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The next presidential campaign is coming into focus. It might look a lot like the last one
NEW YORK — The end of Labor Day weekend would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party’s presidential nomination. But as the 2024 campaign comes into greater focus, the usual frenzy is yielding to a sense of inevitability. Among...
Richardson, family celebrating life in new home as Colts prepare for opener against JagsVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — When Anthony Richardson thinks about his mother walking into her new home, the emotions flow. His wide eyes reveal the satisfaction of giving his mom something meaningful after all she did to help him. The beaming smile reflects the pure joy of starting this next football chapter in...
Column: Alex Palou dominantes IndyCar amid lawsuits and scrutiny of his career decisionsVideo
PORTLAND, Ore. — Alex Palou wore a McLaren papaya-colored shirt at the Miami Grand Prix in May, and a $1 million Richard Mille custom watch adorned his wrist. Given only to McLaren’s F1 drivers, the timepieces are a talking point among the collecting crowd. Simon Pagenaud, himself a Mille ambassador,...
Coach Prime’s matchup with Nebraska’s Matt Rhule will be a contrast in program building methodsVideo
LINCOLN, Neb. — Deion Sanders’ slogan, “We Comin’,” suggests he expects immediate success at Colorado. Nebraska’s Matt Rhule is confident enough to adopt the same motto, except with the caveat that it might take his program a while to arrive. Two of college football’s high-profile building projects are underway, and...
No. 4 Alabama, No. 11 Texas meet in rematch of last year’s down-to-wire gameVideo
Texas gained credibility. Alabama showed vulnerability. But that was last year’s game between the two traditional football powers and soon-to-be SEC opponents. The 11th-ranked Longhorns and No. 4 Crimson Tide meet again Saturday night in Tuscaloosa sporting high rankings and even higher ambitions. “It just presents a new challenge for...
Nick Bosa’s holdout from 49ers endangering his status for Sunday’s opener vs. SteelersVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers began their first game week preparation of the season with their best defensive player nowhere to be found. Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa’s contract holdout that kept him out of all of training camp is now seriously threatening to last...
Burning Man revelers begin exodus after flooding left tens of thousands stranded in Nevada desertVideo
BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. — Muddy roads that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days at a counterculture festival had dried up enough by Monday afternoon to allow them to begin their exodus from the northern Nevada desert. Burning Man organizers said they started to let traffic flow...
Hendrick, Larson shows strength at Darlington to start the NASCAR playoffsVideo
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Another NASCAR playoff and another show of strength from Hendrick Motorsports. A week after drivers Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman missed out on the 16-team playoffs, the powerhouse organization made a formidable statement about their championship chances with Kyle Larson’s win Sunday in the Southern 500. Larson,...
Driver crashes into a Denny’s near Houston, injuring 23 people
ROSENBERG, Texas — A driver plowed through a wall of a busy East Texas restaurant, injuring 23 people. Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas said a man crashed his SUV into a Denny’s restaurant just off the highway late Monday morning. The vehicle slammed into the restaurant’s south...
Browns All-Pro CB Denzel Ward still in concussion protocol; status for opener unclearVideo
BEREA, Ohio — The Browns could be missing one of their top defensive players when they open against one of the NFL’s most potent offenses. Two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward remained in concussion protocol and missed practice Monday, putting his availability for Sunday’s season opener against quarterback Joe Burrow...
No. 17 Madison Keys overpowers No. 3 Jessica Pegula to reach U.S. Open quarterfinalsVideo
NEW YORK — Madison Keys overpowered fellow American Jessica Pegula, 6-1, 6-3, in just over an hour Monday to move into the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Keys, the No. 17 seed and 2017 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, converted on 77% of her first-serve points and used powerful ground strokes to keep...
Georgia football staffer, former Steeler, Jarvis Jones arrested for speeding, reckless drivingVideo
ATHENS, Ga. — Former Georgia and NFL linebacker Jarvis Jones, who now works on the football staff at his alma mater, was arrested for speeding and reckless driving ahead of the Bulldogs’ season opener. Jones’ arrest late Friday is the latest driving investigation to tarnish the two-time reigning national champions,...
