The Detroit Red Wings prevailed 4-1 after spotting the Chicago Blackhawks a 1-0 lead after one period on Thursday in Detroit. Troy Stecher tied the game for Detroit not quite five minutes into the second period, while teammate Jakub Vrana, a new acquistion this week, scored the game-winner ...

By RALPH D, RUSSO AP College Football Writer As spring practice winds down, Arkansas coach Sam Pittman sees some potential holes in his roster. Arkansas didn’t use the maximum 25 scholarships this year on its incoming recruits so it has a few left over to hit the transfer market, where ...

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON — Wilson Ramos hit two home runs and Renato Nunez and rookie Akil Baddoo each homered for the second straight game as the Detroit Tigers slugged their way to an 8-2 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Ramos has stepped into the cleanup ...

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields of Flint has a date and an opponent for her mixed martial arts debut with the Professional Fighters League. Shields will fight Brittney Elkin on June 10, the promotion told The ...

DETROIT (AP) — Damiya Hagemann of Detroit Edison has been named Michigan’s Miss Basketball. The Mick McCabe Miss Basketball award honors the state’s top senior female player. Hagemann, who plans to attend Michigan State, was given the award Tuesday. Hagemann received 2,413 points in the ...

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON — Back in the place where he’d received so many cheers over the years, one more ovation after a long and difficult time away was almost too much for manager A.J. Hinch to take. Casey Mize tossed seven scoreless innings for his first career win ...

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — Marcus Morris Sr. scored a season-high 33 points, Paul George added 32 and the Los Angeles Clippers capped a nine-game homestand with a 131-124 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. George has three straight 30-point games despite ...

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer Flat cap or not, the Washington Capitals refused to stand by and watch their division foes improve their rosters without making a move at the NHL trade deadline Monday. Not long after the Boston Bruins acquired 2018 NHL MVP Taylor Hall from Buffalo, the ...

The Detroit Red Wings scored an empty net goal with 55 seconds remaining to clinch a 3-1 victory at Carolina and even the season series 3-3 against the team tied for the most points in the NHL’s Central Division. With the game scoreless after two periods, Detroit’s Adam Erne opened ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — Aaron Henry has decided to skip his senior season at Michigan State to enter the NBA draft. Henry said Monday he plans to sign with an agent. He helped the Spartans push their NCAA Tournament streak to 23, extending the longest run in Big Ten history, which trails only ...