AP spotlight
Every coach who started last season will start this season. That's an NBA first.
COOS BAY — Coos Bay Public Library's newest class, Introduction to WIX Personal, is intended for individuals looking to create a new or better website; for anything from special projects to hobbies or resumes. Students will be using the wix.com website's building platform to cover the basics…
BANDON — The annual Bite of Bandon Culinary Showcase and Auction returns Saturday, March 4.
BANDON — The annual Bite of Bandon Culinary Showcase and Auction returns Saturday, March 4.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry and the dominant Warriors aren't just beating teams anymore, they're throwing staggering knockout punches against the NBA's best — make that second-best.
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 25 points and Cleveland gave Tyronn Lue his first win as head coach by beating Minnesota 114-107 on Tuesday night.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams has never lost in the semifinals of the Australian Open. Neither has Novak Djokovic.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has a larger than life presence at the Australian Open.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Superman is bringing his cape and his pen to Super Bowl 50. He's leaving behind his camera.
DENVER (AP) — When Peyton Manning was watching games from the locker room a few months ago, none of this seemed possible.
Peyton Manning is the only five-time MVP in NFL history, one of the faces of the league and, at 39, the oldest starting quarterback to lead a team to the Super Bowl.
DENVER (AP) — An hour after the game, New England kicker Stephen Gostkowski still felt the sting of a rare missed extra point.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — In the darker moments, when the medical needs of his family were becoming more urgent, Andy Murray thought about leaving the Australian Open before the fourth round.
CORVALLIS (AP) — Gary Payton II tried to be aggressive from the start against No. 21 Southern California.
TORONTO — Kyle Lowry scored 21 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 20 as the Toronto Raptors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-94 on Sunday for their season-high eighth straight win.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Adam Rippon interrupted Nathan Chen to marvel at the idea of doing four quadruple jumps in one practice session, let alone the free skate at the U.S. Championships.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry banked in a shot from midcourt with a hand in his face at the halftime buzzer after his three-quarter court swish at the end of the first was just late and he finished with 39 points and a triple-double, helping coach Steve Kerr win his season debut in th…
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Even after wins, and there were a bunch of them, the Cavaliers didn't celebrate. Everything was too easy for them, way too easy.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jamie Weisner scored 23 points on Friday night and No. 11 Oregon State held off a late run to beat Utah 62-53.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Damian Lillard joked with coach Terry Stotts that the Portland Trail Blazers should flush the film of an embarrassing loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Then he sat down and watched it.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 35 points in three quarters, Andre Iguodala added 20 and the Golden State Warriors returned to the floor where they won the NBA championship last season and embarrassed the Cleveland Cavaliers 132-98 on Monday night.
Oregon State forward Jarmal Reid was suspended at least four games by the school on Monday, a day after sticking out his leg and tripping a referee late in a loss to Utah.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — For five sets and nearly five hours, two chiseled Spanish left-handers went head-to-head again at the Australian Open.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four games into his playoff career, Cam Newton recognizes the key element to success. He calls it "Big Mo," and there couldn't have been a better example than Carolina's 31-24 victory over Seattle on Sunday.
DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning gets to face his biggest nemesis for one more shot at glory.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado bench paved most of the way, and the Buffaloes didn't let another conference home game get away on Sunday night.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic recalled his own brush with match-fixing, as the start of the year's first Grand Slam tournament was overshadowed by corruption allegations.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook had his second consecutive triple-double to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Miami Heat 99-74 on Sunday.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer has heard enough speculation about match-fixing in tennis. If players are suspected of corruption, he wants names.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jarmal Reid's split-second decision to trip a referee sent Oregon State to a loss — and could cost the Beavers' forward a whole lot more.
HONOLULU (AP) — Some of the toughest battles Fabian Gomez ever faced were with the other caddies he grew up with in Argentina.
CORVALLIS — Deven Hunter was fed up with losing to Stanford.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On Thursday night, the Philadelphia 76ers let a 24-point lead slip away in an especially difficult overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots' late-season slump didn't mean much when the playoffs came to New England. Kansas City's 11-game winning streak mattered even less.With Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman coming back from injuries to help Tom Brady return to his Super Bowl MVP form, the P…
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — After being forced into overtime by another Hail Mary from Aaron Rodgers, the Arizona Cardinals wasted no time calling for the "Hail Larry" to get to the NFC title game.
NEW YORK (AP) — Damian Lillard added to the Brooklyn Nets' fourth-quarter woes this season.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Gabriella Hanson scored 13 of her career-high 20 points in the first half and No. 12 Oregon State broke the game open in the third quarter Friday night, rolling to a 70-48 win over California.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Karlie Samuelson scored 18 points and Lili Thompson had 16, including two baskets in the last 35 seconds, to rally No. 11 Stanford to a 64-62 win over Oregon on Friday night.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Chip Kelly is the offensive-minded, experienced head coach the San Francisco 49ers have long sought, and now he needs to win — right away.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Doug Pederson is the new man in charge of the Philadelphia Eagles.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are turning their rebuilding project over to Dirk Koetter.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions retained coach Jim Caldwell for a third season, giving him a chance to work with new general manager Bob Quinn.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Oregon Ducks have struggled with slow starts on the road this season. If Utah was expecting that on Thursday night, they had another thing coming."We were really aggressive right from the start," Dillon Brooks said. "We just wanted to hit them first."Brooks had 21 p…
PORTLAND (AP) — Damian Lillard came close to a triple-double, but the Trail Blazers were in such control against the Utah Jazz that he wasn't needed in the fourth quarter.
DENVER — Danilo Gallinari scored 28 points and the Denver Nuggets withstood a 38-point performance by Stephen Curry to hand the Golden State Warriors their third loss of the season, 112-110 on Wednesday night.
Pro Picks was all over the road teams in the wild-card round, getting three of the four winners correct. Unfortunately, we weren't so clairvoyant against the spread.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants didn't have to look far to find a replacement for Tom Coughlin.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Josh Scott feeds off Wesley Gordon's energy. Ditto for Gordon with Scott.
Here's an idea almost anyone in Olympic circles would love: a $2 billion stadium they don't have to pay for.
HOUSTON (AP) — Being born and raised in Pelham, Alabama, young Dabo Swinney watched "The 'Bear' Bryant Show" every Sunday morning and hoped to one day play for him and the Crimson Tide.
