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Working vacations helped elevate game for Iowa’s Luka GarzaVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Family vacations are a little different in Luka Garza’s family. Iowa’s star big man went to Bosnia to visit relatives last summer and did two-a-day basketball workouts with his uncle and cousin. Morning workouts focused on offense, evening workouts were for defense and rebounding. Then there...
Cranky back keeps Tiger Woods from The Players ChampionshipVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — The strongest field of the year at The Players Championship will be without the biggest draw in golf. Tiger Woods isn’t playing. Woods will miss The Players Championship for the first time when not recovering from any of his nine surgeries. His agent, Mark Steinberg at Excel...
Division III NCAA Tournament game played in empty gym because of coronavirus fearsVideo
BALTIMORE — In what was believed to be the first U.S. sports event held without fans because of the new coronavirus, Yeshiva beat Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a Division III men’s basketball NCAA Tournament game Friday in an empty gym at Johns Hopkins. Players on each team’s bench cheered and...
Spencer Lee, Iowa wrestling hope dominance carries over to Big Ten meetVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s top-ranked wrestling team made it through the regular season undefeated. Ten of the Hawkeyes’ 13 dual-meet wins came against nationally ranked teams, including a 13-day stretch in January in which they defeated Nebraska, Ohio State and Penn State — all teams that finished in the...
Italian sport to take place without fans until April 3
All sporting events in Italy will take place without fans present for at least the next month due to the virus outbreak in the country, the Italian government announced on Wednesday. That will likely see the Italian soccer league resume in full this weekend after the calendar was pushed back...
WWE: No plans to cancel, postpone WrestleMania 36
WrestleMania 36 will go on despite coronavirus concerns, according to ESPN. WrestleMania, WWE’s biggest event of the year, is set for April 5 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. “The health and safety of our fans, performers and employees are our top priorities and we are monitoring the situation closely...
Shaq reveals hairline on TNT pregameVideo
Shaquille O’Neal never has been one to shy away from making fun of himself. Tuesday night’s episode of “NBA on TNT” speaks volumes to that statement. Shaq “Diesel” apparently bet Dwyane Wade that the Milwaukee Bucks would beat Wade’s Miami Heat on Monday night, and Wade took the bet. Upon...
Another banner, No. 1 seed on line for No. 5 San Diego StateVideo
SAN DIEGO — San Diego State forward Yanni Wetzell said he could practically sense when the calendar turned to March. “I felt this little edge about me,” the big New Zealander said Tuesday before the No. 5 Aztecs held their first full practice for their Mountain West Conference Tournament opener...
3 professional Frisbee players die in Michigan highway crash
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Three professional Frisbee players have died after they were involved in car crash en route to a team practice in Detroit, authorities said. Kevin Coulter, Drew Piet and Michael Cannon died after their vehicle was rear-ended Saturday evening on Interstate 96 in Ionia County, roughly 100...
Knicks spike speculation that director Lee was ejectedVideo
NEW YORK — Spike Lee still has his courtside seat, though the New York Knicks had to tell their superfan to find another way to get there. The Knicks and Lee had a disagreement Monday night over which entrance the Oscar-winning writer-director could use, but the team did not eject...
With Fontana win, Alex Bowman makes case to keep Hendrick rideVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There is a strong crop of drivers headed into free agency this summer, and Alex Bowman hardly has been at the top of the list. Brad Keselowski is a former Cup Series champion. Kyle Larson is considered the future of NASCAR, and Ryan Blaney is poised for...
Kansas unanimous No. 1 in week of AP Top 25 upheaval
A string of losses to unranked opponents led to upheaval in the AP Top 25 this week. Kansas kept winning, strengthening its grip on No. 1. The Jayhawks were the unanimous choice for the top spot in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday, receiving all 64 votes...
David Beckham’s Inter Miami loses MLS debut to Los Angeles FCVideo
LOS ANGELES — Carlos Vela scored on a beautiful chip shot shortly before halftime, and Los Angeles FC beat Inter Miami, 1-0, on Sunday in the inaugural game for owner David Beckham’s MLS expansion team. Vela controlled the ball with his chest and eluded four defenders before chipping a perfect...
