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First Call: Browns drama starts to emerge; bunt breaks up no-hitter
In “First Call” Wednesday, the Browns are dealing with some drama of their own. Arizona is still mad about Super Bowl XLIII. And a team broke up a no-hitter with a bunt. Browns drama The Steelers have had their share of drama in recent years while attempting to win the...
UNC football coach Mack Brown has knee replaced by former player
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina said football coach Mack Brown had his right knee replaced by one of his former players. Team spokesman Jeremy Sharpe said Tuesday that the 67-year-old coach underwent the surgery Monday that was performed by Dr. Michael Bolognesi, who played defensive back for Brown from...
Predicting college football’s HOF Class of 2020
A glance at the list of candidates eligible for selection to the College Football Hall of Fame is likely to produce the following reaction: How is that guy not in yet? Heisman Trophy winners Rashaan Salaam, Carson Palmer and Eric Crouch are still waiting. The late Jerome Brown, an anchor...
Amid NBA Finals and lawsuit, Kawhi Leonard remains unfazedVideo
OAKLAND, Calif. — Toronto star Kawhi Leonard has more than a few things on his mind these days. He’ll be a free agent in a few weeks and will decide where he wants to play next season. He apparently is headed to federal court to solve a disagreement with Nike....
Tacitus favored in Belmont; Preakness winner 2nd choice
NEW YORK — Tacitus was made the slight favorite over Preakness winner War of Will in a Belmont Stakes that wraps up a wacky Triple Crown. Tacitus and War of Will got the outside No. 10 and 9 post positions, respectively, on Tuesday in the draw at Citi Field, but...
Just like old times, Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal in French OpenVideo
PARIS — Roger Federer knew when he returned to the French Open that, if things went exceedingly well, he eventually would find himself face-to-face with Rafael Nadal. Here we go. Just like old times. Federer put away Stan Wawrinka after a 75-minute rain delay Tuesday, converting a break point for...
Big Ten taps Vikings’ Kevin Warren as new commissioner
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten hired Minnesota Vikings executive Kevin Warren as its new commissioner Tuesday, bringing on a former college basketball player and sports agent with a law degree from Notre Dame to replace Jim Delany and become the first black commissioner of a Power Five conference. The...
Warriors’ Kevin Durant out for Game 3 of NBA Finals
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Durant still isn’t ready to return for the Golden State Warriors as he works back from a strained right calf suffered during the Western Conference semifinals. Durant didn’t practice with the Warriors on Tuesday leading into Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and he has yet...
Julius Peppers among new players on College Football Hall ballot
Josh Heupel, who was the Heisman Trophy runner-up for Oklahoma in 2000, and former North Carolina pass-rushing star Julius Peppers are among 12 players making their first appearance of the College Football Hall of Fame ballot this year. The National Football Foundation emailed ballots Monday to its more than 12,000...
Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard sues Nike over rights to his logoVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard filed a federal lawsuit against Nike on Monday, saying the footwear and apparel giant is blocking him from using a logo he believes he owns. The suit was filed on a travel day for the NBA Finals. Leonard and the Raptors flew...
Raptors good mentally, Warriors shaky physically in NBA Finals
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors feel good mentally, and they are certainly in better shape physically than the Golden State Warriors. The Raptors know they have outplayed Golden State for perhaps 90 of the 96 minutes of the NBA Finals, and they almost overcame the one brutal stretch where they...
American teen Amanda Anisimova reaches French Open quarterfinal
PARIS — To Amanda Anisimova, it seems “like, forever ago” that she was playing in the French Open main draw for the first time. For the record: It has been all of two years. Ah, to be young again. Still only 17, and ranked 51st, the precocious American with the...
Warriors edge Raptors 109-104 to even NBA Finals
TORONTO — The Golden State Warriors relied on a champion’s heart to overcome their weary bodies. Klay Thompson scored 25 points before leaving with a hamstring injury, Stephen Curry had 23 and the Warriors ran off the first 18 points of the second half on the way to a 109-104...
