Got to Category

U.S./World Sports category, Page 71

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Big Ten preview: Michigan, Ohio State again are a cut above the rest in Big Ten’s final season before expansion
If the Big Ten’s final season with a 14-team, two-division setup plays out the way it has since the conference expanded in 2014, an East team will win the championship and it will be Michigan or Ohio State. The preseason No. 2 Wolverines and No. 3 Buckeyes have flip-flopped as...
ACC preview: No. 9 Clemson has been atop the ACC for years; No. 8 Florida State is hoping to get back there
Clemson has been in control of the Atlantic Coast Conference for nearly a decade. Florida State aims to challenge that this fall. The ninth-ranked Tigers are the preseason favorite after winning the ACC title for the seventh time in eight seasons. The Seminoles, however, are ranked higher in the AP...
FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup final kiss
GENEVA — FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from office on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing a player on the lips without her consent. The ruling comes six days after Rubiales was accused of becoming a...
Morikawa breaks Tiger’s 36-hole mark at East Lake and shares Tour Championship lead with Hovland 
ATLANTA — One bad shot during practice led to Collin Morikawa spending two hours looking for a fix. And now he has a scoring record at East Lake that previously belonged to Tiger Woods. Morikawa followed his 61 with another clean card for a 6-under-par 64 on Friday in the...
Chase Briscoe qualifies on the pole for NASCAR’s regular-season finale at Daytona 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Chase Briscoe won the pole Friday for the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway. Briscoe had a lap at 181.822 mph in the No. 14 Ford in the final round of qualifying, edging Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Aric Almirola for the No. 1 starting...
Iga Swiatek takes measured approach to repeating as U.S. Open champion
Iga Swiatek wants to win the U.S. Open again, of course. She just doesn’t want to think about trying to win the U.S. Open again. Make sense? Let’s let the No. 1-ranked Swiatek explain. “I already had many opportunities to play tournaments as a defending champion, and, for me, it’s...
US Open 2023: Novak Djokovic is back for the first time in 2 years and seeking a 24th major 
NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic is back in the United States, back in New York and back at the U.S. Open for the first time in two years. Unable to compete at Flushing because he was not allowed to fly to the country as a foreign citizen who is not...
Spanish soccer player says kiss on lips with federation president was not consensual 
BARCELONA, Spain — The embattled president of Spain’s soccer federation defiantly refused to step down Friday after insisting a kiss on the lips with women’s soccer player Jenni Hermoso was consensual, an assertion Hermoso strongly denied. Meanwhile, all 22 of Hermoso’s fellow world champions, and 58 other Spanish players, announced...
Collin Morikawa goes from 9 back to tie for Tour Championship lead
ATLANTA — Collin Morikawa faced a tough road at the Tour Championship, starting the tournament nine shots behind but knowing he had 72 holes — and an example from Rory McIlroy last year — to make up ground in the FedEx Cup finale. He managed to do that in one...
Hall of Fame hardcore wrestler Terry Funk dies at 79: ‘Unbelievably Fearless’ 
The enduring memory of iconic pro wrestler Terry Funk is of him in a Tokyo ring screaming “forever” over and over, his face stained with blood, sweat and tears. It was Aug. 31, 1983 — nearly 40 years ago — and he was announcing his retirement from wrestling in Japan....
College football preview: Can USC’s Caleb Williams become 2-time Heisman Trophy winner? 
Here we are again. Just like last year, college football has a returning Heisman Trophy winner — this time, USC quarterback Caleb Williams — trying to join the sport’s most exclusive club: Two-time winners of the most prestigious player of the year award. Ohio State running back Archie Griffin stands...
QB-coordinator reunions could spark offenses at schools such as Alabama, N.C. State
RALEIGH, N.C. — Brennan Armstrong arrived at N.C. State trying to get a feel for new teammates as a graduate transfer from Virginia. As for the offense? No problem. That’s because Armstrong thrived under first-year coordinator Robert Anae at his previous stop, making this one of multiple passer-playcaller reunions nationally...
North Carolina QB Drake Maye welcomes high expectations after rapid rise to stardom 
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The first preseason practice had wrapped up, and North Carolina players gathered around coach Mack Brown for final on-field instructions. Drake Maye dropped to his left knee among them, resting his left hand on the facemask of his helmet laying next to him. Fittingly, he centered...