UAW’s clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline loomsVideo
DETROIT — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW’s own president calls “audacious” — are edging...
Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell dies at 56
LOS ANGELES — Steve Harwell, the longtime frontman of the Grammy-nominated pop rock band Smash Mouth has died. He was 56. The band’s manager, Robert Hayes, said Harwell “passed peacefully and comfortably” Monday morning surrounded by family and friends at his home in Boise, Idaho. The cause of death was...
Iga Swiatek’s U.S. Open title defense, stay at No. 1 end with loss to Jelena Ostapenko
NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek arrived at the U.S. Open as its reigning champion, as the winner at three of the past six Grand Slam tournaments and as the owner of the No. 1 ranking for nearly 1 1/2 years. None of that mattered on Sunday night against Jelena Ostapenko,...
Jordan Travis accounts for 5 TDs as No. 8 Florida State thumps No. 5 LSU in marquee matchup
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sitting in his hotel room the night before Florida State’s season opener, Jordan Travis imagined how it would go against LSU. Big plays? Yes. Touchdowns? Sure. A blowout? Absolutely. “I envisioned all of this,” he said. Travis accounted for five touchdowns, including three to Michigan State transfer...
Kyle Larson claims NASCAR’s opening playoff race, gets 1st career win at Darlington
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Kyle Larson had led plenty of laps around Darlington through the years, just not the last one. He finally accomplished that Sunday with victory at the Southern 500. Larson, the 2021 Cup Series champion, came into this event having been in front for 715 career laps at...
Coco Gauff the 1st U.S. teen since Serena Williams to reach consecutive U.S. Open quarterfinalsVideo
NEW YORK — Coco Gauff is the first American teen since Serena Williams more than two decades ago to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals two years in a row, so the 19-year-old from Florida knows her way out of trouble on a tennis court. As the second set slipped away...
Jimmy Buffett died after a four-year fight with a rare form of skin cancer, his website says
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Jimmy Buffett, whose sun-drenched songs celebrated life by the shore, died of a rare, aggressive skin cancer, according to a statement on his website. Buffett, 76, had Merkel cell cancer, according to the statement, which was posted after initial news of his death emerged Saturday. The...
U.S. falls to Lithuania at Basketball World Cup but still qualifies for Paris OlympicsVideo
MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. is assured of going to the Paris Olympics. That’s good. It also has a quarterfinal game at the World Cup awaiting Tuesday. That’s also good. Thing is, the only celebrating on Sunday night in Manila was done by the guys in the other locker room....
Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada siteVideo
BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. — An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert. But some Burning Man revelers said Sunday that their spirits remained unbroken....
For at least a day, all the world is ‘Margaritaville’ in homage to Jimmy Buffett
KEY WEST, Florida — All the world was “Margaritaville” on Saturday, from Key West to New York City and beyond, as legions of fans mourned the passing of beach-bum balladeer Jimmy Buffett at the age of 76. Buffett’s eponymous hit song has long been the anthem of Florida’s Key West,...
Drew Allar shines in 1st start as Penn State takes care of West Virginia
STATE COLLEGE — With a mere flick of his wrist, rocket-armed Drew Allar began a new era in Happy Valley. This is what the 6-foot-5, 242-pound quarterback’s teammates and coaches gushed about all summer. The sophomore signal caller can make it look easy. Allar, who sat behind five-year starter Sean...
Prime shocker: Colorado upsets TCU in Deion Sanders’ debut
FORT WORTH, Texas — After nine months of hype, Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time in his much-anticipated debut as Buffaloes coach. Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for a school-record 510 yards with four touchdowns — the game-winner a 46-yard catch-and-run by freshman Dylan Edwards with 4...
Darius Perrantes, Duquesne defense sets tone early in win over Edinboro
PITTSBURGH — Darius Perrantes threw for two scores, and Ayden Garnes’ pick-6 45 seconds into the game propelled Duquesne to a 49-7 win over Division III Edinboro on Saturday in a season opener. Garnes intercepted Matt Carlisle on the second play of the game and ran it back 27 yards...
