Month: April 2022

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Benfica is a European champion again 60 years and 11 losing finals after the storied Portuguese soccer club’s last title in a UEFA competition. Benfica won the UEFA Youth League final on Monday by routing Salzburg 6-0 in Switzerland. Benfica’s last European title was the European Cup in 1962. Since then

NEW YORK (AP) — Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins has been fined $15,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating in Game 4 of the Grizzlies’ first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jenkins made his comments to the media following the Grizzlies’ 119-118 loss Saturday in Minneapolis, saying he had never seen “a more inconsistent, arrogant officiated

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Testimony has begun in the trial of five men charged with murder in the shooting death of South Africa national soccer team captain Senzo Meyiwa eight years ago. The men are charged with killing Meyiwa in a house robbery in the township of Vosloorus

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Our head is still spinning from all the draft movement over the past five weeks. There might very well be more trades involving first-round picks before everyone settles in near Caesars Palace and the Bellagio fountains for what promises to be a wild event.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are bringing back safety Terrell Edmunds on a one-year deal. The deal will pay Edmunds $2.5 million. Pittsburgh drafted Edmunds in the first round in 2018, but declined to exercise his fifth-year option last spring. He put together a solid 2021, picking off two passes and finishing with 89

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid is on pace to be the NHL’s top scorer for the fourth time in seven seasons. Edmonton’s captain has led the Oilers to a third consecutive playoff appearance in the process. But the McDavid fans see on the ice is only the finished

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge has postponed until Aug. 1 a hearing in a felony assault case involving two NFL players and two other men accused of severely beating a man at a Las Vegas nightclub the weekend of the Pro Bowl. Attorneys for New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara, Kansas City Chiefs

NEW YORK (AP) — Rutgers guard Ron Harper Jr. was honored with the Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award given annually to the New York City area’s Division I men’s college Player of the Year by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Shaheen Holloway of Saint Peter’s was selected as the Peter A. Carlesimo Coach of the

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The fear is UEFA is creating a “monster” with changes to the Champions League that will make the elite even richer. Eintracht Frankfurt CEO Axel Hellman says he is working with other middle-ranking clubs to try to thwart UEFA plans to give two places to teams based on

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Swimming’s world governing body FINA is investigating after Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov competed at the national championships while serving a ban for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The double Olympic backstroke gold medalist was handed a nine-month ban from competition by

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has moved up to No. 9 in the ATP rankings at age 18. He is the youngest man to break into the top 10 since Rafael Nadal did it exactly 17 years ago. Alcaraz rose two spots after winning the Barcelona Open on Sunday. Alcaraz is a little more than

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will add harsh penalties against public schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports. Lee quietly signed the proposal last Friday without comment. The bill will go into effect July 1. The governor had previously