NHL roundup: Maple Leafs beat Bruins in Game 3

<p>Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) celebrates after scoring against the Boston Bruins during second period NHL, round one playoff hockey action in Toronto on Monday, April 16, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) </p>

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews got the go-ahead goal in the second period, Patrick Marleau scored twice, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Monday night in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Mariners win 2-1, snap six-game skid vs Houston

<p>Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton throws against the Houston Astros in the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 16, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) </p>

SEATTLE (AP) — James Paxton made sure not to let a Mariners nemesis ruin his night right from the start.

Linden first US woman since ‘85 to win Boston

<p>Desiree Linden, of Washington, Mich., wins the women's division of the 122nd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 16, 2018, in Boston. She is the first American woman to win the race since 1985. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) </p>

BOSTON — After slogging through just a few miles of icy rain and a near-gale headwind that made her feel like she was running in place, Desiree Linden decided she’d seen enough of the Boston Marathon for another year.

Busch wins rain-delayed race at Bristol

<p>Food City president and CEO, Steve Smith, left, holds the trophy with race winner Kyle Busch after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Monday, April 16, 2018 in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne) </p>

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch was all smiles and Kyle Larson was all scowls.

Jazz’s Mitchell status uncertain for Game 2

<p>Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) shoots as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jerami Grant, left, defends in the second half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in Oklahoma City, Sunday, April 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) </p>

OKLAHOMA CITY — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has a left foot bruise and his status is uncertain for Game 2 of the Western Conference playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

FIFA charges World Cup host Russia for fan racism

MOSCOW (AP) — FIFA charged World Cup host Russia with fan racism on Tuesday, less than two months before the tournament begins.

‘For all women’: Tireless mom plans her 9th Everest summit

<p>In this May 2017 photo provided by Lhakpa Sherpa, Sherpa displays a flag from West Hartford, Conn., on the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal. Once a year, Sherpa heads back to her native Nepal to try and break her own record for successful summits of Mount Everest by a woman. (Courtesy of Lhakpa Sherpa via AP) </p>

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Between raising two daughters and working as a dishwasher at Whole Foods, Lhakpa Sherpa just doesn’t have time for training to climb Mount Everest. Even so, she has done it a record eight times — and hopes to outdo herself yet again.

Ethridge named women’s basketball coach at Washington St

Northern Colorado’s Kamie Ethridge, one of the most decorated women’s basketball players in the country and a Division I coach for the past 27 years, was named Sunday to lead the struggling Washington State women’s program.

Soccer advocates rally as UNM mulls cutting sports teams

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The successful coach of the University of New Mexico’s men’s soccer team lobbied Monday against the possible loss of his program as administrators consider eliminating multiple sports teams to get finances under control within the troubled athletics department.