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Tim Howard, Tisha Venturini-Hoch, Josh McKinney, Francisco Marcos elected to US Soccer Hall of Fame

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Goalkeeper Tim Howard was elected to the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame on Saturday and will be inducted on May 4.Howard was on the ballot for the first time and received 46 of 48 votes (95.8%) from the player selection committee, the hall announced.“When you play football, you try and for the love and play for the glory, and hopefully along the way you do some things,” Howard said after being told the news while on air as an analyst for NBC’s Premier League coverage.Josh McKinney, captain of the U.S. seven-a-side Paralympic team, also was elected from the player ballot. Midfielder Tisha Venturini-Hoch was chosen from the veteran ballot and United Soccer Leagues founder Francisco Marcos was picked from the builder category.The 52-year-old Howard made 121 appearances with the U.S. national team from 2002-17 and was in goal at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.After playing with Major League Soccer’s New York/New Jersey MetroStars from 1998 to 2003, he spent 1...

Forsberg has 39 saves for 1st shutout this season as Senators beat Kraken 2-0

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Anton Forsberg stopped 39 shots for his first shutout of the season and the Ottawa Senators beat the Seattle Kraken 2-0 on Saturday night.Mathieu Joseph and Drake Batherson scored goals to help the Senators snap a three-game ski d and get just their second home win. Forsberg’s shutout was the fourth of his career and evened his record to 4-4-0 this season.Coming into the game, Forsberg was last in the league among goaltenders who had played at least one game with an .850 save percentage.“It’s been tough,” Forsberg said. “It’s been a lot of ups and downs, obviously. Some good games, some bad games. I’ve got to find consistency, the whole team’s got to find some consistency. We’ve got to win games on a more regular basis here.”Joey Daccord finished with 26 saves for the Kraken, losers of four straight (0-3-1).“We’re here to get two points so we’re not really trying to win the game of positives, negatives,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “We’re trying to w...

Falslev scores 19 as Utah State downs UC Irvine 79-69

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Mason Falslev had 19 points in Utah State’s 79-69 victory over UC Irvine on Saturday night.Falslev had five rebounds for the Aggies (7-1). Great Osobor scored 17 points, shooting 6 of 10 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line. Josh Uduje had 12 points and shot 5 of 7 from the field and 1 for 3 from the line. The Aggies extended their winning streak to six games.Justin Hohn led the way for the Anteaters (6-3) with 21 points. Dean Keeler added 15 points and two blocks for UC Irvine. Derin Saran also recorded 11 points and seven rebounds.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Walman scores in overtime as surging Red Wings beat Canadiens 5-4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Jake Walman scored 54 seconds into overtime, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Saturday night for their fifth win in six games.Walman, Alex DeBrincat and Daniel Sprong each had a goal and an assist for Detroit, which blew a 3-0 lead in regulation. Joe Veleno and Christian Fischer also scored, and Ville Husso made 26 saves.Walman converted a slap shot from the left circle. It was his fifth goal of the season.“It’s hard to win in this league and it’s even harder to win on the road, so I love that we got two full points,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “I didn’t hate (the third period), but we had a lot of looks and could’ve easily got our fifth goal and iced the game.“A little fatigue crept into our game, probably some mistakes that were a little self-inflicted. Credit to them, they were pushing hard so good on the guys to hang in there.”Justin Barron, Joel Armia, Nick Suzuki, Gustav Lindstrom scored for Montreal, which lost ...

Sean Couturier’s shootout goal lifts Flyers past Penguins 4-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sean Couturier scored the lone goal in the shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Saturday night.Samuel Ersson stopped Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust in the shootout to give the Flyers the extra point, after Guentzel forced overtime with 21 seconds left. Tristan Jarry stopped Tyson Foerster and Travis Konecny.Foerster scored his fourth of the year in regulation and also continued a three-game point streak with an assist. Owen Tippett scored his eighth and Scott Laughton scored a short-handed goal.Ersson made 29 saves for the Flyers, who ended a two-game losing streak. Philadelphia has won two of its last six games following a five-game win streak.“(Pittsburgh) is a talented group,” Laughton said. “They found a way and we didn’t really break. We continue to roll like this, it’s a good sign for our group. Patience was definitely key in this game.”Guentzel scored twice in regulation and Kris Letang added his second for th...

