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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
UCLA coach Chip Kelly steps down after 6 seasons as Bruins prepare for move to Big Ten
UCLA coach Chip Kelly stepped down Friday after six seasons leading the Bruins, and a person involved in the decision confirmed to the Associated Press he was leaving to join Ohio State as offensive coordinator. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Ohio State still was finalizing the deal...
Sahith Theegala takes early lead in weather-delayed Phoenix Open with a 65 
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sahith Theegala spent time with his parents in the players’ dining room and grabbed a bite to eat during what ended up being a long weather delay. With no room to sit in the clubhouse at TPC Scottsdale, Theegala went out to his car to get warm,...
Kobe Bryant immortalized with 19-foot bronze statue outside arena
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Kobe Bryant on Thursday, honoring their late superstar with a 19-foot bronze likeness outside their downtown arena. The 4,000-pound statue depicts Bryant in his white No. 8 jersey with his right index finger raised as he walked off the...
Harold Varner III goes from worst to first in a week. He shares LIV Golf Vegas lead with Paul Casey 
LAS VEGAS — Harold Varner III made an impressive turnaround in one week, going from last place in the LIV Golf season opener to a 7-under-par 63 on Thursday to share the first-round lead with Paul Casey. LIV Golf Las Vegas is being held the same week as the Super...
Knicks take big swing at busy NBA trade deadline
Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA’s best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back to...
ACC sets future basketball tournaments, championships for North Carolina amid coast-to-coast expansion 
The ACC will hold five straight men’s basketball tournaments in North Carolina starting in 2025, and the women’s tournament that has had a longtime home in Greensboro as the city of the league’s founding will split time between there and Charlotte. The ACC announced future sites for championships in 14...
Cristobal Del Solar shoots 57 to set Korn Ferry Tour record 
BOGOTA, Colombia — Cristobal Del Solar of Chile set the Korn Ferry Tour record on Thursday with a 13-under-par 57 in the Astara Golf Championship, the lowest round in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event and matching the record on tours that are part of the Official World Golf ranking. Del Solar,...
Next on the Tee: Former Champions Tour Player of the Year Scott McCarron delves into talk of worldwide game
On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by PGA professional and director of golf at Alpine Country Club John Mascari, 2019 Champions Tour Player of the Year Scott McCarron, two-time winner on Tour and now top instructor Rick Fehr, plus 2008 Minnesota Teacher of...
Coaching carousel adds intrigue to college football recruiting’s February signing period
College football’s busy recruiting calendar created a particularly hectic first few weeks on the job for all the head coaches who switched schools over the last month. When Nick Saban announced his retirement last month, it set off a chain reaction that resulted in head coaching changes at Arizona, Washington...
Sports leagues promise the White House they will provide more opportunities for people to exercise
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations, from the NFL to the PGA Tour, have promised the White House that they will provide more opportunities for people to be physically active and learn about nutrition and adopting healthy lifestyles. The White House announced Thursday that the...
Auriemma reaches 1,200 wins, joining exclusive group of coaches
HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma allowed himself to get a bit nostalgic after becoming just the third coach in Division I basketball history to reach 1,200 wins. With UConn’ s 67-34 rout of Seton Hall on Wednesday, Auriemma joined former Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski (1,202 wins) and Stanford’s Tara...
Russian skater’s strawberry dessert excuse was rejected by judges in Olympic doping case
PARIS — A strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather’s heart medication might have caused Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test, her lawyers argued at sport’s highest court, which rejected the explanation and banned her for four years. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday published the 129-page...
Mark Madden: Caitlin Clark is a unicorn, so the WNBA should treat her like one
Caitlin Clark is a legit phenomenon. The 6-foot senior guard for the University of Iowa is impacting her sport like nobody before her. Never mind her considerable skills, which have her 66 points away from becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball. Clark moves the needle. That’s what...
Former Olympic gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas announces return to competition
Gabby Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around gymnastics champion, will return to competition for the first time in nearly eight years at the Winter Cup on Feb. 24 in Louisville, Ky. The 28-year-old Douglas, who made the announcement on NBC News NOW on Tuesday, was a teenager when she competed in...
ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery to launch sports streaming platform in fall
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional sports leagues. A one-stop app to view most sports should be a welcome sight for fans, who continue...
Column: Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan have trust issues in golf’s big divide 
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The obnoxious money ruining golf was sure to create trust issues with the leadership, and that lingers even as PGA Tour Enterprises is now flush with cash from its new minority investor. Now it might be a question of who has lost the locker room: Jay...
U.S. labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote
A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes. All 15 members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team signed a petition in September asking to...
A week of bizarre and shocking developments in auto racing
NASCAR successfully waved the checkered flag on its opening event of the year just before the heavy rains began to drench Los Angeles. That NASCAR crammed the two-day Clash at the Coliseum into a compelling one-day show capped a frenzied week in global motorsports. So many crazy things happened in...
NBA set to play on an LED glass court for some All-Star weekend events
For the first time, the NBA will play on glass. Part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis — including the entire All-Star Saturday Night lineup — will be played on a state-of-the-art, full video LED court that will be installed at Lucas Oil Stadium, the league said Monday. That means the...
Wyndham Clark felt like a Pebble Beach winner on Saturday. He got the trophy on Sunday
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Wyndham Clark noticed the cameras starting to show up on the 12th hole, the sure sign he was making a charge. He felt the buzz of being in contention and the affection from the gallery when he walked off the 18th green at the AT&T Pebble...
2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey
The 2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19. FIFA made the announcement Sunday at a Miami television studio, allocating the opener of the 39-day tournament to Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca on June 11. Semifinals will be played on July...
2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey 
The 2026 World Cup final will be played July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. FIFA made the announcement Sunday at a Miami television studio, allocating the opener of the 39-day tournament to Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca on June 11. The U.S. team will play its opener June...
Denny Hamlin wins exhibition Clash at the Coliseum as NASCAR moves race up a day to avoid California storm
LOS ANGELES — Denny Hamlin, who wasn’t even sure he would be healed from offseason shoulder surgery in time to compete in the Clash at the Coliseum, won the Saturday night exhibition that NASCAR hurried into a one-day show to avoid a dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm headed toward California. Hamlin,...
NASCAR moves Clash to Saturday night because of weather concerns
LOS ANGELES — NASCAR moved The Clash at the Coliseum to Saturday night out of concerns for inclement weather headed toward California. Only heat races were scheduled to be run Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but with a forecast calling for heavy rains and flooding to begin Sunday,...
Scheffler finishes strong for a 64. He shares Pebble Beach lead with Aberg, Detry 
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Pebble Beach became a signature event for the elite on the PGA Tour and delivered what was expected. Scottie Scheffler and a host of big names are contending going into the weekend, and the amateurs are headed home. Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world,...


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