Category: Sports

UDINE, Italy — Udinese has fired coach Massimo Oddo after 11 straight losses in Serie A. The decision was expected after Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Crotone left the team four points above the relegation zone. The 41-year-old Oddo replaced Luigi Delneri in November and won his first five league matches, including a 3-1 victory at […]

The Toronto Blue Jays will be trying to avoid losing three in a row for the first time this season when they return home on Tuesday to open a three-game series with the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox as +110 underdogs on the MLB odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Toronto dropped three of four […]

SALT LAKE CITY — With all that was on the line Saturday night, it wasn’t too surprising that the Monday’s Game 4 would get a little chippy. Or should we say a lot chippy? Both teams talked beforehand about the game getting more physical, which it did from the start with more than the usual […]

SALT LAKE CITY — The highly anticipated Russell Westbrook vs. Ricky Rubio smackdown came off Monday at Vivint Arena with relatively few fireworks. A bit of bumping, a little Westbarking, but that was about it. The Jazz won it with room to spare, 113-96. Westbrook’s promise of shutting down Rubio, following the Jazz guard’s triple-double […]

LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth, prized prospect Walker Buehler tossed five scoreless innings in his first major league start and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Miami Marlins 2-1 on Monday night. Buehler topped out at 99 mph while allowing four hits in […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 113-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. Joe Ingles scored 20 points while Rudy Gobert added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Ricky Rubio chipped in 13 points, eight assists and six boards. Utah takes a 3-1 […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Fans showered Russell Westbrook with deafening boos as his named was called during the starting lineups ahead of Game 4 at Vivint Arena. The Oklahoma City star was viewed as public enemy number one in Salt Lake City after making his bold declaration Saturday directed toward Ricky Rubio following OKC’s Game […]

CHICAGO — Michigan State University, already reeling from the scandal involving a gymnastics doctor who molested young athletes, has maintained ties to a prominent volleyball coach for decades after he was publicly accused in 1995 of sexually abusing and raping six underage girls he trained in the 1980s. Letters obtained by The Associated Press from […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Though James Harden and most of the Houston Rockets were misfiring throughout the first half, their confidence never wavered. In the third quarter, those sharpshooters sure came to life. Harden had 22 of the team’s near-record 50 points in the third, launching the Rockets past the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-100 on Monday night […]

SALT LAKE CITY — With Salt Lake trailing 11-9 and entering the bottom of the seventh inning Monday night the Bees had their shot. Jose Briceno walked, Sherman Johnson singled and leadoff hitter Eric Young singled. The Bees had the bases loaded, with no outs and slugger Kaleb Cowart at the plate. Cowart, who already […]