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LeBron James, Kevin Durant choose All-Star teams
LeBron James has faced Giannis Antetokounmpo as an opponent in the last three All-Star Games. The Los Angeles Lakers star got him as a teammate this year. James used the No. 1 overall pick on Antetokounmpo — the NBA’s two-time reigning MVP from Milwaukee — in the draft for Sunday’s...
Bay Hill fans get to see show from Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeauVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bay Hill was bustling Thursday, just like golf before the pandemic. The fans were limited in numbers, but they all wanted the same dose of entertainment provided by Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau. First it was McIlroy, slowly feeling better about his game, and with good reason....
LSU banned Les Miles from 1-on-1 contact with female students after 2013 investigationVideo
Kansas football coach Les Miles, during his tenure at LSU, was accused of kissing a female student and texting her and another from his personal phone, leading the school to bar him from being alone with women who were student employees, according to a 2013 LSU investigation that the school...
Michael Jordan: LaMelo Ball has ‘exceeded our expectations’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rookie LaMelo Ball has seized the attention of the NBA this season with his highlight reel passes and a surprising ability to score the basketball, including Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan. The six-time NBA champion said when the Hornets selected Ball with the No. 3 overall pick...
This date in sports history: March 4Video
1960 — Phil Latrielle of Middlebury scores an NCAA-record 10 goals in a 13-2 victory over Colgate. Latrielle, a three time All-American, would score a record 250 goals in the 85 games of his collegie hockey career. 1962 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors registers his fifth straight 50-point...
Vengeance sweet for Zdeno Chara, James Harden in 1st trips back
Wednesday night provided fireworks for a pair of superstars returning to their longtime homes. Former Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (now with the Washington Capitals) and erstwhile Houston Rockets guard James Harden (with the Brooklyn Nets) notched victories over their old teams. Harden had a triple-double with 29 points, 10...
Char Valley grad McConnell sets NBA steals mark, has triple-double in Pacers’ winVideo
CLEVELAND — T.J. McConnell set an NBA record with nine steals in the first half and posted his second career triple-double with 16 points, 13 assists and a franchise-best 10 steals, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 114-111 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. McConnell also went 8...
Detectives look at SUV’s ‘black box’ from Tiger Woods crashVideo
LOS ANGELES — Detectives are looking at data from the so-called “black box” of Tiger Woods’ SUV to get a clearer picture of what occurred during the Southern California rollover crash that seriously injured the golf star, authorities said Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said traffic investigators executed...
Golf returns to Bay Hill and to some semblance of cheersVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tyrrell Hatton had vivid memories when he returned to Bay Hill, most of them the feeling of pure iron shots on the closing holes or his heart rate as he tried to navigate 20 feet in two putts on a baked green for his first PGA Tour...
Katie Ledecky returns to competition with time ticking to Tokyo
Like everyone else, Katie Ledecky was forced to shelve her plans when the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Instead of looking far into the future, the five-time Olympic champion swimmer switched to a more immediate mindset. Forget that the four-year cycle leading to the 2024 Paris Olympics is already underway. Ledecky...
Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo OlympicsVideo
TOKYO — The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee stopped short of saying there would be no foreign fans at this year’s games, but she certainly hinted at it Wednesday after online talks with IOC President Thomas Bach and others. The Japanese newspaper Mainichi reported Wednesday that the...
This date in sports history: March 3Video
1920 — The Montreal Canadiens set an NHL record for most goals in a game with a 16-3 rout of the Quebec Bulldogs. 1951 — Temple’s Bill Mlkvy scores an NCAA-record 73 points in a 99-69 rout over Wilkes. 1966 — Buckpasser, ridden by Bill Shoemaker, wins the Flamingo Stakes...
American Basketball Hall of Fame’s ‘greatest unsung players’ list includes local standouts
The American Basketball Hall of Fame out of Detroit prides itself on recognizing basketball stars of note who reached the doorstep but did not get into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. It is a tweeners’ delight. The new hall, which sprouted in 2019 due in large part to...
