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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Dartmouth tells NLRB basketball players are students — for real — not employees
BOSTON — Dartmouth College lawyers argued Thursday that the Ivy League school’s basketball players should not be considered employees because they are unpaid members of a money-losing program whose need-based scholarships don’t depend on their participation or talent. In a National Labor Relations Board hearing to determine whether the team...
NCAA trashes UNC, deems WR Tez Walker eligible to play
The NCAA accepted Tez Walker’s transfer waiver Thursday, making the wide receiver eligible to play for the 14th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels after the university fought for months to get him on the field. The NCAA released a terse statement saying its staff received new information that had not been...
Fired Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald suing school for $130M for wrongful termination
CHICAGO — Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department. The announcement by Chicago-based attorneys Dan K. Webb and Matthew R. Carter...
Next on the Tee: Learn how the U.S. can win the next Ryder Cup
We fix the Ryder Cup this week on Next on the Tee. Host Chris Mascaro is joined by four top golf instructors to recap what took place last week in Italy and also discuss ways the U.S. team can win next time around in 2025 at Bethpage Black on Long...
Simone Biles leads U.S. women to record 7th straight team title at gymnastics world championships 
ANTWERP, Belgium — Led by Simone Biles, the U.S. women won a record seventh consecutive team title at the gymnastics world championships on Wednesday night. The American team of Biles, Shilese Jones, Skye Blakely and Leanne Wong combined for a total of 167.729 points to edge Brazil and France. The...
NCAA approves smaller transfer portal windows for football, basketball from 60 to 45 days
The NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday approved a smaller window during which football and basketball players can enter their names into the transfer portal and retain immediate eligibility for the following season from 60 to 45 days. The council was finishing up two days of meetings in Indianapolis, during...
Column: Team USA always comes home with some drama. Just never the Ryder Cup 
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — The Americans always seem to come home from the Ryder Cup with plenty of drama. Just never the trophy. Maybe they need another task force to figure out a way to tip their caps — whoever is wearing one, anyway — and congratulate Team Europe for...
NASCAR bringing its top Cup Series to Iowa for the first time in 2024
NEWTON, Iowa — NASCAR announced Tuesday that it will finally bring its top Cup Series to Iowa for the first time. Cup Series drivers will race at Iowa Speedway in Newton in June 2024, a weekend that includes the second-tier Xfinity Series at the track about a forty-minute drive east...
Plans to accommodate transgender swimmers at a World Cup meet scrapped because of lack of entries
BERLIN — Plans for the first “open category” swimming races to accommodate transgender competitors at a World Cup this weekend have been scrapped because of a lack of entries. World Aquatics said Tuesday it had received “no entries” for the open category events scheduled to take place at a World...
Column: Blaney does rare burnout to celebrate sliding into next round of NASCAR’s playoffs 
Early in his NASCAR career, Ryan Blaney didn’t do a celebratory burnout after a victory, a decision that caught the attention of Hall of Fame crew chief Dale Inman. “Dale Inman pulled me aside one day, and he said, ‘Hey, you don’t see the winner of the Kentucky Derby get...
Luke Donald urged to stay as European captain for Ryder Cup defense as new generation emerges
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech in front of a giddy crowd at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him started a chant that quickly swept through the grandstands. “Two more years” was the cry, seemingly led by Rory...
Fever’s Aliyah Boston unanimous choice as WNBA Rookie of the Year
INDIANAPOLIS — Aliyah Boston had an incredible first season and was honored by the league as the WNBA Rookie of the Year on Monday. The No. 1 pick in the draft started every game for Indiana averaging 14.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks. She shot 57.8% from...
Forced kiss claim leads to ‘helplessness’ for accuser who turned to Olympics abuse-fighting agency
DENVER — When Kirsten Hawkes, a one-time elite fencer, reached out to her childhood coach for advice about starting her own fencing club, their meeting turned awkward right away. It began, she said, with an unwanted kiss on the lips when the two met at a bar during a fencing...
