U.S./World Sports category, Page 35
Denny Hamlin feeling ‘negative’ about Toyota’s ‘colossal mistake’ that could impact his seasonVideo
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin couldn’t help but think negatively. A day after being dealt the toughest — and oddest — penalty of his 20-year NASCAR career, Hamlin was still trying to cope with what it might do to his season and his chances of finally winning a Cup...
Michael McDowell tops qualifying for Cup Series race at Daytona and earns 4th pole of the seasonVideo
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s a Front Row front row at Daytona International Speedway. Michael McDowell won the pole for Saturday night’s 400-mile race at Daytona, edging Front Row Motorsports teammate Todd Gilliland in qualifying Friday. McDowell reached a top speed of 183.165 mph around the 2 1/2-mile superspeedway, nearly...
Former MMA fighter Ronda Rousey apologizes for posting Sandy Hook conspiracy online 11 years ago
Former MMA fighter and professional wrestler Ronda Rousey issued an online apology, which she admits is “11 years too late,” for reposting a conspiracy video about the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting on social media. Rousey, an Olympic bronze medalist in judo, said reposting the video was...
Caitlin Clark’s progression answers questions about how she would handle the transition to the WNBA
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark entered the WNBA amid a myriad of questions about how she would handle the transition to pro basketball. Three months into her professional career, the answer seems clear: Better than expected. It may have taken a little longer than Clark or the Indiana Fever would have...
Bulked-up Big Ten and SEC set to dominate college football on and off the field
Faced with the prospect of dealing a potentially fatal blow to a conference it helped start more than 100 years ago, Oregon decided to leave the Pac-12 t o join the Big Ten even though that meant taking half the annual revenue payout established members receive for several years. The...
Coco Gauff defends her 1st Grand Slam title at U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Yes, Coco Gauff is a Grand Slam champion. Yes, she’s been ranked No. 1 in doubles and No. 2 in singles. Yes, she’s already a big star who transcends her sport and was a flag bearer alongside LeBron James at the Paris Olympics … and has a...
Warriors Hall of Famer Al Attles, one of NBA’s first Black head coaches, dies at 87Video
OAKLAND, Calif. — Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager and most recently team ambassador, has died. He was 87. The Warriors announced Wednesday that Attles had died in his...
Dartmouth basketball players union accuses school of unfair labor practices over refusal to bargain
The union representing the Dartmouth men’s basketball team filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the Ivy League school on Wednesday because it has refused to negotiate with the players on a collective bargaining agreement. Service Employees International Union Local 560, which already represents some other workers at the Hanover,...
Why wasn’t Jannik Sinner suspended after 2 positive steroid tests? What do other players think?
No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player Jannik Sinner will be playing in the U.S. Open — which begins in New York next week — even though word just emerged that he tested positive twice in March for a banned anabolic steroid. It’s a case that no one knew about until Tuesday...
It’s not your imagination: There are players in their mid-20s all over college football, here’s why
Each time he sees his freshman teammates, Oklahoma State quarterback Alan Bowman gets a reality check about the length of his college career. “When I was playing as a true freshman at Texas Tech, they were probably in seventh grade,” Bowman said. Bowman is entering his seventh year of college...
NASCAR regular-season title and playoff spots at stake down the stretch at Daytona and DarlingtonVideo
BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR has just two races remaining in the regular season, and a pair of competitions are on the line. Tyler Reddick earned his second win of the season Monday at Michigan International Speedway, giving him the points lead in a closely contested, four-driver race for the regular-season...
Tyler Reddick wins rain-delayed NASCAR Cup race at Michigan, his 2nd victory of 2024
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Tyler Reddick capped an emotional week with his second NASCAR Cup Series win this year. Reddick’s mentor, Scott Bloomquist, died in a plane crash just three days before he won at Michigan International Speedway on Monday. “I can’t help but sit here in victory lane and think...
