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Pedersen posts maiden Tour stage win, Vingegaard keeps lead
SAINT-ETIENNE, France — Former world champion Mads Pedersen attacked from the start, then delivered in style on the finish line to claim his first stage win at the Tour de France on Friday. After spending the day at the front, the one-day classic specialist attacked from a group of six...
Tiger Woods gets emotional sendoff from St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods removed his cap a few strides from Swilcan Bridge, knowing Friday might be the last time he crossed over in a British Open at St. Andrews. This is where the legends pause, pose and wave goodbye. “Stop! Stop!” a few photographers cried out as...
Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. The International Olympic Committee announced the change Friday on...
Big 12 changes coming after 1 last season with 10 schoolsVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — On the surface at Big 12 football media days, nothing really appeared much different. The 10 mannequins lining the main stage donned the uniforms of the same schools that have made up the conference for a decade. As the annual two-day kickoff event wound up Thursday, workers...
Oregon TE, social media star Spencer Webb dies of head injury
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb died after falling and striking his head on rock slides at a popular swimming lake near Eugene, Ore., authorities said. The 22-year-old who was expected to play his fifth football season at Oregon this fall was found about 100 yards down...
A rookie rises, Tiger Woods crashes in slow-moving British Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Old Course was never faster. The pace of play was never slower. The celebrated start Thursday of the 150th British Open gave way to Cameron Young making his debut with an 8-under-par 64 for a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy, and Tiger Woods making what...
Phil Mickelson at British Open after skipping champions’ meal
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — All dressed in black, Phil Mickelson walked out onto the first tee at the Old Course with only a few hundred fans watching nearby and several boisterous seagulls cackling above. His golf week was about to begin — a few days later than normal for a...
Vingegaard seizes Tour lead after 1st big mountain stageVideo
COL DU GRANON, France — The first big mountain stage shook things up at the Tour de France as defending champion Tadej Pogacar wilted toward the end of Wednesday’s 11th stage and lost the yellow jersey. Jonas Vingegaard and his team, Jumbo-Visma, were the big winners as the Danish rider...
With wind, Old Course stands test of time at modern British OpenVideo
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods is among the few who can appreciate how the Old Course played in the old days. His first time playing St. Andrews for the British Open as a pro was in 2000, and on his final day of practice, Woods ripped a driver in...
Big 12 ponders conference realignment from position of strength with new commissioner
WICHITA, Kan. — At about this time last year, the Pac-12 and its new commissioner made a decision that transformed the Big 12 from prey to hunter in the world of conference realignment. When George Kliavkoff announced that his league had no plans to add schools looking for a life...
Silver: NBA revenue tops $10 billion for 1st time
LAS VEGAS — The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And, also as expected, the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized...
Tiger Woods unsure how many British Opens he has left at St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Whether it’s on Friday or Sunday, Tiger Woods will cross over the Swilcan Bridge for the final time in the British Open at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if that means this year or forever. “Who knows?” Woods said Tuesday, unwilling to contemplate a future...
ACC helped kickstart the conference expansion race which now threatens its survival
On the other end of the phone, Mike Tranghese sighed quietly. It was a sound that conveyed a sense of empathy, if not resignation. The emotions returned, almost 20 years later. Back then, as the commissioner of the original Big East Conference, Tranghese watched with a sense of helplessness while...
UK Olympian Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked as a child
LONDON — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and forced to care for other children before he escaped a life of servitude through running. In a new documentary, Farah says his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and that...
Column: Tiger has big voice, just not as much visibility
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods has a voice that can be as a big as his golf game. What he lacks is enough visibility. Woods left little room for interpretation Tuesday when the 15-time major champion hammered away at Greg Norman’s new Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as not being...
In wild NASCAR year, drivers all chasing Chase ElliottVideo
HAMPTON, Ga. — Sure, it’s been a wild NASCAR Cup season, with seemingly everyone in the field capable of taking the checkered flag. Through all the chaos, one driver has emerged as the clear favorite. Chase Elliott is the guy everyone else is chasing. The 26-year-old became the first three-time...
Report: Department of Justice inquiring about antitrust in PGA-LIV disputeVideo
The dispute between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series now has the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice, according to the Wall Street Journal, and the PGA Tour said Monday it was confident it would prevail. “This was not unexpected,” the tour said in a statement....
Gary Moeller, former Michigan and Lions coach, dies at 81
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Gary Moeller, who succeeded Bo Schembechler as Michigan’s coach and later led the Detroit Lions as interim coach, died Monday. He was 81. The University of Michigan announced his death, and no cause was provided. Moeller was promoted from offensive coordinator to lead the Wolverines’ program...
Luke DeCock: Where does ACC go from here? Here are 5 options
Remember when deciding whether to move the conference office out of Greensboro was the trickiest question ACC commissioner Jim Phillips had to answer? Seems like a long time ago that was the ACC’s hot-button issue … in part because that decision has been marinating for a year. It’s small potatoes...
Analysis: Unvaccinated Djokovic’s pursuit of Nadal on hold
WIMBLEDON, England — Fresh off a seventh Wimbledon championship, which gave him his 21st Grand Slam title — one ahead of Roger Federer, one behind Rafael Nadal — Novak Djokovic is headed off to vacation. What’s unclear is exactly how long a break he will take. And when he will...
Georgian Chase Elliott claims 1st Atlanta NASCAR win
HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott got by Corey LaJoie with just under two laps to go and crossed the finish line under yellow after a block sent LaJoie crashing into the wall Sunday, giving the Georgia-born driver his first victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Elliott pulled back around in front...
Xander Schauffele wins Scottish Open, 4th victory in last year
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Xander Schauffele keeps making up for lost time. Winless for more than two years, Schauffele picked up his fourth win in the last 12 months Sunday when he overcame a rough patch in the middle of his round with two key birdies and a par save...
Jerry Kelly wins Senior Players for 2nd time in 3 years
AKRON, Ohio — Jerry Kelly won the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship for the second time in three years Sunday, breaking away with two late birdies to beat defending champion Steve Stricker by two strokes. Kelly closed with a 2-under-par 68, taking the outright lead with a 15-foot birdie putt from...
Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios for 7th Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe’s big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion. Djokovic is not bothered by a deficit — in a game, a...
Chase Elliott hopes for breakthrough at hometown track in AtlantaVideo
HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott has accomplished so much in his young racing career. A NASCAR championship. Most popular driver awards. Fifteen Cup victories at all types of tracks. But one thing is missing. A home win. The 26-year-old Dawsonville native returns to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday still looking...