No. 4 Illinois makes statement, dismantles No. 2 MichiganVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Andre Curbelo scored 11 of his 17 points in the first half, and No. 4 Illinois dismantled No. 2 Michigan with a smothering defensive performance, routing the Wolverines 76-53 on Tuesday night. Playing again without injured star Ayo Dosunmu, the Illini (19-6, 15-4) kept Michigan from...
Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell rolls into Vegas on hot streakVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael McDowell was rolling along at Homestead-Miami Speedway when he saw another driver signal for a car to pass. When McDowell came upon the same driver, he wasn’t given the same courtesy. “I literally saw a driver wave another driver by, and then race me for the...
Wisconsin bills seek to ban transgender athletes
MADISON, Wis. — Transgender athletes would be banned from participating in girls and women’s sports in Wisconsin from kindergarten through college under bills introduced Tuesday by Republican lawmakers, proposals that come as more than a dozen other states consider similar measures. The Wisconsin proposal faces an almost certain veto from...
Big Ten confirms winning percentage to determine titleVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Big Ten confirmed Tuesday its regular-season basketball championship will be determined based on winning percentage. Michigan, at 13-1 in conference play, is the current leader on the men’s side. Second-place Illinois, which is 14-4, played at Michigan on Tuesday night. The clarification from a league...
‘Emotional wreck’: Star departures hit Houston sports fans
HOUSTON — Five-year-old Sawyer Brown was inconsolable. Her father, Chris Brown, had told her James Harden wouldn’t be with the Houston Rockets anymore after being traded to Brooklyn. “I want James Harden to be on the Texas team,” she said, tears filling her eyes, in a video he shared on...
Franklin Regional grad Spencer Lee, Iowa wrestlers try to defend Big Ten title after long layoff
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Running outdoors when the temperature was below zero wasn’t optimal, but it was the only way Iowa wrestlers could stay in shape during their 10-day pause because of positive covid-19 tests in the program. “When you’re doing that, you think, ‘I don’t know how many sports...
Collin Morikawa charts on course despite Tiger Woods comparisonsVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — The red shirt for Collin Morikawa to wear Sunday at the Workday Championship never arrived in time. The comparisons with Tiger Woods keep coming up in other ways. When Morikawa turned pro in 2019 after graduating from Cal, he began his PGA Tour career by making the...
This date in sports history: March 2Video
1918 — Joe Malone is held scoreless in the Montreal Canadiens’ 5-3 season-ending loss to the Toronto Arenas, but finishes the first NHL season with a league-high 44 goals in 22 games. The 44 goals remains an NHL record that stands until 1944-45 when Maurice Richard scores 50 goals in...
NIT moving entire tournament to Texas for 2021Video
DALLAS — The NIT is moving the 2021 event to Texas, taking the semifinals and championship game out of New York’s Madison Square Garden for the first time in the 83-year history of college basketball’s oldest postseason tournament. The pandemic also is reducing the field to 16 teams from the...
Questions surround death of former NFL player Louis Nix IIIVideo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Louis Nix III, a standout nose guard at Notre Dame before being drafted into the NFL, has died in Florida after being missing for several days, but many questions linger about the circumstances of his death. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the 29-year-old Nix was reported missing...
Michigan leaps Baylor into 2nd behind Gonzaga in Top 25; West Virginia moves to 6th
Michigan finally broke the stranglehold of Gonzaga and Baylor atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll on Monday, taking advantage of the Bears’ loss at Kansas to leap into the No. 2 spot behind the Bulldogs. Gonzaga continued to hold down the top spot in the Top 25, just...
As Tokyo nears, the plans for USA Basketball continue
MIAMI — Atlanta coach and USA Basketball men’s national team assistant coach Lloyd Pierce had a one-day coronavirus scare a few weeks ago and had to stay in his hotel room while the matter was sorted out. The bad news: He missed practice. The good news: He didn’t have to...
