 of 2 free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining to tie the game. McWilliams took a long

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Two-time U.S. figure skating champion Gracie Gold has decided to transition into coaching, and will join the coaching staff at the Ice Den in Scottsdale. Gold was part of the American team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The 22-year-old Gold announced in September that she was stepping

DALLAS — Tyler Seguin scored the deciding shootout goal and Kari Lehtonen stopped all three Pittsburgh shooters in the tiebreaker in the Dallas Stars’ 4-3 victory over the Penguins on Friday night. Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel, with 71 goals among them this season, failed to score against Lehtonen. He won his fifth

SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points and previewed his Slam Dunk Contest appearance with two tomahawk jams, and the Utah Jazz extended their league-best winning streak to eight with a 106-94 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. The streak is Utah’s longest since winning nine in a row in 2010.

ROCHESTER, Mich. — Kendrick Nunn scored 21 of his 28 points in the second half to help Oakland beat Detroit Mercy 87-78 on Friday night. Oakland (16-10, 8-5 Horizon League) has won two in a row and seven of its last nine games. Detroit Mercy (7-19, 3-10) has lost six of its last seven. Nunn,

MUNCIE, Ind. — Trey Moses scored 22 points, Tahjai Teague had 20 points and 14 rebounds and Ball State cruised to an 87-68 victory over Kent State on Friday night. Ball State (16-9, 7-5 Mid-American Conference) has won four of its last five games. Kent State (12-13, 6-6) has lost three straight. Moses was 9

CANBERRA, Australia — Fifteen-year-old Marta Kostyuk evened Ukraine’s Fed Cup World Group II match with Australia at 1-1, beating Daria Gavrilova 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Saturday. Kostyuk, who made it to the third round at the Australian Open as a qualifier, dominated the first-set tiebreaker after several exchanges of service breaks. She clinched the match

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It’s the Olympic sport famed for its spectacular speed, exhilarating aerodynamics and cringe-worthy crashes. And yet ski jumping, a sport in which athletes hurtle down a ramp at 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour before jumping the length of a football field, remains relatively obscure outside of Europe and Japan. Apart

RIBEIRAO PRETO, Brazil — Freestyle skier Lais Souza pictured herself parading into the Olympic Stadium with the Brazilian delegation during the 2014 Winter Games opening ceremony. She had successfully switched from gymnastics to the high-flying sport, unexpectedly qualifying for the Sochi Games after just six months of practice. It all ended two weeks before the

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals, and the St. Louis Blues used a big push in the second period to beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Friday night. Tarasenko, Patrik Berglund and Alexander Steen scored in a 7 1/2-minute span of the second, helping St. Louis open a 3-0 lead. Tarasenko added his

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — One by one, some of the biggest names in figure skating tumbled to their backsides inside Gangneung Ice Arena, the opening day of their Pyeongchang Olympics program going nothing like planned. Patrick Chan of Canada hit the deck first. Nathan Chen of the U.S. followed him. Russian skater Mikhail Kolyada was

MIAMI — A quiet night for Dwyane Wade on the stat sheet still produced plenty of loud moments in his first game back with the Heat. Wade received a standing ovation when he entered the game off the bench in the first quarter and the crowd roared when he came up with a key block

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade returned to Miami with a quiet game, but his mere presence got a rise out of Heat fans, and teammates Hassan Whiteside and Tyler Johnson led the way to a 91-85 victory against the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday that snapped a five-game losing streak and capped a celebratory night. Wade came

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Facing your first Sunday Funday of the Winter Olympics and wondering what to watch? Don’t worry, we are here for you. (All times Eastern.) MEDAL EVENTS It aches the knees just to watch, but be sure to catch women’s mogul skiing. The gold medal run will be at 8:10 a.m. The

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — After a night of pomp and politics, Olympic athletes are getting down to what it is all about: competition! Day 1 features medal events in short track speed skating, snowboarding and biathlon: Here are some key things to watch. All times Eastern: Women’s Ice hockey Not all politics will be left

BEIJING — A detained Swedish bookseller at the center of escalating row between Western governments and Beijing has accused Sweden of using him as a “chess piece” in an appearance arranged by Chinese police. Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong-based publisher who sold books of gossip about Chinese leaders, told several outlets including the South China

NEW YORK — Brock Nelson scored his third goal of the game 3:15 into overtime and New York Islanders, boosted by rookie Mathew Barzal’s five assists, emerged with a wild 7-6 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. The Islanders trailed 5-2 with 6:33 left in regulation when Detroit’s Tyler Bertuzzi was assessed