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By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut says it has complied with a recent arbitration ruling and has…
Continue ReadingBy PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut says it has complied with a recent arbitration ruling and has…
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores has sued the NFL and three teams, alleging racist…
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are looking for a new owner in what’s expected to be the…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — An enhanced maternity policy will feature in new contracts for professional female players in English soccer beginning next season.…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The history is with Pebble Beach. The appearance money is in Saudi Arabia. Most of the top players from the top 50 in the…
Continue ReadingBy PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s latest No. 1 recruiting class is gradually starting to contribute…
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is making “the strongest possible appeal” to all combatants in Ethiopia to observe the…
Continue ReadingWhatever little chance there was of an on-time start to spring training all but vanished during a contentious 90-minute negotiating session between…
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ready to put his money into NASCAR. The Money Team Racing hopes to debut at the Daytona 500…
Continue ReadingCONCORD, N.C. (AP) — UFC President Dana White has struck a partnership deal with the Pitbull-owned NASCAR race team Trackhouse Racing. The deal…
Continue ReadingSCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A rare football card featuring Tom Brady in the year he won his first Super Bowl has sold for $118,000 at auction. The…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The PGA Tour is set for beautiful weather at Pebble Beach, with one eye on Saudi…
Continue ReadingZURICH (AP) — Former England youth international Felix Nmecha has switched to play internationally for Germany after FIFA approved a change of…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Javon Frazier and other HBCU players have something to prove in 2022, and more opportunity to…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Champignons League pizza is fine with UEFA after all. European soccer’s governing body says it does not mind that a German…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE LOWITT AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The only full season of NFL perfection in the Super Bowl era including winning the championship…
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer It can be argued — and has been for decades — that a perfect record including winning a championship makes…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant will be recognized as one of the leading women in sports at an event during Super Bowl week. Bryant is the widow…
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United player Mason Greenwood remains in police custody as officers investigating an attack on a woman also…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Put America’s most popular sporting event in its second-largest metropolitan area. Put the stadium’s home…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It was telling that the only Tottenham manager referenced by name in Dele Alli’s parting note to the London club…
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caleb Williams is transferring to Southern California, following his former coach Lincoln Riley…
Continue ReadingBy Selina Wang, CNN The Beijing Winter Olympics is being hosted inside a veritable fortress — known informally as the “bubble”…
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid is playing this season for the Philadelphia 76ers like an NBA MVP front-runner.…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Reaction from social media and elsewhere after Tom Brady announced his retirement. Brady won seven Super Bowls and set…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. The 44-year-old, arguably the…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have named Kristi Coleman as their new team president, while Nick Kelly…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country music star Mickey Guyton will hit this month’s Super Bowl stage to…
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville’s meandering coaching search has a new twist. The Jaguars have…
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has handed over a forensic report to local prosecutors with what it said are findings of poor management and…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN Move aside Joe Burrow, the true franchise star of the Cincinnati Bengals is rolling towards Super Bowl LVI — get ready for…
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona came agonizingly close to losing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but it never really had a…
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady has retired after winning seven Super Bowls and setting numerous passing records…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, Nada Bashir and Dalal Mawad, CNN Mama Diakité is 23, and has been playing club football for the past 10 years. But all of that…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, Nada Bashir and Dalal Mawad, CNN Mama Diakité is 23, and has been playing club football for the past 10 years. But all of that…
Continue ReadingKIRKCALDY, Scotland (AP) — A bestselling novelist has ended her sponsorship of a second-division football team in Scotland over its signing of a…
Continue ReadingSki jumper Marita Kramer will miss the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Olympic officials in Taiwan have reversed a decision to skip Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Games in China. They say…
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Griggs, CNN On Wednesday, the Washington Football Team will reveal its new name, forging a fresh identity for an NFL franchise known for…
Continue ReadingBy ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press BUEA, Cameroon (AP) — The African Cup of Nations in Cameroon sparks memories for Tiku Achale of what soccer…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has qualified for a 10th successive World Cup after beating Syria 2-0 in Dubai. Second-half goals from Kim…
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer World Cup champion Elana Meyers Taylor’s quest to add to her Olympic medal total at the Beijing Games is in…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Some coaches never recover from losing the Super Bowl. For LA Rams head coach Sean McVay, losing to Tom Brady and the New England…
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL is awarding $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers to study the effects of…
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Video by Finn McSkimming, CNN Those within esports often get tired with constant comparisons with traditional sports, but the…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Video by Finn McSkimming, CNN Those within esports often get tired with constant comparisons with traditional sports, but the…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A 10-event run called the International Series will form part of this season’s Asian Tour in a move that could…
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer Two-time Alpine skiing gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin has been thinking a lot about the stress and pressure…
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Lizzy Yee, CNN American bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor flew to Beijing last week with her sights set on finally winning her first…
