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3 people injured in triple shooting in Vermont-Slauson

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

Two women and one man were injured in a triple shooting in Vermont-Slauson Saturday morning. At around 5:07 a.m. Los Angeles police responded to reports of a shooting in the area of 68th and Figueroa. When they arrived on scene, authorities found two young women, 17 and 18, conscious and breathing, suffering from a gunshot wound and an unconscious 20-year-old man, who was not breathing, suffering from gunshot wounds.  The suspect fled the scene and has not been located. All three victims were transported to nearby hospitals to be treated. The two young women are in stable condition and the man is in critical condition. There are no further details at this time. 

Marchand scores twice, Pastrnak has goal, 2 assists as Bruins beat Kings 4-2 to stay unbeaten

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Marchand scored twice, David Pastrnak added three points and became the first Boston player in 21 years with a goal in each of the first four games, and the Bruins remained unbeaten with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.It is the third time in Marchand’s 15-year career he has recorded a point in each of the Bruins’ first four games (three goals, three assists). He scored Boston’s final two goals and had an assist in the first period.Pastrnak, who was second in the league with 61 goals last season, had a goal and two assists. He is the first Bruin since Dimitri Kvartalnov in 1992-93 to open the season with a goal in four straight games. Pastrnak is off to another fast start with five goals and eight points.Morgan Geekie scored the go-ahead goal in the second period for the Bruins, who are off to their first 4-0 start since 1990-91.Los Angeles had its two-game winning streak snapped on a night when Anze Kopitar skated in his 1,29...

Scheifele scores in OT to help Oilers rally from two goals down early to beat Oilers 3-2

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored at 3:53 of overtime and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night.Josh Morrissey and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who rallied after falling behind by two goals in the first 6 1/2 minutes. Connor Hellebuyck finished with 38 saves.Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard had goals for the Oilers, who have lost two straight and four of five this season (1-3-1). Stuart Skinner had 24 saves.Edmonton played without star forward Connor McDavid late in the third period and in overtime. The Oilers’ captain remained on the bench and appeared to be dealing with back pain.In overtime, Morrissey sent the puck toward the net and it was redirected by Scheifele past Skinner for the win.The Oilers had a quick start to the game, scoring just 1:25 in. McDavid dropped the puck to a pinching Nurse, who beat Hellebuyck glove-side for Edmonton’s first goal by a defenseman this season.They got their second by a defenseman...

MLS opens the playoffs on Wednesday with 2 wild-card games

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

Major League Soccer’s playoff matchups were set following a chaotic Decision Day across the league on Saturday. The postseason opens on Wednesday with a pair of wild-card games. Eighth-seeded Sporting Kansas City will host the No. 9 San Jose Earthquakes in the Western Conference. In the East, the eighth-seeded New York Red Bulls will host No. 9 Charlotte, which made the playoffs for the first time.Games in each of the league’s conferences were played simultaneously Saturday with the Eastern Conference kicking off three hours before the West. There were five playoff spots still up for grabs when the games began. Dénis Bouanga scored in LAFC’s 1-1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place to win the league’s Golden Boot with 20 goals in his first full MLS season. He is the third LAFC player to win the award for the league’s leading regular-season scorer in the last five years, joining Carlos Vela in 2019 and Diego Rossi in 2020.The New York Red Bulls made the playoffs ...

Nevada breaks 16-game losing streak, beats San Diego State 6-0

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brandon Talton kicked two field goals Saturday night and Nevada beat San Diego 6-0 to snap a 16-game losing streak and record the Wolf Pack’s first shutout in more than a 12 years. Nevada (1-6, 1-2 Mountain West), which lost 10 in a row to close last season, won its first conference game since a 52-10 win at Colorado State on Nov. 27, 2021 and held an opponent scoreless for the first time since a 37-0 win over UNLV on Oct. 8, 2011. Talton, who missed from 48 yards in the third and fourth quarters, made a 37-yard field goal midway with 7:03 left in the first quarter and a 39-yarder as time expired in the first half to make it 6-0. Jack Browning missed a 34-yard field goal-attempt in the second quarter for the Aztecs. The Wolf Pack had just 242 total yard but limited San Diego State (3-5, 1-3) to 204, just 47 yards passing. The Aztecs were held scoreless for the first time since a 27-0 loss to Ohio on Dec. 19, 2018. ___ Get alerts on the latest AP Top 25 poll th...

