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UConn tops Stanford to return to NCAA title game after 5-year absence
MINNEAPOLIS — Geno Auriemma and the UConn Huskies are back in the NCAA title game for the first time in six years after getting through one of the most difficult seasons of the Hall of Fame coach’s career. Paige Bueckers scored 14 points and UConn advanced to the national championship...
Palmer holds 2-shot lead after 2 rounds of Valero Texas OpenVideo
SAN ANTONIO — Ryan Palmer shot a bogey-free round of 6-under-par 66 at the Valero Texas Open to lead by two shots over Kevin Chappell, Dylan Frittelli and Matt Kuchar after Friday’s second round. Palmer, at 10-under, surged into the lead with consecutive birdies midway through the back nine. Chappell,...
Minor league report: Penguins fall to PhantomsVideo
Forwards Michael Chaput and Kyle Olson each scored goals for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 4-2 road loss to the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at the PPL Center in Allentown on Friday. Goaltender Tommy Nappier made 26 saves on 29 shots for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (29-27-4-4). Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is...
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside, police said. A police report said Solo was arrested Thursday in a shopping center parking lot...
South Carolina women top Louisville in Final Four, advance to title gameVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Aliyah Boston had 23 points and 18 rebounds to back up her AP National Player of the Year award and carry South Carolina to the NCAA championship game with a 72-59 victory over Louisville in the semifinals Friday night. Brea Beal matched her season high with 12 points...
Kentucky appeals court denies Bob Baffert’s motion for stay
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday rejected trainer Bob Baffert’s motion for emergency relief from a 90-day suspension. As a result of the order signed by Acting Chief Judge Allison Jones, the Hall of Fame trainer’s suspension is scheduled to begin Monday. “The Court emphasizes that...
Villanova-Kansas renew high-stakes history at Final FourVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Bill Self was wading through old video of Villanova this week, trying to scout a specific action that the Wildcats use on the offensive end of the floor, when the Hall of Fame Kansas coach did something he has avoided the past four years. Self watched film...
Coach K on an NCAA revamp: ‘Time to look at the whole thing’Video
NEW ORLEANS — The sport Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is leaving is run by an organization he doesn’t much recognize anymore. Or like at all. The 75-year-old coach, whose career ends after Duke is done at the Final Four, used the opportunity of what could be his last big news...
Martin Truex Jr. not ready to consider NASCAR futureVideo
Martin Truex Jr. left Richmond Raceway a winner in his last visit to the Virginia short track, a playoff victory last September that helped him get into NASCAR’s championship round and showed the veteran has plenty left in his tank. He returns to Richmond six months later with his NASCAR...
‘Tea Olive’ hole can be smelly start to MastersVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Alister MacKenzie offered some advice for his design of what has served as the opening hole at Augusta National since the second playing of the Masters. No telling what he might have said to Charl Schwartzel. The par-4 first, known as “Tea Olive” for the fragrant shrubs...
Duquesne’s Tyson Acuff enters transfer portal
Tyson Acuff, a second-year guard who was one of only four holdovers from the 2020-2021 Duquesne men’s basketball team, put his name in the NCAA transfer portal Friday. Acuff joins Toby Okani and freshman guard Jackie Johnson III as players who have announced plans to transfer from Duquesne. After scoring...
Rivals Duke, North Carolina in titanic clash at Final FourVideo
NEW ORLEANS — The name “Tobacco Road” misses the point. The most important industry in the 11-mile stretch of real estate between North Carolina’s two cathedrals of hoops, the Smith Center in Chapel Hill and Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, is basketball. For decades, a win or loss in any...
Despite spring statistics, Jose Quintana on track for starting job as Pirates tie Toronto
When the Toronto Blue Jays turned a pair of plays that glanced off the gloves of Pittsburgh Pirates infielders into a pair of runs, they counted against Jose Quintana’s spring training statistics. That didn’t faze the 33-year-old left-hander, who signed a one-year free-agent contract with the Pirates for the opportunity...
