U.S./World Sports category, Page 193
With packed portal, NCAA signing day becomes transfer seasonVideo
The transfer portal remains remains packed as college football’s second signing period arrives, a glut that has the sport’s leaders pondering ways to clean up a roster management mess. The most notable free agent came off the market Tuesday when former Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams made his long-anticipated transfer to...
Former Oklahoma QB Caleb Williams transferring to USCVideo
LOS ANGELES — Quarterback Caleb Williams is transferring to Southern California, following coach Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma to the Trojans. Williams posted his long-awaited announcement on social media Tuesday with a video that included the former five-star recruit in a USC uniform and famous Trojans fan Snoop Dogg rapping. The...
Mayweather shifts gears from boxing to NASCAR team owner; hopes to have car in Daytona 500Video
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ready to put The Money into NASCAR. The long-delayed debut of The Money Team Racing team is set for the Daytona 500 later this month, with Kaz Grala as the driver. The team secured sponsorship from sunglass company Pit Viper, and Grala will drive the No....
Australia’s 1st Olympic curlers swap sunshine for sweepingVideo
SYDNEY — In a sunburned country, with no ice to call their own, Australian curlers Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt were left to practice their sport’s legendary sweeping in the most ironic of places: their kitchens. While sweeping their tiled floors was a less-than-ideal substitute for sweeping the painstakingly prepared...
Shiffrin saw what Biles, other Summer Olympians went through
Alpine skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin was paying attention when gymnastics superstar Simone Biles opened up about being burdened by “the weight of the world” and sat out a string of finals at the Tokyo Olympics six months ago. Shiffrin was listening, too, when swimming superstar Caeleb Dressel revealed, after finishing...
Signing day becomes transfer season as portal remains packed
The transfer portal remains packed as college football’s second signing period arrives, a glut that has the sports’ leaders pondering ways to clean up a roster management mess. According to Rivals.com, about 48% of the more than 1,250 scholarship players from Division I’s Bowl Subdivision who have entered the portal...
Prepare for the Beijing Games with this Olympic quiz
How well do you know the Winter Olympics? Try this quiz: Bronze Medalist 1. What city did Beijing defeat in a close vote to host the 2022 Olympics? a.) Stockholm, Sweden b.) Oslo, Norway c.) Almaty, Kazakhstan 2. Who was the last woman to win back-to-back gold medals in women’s...
Michigan earns its highest ranking in women’s AP Top 25Video
Michigan moved up one spot to sixth in the Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday, the team’s highest ranking ever. South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in the poll, garnering 29 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Vanderbilt, then-No. 24 Mississippi and Florida....
Kentucky makes big leap in AP men’s Top 25Video
Auburn keeps winning, Kentucky is rising and that has the SEC putting its imprint atop this week’s Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. Bruce Pearl’s Tigers earned 49 of 61 first-place votes in Monday’s new poll to extend the program’s first stay at No. 1 for a second straight week,...
US stumbles to 2-0 loss at 1st-place Canada in qualifyingVideo
HAMILTON, Ontario — Canada established itself as the dominant nation in soccer’s North and Central American and Caribbean region, taking a big step toward reaching the World Cup for the first time since 1986 with a 2-0 victory on Sunday over the United States. Cyle Larin scored in the seventh...
Hovland beats Bland in playoff to win Dubai Desert ClassicVideo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Viktor Hovland beat Richard Bland in a playoff to capture the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday after Rory McIlroy missed a chance to win the title in regulation by bogeying the last hole. Hovland claimed his third victory in five events by making birdie from...
Nadal wins Australian Open for record 21st major title
MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal got to 21 first, breaking the men’s record for most Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the hard way by coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an almost 5 1/2-hour Australian Open final. Nadal was broken when serving for...
Luke List wins Farmers Open playoff for 1st PGA Tour victoryVideo
SAN DIEGO — Luke List knew he had a long wait coming after he finished his impressive final round eight groups ahead of the other leaders, so he fetched a cookie to occupy his 3-year-old daughter when he settled down to watch from the Torrey Pines dining room with his...
Fox Chapel grad Lazzara earns All-American honors at Case Western Reserve
Greta Lazzara has had her share and trials and tribulations during her college years at Case Western Reserve University. But things came together for the Fox Chapel Area High School graduate during her senior soccer season. Lazzara was named a Division III, third-team All-American as she helped lead Case to...
Cameroon blames stadium deaths on ‘massive’ influx of fans
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon authorities have blamed a deadly stadium crush at the African Cup of Nations tournament on a “massive” influx of ticketless fans who arrived late to a game involving the host team and tried to force their way in to avoid security checks and covid-19 screening. In...
Barty wins drought-breaking Australian Open women’s title
MELBOURNE, Australia — Ash Barty will no longer need to overthink the 1970s when she prepares for the Australian Open. The top-ranked Barty recovered from 5-1 down in the second set to beat Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturday night, ending a 44-year drought for Australians...
Auburn AD says Bruce Pearl is Tigers coach ‘for life’
AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl agreed to a contract extension to remain on the Plains. Athletic director Allen Greene announced in a video on social media along with Pearl on Friday night that “we locked him up,” beneath the words “for life.” The 61-year-old Pearl led the top-ranked...
Zalatoris, Day charge past Rahm to share lead at FarmersVideo
SAN DIEGO — Will Zalatoris and Jason Day charged past Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas on Friday at Torrey Pines to share the third-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open. Zalatoris posted the day’s best round with a 7-under-par 65, and two-time Farmers champion Day shot a 67. They were...
McIlroy, Hatton surge as Harding leads by 2 shots in DubaiVideo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Chip-ins from Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton fueled their surge into contention at the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. The player they will try to catch over the weekend is Justin Harding, whose own spectacular shot in the second round came from much farther out....
Nadal, Medvedev to meet in history-making Australian final
MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal is within one victory of a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title. He’ll have to beat second-seedeed Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final on Sunday to make history. And Medvedev is chasing a piece of history of his own after beating Stefanos Tsitispas...
WWE star Becky Lynch balances motherhood, beatdowns nearing Royal Rumble
Becky Lynch may have met her match for her toughest foe yet. Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan? Nah, defeated and dumped down the depth chart. Ric Flair? Not quite, largely because it’s a one-sided, old man yelling-at-the-clouds rivalry on the Nature Boy’s part. OK, Ronda Rousey? Hey, if the former...
No. 1 Rahm shares lead with Thomas, Schenk at Torrey PinesVideo
SAN DIEGO — Top-ranked Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas made the birdies they needed to keep pace on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines on Thursday and shared the lead with hard-charging Adam Schenk after two rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open. Schenk made eight straight birdies to shoot...
LeBron James, Ja Morant, Andrew Wiggins named All-Star starters
NEW YORK — LeBron James will return to Cleveland as an All-Star Game captain, and Ja Morant and Andrew Wiggins are headed there as first-time selections. MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Warriors superstar Stephen Curry joined them Thursday as the other players voted as starters from the...
Barty to face Collins in bid to end Australian title drought
MELBOURNE, Australia — Ash Barty was the crowd favorite at Melbourne Park long before she ended a 42-year drought by reaching the Australian Open final. Danielle Collins said it’ll be “spectacular” to take on the women’s No. 1-ranked player in the final of her home Grand Slam event on Saturday....
Spot in Australian Open semifinals gives Rafael Nadal shot at historyVideo
Even before he hit his first ball at this year’s Australian Open, Rafael Nadal knew he had an open door to set the men’s record for most career Grand Slam singles titles. So far he hasn’t let it close. Nadal plays Matteo Berrettini in one semifinal Friday at Melbourne Park,...
