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Chile’s Mito Pereira misses chance at PGA history with closing 6
TULSA, Okla. — The cheers were set to echo across the Andes. They were silenced by the splash of a small white ball into a shadowy creek half a world away. Mito Pereira’s errant tee shot on the final hole of regulation in Sunday’s PGA Championship at Southern Hills sent...
Scott Dixon blazes to Indy 500 pole in record-setting runVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Not much rattles The Iceman at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, not even record speeds. Scott Dixon smashed the Indianapolis 500 pole-winning record with a breathtaking qualifying run of more than 234 mph. His hands were shaking when he climbed from his car following his first run Sunday, but the...
Justin Thomas wins 2nd PGA Championship title in playoff after 7-shot rallyVideo
TULSA, Okla. — Justin Thomas is a major champion when he least expected it. Thomas matched a PGA Championship record Sunday when he rallied from a seven-shot deficit at Southern Hills, and then saved his most exquisite shot-making for a three-hole playoff to defeat Will Zalatoris. He closed with a...
NBA fines Mavs $100,000 for 3rd bench violation in playoffsVideo
DALLAS — The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks for a third time in the playoffs on Sunday because of violations of rules regarding their bench. The fine has doubled each time, with the latest at $100,000 after Game 2 of the Western Conference finals at Golden State on Friday. Game...
Rich Strike yes, Preakness champ Early Voting no for Belmont
BALTIMORE — Twelve hours before Early Voting won the Preakness, Kentucky Derby champion Rich Strike was back on the track at Churchill Downs to begin preparations for the Belmont Stakes. After impressing with a strong workout, Rich Strike remains on track for the third leg of the Triple Crown. Trainer...
Chilean Pereira leads PGA Championship by 3 heading into final round; Woods withdrawsVideo
TULSA, Okla. — Mito Pereira skidded out of control just like so many other contenders in the wind and cold of Southern Hills. He got back on course at just the right time Saturday in the PGA Championship. Pereira steadied himself with three birdies over the last six holes, the...
Early Voting makes the rest count, holds off favorite Epicenter to win PreaknessVideo
BALTIMORE — Maybe extra rest isn’t such a bad thing for a racehorse after all. In the Preakness Stakes that was run without the Kentucky Derby winner because the owner felt Rich Strike needed more time off after his 80-1 upset, Early Voting validated a gutsy decision to skip the...
Blistering speeds at fastest Indy 500 qualifying since 1996Video
INDIANAPOLIS — Rain held off long enough Saturday to complete the first round of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 on a soupy day that still produced eye-popping speeds not seen in 26 years at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rinus VeeKay and Pato O’Ward, a pair of young new stars, posted blistering...
Tiger Woods withdraws from final round of PGA Championship after struggling SaturdayVideo
TULSA, Okla. — There will be no Sunday red for Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship. The PGA of America said Woods has withdrawn. Woods had a career-high 79 in the third round Saturday at Southern Hills. He limped his way around in the cold and wind, at one point...
French Open: No. 1 Iga Swiatek enters on 28-match winning streak
PARIS — Here’s one measure of just how dominant Iga Swiatek has been as the French Open begins Sunday: The 28-match winning streak accumulated by the new No. 1 in the WTA rankings has been surpassed by only three women since 2000 — Venus Williams (35 in 2000), Serena Williams...
Tiger Woods plays through pain, makes another major cut at PGA
TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods clenched his jaw when the pain hit. He limped, occasionally used a driver like a cane, and pushed his rebuilt right leg over and through the hills and swales of Southern Hills on Friday with a singular mission: to get to the weekend at the...
Not much wind and a lot of Will as Zalatoris leads at PGA Championship
TULSA, Okla. — The wind finally relented Friday in the PGA Championship. Will Zalatoris never did. From the fairway or the rough, Zalatoris kept hitting the golf ball on the button at Southern Hills and took advantage of gentler conditions late in the afternoon for a 5-under-par 65, giving him...
