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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Reports: Bucks acquiring All-Star Damian Lillard from Trail Blazers in 3-team deal 
Damian Lillard is being traded by Portland to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, according to multiple reports Wednesday, a deal that ends his 11-year run with the Trail Blazers and a three-month saga surrounding his wish to be moved elsewhere in hopes of winning an NBA title. The seven-time...
Tommy Fleetwood is a Ryder Cup leader. Luke Donald says he ‘absolutely could be a future captain’
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Tommy Fleetwood was on the 12th green during his first official practice round of Ryder Cup week when something beyond the course caught his attention. The long-haired Englishman’s heroics from 2018 in France were being shown on a jumbo screen nearby and Fleetwood stopped to watch...
Mel Tucker’s attorney: Michigan State doesn’t have cause to fire suspended coach over phone sex 
Mel Tucker’s attorney said Monday that Michigan State does not have cause to fire its suspended football coach because Tucker did not “engage in unprofessional or unethical behavior” when he had phone sex with an activist and rape survivor whom the university paid to speak to his team. Brenda Tracy,...
European captain Luke Donald is going with statistics over history at the Ryder Cup 
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — In the eternal city steeped in history, at a Ryder Cup packed with nearly a century of golf, European captain Luke Donald figures his best bet lies with modern-day statistical data. As captain of the home team, Donald has the final say in how Marco Simone...
With Pac-12 unsettled, CFP managers meet to make difficult decision on number of reserved bids 
College Football Playoff managers will meet this week, but with the future of the Pac-12 still unsettled, it will be difficult to make a final decision on whether the number of places reserved for conference champions in the soon-to-be expanded field should be six or five. The 10 conference commissioners...
Byron advances to NASCAR’s round of 8 with win at Texas, the 300th overall for Hendrick Motorsports 
FORT WORTH, Texas — William Byron took the lead for the first time after the final restart with six laps left to win at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, advancing to the round of eight in the NASCAR playoffs while giving Hendrick Motorsports its 300th victory. With Bubba Wallace and...
Megan Rapinoe gets triumphant send-off as United States beats South Africa 
CHICAGO — Megan Rapinoe got a triumphant send-off, and the United States beat South Africa 2-0 on Sunday. Trinity Rodman and Emily Sonnett scored, and the U.S. sent its captain toward retirement with one final victory as a member of the national team. The 38-year-old Rapinoe was presented a framed...
Reachable par-4 is highlight on Ryder Cup course built for drama
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Rory McIlroy’s chances of winning the Italian Open a year ago at the Marco Simone course that will host this week’s Ryder Cup vanished when his tee shot on the reachable par-4 16th splashed into the pond right of the green. That came two days after...
Frustrated Fighting Irish lament miscues that led to late loss against Buckeyes 
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The anguish was evident all over coach Marcus Freeman’s face Saturday night. Notre Dame needed one stop to beat No. 6 Ohio State for the first time since 1936, and yet it couldn’t finish the job. Instead, a series of miscues over the final, frantic minutes...
AP Top 25: Colorado falls out of rankings after 1st loss and Ohio State moves up to No. 4
Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened. A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the most since the...
Bo Nix, No. 10 Oregon slam brakes on Coach Prime’s ‘Cinderella story’ with a 42-6 rout of Colorado 
EUGENE, Ore. — Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes, and No. 10 Oregon emphatically slammed the brakes on Coach Prime’s “Cinderella story,” routing No. 19 Colorado, 42-6, on Saturday. The Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) were up 35-0 at the half half after coach Dan Lanning sent them into the matchup...
Reddick now in NASCAR’s playoff mix at Texas after missing cut last year and then winning there 
Tyler Reddick this time made it into the Round of 12 that starts in Texas, where last year he won a tumultuous and tiring race right after just missing the cut in NASCAR’s playoffs. With a win at Kansas after opening these Cup Series playoffs with a runner-up finish at...
Column: Coach Prime dominates the college football world. What might come next? 