Caitlin Clark has 24 points, 11 assists for No. 4 Iowa in 99-65 win over Bowling Green

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 24 points and 11 assists, Kate Martin added 17 points and No. 4 Iowa beat Bowling Green 99-65 on Saturday.Clark, the nation’s leader in scoring and assists, recorded the 47th double-double of her career and third of the season. She was 10 of 20 from the field, but just 2 of 11 on 3-pointers. Clark added seven rebounds.Bowling Green played a diamond-and-one defense to try to slow Clark, but the rest of Iowa’s offense took advantage. The Hawkeyes (8-1) shot 66.7% from the field and got 72 points inside.Sydney Affolter tied a career high with 14 points for the Hawkeyes, going 7 of 7 from the field.Lexi Fleming led Bowling Green (5-2) with 24 points. Amy Velasco added 11.NO. 7 COLORADO 74, AIR FORCE 58AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Frida Formann scored 23 points and Colorado used a big second quarter to beat Air Force.Formann finished 5 of 9 from 3-point range. Sara-Rose Smith added 11 points for the Buffaloes (8-1).Taylor Britt led Air Force (4...

Pili leads No. 12 Utah women to 87-68 victory over BYU

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Alissa Pili scored 23 points and No. 12 Utah cruised to an 87-68 victory over BYU on Saturday night.Pili, the reigning Pac-12 Conference player of the year, made 9 of 12 shots from the floor, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range for Utah (7-1). She added six rebounds and five assists in guiding the Utes to their fifth straight win. Kennady McQueen scored 18, while Gianna Kneepkens had 17 points and six boards. Ines Vieira pitched in with 12 assists to go with five points and five rebounds.McQueen hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points to lead four starters in first-half double figures and Utah turned a 10-point first-quarter lead into a 52-32 advantage at halftime. The Utes shot 54.5% and sank 10 of 22 from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes.Lauren Gustin and freshman Kailey Woolston led the Cougars (6-2) with 17 points apiece. Gustin also grabbed 13 rebounds for her sixth double-double this season. Emma Calvert scored 12 off the bench.Utah, which returned ...

No. 4 Florida State beats No. 15 Louisville 16-6 for ACC title, but could miss playoff at 13-0

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Florida State made things as difficult as possible on the College Football Playoff selection committee, using a dominant defensive performance to beat No. 15 Louisville 16-6 on Saturday night for the fourth-ranked Seminoles’ first Atlantic Coast Conference championship since 2014.The Seminoles moved to 13-0, but even that doesn’t guarantee a spot in the four-team playoff after Alabama knocked off No. 1 Georgia for the Southeastern Conference championship and Texas, which beat Alabama this season, won the Big 12 title.No Power Five team has ever gone unbeaten, won its conference title and failed to make the playoff.Seminoles fans held up signs reading “Win and we’re in!” But Florida State’s offensive performance created some doubt about whether it’s one of the four best teams in the country.Lawrance Toafili ran for 118 yards and a touchdown for the Seminoles, who stuck to a conservative game plan with third-string quarterback Brock Glenn...

Proud dad Dwayne Johnson hopes his daughters inherit legacy of hard work

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

Los Angeles (CNN) — The bottom of every bottle of Dwayne Johnson’s Teremana tequila is embossed with the letters “TIJASI” – the first two letters of his three daughters’ first names.Sweet? Certainly. But to Johnson – a wrestler turned multi-hyphenate box office behemoth – he hopes it’s also a reminder.“What I try to do with the girls is show them that No. 1, the world is yours. And as little girls – and little girls of color – it’s out there,” he told reporters Thursday. “You’re gonna have your struggles, and if Teremana is an example of hard work [and] creating something for people [to] like and enjoy, let it be your example.”Johnson explained this tribute to Tiana, 5, Jasmine, 7, and Simone, 22, over a glass of Teremana Anejo (poured over ice, with an orange slice, in case you’re curious) at Mana Holiday House, a limited-engagement brand-focused experience being held in Los Angeles this weekend, in New York City on December 12 and 13 and online.In a laid-back c...

7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines, briefly prompting a tsunami warning

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:08:50 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning.The quake struck at at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially said that based on the magnitude and location, it expected tsunami waves to hit the southern Philippines and parts of Indonesia, Palau and Malaysia. But the center later dropped its tsunami warning.In Japan, authorities issued evacuation orders in various parts of Okinawa Prefecture, including for the entire coastal area, affecting thousands of people.Teresito Bacolcol, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, told The Associated Press his agency advised residents along the coast of southern Surig...