COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Sophie Cunningham scored 21 points, Jordan Frericks added 19 points and No. 25 Missouri shut down Texas State in the fourth quarter to stay undefeated and pull out an 82-56 win on Monday. Missouri (12-0), leading 55-48 entering the fourth quarter, limited Texas Sate to eight points over the final 10…
ZURICH (AP) – FIFA’s ethics committee has banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years years from all soccer-related activities. Platini’s bid to succeed Blatter as FIFA president in a Feb. 26 election is now likely ended. Ethics judges ruled that Blatter broke FIFA Code of Ethics rules on conflicts of interest, breach of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Tavon Austin scored twice, Todd Gurley topped 1,000 yards rushing and the Rams beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 on Thursday night in what could be the franchise’s final game in St. Louis. The 31st-ranked offense had an inspired effort in front of another half-filled but spirited Edward Jones Dome crowd,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Vladimir Tarasenko scored a power-play goal with 5:20 left, Jake Allen made 27 saves and the St. Louis Blues rallied to beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 Thursday night. The Blues came back from a goal down in the third period for the second straight game and have won three of four.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state lawmaker has withdrawn a bill that sought to strip scholarships from college athletes who go on strike or refuse to play for reasons unrelated to health. Republican state Rep. Rick Brattin dropped the legislation Wednesday without explanation. Neither he nor a GOP co-sponsor, state Rep. Kurt Bahr,…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Paul Stastny scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:38 left in regulation, and the St. Louis Blues fought back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Tuesday night. After Jets forward Mark Scheifele hit the post with a shot, the Blues moved the puck the other way and…
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Mark Tollefsen scored 17 points, Gabe York added 16 and No. 13 Arizona jumped on Missouri early in an 88-52 rout Sunday. Arizona (9-1) made easy work of Missouri (5-4), racing out to an 11-point lead in the opening minutes and pushing it to 19 by halftime Even with 7-foot center…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jack Skille and John Mitchell scored in the first period and Semyon Varlamov made a season-high 42 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. Carl Soderberg added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining to seal Colorado’s fifth win in seven…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Claude Giroux capped the Flyers’ three-goal second period with his 11th of the season and Philadelphia beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Thursday night. Michael Raffl and Matt Read also scored in the second and Ryan White added an empty-net goal to help the Flyers snap a two-game skid. Michael…