Ryan Blaney beats Kevin Harvick in drag race at Talladega to advance in NASCAR playoffs 
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ryan Blaney beat Kevin Harvick to the Talladega Superspeedway finish line by 0.012 seconds Sunday to advance into the round of eight of NASCAR’s playoffs and keep Harvick winless in his final season before retirement. Blaney used a crossover move from the outside lane to the inside...
AP Top 25: Georgia’s hold on No. 1 loosens, but top 7 unchanged
Georgia’s hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll loosened Sunday as the Bulldogs received a season-low 35 first-place votes out of possible 62 while extending their streak atop the rankings to 16 straight weeks. The Bulldogs needed a late touchdown to escape with a win at...
Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for Europe
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — The best collection of players at Marco Simone had flags from their eight countries draped around their shoulders as they took turns clutching and thrusting the gold Ryder Cup, the very trophy that turns them into one nation, one team, with one purpose. The celebration was...
Chase Elliott looks for his first win in a season of disappointment for NASCAR’s most popular driver 
TALLADEGA, Ala. — It has been a year since Chase Elliott won a Cup Series race, a drought that played a role in NASCAR’s most popular driver missing the playoffs in what is guaranteed to be the worst season of his career. As Elliott returns for Sunday’s race at Talladega...
Europe builds 5-point lead in Ryder Cup, but Patrick Cantlay gives Americans hope 
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Europe has a five-point lead and history on its side in the Ryder Cup. No team has ever come back from that large a deficit going into the singles session. The Americans have not won on the road before a flag-waving crowd in 30 years. The...
Matt Fitzpatrick ends losing streak at Ryder Cup with a performance Rory McIlroy could only applaud 
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — All Rory McIlroy could do was stand back and applaud. His playing partner, Matt Fitzpatrick, was in the midst of one of the great Ryder Cup scoring stretches, and McIlroy had the best seat in the house at Marco Simone. Six straight one-putts. A birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie run....
Europe’s Big 3 of McIlroy, Rahm and Hovland back up their heavyweight status at the Ryder Cup 
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Viktor Hovland got the party started by chipping in on his opening hole in the morning and then sunk a decisive putt on 18 in the afternoon. Jon Rahm made long putts and chips all day long during his two trips around Marco Simone and produced...
Koepka takes a shot at Rahm’s behavior after tough Ryder Cup day 
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Blunt as ever, Brooks Koepka took a dig at Jon Rahm on Friday after a bruising day for the Americans in the Ryder Cup. Koepka accused Rahm in a brief television interview of acting like a child. All that was missing was context. Koepka and Scottie...
Europe strikes back in Ryder Cup and ties record for largest lead
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Europe had the stars, all the pivotal shots and a delirious home crowd pushing them to a record-tying lead Friday in the Ryder Cup, an opening day performance so dominant the Americans never won a match. It was a rude welcome and a harsh reminder to...
Ryder Cup skipper Zach Johnson: Time to let thoroughbreds loose
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Big winners two years ago in Wisconsin, the Americans know a Ryder Cup victory away from home has been out of reach for the last 30 years. Among the challenges is a pro-European crowd ready to cheer and jeer every miss. So it was no surprise...
Next on the Tee: 4-time U.S. team member Mark Calcavecchia relives Ryder Cup memories
The Ryder Cup is about to tee off, and Next on the Tee with host Chris Mascaro welcomes a four-time U.S. Ryder Cup team member, Mark Calcavecchia, on this week’s podcast. Mascaro also talks with Bobby Clampett, an amateur player, broadcaster and instructor, as well as two-time Tennessee teacher of...
Michigan State fires Mel Tucker for bringing ridicule to school, breaching contract 
Michigan State fired Mel Tucker on Wednesday, saying the suspended football coach failed to present adequate reasons why he should not be fired for cause after having what he described as consensual phone sex with an activist and rape survivor. The school said it terminated what’s left of Tucker’s $95...


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