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This date in sports history: Dec. 4
1945 — “Mr. Inside” Doc Blanchard of Army becomes the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy. Blanchard also becomes the only athlete to win both the Heisman and Sullivan Award. 1951 — Princeton triple-threat tailback Richard Kazmaier wins the Heisman Trophy. Kazmaier led the nation in total offense and...
Maryland, men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon part ways 8 games into seasonVideo
Mark Turgeon’s tenure at Maryland is over, less than a month after the start of his 11th season at the helm. Again, the Terrapins were struggling to reach their potential — although the abrupt change still came with a jolt, just eight games into the 2021-22 campaign. “After a series...
DeChambeau leads Hero World Challenge, which is shaping up to be more than just a holiday eventVideo
NASSAU, Bahamas — This holiday event in the Bahamas is taking on a little more meaning for Bryson DeChambeau, seeking a small measure of revenge, and for Collin Morikawa, pursuing a more noble goal of reaching No. 1 in the world. One week after getting whipped by Brooks Koepka in...
Notre Dame promotes Marcus Freeman, 35, to replace Brian Kelly as coach
Notre Dame promoted defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to head coach of the Fighting Irish on Friday to replace Brian Kelly. Freeman, 35, takes over less than a week after Kelly’s surprising and abrupt departure for LSU with the Irish still in contention for the College Football Playoff spot. Kelly hired...
Rory McIlroy part of 3-way tie for lead in Hero World ChallengeVideo
NASSAU, Bahamas — Rory McIlroy has gone from tears at the Ryder Cup to some of his best golf of the year, and right now his only complaint is the calendar. “I wish it was the end of March,” McIlroy said Thursday after a 6-under-par 66 to share the lead...
Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall stepping down after bowl gameVideo
Bronco Mendenhall said the thought that it was time to do something else first came to him the day after his team’s dispiriting loss to Virginia Tech. In the ensuing days, Virginia’s coach considered other solutions, but as the week progressed he felt more clarity. He announced Thursday he’s stepping...
Iowa vs. Michigan is the Big Ten title game almost no one expectedVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa opened this season as the trendy pick to finish second in the Big Ten West. Michigan was unranked in the preseason poll and wasn’t even supposed to contend for the East Division title. So much for predictions. Two of the conference’s traditional powers will play Saturday in...
Larson comes full circle with Hendrick in winning 1st titleVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kyle Larson was 18 years old and looking to jump from dirt racing to the big leagues when he went into a meeting at Hendrick Motorsports with childhood idol Jeff Gordon. “I was like star struck a little bit,” Larson recalled. “We were going to his office,...
Colorado State fires Steve Addazio after 2 rocky seasonsVideo
Colorado State fired fiery coach Steve Addazio on Thursday after a tumultuous two seasons that included an ejection in what would prove to be his final game for the Rams. The decision was made on the day Addazio’s buyout dropped from $5 million to $3 million. Rams director of athletics...
This date in sports history: Dec. 2
1907 — Tommy Burns defends his world heavyweight title by knocking out Gunner Moir in the 10th round at London. 1944 — Ohio State quarterback Leslie Horvath wins the Heisman Trophy. 1947 — Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy. 1952 — Oklahoma halfback Billy Vessels is named...
College Football Playoff expansion talks inch forward, no agreement in sightVideo
DALLAS — The latest meeting on expanding the College Football Playoff wrapped up without a resolution Wednesday as the people involved agreed to keep talking. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said there remains a strong consensus among the management committee, comprised of the 10 major college football conference commissioners and...
Source: Marcus Freeman to be Notre Dame’s next head coach
Notre Dame is working on a deal to promote defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to head coach to replace Brian Kelly, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because nothing had been finalized, though the first piece...
Women’s tennis tour suspends China events over Peng concerns
In the strongest public stand against China taken by a sports body, the head of the women’s professional tennis tour announced Wednesday that all WTA tournaments there would be suspended because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Grand Slam doubles champion who accused a former government official...
This date in sports history: Dec. 1
1936 — End Larry Kelley of Yale is named the Heisman Trophy winner. 1951 — Arnold “Showboat” Boykin of Mississippi scores seven touchdowns in a 49-7 rout of Mississippi State. 1956 — The United States beats the Soviet Union 89-55 to win the gold medal in men’s basketball at the...
Latrobe native Don Metil returning home to lead Towson women’s volleyball team into NCAA Tournament
While growing up in Latrobe, Don Metil and his closest friends spent countless hours at Legion Keener Park playing volleyball. So great was their love for the game that they tried to persuade the administration at Latrobe High School to start a boys volleyball team. That didn’t happen until after...
Michigan moves into top 4 of CFP rankings; coachless Irish 6Video
DALLAS — Michigan moved up to No. 2 on Tuesday night in the second-to-last College Football Playoff rankings, joining Georgia, Alabama and Cincinnati in the top four heading into conference championship weekend. Oklahoma State is fifth going into the Big 12 championship game Saturday against Baylor, and Notre Dame is...
In The Pits: NASCAR caps 2021 looking ahead to future growthVideo
NASCAR will close its season this week with a three-day celebration in Nashville that ends with the crowning of three new national series champions: Kyle Larson, Daniel Hemric and Ben Rhodes. NASCAR will do burnouts on Lower Broadway near popular honkytonks Doc Holliday’s Saloon and Bootleggers Inn. Its 2022 cars...
Tiger Woods has little to offer on past accident or future in golfVideo
NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods had nothing to say about the February car crash that shattered his right leg, and he had even less of an idea what his future in golf holds except that he’s a long way from deciding whether he can compete against the best. “I can...
Ohio court to hear NASCAR challenge of tax on broadcasts
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a case involving the state’s attempt to tax NASCAR for broadcasting its races in Ohio. At issue before the court is whether the state tax commissioner properly subjected those broadcasts to Ohio’s commercial activities tax during an audit...
LSU hires Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame to be Tigers’ next coach
LSU is hiring Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame, a stunning move by one of the most accomplished coaches in college football jumping from the sport’s most storied program to an SEC powerhouse. A person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Monday night that Kelly was leaving...
Tiger Woods says a return to the top not a ‘realistic expectation’
NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods said he expects to play golf again, just not very often, and he doesn’t see himself reaching the top of the sport again because “I don’t think that’s a realistic expectation of me.” He says he can see himself picking certain tournaments to play but...
Lee Elder, 1st Black golfer to play Masters, dies at age 87
Lee Elder, who broke down racial barriers as the first Black golfer to play in the Masters and paved the way for Tiger Woods and others to follow, has died at the age of 87. The PGA Tour announced Elder’s death, which was first reported Monday by Debert Cook of...
Breakthrough season at Ohio worth the wait for Norwin graduate Sam Wexell
Sam Wexell probably seemed machine-like to opponents in high school, as she recorded 53 shutouts at Norwin and led the Knights to the 2017 state soccer title. But upon arriving at Division I Ohio University in 2018, she became, well, human. She suffered a concussion during the first week of...
USC hires football coach Lincoln Riley away from OklahomaVideo
Southern California hired Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley to be its next coach Sunday in a stunning and rare move of one traditional college football powerhouse swiping another’s highly accomplished head coach. Riley went 55-10 in five seasons leading the Sooners, winning four Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff...
Duke, football coach David Cutcliffe agree to part waysVideo
David Cutcliffe won’t return for a 15th season as Duke’s coach after the school announced a “mutual agreement for separation” Sunday following the Blue Devils’ winless ACC record. The school’s announcement came a day after the Blue Devils (3-9, 0-8) closed a three-win season with a 47-10 home loss to...
