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Book by soccer star Megan Rapinoe to be published next year
NEW YORK — Soccer star Megan Rapinoe has scored again, this time with a book deal. Penguin Press announced Thursday that Rapinoe’s book, currently untitled, will be published in Fall 2020. Penguin is calling the book a “perfect vehicle” for an “honest, thoughtful, unapologetic” take on everything from soccer to...
Ryan Blaney hoping to right inconsistent season at Pocono
It has been a season of inconsistency for Ryan Blaney. On one hand, the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford has run well enough to win. Through 20 races, he has led 362 laps and posted six top-five and eight top-10 finishes. Ranked 11th in the standings, he...
Dustin Johnson, Thomas both with titles to defend at WGC event in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dustin Johnson made it clear. Even though he won the last time the PGA Tour visited TPC Southwind, he is not the defending champion. That would be Justin Thomas, who is looking to become the first repeat winner at this World Golf Championships event since Tiger Woods...
Julian Alaphilippe, Geraint Thomas bracing for Tour de France showdown
GAP, France — Picture the final showdown in “High Noon.” But at more than a mile above sea level. With an Alpine trilogy of stages including six climbs in rarefied air, forecasts of stormy weather and only 39 seconds separating five riders determined to topple yellow jersey holder Julian Alaphilippe,...
Tribute planned at nationals for late runner Gabe Grunewald
DES MOINES, Iowa — Justin Grunewald carries a lock of her hair with him as a remembrance. He has countless photos of her on his phone, along with rich stories from so many. He feels closest to his late wife, Gabriele — “Gabe” to everyone — at random moments: on...
Dominant Clemson, Alabama sit atop college football throneVideo
Clemson and Alabama have turned college football largely into a two-team show with blowouts wins, conference domination and national championships. The Tigers and Crimson Tide have split the last four national titles, matching the combined number of losses they’ve had against the rest of the country. They are making league...
Tim Benz: 13-year-old Franklin Park kart star looking for major win
It could’ve been really bad. A blow to the face after a Little League game. Right around the eye. He got knocked out. “I was walking home, drinking my apple juice,” said Franklin Park’s Luca Mars, describing the worst injury of his life. “And a girl on the swings with...
Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. says he cut iconic hair for ‘fresh start’
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — Odell Beckham Jr. has a new hairstyle to go with his new team. The Browns superstar wide receiver said Tuesday he had his iconic curly, blond locks cut in recent weeks because he wanted a change. He reserves the right to dye his hair again because many...
Doug Ferguson: Shane Lowry’s British Open caps off big year in majorsVideo
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Winning the British Open didn’t sink in right away for Shane Lowry. It apparently didn’t take long. A celebration that began on the 18th fairway of Royal Portrush extended well into the night in Dublin. The European Tour posted a video on Twitter of Lowry, still...
Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev, 28, dies after brain injury in ring
MOSCOW — Boxer Maxim Dadashev died Tuesday, two days after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland. He was 28. The Russian Boxing Federation said Dadashev suffered a brain swelling in Friday’s light-welterweight fight with Subriel Matias at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md....
Lamoureux twins giving back to community while training for Olympics
BISMARCK, N.D. — Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando, stars of the United States’ gold medal-winning hockey team in South Korea, are hard at work training to make another Olympic team in 2022. But they also are carving out time to do good off the ice, launching a foundation Monday that...
Shane Lowry can ‘create his own shadows’ after Open victory
PORTRUSH, Ireland — No longer in the shadows of Irish golf, Shane Lowry now has his name etched on the base of the silver claret jug. It’s on there with more than a century’s worth of the best who have conquered the links to win the British Open. Lowry gazed...
‘Huddle Up with Gus’: Mike Jarvis discusses his rise through high school, NCAA coaching
As a high school basketball player in Cambridge, Mass., Mike Jarvis stepped into Boston Garden, and he was hooked. Jarvis, a senior, and his Rindge Technical High School teammates won the championship in front of 13,000-plus fans. But a junior-college scout also had seen the tournament, and he got a...
Kevin Harvick edges Denny Hamlin at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. — Kevin Harvick held off Denny Hamlin at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season. After the two made contact coming out of the final turn, Harvick finished 0.210 seconds ahead for his 46th series victory and first since...
Tommy Fleetwood fails to mount challenge in final round of British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The rain was verging on torrential, the putts weren’t dropping, and Tommy Fleetwood was looking thoroughly miserable on the most remote part of the soggy Dunluce Links. “Oh, Tommy,” he said, his shoulders slumping as his third shot from the middle of the fairway at the...
Shane Lowry wins British Open in celebrated return to Emerald Isle
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The outcome never was in doubt to about anyone but Shane Lowry. A year ago, he sat in the parking lot at Carnoustie and cried after missing the cut in the British Open for the fourth straight year. Even with a four-shot lead Sunday at Royal...
Backup plan for 5 NASCAR drivers at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. — Alex Bowman will drive teammate Jimmie Johnson’s spare car Sunday after wrecking his backup in the final practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Bowman, one of five drivers already in backups for the Cup race, struck a wall coming out of a turn in Saturday’s practice. Bowman...
‘Most incredible day’ gives Shane Lowry 4-shot lead at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The noise was unlike anything Shane Lowry ever heard on a golf course, no surprise at the first British Open in these parts in 68 years and an Irishman atop the leaderboard at Royal Portrush. Lowry didn’t get rattled Saturday. He only got better. Two straight...
Penn State, other Big Ten East powers face offensive uncertainty
CHICAGO — The two most important spots on a football team are the coach and the quarterback. Ohio State has questions at both. The Buckeyes aren’t the only powerhouse program with uncertainty in the Big Ten’s East Division. Michigan and Michigan State each have a new offensive coordinator, and Penn...
Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes share British Open lead after 2nd round
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Everyone in the massive grandstand rose to cheer and celebrate a bold performance by Rory McIlroy, who longed for such support and affection on his walk toward his final hole at Royal Portrush in the British Open. Except this was Friday. And now McIlroy can only...
Column: Tiger Woods shows age by missing cut at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — So now we know. Tiger Woods isn’t done, no matter what it looked like on his slog through the only two rounds he’ll play in this British Open. He’s also not in danger of being put in traction anytime soon, no matter how many times he...
Stage 10 winner Van Aert hits barrier, crashes out of Tour
PAU, France — Belgian rider Wout van Aert, a Tour de France rookie who won Stage 10, has been forced out of the race with a leg wound after he plowed into a roadside barrier and crashed in a right-hand curve close to the finish of the time trial in...
Big Ten’s Jim Delany says old mistakes to blame for college woes
CHICAGO — Outgoing Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany kicked off his final Big Ten football media days Thursday by saying he thinks some serious mistakes were made in the 1970s that still create problems today in college athletics. Delany, in his 31st and final year as commissioner, said the loss...
New coaches in ACC Coastal adds to division’s unpredictabilityVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi had a good idea what to expect over the past two seasons from every opponent in the ACC’s Coastal Division. Not this year. After two years with the same seven head coaches, nearly half of that group is gone with Georgia Tech, Miami...
Royal Portrush real star at Day 1 of British OpenVideo
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — An emotional opening shot by Darren Clarke. A shocking one by Rory McIlroy. Tiger Woods had his worst score to start a British Open. Brooks Koepka quickly got into contention again. Emiliano Grillo made a hole-in-one. David Duval made a 14. The Open returned to Royal...