Continue ReadingThe next swimming world championships have been formally postponed for a second time because of the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Equipment manager Petr Sulan stepped into the net for the Czech Republic’s latest…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Medal predictions for the Beijing…
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Shaun White is making a curtain call. The big question is whether his finale will…
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Foreign athletes fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in their country are allowed to compete in France —…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Marie-Philip Poulin grew up in modest surroundings in smalltown Quebec to become one of Canadian women’s…
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer As college football waits on Caleb Williams to announce where he will be going to school, Mississippi…
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 10 Kansas and No. 23 Texas face tests in the Big 12 to headline the AP Top 25 schedule for this week. The…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Jewell Loyd is staying in Seattle and Breanna Stewart will be returning, too, a person with the situation told…
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Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. — Ezekiel Alley had a season-high 22 points as Portland State snapped its seven-game home losing streak, holding off Northern…
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 21 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Golden State Warriors…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO — Keshad Johnson had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead San Diego State to a 72-47 win over New Mexico. KJ Jenkins led the Lobos on Monday…
Continue ReadingDURHAM, N.C. — Justin Wright had 20 points as North Carolina Central narrowly defeated Norfolk State 70-67. Joe Bryant Jr. led the Spartans on…
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lu Dort scored 18 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Portland Trail Blazers…
Continue ReadingIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Taylor Mikesell scored 24 points, Jacy Sheldon had 18 and No. 23 Ohio State outlasted No. 21 Iowa 92-88. Iowa’s Caitlin…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The first so-called modern Olympics were held in 1896 in Athens. The Winter Olympics were not…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — James Akinjo scored 25 points and eighth-ranked Baylor overcame West Virginia 81-77. Matthew…
Continue ReadingOGDEN, Utah — Koby McEwen scored 24 points as Weber State stretched its win streak to seven games, defeating Eastern Washington 90-84. Jamison…
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Bryce Moragne had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Florida A&M to a 66-65 win over Alabama State, the Rattlers’ seventh…
Continue ReadingLORMAN, Miss. — Cameron Christon had a season-high 25 points as Grambling State beat Alcorn State 80-73. Dominic Brewton led the Braves on Monday…
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Tim Stutzle scored at 4:22 of overtime and the Ottawa Senators beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. Thomas Chabot and Nick Paul…
Continue ReadingANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Naz Hillmon scored 21 points, Emily Kiser grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and No. 6 Michigan beat fifth-ranked Indiana…
Continue ReadingSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Josip Vrankic had 20 points as Santa Clara routed Pacific 81-59. Jeremiah Bailey led the Tigers on Monday night with 19…
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. — Brion Whitley had 18 points off the bench to lead Southern to a 75-64 win over Jackson State. Chance Moore led the Tigers with 16…
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews had three goals and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs scored four times in the third period to rally to a 6-4…
Continue ReadingPRINCESS ANNE, Md. — Donchevell Nugent had a season-high 23 points as Maryland Eastern Shore defeated Morgan State 79-72. Nathaniel Pollard Jr. had…
Continue ReadingLARAMIE, Wyo. — Hunter Maldonado had a career-high 35 points as Wyoming won its ninth straight home game, topping Colorado State 84-78 in overtime.…
Continue ReadingGRAND FORKS, N.D. — Baylor Scheierman had 24 points as South Dakota State stretched its winning streak to 11 games, defeating North Dakota 70-64.…
Continue ReadingNORMAL, Ala. — Jalen Johnson posted 18 points and nine rebounds as Alabama A&M defeated Bethune-Cookman 67-52. Kevin Davis led the Wildcats on…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Alec Burks had 21 points off the bench, Evan Fournier also scored 21 and the New York Knicks routed the skidding Sacramento Kings…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Jordan Oesterle scored 2:11 into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1. Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The National Women’s Soccer League Players Association said Monday night that it has agreed to its first-ever…
Continue ReadingBy Selina Wang, CNN The Beijing Winter Olympics is being hosted inside a veritable fortress — known informally as the “bubble”…
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves, Brock Boeser scored and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sam Reinhart had his fifth career hat trick to lift the Florida Panthers over the Columbus…
Continue ReadingBy KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian curling team has made history as the first curlers from Down Under to qualify for…
Continue ReadingBy AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 33 points, including a driving layup with 26.4 seconds left in overtime…
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have entered a fast-paced final stretch of their head coach…
Continue ReadingCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Elijah Hutchins-Everett had 20 points as Austin Peay narrowly defeated Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 68-63 in double…
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 29 points, Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Boston Celtics…
Continue ReadingBy GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Gary Trent Jr. scored 31 points, Pascal Siakam added 25 and the Toronto Raptors snapped Atlanta’s…
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. — Jalen Johnson had 21 points, hitting 4 of 6 3-pointers, as Mercer narrowly defeated Wofford 67-62. James Glisson III had 16 points and…
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Reserve guard Brandon Goodwin matched a career-high with 21 points, Jarrett Allen added 16 and the…
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON, Vt. — Ryan Davis registered 17 points as Vermont stretched its win streak to 10 games, defeating Albany 73-61. Matt Cerruti led the…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rookie forward Isaiah Jackson scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his first career…
Continue ReadingBANGOR, Maine — Austin Williams had 20 points as Hartford topped Maine 78-66. Hunter Marks had 16 points and three blocks for Hartford. Maks…
Continue ReadingDETROIT — Kevin McAdoo scored 19 points as Detroit easily defeated Michigan-Dearborn 96-51. Madut Akec, DJ Harvey and Matt Johnson added 15 points…
Continue ReadingBy AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jordan Horston scored 24 points, including the last three in overtime, to lead No. 7 Tennessee…
Continue ReadingMACOMB, Ill. — Evan Gilyard II had a career-high 33 points as Kansas City beat Western Illinois 83-75. Will Carius led the Leathernecks on Monday…
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