St. Louis 1 0 1—2 Buffalo 1 1 3—5 First Period_1, Buffalo, Reinhart 12 (Montour, Olofsson), 0:18. 2, St. Louis, Brouwer 1 (Barbashev, Thomas), 3:37. Penalties_Bouwmeester, STL, (tripping), 7:04; Skinner, BUF, (slashing), 13:20. Second Period_3,…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Auston Matthews let out a sigh and broke into a smile. The Toronto center snapped a slump with a pair of goals and Zach Hyman also scored twice as the Maple…

Toronto 4 1 0—5 St. Louis 1 0 1—2 First Period_1, Toronto, Hyman 4 (Marner), 2:50. 2, St. Louis, Barbashev 5 (Thomas), 4:25. 3, Toronto, Matthews 17 (Nylander), 6:51. 4, Toronto, Hyman 5 (Engvall), 9:12…

St. Louis 0 0 0—0 Pittsburgh 1 1 1—3 First Period_1, Pittsburgh, Blueger 3 (Pettersson, Tanev), 0:39. Penalties_Guentzel, PIT, (hooking), 7:44. Second Period_2, Pittsburgh, Noesen 1 (Kahun, McCann), 19:20. Penalties_Blandisi, PIT, (tripping), 2:31; Bozak, STL,…

CHICAGO (AP) — No Stanley Cup slump for St. Louis so far. The Blues just keep rolling along. Jake Allen made 38 saves, Brayden Schenn scored his team-leading 14th goal and St. Louis beat the…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvin Miller’s Hall of Fame candidacy split baseball, much like his tenure as the head of the players’ association. Former Commissioner Fay Vincent, a long and vociferous proponent of Miller’s election…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing, was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten former NFL players were charged in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the league’s health care benefit program by submitting false claims for medical equipment, including devices used on horses, the Justice…

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — If Odell Beckham is making plans to bolt the Browns, the flashy wide receiver hasn’t told his best friend. Jarvis Landry thinks he would know, and he doesn’t believe Beckham is…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A one-time NFL player was charged with murder in what authorities described as a drug-related killing in Louisiana in 2013. Devin Holland, 31, was arrested Wednesday in the shooting death…

Veteran defensive backs and team leaders Richard Sherman of San Francisco and Malcolm Jenkins of Philadelphia are among 32 nominees for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. The award, now in its…

The best running teams are winning far more often this season and the most prolific passing teams are losing much more. Baltimore (11-2), San Francisco (11-2), Seattle (10-3), Minnesota (9-4) and Buffalo (9-4) are ranked…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine, but only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to discipline. Marijuana will be removed from…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A mostly dreary winter meetings lacking spectacular swaps will be remembered as the Scott Boras show. Baseball’s most prominent agent dominated each of the three full days of meetings with a…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello and the New York Mets have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Major league teams are getting an extra roster spot in 2020, and clubs went fishing for options at the Rule 5 draft Thursday. The Detroit Tigers selected right-hander Rony Garcia from…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Flying back home from a winless road trip, general manager Doug Wilson could feel the same lack of energy and excitement that had plagued the San Jose Sharks on the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former NHL goaltender Tim Thomas said Thursday that his post-concussion syndrome symptoms were so severe that he couldn’t make basic decisions and his brain wasn’t functioning well enough to even watch hockey.…

DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen put his first shot right where Carter Hart could make a great save. He didn’t give the Philadelphia goaltender a chance on his next two scoring opportunities. Rantanen had two…

Philadelphia 0 0 1—1 Colorado 1 1 1—3 First Period_1, Colorado, Calvert 6 (Nichushkin, Bellemare), 5:21. Penalties_Niskanen, PHI, (interference), 7:02; Landeskog, COL, (hooking), 7:40; Hagg, PHI, (cross checking), 11:54. Second Period_2, Colorado, Rantanen 7 (MacKinnon,…

Ottawa 0 0 2 0—2 Montreal 1 0 1 1—3 First Period_1, Montreal, Cousins 4 (Weber, Domi), 13:36 (pp). Penalties_Goloubef, OTT, (tripping), 11:59. Second Period_None. Penalties_Domi, MTL, (interference), 4:08; Tkachuk, OTT, (roughing), 7:39; Duclair, OTT,…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson was supposed to be making his highly anticipated NBA debut by sometime next week, if not earlier. That looks unlikely now, given the overall No. 1 draft pick has…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NBA player Ronald Glen Davis avoided jail time after pleading no contest to a charge that he attacked a man outside a Los Angeles-area nightclub last year, prosecutors said Thursday.…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors coach Steve Kerr liked the comeback attempt he saw Wednesday night from his young Golden State team. That sort of effort just isn’t paying off in the win column. Marcus…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There were still a few boos when Dwight Howard checked into the game in Orlando for the first time, a few reminders of how every Magic fan still hasn’t forgotten or…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Buddy Hield was upset about not getting a foul call when Oklahoma City double-teamed him in the final seconds while he was attempting to get free for a shot. When no…