Pitt loses 2 more to transfer portal, including starting point guard Femi Odukale
Pitt lost a starting point, gained his replacement and said goodbye to a little-used big man Friday when Femi Odukale and Max Amadasun entered their names in the transfer portal. The news came hours after Pitt received a verbal commitment from point guard Nelly Cummings, formerly of Colgate, who led...
Mets ace Jacob deGrom has stress reaction in shoulder, no timetable for returnVideo
JUPITER, Fla. — New York Mets ace Jacob DeGrom will miss major time because of inflammation in his shoulder area, a huge blow to a team that heavily invested in making a deep run this season. The two-time Cy Young Award winner won’t throw for up to four weeks and...
Dodgers acquire Craig Kimbrel, send AJ Pollock to White SoxVideo
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired eight-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel from the Chicago White Sox on Friday in exchange for outfielder AJ Pollock. Kimbrel was 4-5 with 24 saves in a combined 63 games with the Chicago Cubs and White Sox last season. The Cubs shipped him...
Politically charged U.S.-Iran in first Middle East World CupVideo
DOHA, Qatar — A World Cup buildup laced in controversy and geopolitical undertones has conjured up the most politically charged of matchups on the field in Qatar. Just like at the FIFA showpiece in 1998, the United States will play Iran with diplomatic relations yet to be restored between the...
Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd wins AP men’s coach of the yearVideo
Tommy Lloyd spent 22 years as Mark Few’s right-hand man, turning Gonzaga into a national powerhouse. He needed just one season to return Arizona to prominence. Lloyd was named the Associated Press men’s college basketball coach of the year Friday after leading the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in his...
TCU gives Jamie Dixon extension after 1st NCAA Tournament win in 35 yearsVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU announced a contract extension for coach Jamie Dixon through the 2027-28 season Friday after he led his alma mater to its first NCAA Tournament victory in 35 years. Dixon was a player in 1987 the last time the Horned Frogs won a tournament game before...
Hempfield alum Kason Harrell selected as all-star in Irish pro hoops league
Kason Harrell has proven he can play at the next level. He has become one of the most popular players in Ireland’s Super League. On Friday, the former Hempfield and Fort Wayne star capped another productive season with an all-star nod. Harrell, a second-year pro for Killester Basketball Club, was...
MLB umpires to announce replay decisons for 1st time
NEW YORK — In addition to “Play ball!” and “Yer Out!”, big league umpires will be heard saying “Overturned!” and “Upheld!” for the first time this season. Major League Baseball said Friday that umpires will conduct in-park announcements during the replay reviews this season. The decision was delayed two seasons...
Minor league housing plan freezing out players with families
Minor leaguers with wives and children are finding out days before the start of their seasons that some teams are not taking their families into account as part of a new policy guaranteeing housing for players. The Associated Press spoke with two married players who were only informed at the...
Mark Madden: NFL gets more distasteful in its rising popularity
The Toxic Twins are back at it. Marvel at their rare blend of stupidity and narcissism. (Actually, that’s a common combination.) “I still feel like I can put up big numbers, and I see what (other receivers) are getting paid,” Antonio Brown said. “I just wonder why my value isn’t...
Former Lincoln Park star Nelly Cummings transferring to Pitt
Pitt basketball added a local product to its roster with the transfer of former Lincoln Park High School star Nelly Cummings to Jeff Capel’s program. A 6-foot point guard with one season of eligibility remaining for 2022-23 with the Panthers, Cummings started 78 of the 79 games he played for...
From Memphis to Oklahoma City to the Final Four and back, Cam Johnson ready for a busy weekend
Cam Johnson is contractually obligated to be in Memphis on Friday night and Oklahoma City on Sunday as a member of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. He plans to add a third destination Saturday. Thanks in part to a contact his father, Gil, made while playing basketball at Pitt in the...
