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NASCAR’s Austin Dillon goes to Michigan with no regrets for wrecking Joey Logano and Denny HamilinVideo
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Austin Dillon has no regrets over his aggressive actions that triggered last-lap wrecks for Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin before Dillon went on to win at Richmond Raceway and had NASCAR later revoke his automatic spot in the playoffs. “You don’t hate the player,” Dillon said Saturday,...
As college football evolves, so does relationship between players, CEO-like coaches
Ra’Shaad Samples was a reticent and newly appointed student-assistant, shagging balls at practice with a group of wide receivers who were recently his teammates, when he received one of his first important lessons about coaching. “Ra’Shaad, you have to talk to coach,” Samples recalls then-Houston coach Tom Herman yelling at...
Judge blocks plans for sports joint streaming venture of Fox, ESPN and Warner Brothers
The launch of Venu Sports will be delayed after a federal judge granted FuboTV’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the planned sports streaming venture by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. United States District Judge Margaret M. Garnett in the Southern District of New York said in her 69-page...
Sewickley investors earn trust of Norwegian pro soccer club fanbase
Sewickley seems improbable as the setting of an international investigation. But in June, reporters from the newspaper Fædrelandsvennen (FVN) in Kristiansand, Norway, descended on the borough. Their objective? Learn about the group of American investors from the suburbs of Pittsburgh who were acquiring the city’s professional soccer club, IK Start....
Mauricio Pochettino negotiating to become U.S. soccer coach, AP source says
Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. Soccer Federation are working toward a deal for him to become the men’s national team coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press. Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach, agreed to take over as the U.S. coach but the...
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn says ridicule of her Olympic performance has been ‘devastating’
SYDNEY — Australian breaker Rachael Gunn said the backlash to her much-ridiculed Olympic performance has been “devastating,” adding Thursday that she took the competition seriously and gave her best effort. The 36-year-old b-girl known as Raygun said in a video posted to social media that she wasn’t prepared for the...
NBA schedule released, highlighted by Celtics-Knicks on ring night, Durant going back to school
Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration. The NBA schedule was released Thursday for the coming season, and Game 1 on the slate is the Celtics hosting the Knicks on opening night — the one where...
NASCAR revokes Austin Dillon’s playoff eligibility; driver keeps controversial Richmond winVideo
Austin Dillon’s automatic spot in NASCAR’s playoff was revoked — though he retained his victory at Richmond Raceway — after it was determined the driver “crossed a line” in his intentional last-lap wreck of drivers Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Dillon won for the first time in nearly two years...
WNBA rookie stars Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese take advantage of Olympic break to reset for sprint to playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark took full advantage of her snub by the U.S. Olympic team. She visited Mexico, attended a friend’s wedding in Iowa and even got to see the New York Yankees’ clubhouse. So, when the Indiana Fever star returned to practice Tuesday, she was rested, revived and revved...
Michigan State sued by quiz creator over Hitler question streamed on videoboards at football game
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last season, with the quiz’s creator saying the university didn’t have permission to use its product that “was not created for a mass-market use at an American...
Mbappé makes Madrid heavy favorite to repeat as Spanish league champion for 1st time in 17 years
MADRID — Real Madrid was one of the teams to beat in Europe last season, winning the Spanish league with ease and adding another Champions League trophy to its collection. And what was good got even better for 2024-25, with France star Kylian Mbappé finally joining the Spanish powerhouse after...
Puck Pieterse holds off women’s Tour de France leader Demi Vollering in sprint finish to win 4th stage
LIEGE, Belgium — Dutch rider Puck Pieterse finished just ahead of defending champion Demi Vollering in a sprint to win the fourth stage of the women’s Tour de France in the rain Wednesday. Overall race leader Vollering, Pieterse and Katarzyna Niewiadoma had carved a 30-second lead going into the Belgian...
Premier League will have different look when the season starts. Here’s what’s changed
The Premier League rarely stands still. For the 2024-25 season starting on Friday, there are five newly hired managers, around $1.6 billion worth of new players (and counting), new offside technology, updated financial regulations and a tweaked match schedule. Coaching changes A quarter of the coaches will be taking charge...
Why seeding for the expanded College Football Playoff isn’t as simple as counting from 1 to 12
The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams this season, a massive change that will profoundly impact the sport and how success is defined. The system is also kind of quirky. The second-best team in the country by the selection committee’s rankings could conceivably be the fifth seed....
Georgia No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25, Ohio State No. 2 as expanded SEC, Big Ten flex muscles
Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll for the second straight year as the superconference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top 10 of the rankings. The Bulldogs received 46 first-place votes and 1,532 points in the Top 25...
Dillon spins Logano on final lap, prevails in overtime at Richmond for first victory in 2 years
RICHMOND, Va. — Austin Dillon raced to his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in nearly two years, sending Joey Logano into a spin on the final lap to win in overtime at Richmond on Sunday night. It was Dillon’s first win since Aug. 28, 2022, at Daytona. He had just...
A’ja Wilson, U.S. women hold off France to win 8th straight Olympic basketball gold medal
PARIS — The U.S. women’s basketball team had to overcome its greatest challenge in 32 years before extending the Americans’ unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic gold medals. Led by A’ja Wilson, Sunday they came away with another victory at the Paris Games. It was the closest — and maybe...
Richmond up next as NASCAR returns from Olympic break for final 4 races of regular seasonVideo
Firmly on the playoff bubble, Chris Buescher can take solace in the fact that this upcoming part of the schedule was so good to him last year. Not that he’s taking anything for granted. “Three of the next four races we’re heading into, we were able to win last year,”...
Court ruling could lead to Jordan Chiles losing her bronze medal
PARIS — Romania’s Ana Barbosu could replace American Jordan Chiles as the Olympic bronze medalist in gymnastics floor exercise after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided an appeal from Chiles’ coach that vaulted her onto the podium. CAS ruled Saturday that the on-floor appeal by U.S. coach Cecile Landi...
China is 7 for 7 in diving gold at the Paris Olympics and seeks an unprecedented sweep of all 8
SAINT-DENIS, France — China is 7 for 7 in diving golds at the Paris Olympics. Just one to go for an unprecedented sweep of all eight diving golds in the Games. Chen Yiwen won the women’s 3-meter springboard on Friday for China’s seventh gold medal. Maddison Keeney of Australia took...
When do the 2024 Paris Olympics end? What to know about the closing ceremony
PARIS — The Paris Olympics are coming to a close this weekend. U.S. gymnastics star Simone Biles made a triumphant return, taking her Olympic gold tally to seven. French swimmer Léon Marchand won five medals — four of them gold — fulfilling comparisons to Michael Phelps. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis won...
Serbian competitor in CrossFit Games dies during swimming event at Texas lakeVideo
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Serbian competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event Thursday morning at a Texas lake. CrossFit CEO Don Faul said during a news conference that they were “deeply saddened” and were working with authorities on the investigation into the death...
NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh a 4-year show cause order for recruiting violations
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the covid-19 pandemic, effectively banning him from college athletics until August 2028. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his...
U.S. Open player compensation rises to a record $65 million, with singles champs getting $3.6 million
Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic and other players at the U.S. Open will be playing for a record total of $75 million in compensation at the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament, a rise of about 15% from a year ago. The women’s and men’s singles champions will each receive $3.6...
As Paris Olympics wind down, Los Angeles swings into planning for 2028
PARIS — From the City of Love to the City of Angels, planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is well underway and organizers are paying close attention to what’s worked, and what hasn’t, so far in Paris. It will be LA’s third time hosting the Olympics — the last...
