U.S./World Sports category, Page 176
Right at home: Sungjae Im grabs Masters lead on Day 1
AUGUSTA, Ga. — With all eyes on Tiger Woods, Sungjae Im quietly turned in the round of the day at Augusta National. Not a surprise, really. The 24-year-old South Korean feels right at home. A runner-up 17 months ago in his Masters debut, Im posted a 5-under-par 67 on Thursday...
NCAA Frozen Four: Denver beats Michigan in overtimeVideo
BOSTON — Denver knocked Michigan out of the Frozen Four. Next comes a chance to match the Wolverines as the most decorated team in college hockey history. Carter Savoie scored with 14:53 gone in overtime, converting on his own rebound Thursday night to lead the Pioneers past Michigan 3-2 and...
Tiger Woods is back at Masters, and it already felt like a victory
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods playing the Masters again, his shirt as pink as the azaleas at Augusta National, would have been enough reason to celebrate Thursday. It felt that way to him, too. Woods twirled his club after good shots, and there were enough. He pumped his fist after...
Tiger Time: Woods thrills patrons with Masters comebackVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — He walked among the azaleas with just the slightest hint of a limp. He couldn’t quite bend over to read the putts on Augusta National’s tricky greens. Otherwise, there was nothing to indicate that Tiger Woods nearly lost his right leg 14 months ago in a devastating...
Kentucky, South Carolina, WVU join revived Sun Belt men’s soccer
NEW ORLEANS — The Sun Belt Conference announced Wednesday that it will restart men’s soccer this fall, boosted by three new schools along with soccer-only members Kentucky, South Carolina and West Virginia. The nine-team men’s soccer league will include new members James Madison, Marshall and Old Dominion. Coastal Carolina, Georgia...
NASCAR’s Kevin Harvick still has gas in his tank as he adapts to Next GenVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kevin Harvick, by all measurable statistics, is a fading star trying to keep pace in a NASCAR that now seems more suited for younger drivers. He’s 46 years old, after all, and in his 22nd full NASCAR season. Harvick went winless last year — he actually hasn’t...
The Masters at a glance
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A brief look at the 86th Masters, which starts Thursday: Site: Augusta National Golf Club. Length: 7,510 yards. Par: 36-36—72. Purse: To be determined ($11.5 million in 2021). Field: 91 players (six amateurs). Cut: Top 50 and ties. Defending champion: Hideki Matsuyama. Tiger tales: Five-time champion Tiger...
The Masters course evolves with the times, yet maintains traditionsVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Not even 24 hours had passed after last year’s Masters ended, and the preparations for this year’s tournament were underway. It started with heavy equipment — brought onto Augusta National to remove a massive tree from its former home near the 15th tee. While some traditions at...
All eyes on Tiger Woods despite intrigue-filled MastersVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Five players can go to No. 1 in the world by winning the Masters. Another can complete the career Grand Slam with a green jacket. Such is the depth of talent these days in golf on the eve of the first major of the year. And such...
Good friends, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have same Masters goal
Augusta, Ga. — Jordan Spieth is a little frustrated he has just one green jacket. Justin Thomas is just as frustrated he has only won one major championship — and it didn’t come with a green jacket. If their motivations this week at the Masters are similar it shouldn’t come...
Kansas’ victory most-viewed men’s title game on cable TV
NEW YORK — Kansas’ comeback victory over North Carolina to win the NCAA basketball championship was the most-viewed men’s title game on cable television. The Jayhawks’ 72-69 win averaged 18.1 million viewers on TBS, TNT and truTV. It is also a 4% increase over last year’s title game between Baylor...
Kansas wins NCAA title 3 years in the makingVideo
NEW ORLEANS — The Great Kansas Comeback, as it forever will be known in the history books, is about more than just one stifling, scintillating 20-minute stretch of Jayhawks basketball. The championship KU captured Monday night traced its roots to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked to...