Kyle Busch cruises at Pocono for 55th career Cup win
LONG POND — Kyle Busch tossed his young son in the air twice in Victory Lane and sprayed champagne toward anyone dry within reach. The good times and NASCAR milestones keep piling up for Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing. Heck, Busch might even give his Pocono Raceway trophy to his...
Patrick Cantlay rallies from 4 back to win the MemorialVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nicklaus is a gracious tournament host at the Memorial who doesn’t mince words, and it paid off for Patrick Cantlay. When they bumped into each other earlier in the week in the grill room, Nicklaus told him he had to learn how to finish. And then...
South Korea’s Jeongeun Lee6 is No. 1 at U.S. Women’s OpenVideo
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Six is certainly a magic number for U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6. The 23-year-old South Korean won her first major title Sunday, the first $1 million women’s winner’s check ever handed out by the USGA and her first victory as an LPGA Tour rookie. And she...
Barack Obama in attendance in Toronto for NBA Finals Game 2Video
Drake who? The most recognized celebrity in Toronto for Game 2 of the NBA Finals was none other than former president Barack Obama. Reminder: The Raptors are playing basketball in June and Barack Obama is in Toronto to witness it.? pic.twitter.com/ZxYtVzdKQz— Toronto Star Sports (@StarSports) June 3, 2019 Obama sat...
Stan Wawrinka’s 5-set French win earns showdown with Roger Federer
PARIS — This is why Stan Wawrinka went through two operations on his left knee in the span of a month. Why he dealt with the rigors of rehabilitating that joint. Why he did all the work, on and off the court, required to get back on the grind, to...
Warriors coach Kerr: ‘Feasible’ Kevin Durant could play Game 3 of finals
TORONTO — Tuesday is the next telltale day in Golden State star Kevin Durant’s recovery process from a calf injury. The Warriors are scheduled to arrive home from Toronto early Monday and will get the rest of the day off. Practice resumes Tuesday, and what happens then will determine if...
Past Duke teammates Celine Boutier, Yu Liu tied at U. S. Women’s Open
CHARLESTON, S.C. — For those who hate seeing good things happen to Duke, this U.S. Women’s Open is not for you. The school opponents and critics love to root against was dominating again, with former Blue Devil teammates and champions Yu Liu of China and Celine Boutier of France tied...
Martin Kaymer builds 2-shot lead at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio — Martin Kaymer is 18 holes away from ending five years without a victory. He is mildly surprised. He is not the least bit stressed. And he has plenty of company among contenders at the Memorial for whom winning has become more of a memory than a habit....
Warriors confident heading into Game 2 of NBA Finals
TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are rugged and relentless, capable of punishing teams in transition any time they make a mistake. The Golden State Warriors felt like they were seeing a version of themselves in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and they have to stop it. No problem, they...
Serena Williams, No. 1 Naomi Osaka ousted from French Open
PARIS — Maybe it was the daunting deficit Serena Williams faced in the French Open’s third round. Maybe it was the way her 20-year-old American opponent, Sofia Kenin, was questioning line calls. Either way, as Williams attempted to start a comeback Saturday with a three-ace game, she followed those big...
Late pass leads Cole Custer to Xfinity win at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. — Cole Custer slipped past Tyler Reddick in the final turn and held in to win the Xfinty Series race in overtime at Pocono Raceway. Custer won his third race of the season in the No. 00 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing. Reddick used a sweeping move on...
William Byron continues recent NASCAR run by topping Pocono qualifying
LONG POND, Pa. — William Byron turned the fast lap at Pocono in the latest sign Hendrick Motorsports might have turned the corner and can stamp itself a NASCAR championship contender. Hendrick Motorsports was long the home of Hall of Famers and champions, from Jeff Gordon to Jimmie Johnson, and...
