Month: February 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has temporarily renamed three state parks in honor of the Super Bowl-bound Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals face the Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles on Sunday. DeWine said Monday he renamed Burr Oak State Park in southeastern Ohio “Burrow Oak State Park” in honor of Bengals quarterback

CLEVELAND (AP) — The inaugural NBA HBCU Classic between Howard and Morgan State will be televised nationally as part of All-Star weekend festivities as the league expands support of historically Black colleges and universities. The Feb. 19 game will be broadcast on TNT and ESPN2 from Wolstein Center, Cleveland State’s home arena. Along with the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Natalie Geisenberger has been here twice before, holding the lead midway through the Olympic women’s luge race. Both times, she won gold. She’s not celebrating this time quite yet. As many other medal hopefuls — including the two USA Luge Olympic veterans — slipped, skidded and

BEIJING (AP) — Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini clinched Italy’s first-ever Olympic curling medal. And they did it with one of the most dominating performances in Winter Games history. The Italian mixed doubles team beat Sweden 8-1 in seven ends in the semifinals. They are 10-0 in Beijing. Italy earned points in each of the

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Nike is no longer sponsoring Manchester United player Mason Greenwood who is on police bail after being questioned on suspicion of the rape and assault of a woman. The sportswear firm initially suspended its deal with Greenwood after his arrest last week, saying it was “deeply concerned by the disturbing allegations.”

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Arianna Fontana of Italy earned her 10th career Olympic medal with a victory in the women’s 500-meter short track speedskating final. The 31-year-old Italian let out a yell as she crossed the finish line at Capital Indoor Arena. Fontana earned a silver in the inaugural mixed

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Slovenia won the first Olympic ski jumping mixed team gold medal, taking advantage of jumpsuit violations by German Katharina Althaus and Japanese star Sara Takanashi. The team led by Ursa Bogataj and Peter Prevc had 1,000.5 points and won by more than 100 points. Prevc

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea will pay compensation to four former youth-team players over historical racist abuse at the London club, preventing the need for a harrowing court case. The four men sued Chelsea to seek damages for personal injury and loss over claims they were “subjected to a barrage of disgracefully offensive racist abuse” from

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Elsa Desmond knows she’s not going to medal at the Beijing Olympics. She isn’t even expecting to be in the top half of the field. Doesn’t matter. The first women’s luge Olympian from Ireland feels like she’s already prevailed. Desmond won’t be in China for long.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Canadian and Russian women’s hockey teams were required to wear masks for their preliminary round matchup at the Olympics because of coronavirus concerns. The start of the game was delayed by 65 minutes after the Canadians remained in their locker room awaiting Russian testing results.

By COSTAS KANOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece have promised to toughen rules governing soccer supporters’ associations in the wake of a fatal attack last week on a 19-year-old man who was stabbed and severely beaten in the northern city of Thessaloniki. Nine people have been arrested in

BEIJING (AP) — When most champions get off the slopes or the ice at the Beijing Olympics, they are handed Bing Dwen Dwen, the chubby panda mascot of the Games. Where are the medals? They usually come later at a special ceremony. But immediately after competition, the winning athletes receive a plush toy panda, stuffed

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Everything has come late in life for Johan Clarey. Even winning an Olympic medal. The Frenchman turned 41 last month and has become the oldest man to win an Olympic medal in Alpine skiing after coming second to Beat Feuz to claim silver in the downhill

BEIJING (AP) — In a highly managed interview arranged by Chinese Olympic organizers, tennis star Peng Shuai has said she did not accuse a former high-ranking government official of sexual assault in a since-deleted social media post. AP journalists translated screenshots of the original post from November 2. 

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — American snowboarder Maddie Mastro has sketched out a trick in her notebook that just may help her land on the podium at the Beijing Olympics. Maybe even on the top step. It’s called the front double 1080 and includes two flips and a 360-degree rotation

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Denise Herrmann missed only one of 20 shots in the women’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon race at the Beijing Olympics and took gold. The former Olympic cross-country skier won the race in 44 minutes, 12.7 seconds. Herrmann won bronze in cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Herrmann

LONDON (AP) — Former England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has been named as the team’s interim head coach for the three-match test tour of the West Indies next month. Assistant coach Collingwood takes over from Chris Silverwood who was fired last week following England’s 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia. Collingwood is currently taking a break in

By SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The drama surrounding Peng Shuai is following a familiar script: Someone who has run afoul of China’s Communist government disappears from view. What happens next depends on the case. But it is not uncommon for the person in question to disavow the statements or actions that first

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Russians go into another Olympics without NHL players as the favorite to win gold. They won in 2018 with a star-studded roster that included Kirill Kaprizov, Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk. None of those players or any of the goaltenders from Pyeongchang is on the