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Queen has 22 points, 20 rebounds in debut as Maryland beats Manhattan 79-49
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Derik Queen scored 22 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 16 points and five assists and Maryland pulled away in the second half to beat Manhattan 79-49 Monday night in the season opener for both teams. Queen, a consensus five-star...
Dante Chachere accounts for 5 TDs as Portland State beats Sacramento State 58-38
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Dante Chachere threw a touchdown pass and ran for four TDs Saturday night to help Portland State beat Sacramento State 58-38. Delon Thompson scored on 1-yard run to give the Vikings the lead for good with about 4:17 left in the third quarter and, after...
Emotional Carter acknowledges contentious exit from Toronto as Raptors retire former star's jersey
TORONTO (AP) — An emotional Vince Carter acknowledged his contentious exit from Toronto as his No. 15 jersey became the first number retired by the Raptors in a halftime ceremony during Saturday’s game against Sacramento. “It’s not just Carter 15 going up, it’s all of us...
‘Immediate threat’: Mussel invades California’s Delta, first time in North America
From the glittery bling of its name, the golden mussel sounds like it could be California’s state bivalve. Unfortunately, the creature’s only connection to the Golden State is the fact that it is California’s most recently identified invasive species — and it’s a bad one,...
Arizona State's Cam Skattebo turns initiating contact into an art form
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Cam Skattebo puts Newton's second law of motion into practice every time he touches the ball. The law is an equation stating, in layman's terms, that the acceleration of an object is dependent on its mass and the force acting upon it. If something gets in the...
Tracy hits Weimer with 10-yard TD pass in OT to lift Idaho State over Sacramento State 30-27
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Kobe Tracy threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Weimer in overtime to give Idaho State a 30-27 victory over Sacramento State on Saturday night. Zach Schreiner kicked a 41-yard field goal for Sacramento State in the first possession of overtime. Schreiner...
Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules? Environmentalists say yes.
When the Trump administration presented a new plan exporting more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta five years ago, state officials and environmentalists objected that the new rules would increase the chances that salmon, smelt and steelhead would go extinct. Now, state...
Edwards hits late free throws to lift the Timberwolves past the Kings, 117-115
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Edwards hit a pair of free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining and the Timberwolves spoiled Sacramento’s opener by beating the Kings 117-115 on Thursday night. Edwards got fouled by Domantas Sabonis on a drive with the game tied and calmly hit the...
Conklin, Tau-Tolliver account for 3 TDs each as Sacramento St. beats Weber St. 51-48 in 2OT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Carson Conklin and Elijah Tau-Tolliver each accounted for three touchdowns, Zach Schreiner kicked a 36-yard field goal on the first possession of the second overtime and Sacramento State held on to beat Weber State 51-48 Saturday night. Conklin was...
Leonard won't play for Los Angeles Clippers to start the season while rehabbing knee, report says
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard won’t play for the Los Angeles Clippers to start the season because of ongoing rehabilitation from inflammation in his right knee, according to a report. Citing unidentified sources, ESPN reported Thursday that Leonard will be sidelined...
