Sports briefs
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin competes during a World Cup women's slalom skiing race on Sunday in Copper Mountain, Colo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Shiffrin extends
winning streak
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — American standout Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated a World Cup slalom on home Colorado snow to remain perfect in the discipline during the Olympic season. Shiffrin extended her winning streak in slalom to four races after also claiming the opening two races this season and the last event of last season.
It was Shiffrin’s record-extending 104th World Cup victory and her 67th in slalom to extend the discipline record too. Shiffrin added to her first-run advantage and won by a whopping 1.57 seconds ahead of Lena Duerr of Germany.
LSU lures Kiffin
from Ole Miss
(AP) — Lane Kiffin has left Ole Miss to become the head coach at LSU. This decision comes after Ole Miss’s victory over Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, which likely secured them a playoff spot.
Kiffin expressed disappointment that he wasn’t allowed to coach Ole Miss in the postseason.
Ole Miss has promoted defensive coordinator Pete Golding to head coach. LSU’s athletic director praised Kiffin as a top coach who can lead the team into the future.
Panthers spill
Rams 31-28
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young completed 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns — two of them coming on fourth down — and the Carolina Panthers forced three turnovers by Matthew Stafford to beat Los Angeles 31-28 on Sunday and snap the Rams’ six-game winning streak.
Carolina’s defense intercepted Stafford twice with Mike Jackson returning one for a 48-yard touchdown and ended the 37-year-old’s NFL record of 28 straight TD passes without an interception. Derrick Brown, who tipped a ball resulting in one of Stafford’s first pick, came up with a key strip-sack with 2:25 left in the game to preserve the win.
Stafford completed 18 of 28 passes for 243 yards with two touchdown passes to Davante Adams, his 13th and 14th of the season.
Bucks snap
losing streak
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points and topped the 21,000-point mark for his career as the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a seven-game losing streak Saturday with a 116-99 victory over the short-handed Brooklyn Nets.
Antetokounmpo, in his second game back after missing four due to a groin strain, became the 42nd player, and sixth-youngest, in NBA history to reach 21,000 career points when he hit a 3-pointer midway through the third quarter.
Rookie Danny Wolf, playing in his fifth game, had a career-high 22 points for the Nets.
Pistons hold
off Miami Heat
MIAMI (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 29 points as the Detroit Pistons beat the Miami Heat 138-135. Saturday’s victory snapped a two-game skid for the Eastern Conference leaders.
Detroit had a 22-point lead with just over eight minutes left, but Miami closed the gap to 133-131. Bam Adebayo scored with 34 seconds remaining, but Cunningham sealed the win for Detroit.
Texans narrow
AFC South race
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Houston Texans have narrowed the AFC South race with a 20-16 win over the slumping Indianapolis Colts. Nico Collins scored the tiebreaking touchdown on a 7-yard run with 12:38 to play and Nick Chubb also ran for a score for Houston. The Texans have won four straight to improve to 7-5.
The Colts fell into a first-place tie in the division with Jacksonville at 8-4. Indy has lost three of four. C.J. Stroud improved to 3-0 at Lucas Oil Stadium by going 22 of 35 for 276 yards with one interception in his first game in four weeks. He cleared the concussion protocol Friday.