SMU buries the painful ‘death penalty’ aftermath for good as its ACC debut draws near
DALLAS — SMU athletic director Rick Hart gets goosebumps pretty easily these days. Whether it’s reflecting on the nearly year-old celebration of getting into the Atlantic Coast Conference or what’s about to happen on the football field his office overlooks, Hart’s emotions flow freely. Even then, Hart says he can’t...
NASCAR’s Austin Dillon goes to Michigan with no regrets for wrecking Joey Logano and Denny HamilinVideo
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Austin Dillon has no regrets over his aggressive actions that triggered last-lap wrecks for Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin before Dillon went on to win at Richmond Raceway and had NASCAR later revoke his automatic spot in the playoffs. “You don’t hate the player,” Dillon said Saturday,...
As college football evolves, so does relationship between players, CEO-like coaches
Ra’Shaad Samples was a reticent and newly appointed student-assistant, shagging balls at practice with a group of wide receivers who were recently his teammates, when he received one of his first important lessons about coaching. “Ra’Shaad, you have to talk to coach,” Samples recalls then-Houston coach Tom Herman yelling at...
Judge blocks plans for sports joint streaming venture of Fox, ESPN and Warner Brothers
The launch of Venu Sports will be delayed after a federal judge granted FuboTV’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the planned sports streaming venture by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. United States District Judge Margaret M. Garnett in the Southern District of New York said in her 69-page...
Sewickley investors earn trust of Norwegian pro soccer club fanbase
Sewickley seems improbable as the setting of an international investigation. But in June, reporters from the newspaper Fædrelandsvennen (FVN) in Kristiansand, Norway, descended on the borough. Their objective? Learn about the group of American investors from the suburbs of Pittsburgh who were acquiring the city’s professional soccer club, IK Start....
Mauricio Pochettino negotiating to become U.S. soccer coach, AP source says
Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. Soccer Federation are working toward a deal for him to become the men’s national team coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press. Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach, agreed to take over as the U.S. coach but the...
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn says ridicule of her Olympic performance has been ‘devastating’
SYDNEY — Australian breaker Rachael Gunn said the backlash to her much-ridiculed Olympic performance has been “devastating,” adding Thursday that she took the competition seriously and gave her best effort. The 36-year-old b-girl known as Raygun said in a video posted to social media that she wasn’t prepared for the...
NBA schedule released, highlighted by Celtics-Knicks on ring night, Durant going back to school
Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration. The NBA schedule was released Thursday for the coming season, and Game 1 on the slate is the Celtics hosting the Knicks on opening night — the one where...
NASCAR revokes Austin Dillon’s playoff eligibility; driver keeps controversial Richmond winVideo
Austin Dillon’s automatic spot in NASCAR’s playoff was revoked — though he retained his victory at Richmond Raceway — after it was determined the driver “crossed a line” in his intentional last-lap wreck of drivers Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Dillon won for the first time in nearly two years...
WNBA rookie stars Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese take advantage of Olympic break to reset for sprint to playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark took full advantage of her snub by the U.S. Olympic team. She visited Mexico, attended a friend’s wedding in Iowa and even got to see the New York Yankees’ clubhouse. So, when the Indiana Fever star returned to practice Tuesday, she was rested, revived and revved...
Michigan State sued by quiz creator over Hitler question streamed on videoboards at football game
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last season, with the quiz’s creator saying the university didn’t have permission to use its product that “was not created for a mass-market use at an American...
Mbappé makes Madrid heavy favorite to repeat as Spanish league champion for 1st time in 17 years
MADRID — Real Madrid was one of the teams to beat in Europe last season, winning the Spanish league with ease and adding another Champions League trophy to its collection. And what was good got even better for 2024-25, with France star Kylian Mbappé finally joining the Spanish powerhouse after...
Puck Pieterse holds off women’s Tour de France leader Demi Vollering in sprint finish to win 4th stage
LIEGE, Belgium — Dutch rider Puck Pieterse finished just ahead of defending champion Demi Vollering in a sprint to win the fourth stage of the women’s Tour de France in the rain Wednesday. Overall race leader Vollering, Pieterse and Katarzyna Niewiadoma had carved a 30-second lead going into the Belgian...
