By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Matthew Stafford tried to sound upbeat after the Detroit Lions latest debacle, a 20-0 road loss to the Carolina Panthers. “It’s one game,” Stafford said. “It doesn’t define us as an offense, or us as a team.” Or maybe it ...

By Journal Sports Staff SAULT STE. MARIE — A pair of veteran goaltenders shut down their fellow skaters when Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State played to a scoreless tie to open the college hockey season in the WCHA on Saturday night at LSSU’s Taffy Abel Arena. The host Lakers did win ...

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The last time Facundo Campazzo and Nikola Jokic shared a court in a real game together was during last year’s Basketball World Cup in China. Campazzo was dazzling and Argentina prevailed, ending the championship hopes for Jokic and Serbia. Soon, ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to trade center Dewayne Dedmon to the Detroit Pistons for guards Tony Snell and Khyri Thomas, a person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade needs ...

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Matthew Stafford has earned a reputation for being tough and playing through injuries. The Detroit Lions are going to need their franchise quarterback to be tough — and to stay on the field — if they hope to rebound from a 4-5 start and ...

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer DETROIT — If there was any doubt that new general manager Troy Weaver would be willing to shake up the Detroit Pistons, it’s obvious now. Detroit agreed to trade guard Luke Kennard to the Los Angeles Clippers in a deal that brought the No. 19 pick in ...

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers has waited for the day when its football team is on the same footing with some of the big boys of the Big Ten Conference. It’s happened this year. The Scarlet Knights and Michigan are right there with each other heading into ...

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer The Big Ten game Saturday between Maryland and Michigan State has been canceled after a COVID-19 outbreak on the Terrapins resulted in a positive test for coach Michael Locksley. It’s the second straight cancellation for Maryland, which was scheduled to face ...

By The Associated Press Anthony Edwards was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night in an NBA draft delayed multiple times because of the coronavirus pandemic. Edwards became the 11th straight one-and-done player to be the No. 1 pick, coming in a year where ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Michigan State’s basketball program knew it would go into the season with challenges, including playing without Cassius Winston and Xavier Tillman. The 13th-ranked Spartans were also hit with a setback no one saw coming. Tom Izzo tested positive for COVID-19 ...