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This date in sports history: Oct. 16Video
1932 — After a 0-0 tie earlier in the season, the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears, 2-0. 1964 — Rochester High School graduate Babe Parilli of the Boston Patriots passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-43 tie with the Oakland Raiders. 1968 — Americans Tommie...
Hatton copes with jet lag to lead CJ Cup at Shadow CreekVideo
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Tyrrell Hatton felt grumpy from not getting much sleep, and then he felt he was in a dream when he was 5-under-par through the opening five holes of the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. The reality of Thursday was that even coming off an emotional...
AP source: Tyronn Lue agrees to become next Clippers coachVideo
A person with knowledge of the situation said Tyronn Lue agreed to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. Final terms were still being worked on, said the person who spoke to the Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because no contract had been signed. Lue...
This date in sports history: Oct. 15Video
1933 — The Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game and suffers a 56-0 loss to the New York Giants. 1961 — Mickey Wright wins her third LPGA Championship with a rout, nine strokes ahead of Louise Suggs. 1972 — Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks becomes the sixth NHL...
NCAA changes to name/image/likeness, transfer rules up for January voteVideo
A set of proposals to permit NCAA athletes to earn money from endorsements and sponsorships deals will go up for vote in January, the last step for the association to change its rules but not the last word on how name, image and likeness compensation will work. One year after...
Alabama’s Nick Saban tests positive for covid-19 but has no symptomsVideo
Alabama coach Nick Saban and athletic director Greg Byrne tested positive for covid-19, three days before the second-ranked Crimson Tide are set to face No. 3 Georgia in a clash of SEC and national powers. Both said their tests Wednesday morning came back positive, and Saban said in a statement...
Wait almost over for favored Buckeyes, Big TenVideo
The wait almost is over for the Big Ten. The ACC, Big 12 and SEC have been playing anywhere from three to five weeks amid the pandemic, and all the players and coaches around the Big Ten could do is watch. “Most of it’s been torture, just not being able...
SEC postpones LSU-Florida game as Gators deal with covid-19 outbreakVideo
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The SEC postponed Saturday’s game between No. 10 Florida and defending national champion LSU a day after the Gators had 19 players test positive for covid-19. The game was tentatively rescheduled for Dec. 12, the league’s built-in bye week before its title game. It’s the second SEC...
Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Italy to finish isolating
Cristiano Ronaldo is back in Italy after testing positive for the coronavirus in Portugal. The Juventus forward traveled on a “medical flight” from Lisbon to Turin on Wednesday to finish his isolation period. “Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Italy with a medical flight authorised by the competent health authorities at the...
ACC teams struggling early following postseason berths
Several Atlantic Coast Conference schools that reached the postseason in 2019 have work to do if they hope to return this year. Since beating Duke in the opener, defending Coastal Division champion Virginia (1-2) has lost to No. 1 Clemson and N.C. State by double digits. Louisville (1-3, 0-3 ACC),...
Trevor Lawrence, Travie Etienne are Clemson’s dynamic duo of Heisman hopefulsVideo
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and tailback Travis Etienne are doing their best to complement each other as teammates as they trample opponents. They also are giving Heisman Trophy voters plenty to think about down the road. “There’s not two better football players in the country than T-squared,” Clemson coach Dabo...
No. 5 North Carolina ahead of schedule under Mack BrownVideo
It took Mack Brown less than two years to lead a struggling North Carolina program to its highest ranking in more than two decades. Now the fifth-ranked Tar Heels will try to maintain that perch alongside tradition-rich programs atop the AP Top 25 poll. And he knows that won’t be...
Doug Ferguson: Brooks Koepka back (again) and trying to salvage lost year
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Welcome back, Brooks Koepka. For the third time this year. And yes, it’s a phrase he’s getting tired of hearing. “Hopefully, that won’t happen again,” Koepka said Tuesday at the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek, the very tournament where last year — in a much...
Florida halts meetings, practices amid uptick in covid-19 cases
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. 10 Florida paused all team activities Tuesday following “an increase in positive COVID tests among players.” Athletic director Scott Stricklin said the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution.” Stricklin added that coach Dan Mullen has spoken with players and parents and that he...
In the Pits: Time is now for Elliott to race into NASCAR title roundVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott again has a chance to take the next step in his young but quite celebrated career. He’s back in the round of eight for a fourth consecutive year, again trying to drive through to his first championship finale. Is he a true contender? The time...
67 arrests as fans, some rowdy, cheer Lakers win in L.A.Video
LOS ANGELES — Sixty-seven people were arrested during a downtown celebration after the Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th National Basketball Association championship, police said Monday. As of 1:30 a.m., there were 61 arrests for failure to disperse, five for looting and one for vandalism, said Officer Drake Madison, a...
Martin Laird redeems himself in playoff to win again in Las VegasVideo
LAS VEGAS — Martin Laird looked like a winner with an improbable par save on the 71st hole of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, over the cart path, under the trees, between a pair of bunkers and an 18-foot putt. He had to return to the par-3 17th in...
LeBron leads Lakers past Heat to win franchise’s 17th NBA championshipVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The ultimate anguish. The ultimate joy. This season, for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, had it all. And it ended in the only fashion they deemed would be acceptable, with them back atop the basketball world. For the first time since Kobe Bryant’s...
Lewis Hamilton wins his 91st F1 race to match Schumacher’s recordVideo
NÜRBURG, Germany — Even Lewis Hamilton once saw Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 wins in Formula One as unbeatable. Now he’s matched it. Schumacher’s son Mick presented Hamilton with one of his father’s old helmets after the British driver took a record-equaling 91st win at Germany’s Eifel Grand Prix. “Seeing...
Chase Elliott wins as champ Kyle Busch bounced from playoffsVideo
CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, leading a race he had to win, not once believed he was driving toward victory lane. NASCAR will crown a new champion this year as the worst season of Busch’s career extended Sunday when he was knocked from the playoffs. It’s the earliest the reigning...
AP Top 25: LSU drops out of poll for first time since 2017Video
LSU is out of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 2017 and is the first defending national champion to drop from the rankings in nine years. No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia held steady at the top of the rankings Sunday,...
Nadal ties Federer at 20 Slams by beating Djokovic in Paris
PARIS — Rafael Nadal tied Roger Federer with 20 Grand Slam titles by producing a nearly perfect performance against Novak Djokovic in the French Open final. Nadal equaled long-time rival Federer for the most major singles tennis championships won by a man and added to his own record at Roland...
This date in sports history: Oct. 11Video
1890 — The first 100-yard dash under 10 seconds is run by John Owens at 9.8 in an AAU track and field meet in Washington. 1902 — Laurie Auchterlonie beats Stewart Gardner with a 307-total to win the U.S. Open golf title. 1925 — The New York Giants lose their...
Louisville beats Riverhounds in 1st round for 2nd straight year
For the second straight year, Louisville City FC sent the Pittsburgh Riverhounds home in the first round of the USL Championship playoffs. Louisville City FC scored in the 17th and the 86th minutes to earn a 2-0 victory and punch its ticket to the Eastern Conference semifinals. Louisville defeated the...
Reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Busch looks to stave off early eliminationVideo
CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch, to be clear, was only venting when he said he would be knocked out of the playoffs this round. The reigning Cup champion insisted he was frustrated and flippant when he wrote off his season. “I wouldn’t be continuing to go to the racetrack each...