World No. 1 Scheffler playing Masters ‘like it’s my last’Video
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The world’s top-ranked golfer is uncomplicated. He likes board games. He likes to “hang out,” a phrase Scottie Scheffler uses repeatedly when asked what he does in his free time, even if he’s almost pathologically vague on what exactly hanging out entails. “Trying to describe yourself is...
St. Peter’s standouts Daryl Banks, Matthew Lee, Doug Edert enter transfer portalVideo
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Three of the stars of Saint Peter’s remarkable run to the Elite Eight have put their names in the transfer portal after coach Shaheen Holloway’s departure for Seton Hall. Starting guards Daryl Banks III and Matthew Lee and backup Doug Edert tweeted about their moves Wednesday....
Tiger Woods says he’s planning to play the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two words can go a long way when Tiger Woods is behind them. No one would have been surprised if Woods never played golf again after a car crash in Los Angeles that damaged his right leg so badly he said doctors raised the prospect of amputation....
Bryson DeChambeau looks to regain swagger at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau’s power game hasn’t done him much good at Augusta National. Now, injuries have cut him down to size. DeChambeau has been limited by hip and hand ailments in recent months, which leaves him at less than full strength and a bit of an afterthought heading...
Jayhawks’ Bill Self masterminds epic championship comeback
NEW ORLEANS — In a national championship game nobody at Kansas will soon forget, Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who far too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest comeback in NCAA title-game history. Blitzed by North Carolina for most...
Kansas rallies, tops North Carolina to win national title
NEW ORLEANS — The Great Kansas Comeback, as it will forever be known in the history books, is about more than just one stifling, scintillating 20-minute stretch of Jayhawks basketball. The championship KU captured Monday night traced its roots back to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked...
Masters is all about Tiger Woods, even with so many subplotsVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The gates to Augusta National opened a little after 7 a.m. Monday. It didn’t feel as though Masters week started until just before 3 p.m. Tiger Woods was on the first tee, and this was no time to be shopping for shirts and caps or standing in...
NCAA woes: More fixing needed for hoops, all college sportsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — If the nine months that led to Monday night’s national title game between Kansas and North Carolina have proven anything, it’s that college basketball and all of college sports are changing. Whoever shapes all these changes — and it won’t necessarily be the NCAA — will help...
Tim Benz: How North Carolina played itself into a unique position in sports
As the North Carolina Tar Heels ride into Monday night’s NCAA Tournament Championship game against Kansas, they are in one of the most unique sports positions in recent memory. A blue-blood, high-profile, historically elite college basketball team. Yet it’s somehow in the underdog, “playing with nothing to lose” role at...
Doctor’s orders: Chloe Poulich gets late start at Towson to fulfill nursing degree requirements
An injury had nothing to do with Chloe Poulich missing a month’s worth of games and almost every practice in February for the Towson softball team. Still, getting a doctor’s note would not have been a problem. Poulich, a Mt. Pleasant graduate, spent February fulfilling her final 120 hours to...
South Carolina defeats UConn for 2nd women’s national titleVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Dawn Staley and South Carolina buttoned up on defense and won their second national championship, stifling UConn for a 64-49 victory Sunday night that ended the Huskies’ undefeated streak in title games. Destanni Henderson scored a career-high 26 points, Aliyah Boston added 11 points and 16 rebounds and...
She’s No. 1: Swiatek downs Osaka 6-4, 6-0 to win Miami Open
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Iga Swiatek ended her journey to the women’s No. 1 ranking in fitting fashion. Swiatek continued her searing start to 2022 on Saturday, beating Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-0 to win the women’s title at the Miami Open and extend her winning streak to 17 matches. Swiatek,...
Kansas, North Carolina leaning on dynamic duos in NCAA title runVideo
NEW ORLEANS — North Carolina’s top offensive priority, particularly early in a game, is to feed the ball to Armando Bacot in the post. Once the opposing team inevitably starts sending extra defenders at the Tar Heels’ big man, Caleb Love has more space to let 3-pointers fly or drive...
