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Venus Williams out of US Open in 1st round for 2nd timeVideo
NEW YORK — The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result. Venus, who turned 42 in June, has not made any pronouncements about her future in...
On Football: Could Deion Sanders jump from SWAC to big-time?Video
JACKSON, Miss. — Sitting on a metal folding chair just beyond the end zone of Mississippi State’s practice field, Deion Sanders is alone watching the Bulldogs scrimmage on a muggy spring day. Coach Prime snagged his new offensive coordinator for Jackson State from Bulldogs coach Mike Leach’s staff this offseason....
New, improved quarterbacks give some Big Ten teams new look
Northwestern quarterback Ryan Hilinski looked like a different player in the season opener. Illinois quarterback Tommy DeVito and Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson actually did become the new faces of their programs. Connor Bazelak could join the club Friday in Indiana’s opener. In a conference where upperclassmen and experienced starters are...
Serena Williams not done yet; wins 1st match at US OpenVideo
NEW YORK — Serena Williams is not ready to say goodbye just yet. Nor, clearly, are her fans. In her first match at what is expected to be the last U.S. Open — and last tournament — of her remarkable playing career, Williams overcame a shaky start to overwhelm Danka...
McIlroy a ‘Super Bowl’ champ in a year without winning majorVideo
ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy walked toward the stage in the media room at East Lake, the FedEx Cup silver and shiny on the table, when he raised his arm and declared with a smile, “Super Bowl champ!” That was more another dig at LIV Golf than sizing up his season....
NASCAR Cup Series playoff field set. Here are the 16 drivers racing for a championship
The regular-season results are in, and the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are set. Austin Dillon, with his win on Sunday afternoon thanks to some calm racing through the carnage and a winning move down the final stretch, jumped into the 16-car playoff picture seemingly out of nowhere. The Cup postseason...
Rory McIlroy storms from 6 back to win FedEx Cup, $18 million
ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy, the strongest voice for the PGA Tour in a tumultuous year, had the final say with his clubs Sunday when he rallied from six shots behind to win the Tour Championship and capture the FedEx Cup for the third time. McIlroy won $18 million, pushing his...
Hawaii wins Little League title, beating CuracaoVideo
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Hawaii got back-to-back homers from Kekoa Payanal and Kama Angell in the first inning, sparking a 13-3 win in just four innings Sunday over Curacao in the championship of the Little League World Series. The LLWS title is Hawaii’s fourth. It won in 2018 and this...
Dillon, Blaney nab last playoff spots at rain-soaked DaytonaVideo
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon avoided a massive wreck in the rain to win at Daytona International Speedway and snag a playoff spot in the Cup Series’ regular-season finale Sunday. Dillon passed Austin Cindric for the lead with three laps to go after a 3-hour, 20-minute red flag for...
Mickey Mantle card breaks record, as sports memorabilia soar
NEW YORK — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years. The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a...
College football preview: Who will win the national championship in 2022?Video
Sometimes a prediction can feel right even though it ends up wrong. And vice versa. Last season, this column projected Ohio State and Alabama to miss the College Football Playoff. Bold? Dumb? The line is fine. One out of two isn’t bad, but in some ways the one that ended...
Serena Williams prepares for farewell at U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Someone, of course, will end up in the history books as the last opponent of Serena Williams’ stellar career. It could be Danka Kovinic, a 27-year-old from Montenegro who is “honored” to be the first-round U.S. Open foe of someone she remembers watching on TV as a...
Schauffele’s burst cuts into Scheffler lead at East LakeVideo
ATLANTA — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is playing every bit like the No. 1 player in golf and was on the verge of turning the Tour Championship into a rout. Three holes by Xander Schauffele changed everything going into the weekend at East Lake. Schauffele holed a pair of birdie...
Scottie Scheffler starts with Tour Championship lead and expands itVideo
ATLANTA — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler might have had a roller coaster of an opening round Thursday at the Tour Championship if only he had been paying attention to the scoreboards. Scheffler started with a two-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup. He led by as...
Thunder No. 2 overall pick Chet Holmgren to miss season with foot injuryVideo
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City forward Chet Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in this year’s NBA Draft, will miss the 2022-23 season with a right foot injury. The 7-footer was hurt while playing in a pro-am game last weekend in Seattle, near where he starred last season for Gonzaga, and...
Novak Djokovic out of US Open; can’t travel to U.S. because of covid vaccine status
NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against covid-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States. Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the...
Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ fame, dead at 73
LUBBOCK, Texas — Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family said in a statement the former coach died Monday in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines made...
Kevin Durant, Nets plan to move forward together instead of tradeVideo
NEW YORK — Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets are staying together. A trade request that jolted the franchise and dominated NBA headlines has been removed. The Nets will return next season with their All-Star forward in uniform — and with their championship hopes intact. The Nets said Tuesday the...
Big Ten clash as college football resumes international play
College football has been around the world since Ireland first hosted a game more than 30 years ago, with locales as disparate as Tokyo and Toronto staging games. Australians loved the touchdowns and halftime theatrics, not to mention the hot dogs and beer, the latter of which ran out during...
Wimbledon fan taking legal action against Nick Kyrgios
LONDON — A tennis fan who was temporarily removed from Centre Court during the men’s Wimbledon final following a complaint by Nick Kyrgios is taking legal action against the Australian tennis player for what she describes as a “reckless and entirely baseless allegation.” During a changeover in his match against...
Column: Chase Elliott angry with teammate Kyle Larson as NASCAR playoffs loomVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Larson has just two wins this season, and both came at the expense of teammate Chase Elliott. The relationship between NASCAR’s last two Cup champions seemed precarious Sunday night at Watkins Glen International as Larson celebrated in victory lane while Elliott sought out team leadership for...
2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crashVideo
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Two freshman members of the Indiana State football team were among the three students killed in a weekend crash, officials said Monday. Two other football team members who were injured in the crash were out of intensive care but remained hospitalized in serious condition, the university...
Kyle Larson wins rain-delayed NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Kyle Larson was looking for a jolt of momentum. He got it for the second straight time at Watkins Glen International. The reigning NASCAR Cup champion, winless since his only victory of the season at Auto Club Speedway in February, beat Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott...
Patrick Cantlay wins another thriller at BMW ChampionshipVideo
WILMINGTON, Del. — One good break. One great shot. That’s what it took Sunday for Patrick Cantlay to win the BMW Championship for the second straight time with a finish that was nothing like last year except for his clutch moments. One other difference: The victory didn’t give him the...
Patrick Cantlay wins another thriller at BMW ChampionshipVideo
WILMINGTON, Del. — Patrick Cantlay won another thriller Sunday in the BMW Championship, getting a great bounce on the 17th hole that set up a short birdie and led to a 2-under 69 and a one-shot victory over Scott Stallings. Cantlay became the first player to win the BMW Championship...
