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Arrests in luxury home burglaries targeting NFL, NBA players are the 'tip of the iceberg'

For months, daring bands of thieves linked to South American gangs have been making off with piles of jewelry and cash from the homes of the biggest superstars in sports, targeting the likes of the NFL’s Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. Sophisticated pillagers have deployed drones and signal jamming devices,...

NCAA changes transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes assigned female at birth

The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes Thursday, limiting competition in women’s sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls and women’s sports. The order gives...

Jimmy Butler headed to the Golden State Warriors

Jimmy Butler has gotten his wish. He’s being traded out of Miami. The Heat and the Golden State Warriors have agreed on a deal that sends Butler to the Bay Area, a person with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday. The trade ends a Miami era for Butler that will...

NASCAR's preseason Clash was once a Daytona 500 preview. Chase Elliott hopes that's still the case

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One win — particularly in an exhibition race — does not guarantee anything. But if this was NASCAR of only five years ago, then Chase Elliott’s dominating victory in the preseason Clash would make him the favorite to win the Daytona 500. That’s what the Clash was...

Chase Elliott wins Clash at Bowman Gray and sets sights on following it with Daytona 500 victory

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — NASCAR returned to its roots with a fight-free preseason exhibition at Bowman Gray Stadium and a popular victory with Chase Elliott winning The Clash on Sunday night. Elliott won his heat Saturday night to start from the pole and essentially dominate on the quarter-mile track where NASCAR’s...

De'Aaron Fox to join Victor Wembanyama in San Antonio as part of 3-team trade, AP sources say

Victor Wembanyama has a new point guard: De’Aaron Fox is on his way out of Sacramento and headed to San Antonio. Fox is one of the centerpieces of a trade agreed to by three teams, one that sends Zach LaVine from Chicago to Sacramento, Zach Collins from San Antonio to...

Welcome to the Madhouse: NASCAR hits tiny Bowman Gray Stadium for rough-and-tumble racing

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ryan Blaney was a little kid the first time he raced at Bowman Gray Stadium — he figures he couldn’t have been older than 10 — and remembers it being the coolest thing he’d ever done in motorsports. He was in a Bandolero, an entry-level car designed...

Luka Doncic heads to the Lakers and Anthony Davis goes to the Mavs in blockbuster trade

Luka Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals last season. Anthony Davis won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. They now have switched teams in an absolute blockbuster. Doncic was traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Davis as part of a...

Think you can bellow like a stag? German hunters compete in national deer calling championship

DORTMUND, Germany — German hunters tried to convince the jury at a national stag calling championship that they can imitate a bellowing red deer most realistically. The unique tradition goes back hundreds of years and initially was aimed at feigning a stag’s rival during the rutting season so the deer...

Bowman Gray to host 1st NASCAR Cup Series race since 1971 with preseason Clash

NASCAR is back, old-school style, as 2025 opens with a return to the “Mecca of Madhouse” for Sunday night’s preseason Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. The Winston-Salem quarter-mile notorious for its rough-and-tumble racing style and numerous fights will host its first Cup Series event since 1971 with the non-points exhibition...

Owners of NBA's Pistons and NFL's Lions part of bid to bring WNBA team back to Detroit

DETROIT — Detroit wants to bring the WNBA back to the Motor City, backed by an investor group led by the owner of the NBA’s Pistons and NFL’s Lions. Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted the bid Thursday, and it was announced Friday. The group includes Sheila Ford Hamp and her...

Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry come up aces, Scheffler back with a 67 and Henley takes Pebble Beach lead

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry decorated stunning views Thursday with a hole-in-one for each on different courses. Russell Henley birdied his last two holes for an 8-under 64 and the lead. And there was Scottie Scheffler, looking very much like he was never away. Scheffler, out...

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

NEW YORK — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s great innovators and promoters, the man responsible not only for inventing the flying camel spin but describing it to generations of fans. He was an athlete and actor,...

Victor Wembanyama is an All-Star, 1 of 6 1st-time selections

NBA coaches are, obviously, convinced: Victor Wembanyama is one of the league’s best players. The San Antonio star and 2023-24 rookie of the year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the Feb. 16 event...

NASCAR champ Joey Logano tunes out critics, insists playoff format is 'very entertaining'

Joey Logano has found a way to tune out months of negativity. Critics? Naysayers? Anyone who thinks his third Cup Series championship was a fluke? “I can’t hear it because my trophies, they kind of, like, echo around me,” Logano quipped during a Zoom call with media Wednesday. Logano won...

Unusual betting patterns surrounding play of Terry Rozier in 2023 game with Charlotte investigated

MIAMI — Unusual betting patterns surrounding the play of then-Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier in a game nearly two years ago are now under investigation by federal prosecutors, part of the same probe that led to the lifetime ban of Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter, the NBA confirmed Thursday. The...

Heat icon Dwyane Wade reveals cancer diagnosis, with kidney surgery over a year ago

MIAMI — Having kept the matter private including during his interview sessions when a statue of his likeness was unveiled on the steps of the Kaseya Center in October, Miami Heat icon Dwyane Wade revealed on his podcast this week that he had a cancerous tumor removed from his kidney...

Brittney Griner to sign with Atlanta Dream, AP source says

Brittney Griner plans to sign with the Atlanta Dream, a person familiar with the agreement told the Associated Press on Tuesday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. WNBA free agents can’t sign contracts until Feb. 1. Griner has spent her entire 11-year...

Hailie Deegan puts NASCAR in rearview mirror as she fails to find funding for top Xfinity seat

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hailie Deegan has left NASCAR behind for open-wheel racing this season and it could be for good. She’s been one of NASCAR’s most marketable drivers — she has nearly 5 million followers across ger social media platforms — but hasn’t had the performance or funding to land...

Jake, Logan Paul suggest their next fight is against each other on HBO Max

Brothers Jake Paul and Logan Paul made social media announcements Tuesday that suggested their next fight will be against each other and aired on HBO Max. Calling it the “moment you’ve waited a decade for,” the posts featured a head-to-head shot of the brothers with a March 27 date and...

Jimmy Butler suspended again by Heat, this time after leaving shootaround

MIAMI — Jimmy Butler was back from suspension. Again. And then Butler got suspended by the Miami Heat. Again. Butler has been suspended for the third time this month by the Heat, this one starting basically just as the second one was ending. The team said Monday that Butler left...

World champ Ilia Malinin lands 6 quad jumps, cruises to his 3rd straight U.S. Figure Skating title

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday as everyone else stood in ovation. He has that effect on people. In another stunning display of athleticism, the reigning world champion landed six of his seven planned quad jumps — including the...

Naomi Girma is women's soccer's first million-dollar player after moving to Chelsea from San Diego

Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player after United States defender Naomi Girma moved from San Diego Wave to Chelsea on Sunday. Chelsea announced the signing of Girma without disclosing the fee but The Athletic and the BBC were among those reporting the English champions have spent 900,000 pounds ($1.1...

Be brave. That's what Madison Keys kept telling herself on way to winning Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — Be brave. Go for it. Those were the mantras Madison Keys turned to as she confronted the most significant points of her tennis career, trapped in the cauldron of a third set that was tied at 5-all, 30-all in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion...

Penske's pair of Porsches dominate as The Captain wins Rolex 24 at Daytona for 2nd consecutive year

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roger Penske started his 59th season in motorsports the same way he closed last year — as a champion. Porsche Penske Motorsport on Sunday won the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the second consecutive year, and third time overall, to continue the domination “The Captain” flexed...

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