Новости за 23.02.2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Russell Westbrook made a 3-pointer as time expired, lifting the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 110-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. The Thunder blew a 23-point lead and trailed 105-102 with 4 ½ minutes remaining before closing the game on an 8-2 run. Paul George scored 26 points, Carmelo

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Forget Lindsey Vonn and Adam Rippon. The real rock stars of the Pyeongchang Olympics are a humble group of Korean curlers who have no idea they’ve become a global sensation. They are known as the “Garlic Girls,” the South Korean women’s curling team with the fairy-tale story whose moniker reflects the

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Part of the prize package that U.S. bobsledding great Steven Holcomb and brakeman Carlo Valdes got for a medal at a World Cup race at St. Moritz a couple years ago was a bottle of fine champagne, which they brought home and decided to save for a special occasion. They never

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — The Russians finally have a gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, thanks to a 15-year-old who beat the fellow teen who inspired her to become a figure skater. Alina Zagitova won one of the games spotlight events Friday, edging her friend and training partner 18-year-old Evgenia Medvedeva. That ended the gold

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Conner Toolson drained five from long range to score 22 points and Kenneth Ogbe added 14 as Utah Valley continued its hot streak to dominate Cal State Bakersfield 70-47 on Thursday night. Utah Valley (20-8, 9-3 Western Athletic Conference) knocked off league-leading New Mexico State 86-79 last week to halt its 11-game

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Sidy N’Dir scored 15 points, nine coming at the foul line, and Jemerrio Jones tossed in 12 as Western Athletic Conference leader New Mexico State led most of the way to defeat Chicago State 78-67 Thursday night. Jones scored 10 of his points after halftime as the Aggies widened a three-point

LOS ANGELES — Kristen Simon scored 16 points with 15 rebounds and buried the game-winning 3-pointer in overtime with 1.3 seconds remaining to lift USC over Utah 53-52 on Thursday night. After Minyon Moore made a jump shot with 34 seconds left to bring the Trojans within 52-50, Utah’s Emily Potter missed a shot with

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mattias Markusson had a double-double with a career-high 19 points and 12 boards and James Batemon had 14 points as Loyola Marymount survived Santa Clara 65-64 on Thursday night. Eli Scott added 12 points, six rebounds, and five assists for the Lions (9-19, 4-13 West Coast Conference). The game featured nine

MORAGA, Calif. — Jordan Ford had 18 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, and No. 22 Saint Mary’s rolled to a 75-61 victory over Pepperdine on Thursday night. Calvin Hermanson scored 14 points and Tanner Krebs added 12 for the Gaels (26-4, 15-2 West Coast Conference). Jock Landale scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jimario Rivers and Raynere Thornton each scored 21 points, helping Memphis beat No. 23 Houston 91-85 on Thursday night. Rivers also grabbed nine rebounds and Thornton made four 3-pointers as Memphis (17-11, 8-7 American Athletic Conference) earned its third straight victory. Rob Gray had 30 points and seven assists for Houston (21-6,

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Kelsey Serwa turned to best friend and Olympic roommate Brittany Phelan in the starting gate before the women’s skicross final and went through the ritual one more time. The Canadian teammates bumped fists then began chanting “Here we go!” in an over exaggerated accent that would sound right at home back

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jon Gillies rebounded from a first-minute goal to make 35 saves in his first NHL start of the season, helping the Calgary Flames beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-2 on Thursday night. Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and two assists, Sean Monahan added a goal and an assist, and Sam Bennett, Mark Jankowski

OMAHA, Neb. — Albert Owens scored 21 points, Austin Ruder added 17, Javan White contributed 14 points with 12 rebounds and Oral Roberts is assured a top six finish in the Summit League with Thursday’s 83-75 win at Omaha. Oral Roberts (11-20, 5-9) outrebounded Omaha 38-29, which was a factor in the Golden Eagles owning

NEW YORK — Joel Hernandez scored 23 points and Raiquan Clark posted a double-double and LIU Brooklyn took advantage of St. Francis’ (BKN) brief scoring drought at the end for an 81-76 win Thursday night. Rasheem Dunn made three free throws to bring the Terriers within 70-69 with 3:40 left before St. Francis missed its

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Jojo Anderson scored 15 points and Northern Arizona hit 14 more free throws than Sacramento State in a 58-53 victory on Thursday night. Anderson sank four of his six shots, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, for the Lumberjacks (5-23, 2-13 Big Sky Conference), who snapped a six-game skid. Karl Harris

PHOENIX — Alessandro Lever scored 30 points with 10 rebounds and hit 14 of 15 free throws and Grand Canyon beat Seattle 76-64 on Thursday night to end a three-game skid and sweep the season series against the Redhawks. Joshua Braun added 10 points for the Antelopes (18-10, 7-5), who entered the game fourth in

MONTREAL — Antti Niemi made 31 saves and the Montreal Canadiens beat the struggling New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night to snap their six-game losing streak. Tomas Plekanec, Jeff Petry and Phillip Danault scored for Montreal (23-29-8), which avoided matching its longest skid of the season. Niemi got the start in place of injured

LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein apologized to Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence after his lawyers cited them in asking a court to dismiss a sexual misconduct lawsuit. A spokeswoman for the disgraced movie mogul said Thursday that Weinstein has also directed his legal representatives not to use specific names of actors and former associates in

MIAMI — Eric Lockett made the first of two free-throw attempts with 6.8 seconds left to give Florida International a 69-68 victory over North Texas on Thursday night. Ryan Woolridge grabbed the defensive rebound from Lockett’s second shot at the line, but then missed a layup to end it. Trejon Jacob and Michael Douglas scored

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — JoJo Cooper’s jumper with 0.4 seconds left — his only points of the second half — lifted Wagner to a 64-62 victory over Central Connecticut State on Thursday night. After Deion Bute scored for Central Connecticut with 7.1 seconds remaining, Cooper took the inbounds pass, dribbled downcourt and hit his jumper

DELAND, Fla. — Brandon Goodwin scored 27 points, Christian Terrell added 17, and Florida Gulf Coast beat Stetson 76-60 on Thursday night to end a two-game skid in the regular-season finale for the Atlantic Sun Conference champions. RaySean Scott Jr. scored 11 points for the Eagles (21-10, 12-2), who outrebounded the Hatters 42-30 and outscored

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers have honored victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with a somber video tribute before their game against the Washington Capitals. The arena video screen Thursday night showed the names and faces of each of the 17 students who were killed on Valentine’s Day in nearby

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Ed Polite Jr. finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and five steals to propel Radford to a 63-50 victory over Liberty on Thursday night. Polite made all eight of his free throws and buried 7 of 10 shots from the floor for the Highlanders (18-12, 11-6 Big South Conference), who shot 51

NEW YORK — The NBA is establishing a confidential hotline for league and team employees to report concerns about misconduct in their workplace. The move comes after a Sports Illustrated report that described a hostile environment for women in the Dallas Mavericks organization. Commissioner Adam Silver sent a memo to teams Thursday detailing plans for

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Justin Pierce scored 22 and shot 5 of 7 from beyond the 3-point arc as William & Mary took down UNC Wilmington 96-83 on Thursday night. Connor Burchfield added 20 points and Nathan Knight had 14 for the Tribe (17-11, 10-7 Colonial Athletic Association), who connected on 88.5 percent of their free