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Tarentum’s Tika Hemingway wins Golden Gloves national championship in ring return
Thirteen years after winning her first national title, and less than three years after having a baby, Tika Hemingway won another Golden Gloves national championship. Hemingway made a triumphant ring return after a three-year layoff to score a 5-0 decision over Felicia Thomas of Texas in the 178-pound women’s final...
Brad Keselowski outlasts field in Kansas for NASCAR Cup Series victory
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Brad Keselowski raced to his third NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season Saturday night, holding off a charging pack in overtime to take the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway. Keselowski took the lead from Alex Bowman with seven laps to go, building a big lead...
Pair of Game 7s await to end NBA’s Round 2
Kyle Lowry was talking in Toronto on Saturday, discussing any number of topics, offering eloquent answers to every question that came his way. His last sentence was all that really needed to be said. “Nothing matters,” the Raptors guard said, “but Game 7.” There may be nothing better in sports...
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace ‘on verge of breaking down’
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace acknowledged going through some tough times, on and off the track, before breaking down in tears ahead of Saturday night’s race at Kansas Speedway. The 25-year-old Wallace has struggled through his second full season at NASCAR’s top level, his best finish coming...
Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth took different paths to cusp of golf history
Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth have a shot at their own slice of history at the PGA Championship. That might have looked like a long shot considering how they started their careers. Go back seven years to find Koepka and Spieth near the end of their NCAA days — Koepka...
Amid turmoil, horse racing avoided catastrophe at Kentucky Derby
Horse racing was one step away from disaster. Amid all the turmoil the beleaguered sport is facing during Triple Crown season, it might have caught a break at the Kentucky Derby. When Maximum Security drifted to his right in the final turn, his back legs almost became entangled with those...
Tiger Woods’ resurgence adds to buzz of new date for PGA Championship
The PGA Championship agreed to move to May for the first time in 70 years to help the golf season end before football and to energize a century-old major that was looked upon as the last and the least of the Grand Slam events. Tiger Woods took care of the...
Betting predictions to be part of Fox Sports analysis
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Fox Sports viewers tuning in to some broadcasts this fall will not only see the game, but also will get betting predictions. The network announced a partnership Wednesday night with the parent company of the PokerStars online gambling giant. Fox Sports is buying just under 5%...
Tyra Banks returns to the cover of Sports Illustrated, and she has a message for everyone
She’s 45? Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 2019 edition hit newsstands Wednesday and Tyra Banks’ tweet of her gracing the cover shows that age really “ain’t nothin’ but a number.” As if Banks’ alluring gaze isn’t enough, the superstar is clad in a yellow string bikini while twirling her hair. The image...
Georgia sprinter impaled by javelin, full recovery expected
ATHENS, Ga. — A Georgia track athlete was expected to make a full recovery after being impaled by a javelin during practice. Freshman sprinter Elija Godwin was injured Tuesday when he and his fellow sprinters were doing backward sprints at the university’s track. According to school statement, Godwin backed into...
NASCAR’s Denny Hamlin treated after carbon monoxide seeps into car
DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin suffered from nausea and double vision from carbon monoxide that seeped into his Toyota at the end of the NASCAR race at Dover. Hamlin felt ill after Monday’s race and was attended to by medical staff on pit road after he finished 21st. Hamlin was...
Houston’s Dana Holgorsen among new coaches primed for success
Success for a college football coach is best determined over an extended period of time. Impatient Florida State fans might not want to hear that these days. Willie Taggart will enter Season 2 as Seminoles coach trying to rebound from maybe the worst debut of any of last season’s first-year...
Hard part for Wells Fargo champ Max Homa was waiting his turnVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — He was among the best as an amateur, winning a prestigious national title and moving onto the PGA Tour. While he never thought it was going to be easy, making it tougher was seeing so many peers from his college days collecting trophies as he wondered when,...
John Daly approved to use cart at PGA Championship
John Daly was approved to use a cart next week in the PGA Championship because of arthritis in his right knee that he said keeps him from walking more than six holes on the golf course. He will be the first player to ride a cart in a major championship...
Liverpool stuns Barcelona 4-0 to reach Champions League finalVideo
LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool delivered the greatest in a long line of famous comebacks to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi’s Barcelona 4-0 at Anfield to overturn a three-goal deficit from the first leg. Divock Origi scored twice, either side of goals by halftime substitute Georginio...
Derby winner Country House out of Preakness because of illnessVideo
After being declared the winner of the Kentucky Derby by disqualification, Country House will not run in the Preakness because of illness, ending any chance at a Triple Crown this year. Trainer Bill Mott said Tuesday the long-shot winner of horse racing’s biggest event no longer was being considered to...
Photos: Tom Brady, Saquon Barkley among sports stars glammed up for Met gala event
The Met Gala in New York City drew dozens of glamorous celebs, but sports stars also crashed the event. Here are some of the sports stars that glammed it up at the annual event as when. (See the slideshow above for photos of their outfits.) New England Patriots quarterback Tom...
Trump awards medal to ‘true legend’ Tiger Woods
WASHINGTON — President Trump awarded golfer Tiger Woods the nation’s highest civilian honor on Monday, describing the 43-year-old as a “true legend” who transformed golf and then fought through years of injury to return to the sport’s summit. Trump awarded Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He’s the fourth...
August launch of ACC TV channel ‘on schedule’
GREENSBORO, N.C. — ACC commissioner John Swofford said “everything is on schedule” for the August launch of the league’s TV channel. Speaking Monday at a regional Associated Press Sports Editors meeting, Swofford said a focus is getting more distribution deals for TV providers to carry the ACC Network. He said...
Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic showing off all his skills
DENVER — Earlier in the playoffs, he was drawing comparisons to Wilt Chamberlain. This week, it’s Magic Johnson. As the casual basketball fan — everyone, really — is finding out, Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic has no direct comparison. The All-Star center is turning the NBA playoffs into his...
Martin Truex breezes to win in storm-delayed NASCAR race at Dover
DOVER, Del. — Martin Truex Jr. stood next to the 60-pound metallic gold Monster trophy on the Victory Lane stage and was uncertain about how many fingers he should flash for his celebratory photo. “Two for the season or three for Dover?” Truex asked. How about one of each? Truex...
Maximum Security out of Preakness; Derby DQ to be appealed
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Maximum Security’s owner said Monday he will not run the horse in the Preakness and will appeal the disqualification as the Kentucky Derby winner. Gary West told The Associated Press by phone there is “really no need, not having an opportunity to run for the Triple Crown...
Max Homa earns 1st PGA Tour victory at Quail Hollow
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two years after Max Homa played only one Sunday in an entire PGA Tour season, he showed his mettle at Quail Hollow by closing with a 4-under-par 67 to pull away from the field and win the Wells Fargo Championship. Homa began the back nine with two...
Maximum Security’s Preakness status unclear after Derby DQ
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The next stop in the chase for the Triple Crown is the Preakness, though Maximum Security and Country House remain noncommittal for the May 18 race following Maximum Security’s disqualification from the Kentucky Derby. Owner Gary West said Sunday he is unsure whether to enter Maximum Security...
Jimmie Johnson will have to wait to try for 12th win at Dover with NASCAR race postponed
DOVER, Del. — Jimmie Johnson posed for a photo with Hall of Famers Bobby Allison and Richard Petty from an appearance this weekend and wrote the caption “367 and counting.” Johnson’s combined win total has been stuck on that number since June 4, 2017, when Johnson won the last of...