Panarin scores two goals lifting Rangers over Kraken 4-1

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored twice, Filip Chytil had three assists and the New York Rangers beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Saturday night.Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere also scored for the Rangers while Jonathan Quick, signed in the offseason as New York’s backup goalie, had 18 saves in his first start for the team.Justin Schultz scored for the Kraken, who have scored one goal or fewer in four of their five games this season. Philipp Grubauer had 23 saves.Schultz gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead with a one-timer from the left circle midway through the first period, his first goal of the season.The Rangers tied it up less than four minutes later on Panarin’s first goal.New York scored a pair in the second period to go up 3-1.With about seven minutes left in the second, Grubauer wasn’t able to control a shot by Jacob Trouba as the puck got past him into the crease, where Kakko was able to knock it into the net. LaFreniere scored his second goal of the season with two minute...

O’Connor scores another short-handed goal, Avalanche beat Hurricanes 6-4

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Logan O’Connor scored short-handed for the third straight game, one of five Colorado goals in the second period, Arturri Lehkonen had a goal and two assists, and the Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 on Saturday night.Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Ryan Johansen and Fredrik Olofsson also scored and Alexander Georgiev made 23 saves for Colorado, which has started the season 5-0 for the first time in four years.“We’ve done a good job to start the year,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “I’m happy with the results but I know it’s nowhere near as good as we can play.”O’Connor became the seventh player to score short-handed in at least three consecutive games and tied Joe Sakic’s franchise record set in 1998. Dave Reid had short-handed goals in four straight games for Toronto in 1990.“It’s always nice to score short-handed, especially consecutively,” O’Connor said.Four of the Avalanche’s six goals came on special teams and they were 3 for 5 on the power play.“...

Utah QB Cam Rising, TE Brant Kuithe declared out for season after Utes’ win over USC

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Utah quarterback Cam Rising and tight end Brant Kuithe will not play for the No. 14 Utes this season, coach Kyle Whittingham announced shortly after their victory at Southern California.Whittingham said the Utes (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12) don’t know whether Rising or Kuithe will return in 2024. Neither veteran had played a snap this season after getting hurt last year, but Utah publicly held out hope both would play this fall.“That hopefulness each week is no longer,” Whittingham said. “It’s a medical decision to just shut them down. Don’t know what the future holds exactly for each of them, but when they’re ready to talk about that, they’ll be the ones to do that.”Utah also lost linebacker Lander Barton for the season with an injury during its 34-32 win at the Coliseum.Rising was the starting quarterback for both of Utah’s back-to-back Pac-12 championship teams in the previous two seasons. The Ventura County native has passed for 5,572 ...

BYU forces five turnovers to beat Texas Tech 27-14

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kedon Slovis threw for 127 yards and two touchdown passes, and BYU forced five turnovers to power a 27-14 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday night.LJ Martin piled up 93 yards rushing on 10 carries. The Cougars (5-2, 2-2 Big 12) never trailed despite totaling only 277 yards on offense.“We didn’t get down on ourselves tonight, and I thought the energy and the belief that we could make plays was there, especially in the first half,” BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. “I thought our first half was a good half. It wasn’t perfect, but our guys played really sound in all three phases.”Jake Strong threw for 236 yards and a touchdown pass but also had three interceptions in his first start for Texas Tech. Tahj Brooks added 105 yards and a score on the ground. Turnovers caused the Red Raiders (3-5, 2-3) to lose in their first game in Utah despite 389 yards and going 9-of-18 on 3rd down.“It’s just the whole offense,” Red Raiders receiver Xavier White said. “We just have to make ...

Without Van Dyke, Miami rallies and stuns Clemson 28-20 in double OT thriller

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:18:17 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — They were down by 10 in the fourth quarter. They were facing an opponent that always seems to blow them out. They were without their starting quarterback. And they were coming off two losses that left a very distinct sense of here-we-go-again around a program that has sputtered plenty in recent years.No, Miami is not back.But this might be a night the Hurricanes remember for a long time.Ajay Allen got the go-ahead score on a 3-yard run in the second overtime, and shorthanded Miami ended the game on a fourth-down stop to stun Clemson 28-20 on Saturday night.“It validates a lot,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said. “And it increases our appetite to go get more.”Emory Williams, playing in place of injured Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, completed 24 of 33 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown for the Hurricanes (5-2, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). The biggest hit Williams — who wasn’t sacked — took in the game actually came after the game, when Van Dyke...