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Chase Briscoe qualifies on the pole for NASCAR’s regular-season finale at DaytonaVideo
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 majorVideo
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 consensualVideo
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’Video
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?Video
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 stardomVideo
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 footballVideo
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 CincinnatiVideo
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 targetsVideo
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 worldsVideo
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...
Nationals and Phillies are kids for a day, mingling among Little Leaguers
WILLIAMSPORT — Bryce Harper stretched his left arm and flashed goosebumps to Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber — just a trio of Philadelphia Phillies who were exhilarated Little League World Series fans for a moment, not high-priced sluggers in a pennant race. The Phillies raised their arms in celebration when...
Olga Carmona scores in World Cup win, learns father died
MADRID — Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women’s World Cup, 1-0, for Spain on Sunday, learned after the final of her father’s death, the Spanish soccer federation said. He had been ill and died while Carmona’s mother and other relatives traveled to Australia to watch her play in the...
Schauffele earns final spot and bumps Koepka from an automatic Ryder Cup berthVideo
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — PGA champion Brooks Koepka went from a remarkable feat of getting among the six automatic spots on the Ryder Cup to now needing a phone call from U.S. captain Zach Johnson. Xander Schauffele did enough right Sunday in the BMW Championship that a bogey on the...
Nick Dunlap matches Tiger feat with Amateur win vs. Neal Shipley
CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — Nick Dunlap capped a big summer with his biggest title yet, winning the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills on Sunday to join Tiger Woods as the only players to win the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur. Dunlap never trailed in his 4-and-3 victory over...
