Month: March 2022

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The San Diego Padres say All-Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. likely will need surgery for a broken left wrist and could miss up to three months. General manager A.J. Preller says Tatis suffered the injury in the offseason. The injury is a blow to a team that was looking for a

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna says he has addressed teammates and is sorry to fans for an arrest last year on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation and battery after police officers said they witnessed him attacking his wife. Ozuna returned to the team this week

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer The Green Bay Packers signed outside linebacker Preston Smith to a contract extension and released outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith and offensive lineman Billy Turner in a flurry of moves before the start of the free-agency period. Releasing Za’Darius Smith and Turner creates about $19 million in cap savings for

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Olympic great Sebastian Coe says sports federations have set precedents by banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from competition following the invasion of Ukraine and they must remain firm to keep them in place. Coe is the president of the governing body of track and field. He

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga will head into the NCAA Tournament exactly where it ended up in the final AP Top 25: right on top. In fact, that’s where the Bulldogs began the season, too. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for coach Mark Few’s team, which dropped as low as fifth after a

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ryan Hawkins is Creighton’s undisputed leader as the Bluejays prepare for their NCAA Tournament first-round game against San Diego State on Thursday. Hawkins transferred from Division II Northwest Missouri State and has led the Bluejays in scoring and rebounding. His biggest role has been as

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Smith made the longest week at The Players Championship worth the wait. He won the richest tournament on the PGA Tour with a 66 in the final round. The Australian not only one-putted eight of the last nine greens, he delivered on

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Marlins have money. All that remains unknown is how and when they’ll be choosing to spend. And neither of those answers may come anytime soon. The Marlins have opened their first camp in five years without Derek Jeter as part of the team’s

LONDON (AP) — Qatar’s investment in sports has extended to the ownership of Paris Saint-Germain launching a new global tour for the squash-tennis racket game of padel. The Qatar Sports Investments-backed Premier Padel tour has scheduled at least 10 tournaments each year — starting in Doha later this month. The event will coincide with world

LONDON (AP) — Jack Willis could make an unlikely comeback for England in the Six Nations match against Grand Slam-chasing France in Paris on Saturday. Willis has been picked in the squad for the first time since last year’s championship when he suffered a serious knee injury. He made his comeback for Wasps only last

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills shuffled their offensive line by releasing Daryl Williams and signing free agent Rodger Saffold to a one-year contract. And center Mitch Morse is staying in place, after agreeing to a two-year contract extension which locks up the seventh-year player through the

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It wasn’t long ago that Marcus Rashford was widely and fondly viewed as English soccer’s national treasure. This week is set to underscore his declining status for both club and country. Manchester United has an elimination match against Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League on

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man charged with killing former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in a swampy field nearly 12 years ago in Memphis, Tennessee. Billy Ray Turner has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero has lost his appeal at Switzerland’s highest court trying to overturn a 20-year ban by FIFA for taking bribes worth millions of dollars. The Swiss Federal Tribunal judgment dated March 4 dismissed his appeal. Del Nero’s ban from all soccer expires in 2038. The

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Top-ranked American and Olympic gold medalist Nelly Korda says she has a blood clot in her arm and is home seeking treatment. The 23-year-old Korda won five times last year. That included her first major and the gold medal in Tokyo. Korda says her arm felt as though it was swelling