College football 2023: Cal’s Jackson Sirmon among nation’s under-the-radar players
Besides his fumble return for the go-ahead touchdown against rival Stanford, California star linebacker Jackson Sirmon didn’t have much to celebrate last season. Still, Sirmon said it wasn’t a difficult decision to return and use the sixth year of eligibility granted to players whose careers were disrupted by the pandemic....
College football 2023: Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman heads list of impact transfers
Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman won’t get a chance to add to his ACC record for career touchdown passes in his final season. But the former Wake Forest star’s new stop will allow him to face plenty of familiar foes. Hartman opted to use his final season of college eligibility...
With super conferences, CFP expansion on horizon, 2023 is end of an era in college football 
Welcome to the final season of college football as we know it. Extreme? Maybe, but 2023 has an end-of-an-era feel. Texas and Oklahoma are taking their last lap in the Big 12. The Pac-12 is still a Power Five conference. Will it even be a conference in 2024 after the...
Lionel Messi converts PK, assists on 2 goals, leading Miami past MLS-best Cincinnati 
CINCINNATI — Lionel Messi had two assists and converted a penalty kick as Inter Miami rallied from a two-goal deficit and beat MLS-leading Cincinnati 5-4 in penalties in a U.S. Open Cup semifinal on Wednesday night. Cincinnati jumped to a 2-0 lead before Messi set up a pair of goals...
ACC progressing toward westward expansion with Stanford, Cal, SMU potential targets 
The Atlantic Coast Conference is making progress toward an expansion that could grab Stanford and California from the sinking Pac-12, a person with direct knowledge of the ACC’s potential move told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conference was not making its...
U.S. Open 2023: With Serena and Federer retired, Alcaraz-Djokovic symbolizes a transition in tennis
Based on the reactions on social media, it seems everyone in the world of tennis was riveted by Novak Djokovic’s victory over Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the last tournament for both ahead of the U.S. Open. It was a titanic, 3½-hour-plus showdown between the two titans of the...
Knicks sue, accuse Raptors of using ex-Knicks employee as ‘mole’
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks sued the Toronto Raptors, their new coach and a former Knicks scouting employee Monday, saying the defendants conspired to steal thousands of videos and other scouting secrets over the past few weeks. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court seeks unspecified damages and a...
James Harden fined $100,000 for public comments about status with 76ers
NEW YORK — The NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden $100,000 for public comments he made about his status with the team. Harden made public comments on Aug. 14 and Aug. 17 saying he would not perform the services called for under his player contract unless he were...
Conference realignment will mean longer trips, greater costs for traveling college football fans
POND GAP, W.Va. — In seven decades of following West Virginia football, little has gotten in the way when Terry Keenan wants to see his beloved Mountaineers. Conference realignment promises to be a headache. College sports and the traveling fan are on course for a big reset in 2024. TV...
American Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by winning wild 100 meters at worlds 
BUDAPEST, Hungary — American Sha’Carri Richardson won the women’s 100-meter world title Monday, outsprinting a star-studded field to take a gold medal two years after a positive marijuana test derailed her Olympic dreams. Running on the far outside in Lane 9, Richardson finished in 10.65 seconds to match the year’s...
USC’s Caleb Williams leads AP preseason All-Americans; 2 PSU players on 1st team
Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams of USC, Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michigan running back Blake Corum are among the returning first-team players who were selected to the Associated Press preseason All-America team announced Monday. Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt and Miami safety Kam Kinchens also followed...
Analysis: USA Basketball striking blend of focus and fun on World Cup journey
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — This was the last act of the World Cup preseason for Team USA. A few hours before flying to the Philippines on Monday for its World Cup stay, a good portion of the USA Basketball travel party — some players and family members, along...


Editor's Picks

Front Porch Theatricals’ musical ‘Baby’ is a labor of love

Washington townhouse on the market for $1,225,000
Folk legend Bruce Cockburn gives uplifting performance at City Winery
‘Champagne & Chapeaux’: Westmoreland Symphony’s annual soiree for a good cause
Jimmy Stewart’s P-51 Mustang stops in hometown for museum anniversary
More Editor's Picks >