Alex Bowman holds off Busch brothers at Fontana for 2nd NASCAR winVideo
FONTANA, Calif. — Alex Bowman raced to his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, holding off Kyle and Kurt Busch to win at Auto Club Speedway. Bowman led 110 laps and kept his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in front after the final pit stops for a comfortable win in a...
Sungjae Im wins Honda Classic for 1st PGA Tour titleVideo
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sungjae Im is tireless, and no longer winless. The 21-year-old South Korean started fast and finished stronger Sunday, winning The Honda Classic by one shot over Mackenzie Hughes and Tommy Fleetwood for his first career PGA Tour victory in his 50th attempt. Im shot 4-under...
Texas, Providence among teams improving their NCAA Tournament hopesVideo
Providence and Texas are headed into March with wins, momentum and improving resumes for the NCAA Tournament. The Friars and Longhorns have spent significant stretches looking little like a team that would earn a bid. But each has won four straight games, the last coming Saturday on the road against...
Galen Rupp wins U.S. Olympic marathon trials againVideo
ATLANTA — Galen Rupp, Aliphine Tuliamuk and America’s other top distance runners have claimed their spots on the U.S. Olympic marathon team. That’s only half the battle. Now they have to wait to see if the Tokyo Games will be held. Rupp reclaimed his status as the nation’s top distance...
Hometown track to honor NASCAR’s Jimmie JohnsonVideo
FONTANA, Calif. — So many of Jimmie Johnson’s best racing memories occurred on this weathered California asphalt about 100 miles north of his hometown. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion is hoping to add one more incredible memory in his final start at Fontana. Johnson is the king of Auto...
NASCAR star Kyle Busch welcomes bounty in truck seriesVideo
FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch has become the most wanted man in two NASCAR racing series, and he’s ready to rise to the challenge. Everybody in the cup series already was chasing Busch, the defending series champion and the defending winner of the annual early-season race at Auto Club Speedway...
Coronavirus causing empty stadiums, cancellations across AsiaVideo
Baseball and basketball played before empty stands. Soccer leagues delayed matches. Clubs left out of Asian competitions or matches were forced to relocate. And the rapidly spreading virus that has infected more than 81,000 people globally and left more than 2,750 dead, mostly in China, continues to threaten the Tokyo...
Female wrestler wins North Carolina high school championship
RALEIGH, N.C. — A female wrestler has made history by winning a state high school wrestling championship in North Carolina. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association said on its website that junior Heaven Fitch of Uwharrie Charter became the first female to win one of the association’s individual state...
Former Penn coach Jerome Allen slapped with 15-year show-cause penaltyVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Former Penn coach Jerome Allen was hit a 15-year show-cause penalty after he accepted $300,000 in bribes to get a wealthy Florida businessman’s son into the University of Pennsylvania. The Quakers, out of the Ivy League, also were slapped by the NCAA with two years of probation, fined...
Udoka Azubuike leading No. 1 Kansas back on top of college hoopsVideo
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton had just finished watching Udoka Azubuike bully his way to 19 points and 16 rebounds against his overmatched Cowboys when he pulled the 7-footer aside and pointed to the rafters in Allen Fieldhouse. “Keep it up,” Boynton whispered into the ear of...
5-time major champ Maria Sharapova retires from tennis at 32
Maria Sharapova was a transcendent star in tennis from the time she was a teenager, someone whose grit and groundstrokes earned her a career Grand Slam and whose off-court success included millions of dollars more in endorsement deals than prize money. And yet, Sharapova walked away from her sport rather...
Minnesota investigating ex-hockey assistant sex allegations
MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota says it is investigating allegations that a former men’s hockey assistant sexually abused players more than 30 years ago. The move comes after The Athletic reported on sexual abuse allegations against former assistant Thomas “Chico” Adrahtas over many years, including the season Adrahtas spent...