Deion Sanders hobbles to get around these days, but his ability to command an audience is even more potent than it was during his speedier playing days. Just three games into his first head coaching job in college football’s top division, the guy who went from Prime Time to Coach...
Kapalua to host PGA Tour opener 5 months after deadly wildfires on Maui
The PGA Tour is returning to Maui to start the new season with the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, five months after deadly wildfires destroyed nearby Lahaina and claimed at least 97 lives. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan had said last month he hoped the tournament could be a...
Next on the Tee: Chip Beck recalls Ryder Cup memories
Top golf instructors Tom Patri and Tim Cusick, plus four-time PGA Tour winner Chip Beck and Uneekor’s VP of Marketing, Greg Sabella, are this week’s guests on the Next on the Tee podcast with Chris Mascaro. Patri, from Naples (Fla.) Golf Schools, discusses the Ryder Cup and if Justin Thomas...
Bill Plaschke: Shame on USC for banning a reporter in a futile attempt to control media
LOS ANGELES — There is apparently a new class being offered at USC’s esteemed Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. It is being taught by football coach Lincoln Riley and new athletic director Jennifer Cohen. It is a case study of how to stifle free speech by controlling the media...
Big Ten riding rugged defenses in early going, with Michigan, Ohio State among best 
Read the names of the players in the Football Hall of Fame, and there is a who’s who of Big Ten Conference defensive players — Dick Butkus, Rod Woodson, Ray Nitschke, Alex Karras, Herb Adderley, Charles Woodson and others. The NFL ranks are loaded with guys who played recently in...
Colorado coach Deion Sanders condemns death threats against Colorado State player
BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders stood up for Henry Blackburn on Tuesday after the Colorado State safety received death threats for a late hit that sent Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter to the hospital with a lacerated liver. “That’s absurd for people to be threatened,” the Colorado coach said at...
Oklahoma, Cincinnati face off in an unusual and temporary Big 12 matchup as league play ramps up 
Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati sounds like a dream bowl matchup: the blue-blood Sooners against one of the most consistent Group of Five powers. Not anymore. After realignment, it’s a league game but just for one year. Oklahoma, on its way to the SEC next year, visits Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati on...
Transfers are fueling some of college football’s biggest success stories as teams embrace the portal 
Clemson, the reigning ACC champion, has one player on its depth chart who arrived in Death Valley via the transfer portal: the backup quarterback. No. 4 Florida State is trying to reclaim the ACC crown from the Tigers and has used the portal to supercharge a rebuild under coach Mike...
Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker says ‘other motives’ behind his firing for alleged misconduct 
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Suspended Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker said Tuesday that he is “disappointed — but not surprised” that the school intends to fire him for misconduct involving activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy and suggested “other motives are at play” in the school’s decision. The university...
Column: Duane Bock thought he would have the summer off. Now the caddie is going to the Ryder Cup 
Duane Bock finally gets a chance to caddie in the Ryder Cup, and to have told him that at the start of the year would have meant only one thing. “That Kevin Kisner had a great year,” Bock said Monday as he unpacked from a quick trip to Europe to...
Colorado State coach says safety Henry Blackburn received death threats for hit on Travis Hunter 
DENVER — Colorado State coach Jay Norvell said Monday that senior safety Henry Blackburn has been receiving death threats since his late hit that hospitalized Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter. Blackburn drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty Saturday night for the blow he delivered to Hunter’s midsection on a deep pass...
Phil Mickelson says he’s done gambling and is on the road to being ‘the person I want to be’ 
Phil Mickelson won’t be betting on football this year — much less the Ryder Cup — saying in a lengthy social media post Monday that he previously crossed the line from moderation into addiction, and “it wasn’t any fun.” “The money wasn’t ever the issue since our financial security has...
Column: Spire is a key player in NASCAR’s charter game. A new revenue model should reward all teams 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nobody wanted a charter in 2018, when Barney Visser wanted to sell the most valuable current franchise in NASCAR. Visser had won the 2017 Cup Series title with Furniture Row Racing and Martin Truex Jr. A heart attack followed by bypass surgery kept Visser from the final...


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