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Simone Biles, others seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar
DETROIT — Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of assault victims who are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop sports doctor Larry Nassar, lawyers said Wednesday. There’s no dispute that FBI agents in 2015 knew that Nassar was accused...
Pennsylvania senate passes bill against trans girls playing girls’ sports
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate passed Republican-sponsored legislation Tuesday to prohibit transgender women from participating in women’s sports. The proposal, which passed 30-20, now heads to the House, where an identical bill previously was approved. One Democrat, Sen. Lisa Boscola of Northampton County, crossed party lines to vote in favor...
Road Warriors draw on experience as NBA Finals move to BostonVideo
BOSTON — Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have no problem playing on the road. The Celtics, meanwhile, haven’t been lights-out in Boston during these playoffs. As the NBA Finals shift to TD Garden for Wednesday’s Game 3 with the series tied at 1, the Celtics ought to have...
Column: Saudi money could put college stars in tough spotVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett was a mixture of joy and exhaustion upon making it through 36-holes of U.S. Open qualifying for the first time. Still to come is the toughest test in golf. All that might be a breeze considering what could await. The temptation of...
Figure skating minimum age rises to 17 before 2026 OlympicsVideo
PHUKET, Thailand — No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year’s Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday by the International Skating Union in...
Derby winner Rich Strike morning line 3rd choice in BelmontVideo
NEW YORK — Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is the third betting choice on the morning line for the Belmont Stakes, with Triple Crown newcomer We the People installed as the favorite. Rich Strike opened at 7-2 odds and drew the fourth post position in a field of eight horses...
U.S. Open to accept Mickelson and all eligible playersVideo
Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are welcome to play the U.S. Open next week under a USGA decision announced Tuesday that puts the open nature of the championship over a player’s decision to play in a Saudi-funded rival league. Mickelson and Johnson are among a dozen players in the LIV...
Tiger Woods says his leg not ready and he won’t play U.S. OpenVideo
Tiger Woods withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday, saying his damaged right leg needs more time to get stronger to contend in the majors. Woods made a surprise return at the Masters, just 14 months after he broke bones in his right leg and ankle in a February 2021...
Dustin Johnson quits PGA membership to play in Saudi league
ST. ALBANS, England — Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson has resigned his PGA Tour membership to participate in the new golf series backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The first LIV Golf Invitational, which offers $25 million in prize money, is taking place outside London from Thursday. Johnson said...
NASCAR’s Denny Hamlin vows to get even with Ross Chastain after Gateway wreckVideo
MADISON, Ill. — Denny Hamlin posted a clip on Twitter late Sunday that essentially mashed up his beef with Ross Chastain from earlier in the day with a scene from “Days of Thunder,” when Tom Cruise’s character tells his team to change his tires after a race had ended so...
Phil Mickelson the last to sign up for Saudi-funded golf league
Phil Mickelson, a chief recruiter for a Saudi-funded rival league to the PGA Tour, is ending his four-month hiatus by adding his name to the 48-man field for the LIV Golf Invitational that starts Friday outside London. Mickelson will be joining Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and three other former major...
Analysis: Whatever Nadal’s future holds, his legacy’s secure
PARIS — Rafael Nadal’s status for Wimbledon is in doubt because of a chronic problem with his left foot — as is his future in tennis. What’s secure, no matter what happens now, is his legacy. Nadal got through the French Open, he explained after a dominating 6-3, 6-3, 6-0...
Warriors answer in Game 2, top Celtics to even Finals
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Jordan Poole connected from just inside of midcourt to cap a huge third-quarter run and the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics, 107-88, on Sunday night in Game 2 to even the NBA Finals. Poole finished with 17 points for the...
Minjee Lee wins U.S. Women’s Open, largest winner’s prize in LPGA historyVideo
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — The awesome Aussie would not be denied. Minjee Lee won the U.S. Women’s Open by four strokes over Mina Harigae at Pine Needles on Sunday to earn $1.8 million, the largest payout in the history of women’s golf. Lee closed with an even-par 71 to finish...
Logano outlasts Kyle Busch in wild NASCAR race in St. LouisVideo
MADISON, Ill. — Joey Logano watched helplessly as Kyle Busch drove away from him on a late restart Sunday, seemingly ending his hopes of delivering a much-needed win for Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup Series debut at World Wide Technology Raceway. Kevin Harvick’s wreck with five laps left gave...
Quin Snyder ends his tenure as Jazz coach after 8 seasons
Quin Snyder guided the Utah Jazz to six consecutive playoff appearances, was an NBA coach of the year finalist just last season and won nearly 60% of his games with the franchise. And he’s decided that was enough. Snyder resigned Sunday as coach of the Jazz, ending an eight-year run...
Horschel’s big eagle secures a big win at the MemorialVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Billy Horschel had a five-shot lead and a good gameplan for the Memorial that he had learned by watching tournament host Jack Nicklaus and five-time winner Tiger Woods. There was no need to try anything special on a course playing as tough as Muirfield Village. And when...
Ukraine misses out on World Cup after losing to Wales
CARDIFF, Wales — Ukraine missed out on qualifying for the World Cup on Sunday after the war-disrupted team was beaten 1-0 by Wales in the European playoff final for the FIFA soccer showpiece. Andriy Yarmolenko inadvertently headed the ball into his own net while trying to clear Wales captain Gareth...
Champ at 19, champ at 36: Nadal earns 14th French Open title
Rafael Nadal’s painful left foot was numbed by multiple injections to two nerves throughout the French Open, the only way he has found to deal with a chronic condition he acknowledges puts his tennis future in doubt. At any other tournament, Nadal said, he would not have persisted through what...
Billy Horschel plays bogey-free, builds 5-shot lead at PGA MemorialVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Billy Horschel is more concerned with the way he is playing than the size of his lead in the Memorial. Either way, he’s in good shape going into the final round. On a Muirfield Village course that is getting increasingly firmer, Horschel hasn’t made a bogey since...
Minjee Lee shoots 67, opens 3-shot lead in U.S. Women’s OpenVideo
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Minjee Lee appears to be on mission. The 26-year-old Australian shot a 4-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over American Mina Harigae into the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open. “My approach (Sunday) is going to be the same as the last...
Warriors remain loose, Celtics stay focused entering Game 2
SAN FRANCISCO — A peek at practice Saturday wouldn’t have suggested the Golden State Warriors are trailing the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Stephen Curry was making most of his shots, as usual. Klay Thompson was bobbing his head in time with the music in between his own shot...
Celtics add their voices to those asking for Brittney Griner’s return
SAN FRANCISCO — Brittney Griner hasn’t been forgotten at the NBA Finals. The WNBA star has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days — wrongfully so, U.S. officials insist — and some members of the Boston Celtics are using their platform at the NBA’s title series to add...
IndyCar looks to close out Belle Isle’s run with a bang
DETROIT — Helio Castroneves won his first race on Belle Isle, in his seventh start for Team Penske, and basically in boss Roger Penske’s backyard. Castroneves celebrated that victory by exiting his car and climbing one of the fences surrounding the temporary street course. The Spider-Man climb became his signature,...
Backed from frontlines, Ukraine tries to seal World Cup spot
CARDIFF, Wales — Far from battlefields and Russian invaders, the Ukrainian footballers exempted from military service are trying to complete the mission to lead their country to the World Cup. When they prepare to face Wales on Sunday in a playoff final, they will have a little extra inspiration in...