Paul Newberry: A wildly entertaining spat between 2 college coaching starsVideo
Why did they wait so long to allow college athletes to make a few bucks on the side? Think of all the wildly entertaining shenanigans we’ve missed out on over the years. Let’s play the feud! Jimbo Fisher is downright livid at former boss Nick Saban for saying the Texas...
Analysis: With Jordan Addison on campus, pressure to win will build on highly paid USC coach Lincoln Riley
The Jordan Addison conversation won’t go away anytime soon (sorry to be the bearer of bad news), but it’s become clear why USC coach Lincoln Riley was so intent on adding the Biletnikoff winner to his already loaded wide receiver group. He needs to win — and win now. The...
Speeds hit 243 mph as weather disrupts Indy 500 prepVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — First came the wind — 41 mph gusts that created some of the most challenging conditions in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history — and the rain was expected to follow. It put IndyCar on its heels on “Fast Friday” as race officials scrambled to save qualifying for the Indianapolis...
Runner-up Brad Keselowski in different spot for NASCAR All-Star
FORT WORTH, Texas — Brad Keselowski was the runner-up in the NASCAR All-Star race at Texas last year and has led more laps on the 1 1/2-mile track than anyone who never has won here. Keselowski is in a much different position going into Sunday night’s All-Star race, the non-points...
Naomi Osaka at French Open news conference: ‘I think I’m OK’
PARIS — Naomi Osaka cracked jokes at Roland Garros on Friday — and, yes, laughed at those jokes. She smiled after some reporters’ questions. She paused to contemplate, as is her wont, before offering answers. All of which seemed to confirm this assessment that she offered during an 18-minute pre-tournament...
Near-record heat for Preakness another test for Epicenter
BALTIMORE — Epicenter lost the Kentucky Derby because of a hot pace. Now he’ll face hot temperatures in the Preakness. Two weeks after getting passed by 80-1 long shot Rich Strike just before the finish line at the Derby, Epicenter goes into Saturday’s Preakness as the favorite and clearly the...
Aston Martin cleared of suspicion it copied Red Bull design
MONTMELÓ, Spain — Formula One team Aston Martin was cleared of suspicion that it had broken competition rules by allegedly copying a design from a Red Bull car, FIA said Friday. The governing body for F1 said an investigation had concluded that Aston Martin had not reverse engineered parts of...
McIlroy seizes early lead at PGA Championship; Woods strugglesVideo
TULSA, Okla. — Rory McIlroy was more interested in his own history in the majors than the peculiar heritage at Southern Hills on Thursday at the PGA Championship. Southern Hills has proven to be favorable to frontrunners. As for McIlroy, he has failed to break par in the opening round...
A happier Andretti returns to Indy 500 as part-time racerVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Marco Andretti doesn’t want to be at the track if he’s not racing. He’ll watch on television, though, and offer advice from 650 miles away. Andretti was at home in Nazareth, Pa., watching Andretti Autosport race the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week when he had...
Tiger trouble: Woods winces way through opening 74 at PGAVideo
TULSA, Okla. — By the time Tiger Woods walked toward the fifth tee box Thursday, the hot start to his return to the PGA Championship had turned cold, and what quickly was becoming a steamy day at Southern Hills also had become an agonizing grind. Two early birdies that had...
SEC spat: Jimbo Fisher, Nick Saban exchange accusations over NIL deals
The Southeastern Conference spring meetings will be held in person for the time since 2019 in a little less than two weeks. It is unlikely two of the league’s superstar coaches will be chumming around Destin, Florida, together. Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher called Nick Saban a “narcissist” on Thursday...
Female referees to officiate men’s World Cup for 1st time
GENEVA — Female referees will make World Cup history this year by working games at a major men’s tournament for the first time in Qatar. Three female referees and three female assistant referees were announced Thursday by FIFA among 129 officials selected for World Cup duty, including one man who...
Another Triple Crown long shot? Fenwick is 50-1 in Preakness
BALTIMORE — Rich Strike winning the Kentucky Derby at 80-1 may not be the only big upset this Triple Crown season. Not if Fenwick has anything to do about it. Two weeks after Rich Strike became the second-biggest long shot to win the Derby, Fenwick could join him in the...
