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Michigan State suspends employee involved with allowing Hitler’s image to be shown on videoboardsVideo
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller said he has suspended an employee involved in allowing Adolf Hitler’s image to be shown on videoboards before playing No. 2 Michigan. The employee, who was not named, will be paid pending an investigation that will help to determine potential...
Christopher Bell punches ticket to NASCAR championship race, wins rollercoaster race at HomesteadVideo
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Christopher Bell took his first lead with 15 laps to go and held off Ryan Blaney for a win Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway that locked him into next month’s NASCAR Championship finale. Bell, who entered the race below the playoff cutline, scored his second win of the...
AP Top 25: Georgia is No. 1 for 19th straight poll, 3rd-best streak ever; Alabama in top 10 againVideo
Georgia extended its streak of No. 1 rankings in the Associated Press college football poll to 19 straight weeks, the third best in the history of the rankings, and Alabama moved back into the top 10 on Sunday. The Bulldogs received 38 of 63 first-place votes, their second-lowest total of...
Memphis center Steven Adams needs season-ending knee surgery for short-handed Grizzlies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Grizzlies center Steven Adams needs season-ending knee surgery, the team announced Sunday. Adams will have surgery on his right posterior cruciate ligament. Other nonsurgical rehabilitation didn’t resolve the ongoing instability of his knee, the Grizzlies said. The former Pitt star hurt the knee in late January and...
Blaney is back on track after disqualification, then reversal. NASCAR playoffs resume at HomesteadVideo
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Ryan Blaney has experienced a range of emotions since last Sunday, from disappointment to relief. The No. 12 Team Penske driver was disqualified after the opening race of the Round of 8 in NASCAR’s playoffs because of an alleged illegal front shock on his Ford. But NASCAR...
Andre Iguodala, 4-time NBA champion with Warriors, retires
SAN FRANCISCO — Andre Iguodala, a four-time champion with the Golden State Warriors during a 19-year NBA career, is retiring. “It’s just the right time,” the 39-year-old Iguodala told Andscape on Friday in a telephone interview. “Time started to get limited for me, and I didn’t want to put anything...
No. 2 Michigan suspends staffer after sign-stealing investigation start
No. 2 Michigan announced Friday it suspended a low-level football program employee a day after disclosing it is under NCAA investigation for allegedly stealing the play-calling signals of Wolverines opponents. Athletic director Warde Manuel issued a one-sentence statement saying analytics assistant Connor Stalions had been suspended with pay pending the...
Next on the Tee: Clark Dennis talks about playing at Oakmont, winning Senior Italian Open titles
This week on the Next on the Tee podcast, Chris Mascaro is joined by LPGA Top 50 instructor Debbie O’Connell; Simon Millington, CEO for MacGregor, Ram, Ben Hogan and Zebra Golf; two-time Senior Italian Open champion Clark Dennis; Power2Golf co-founder and CMO Steve Fluke; and our resident director of instruction...
WNBA fines Liberty for breaking media access rules following championship loss to the Aces
The WNBA fined the New York Liberty $25,000 after some of their players declined media interviews following the team’s loss to the Las Vegas Aces in the clinching game of the league finals. Liberty players Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones and Betnijah Laney were also fined $2,000 each by the WNBA...
Las Vegas Aces become 1st repeat WNBA champs in 21 years
NEW YORK — The Las Vegas Aces became the first team in 21 years to win back-to-back WNBA championships, getting 24 points and 16 rebounds from A’ja Wilson and a defensive stop in the closing seconds to beat the New York Liberty, 70-69, in Game 4 of the Finals on...
Patrick Mahomes says he ‘jumped’ at the chance to invest in Formula One’s Alpine team
AUSTIN, Texas — Patrick Mahomes “jumped” at the chance to invest in a Formula One team when he was asked to join a group of celebrity backers behind the Alpine team. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, along with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, golfer Rory McIlroy and former heavyweight champion...
Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. highlights AP midseason All-America team loaded with experience
Washington sixth-year quarterback Michael Penix Jr. highlights The Associated Press midseason All-America team, one of 19 players honored who have been in school at least five years. Penix is among the many players in college football who have extended their careers by taking advantage of the NCAA’s decision to give...
Lionel Messi earns $20.4 million under contract with Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami
NEW YORK — Lionel Messi’s annualized compensation from his Major League Soccer contract with Inter Miami is just over $20.4 million, the MLS Players Association said Wednesday. Messi earns more than the entire payroll of all but three other MLS teams and twice as much as every player combined on...
Newcomers BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, UCF floundering early in Big 12Video
The new kids in the Big 12 couldn’t bring past success with them. Cincinnati went to the College Football Playoff in 2021. BYU won 10 games twice in the past three years. Houston is two years removed from a 12-win season. UCF had at least nine victories in five of...
Big Ten players discovering challenges of playing for interim coaches
MADISON, Wis. — Michigan State linebacker Jordan Hall talks about rolling with the punches to maintain focus amid adversity, but he never could have expected the haymaker his team absorbed last month. It was the same type of blow that players at Northwestern, Nebraska and Wisconsin have encountered over the...
Column: There’s a place for women to play golf with men, not against them
Lexi Thompson missed the cut by three shots on the PGA Tour in Las Vegas, and expectations are only going to get bigger the next time she plays. Not against the men, but on the LPGA Tour. While she played remarkably well in the Shriners Children’s Open — especially her...
Defending champion LSU is No. 1 in women’s preseason AP Top 25 for 1st time
Defending champion LSU is ranked No. 1 in the women’s preseason AP Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time in school history. LSU, which won its first NCAA title last April behind star player Angel Reese and Co., received 35 first-place votes from a 36-member national media panel...
NASCAR reverses Ryan Blaney disqualification. Template used in inspection was flawedVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Monday rescinded Ryan Blaney’s disqualification at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when series officials found a problem with the template used during post-race inspection. The reversal restored Blaney’s sixth-place finish from Sunday’s race, which had been stripped hours after the checkered flag for an alleged illegal...
Kansas is No. 1 in the preseason men’s AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue next as 5 teams get 1st-place votes
Bill Self likes to remind his team that the faces may change at Kansas, but the expectations within his program never do. Expectations outside the program? Turns out they are as high as possible this year. The Jayhawks were the clear No. 1 pick in the AP Top 25 preseason...
Tom Kim wins in Las Vegas for the 2nd time in the same PGA Tour seasonVideo
LAS VEGAS — Tom Kim now has something in common with Byron Nelson as the only players to have won the same PGA Tour event twice in the same season. Kim successfully defended his title Sunday in the Shriners Children’s Open when he closed with a 5-under 66 to emerge...
Kyle Larson earns spot in NASCAR’s championship race with win at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Kyle Larson edged Christopher Bell at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway finish line to become the first driver locked into NASCAR’s championship race. The 2021 Cup champion earned the first of four spots in the Nov. 5 title-deciding finale with his win in Sunday’s opening race of...
AP Top 25: Washington into top 5 for first time in 6 years; Air Force ranked for 1st time since 2019
Washington moved up to No. 5 on Sunday in The Associated Press college football poll, the Huskies’ best ranking in six years, after a thrilling victory against Oregon and unbeaten Air Force was ranked for the first time since 2019. The top four teams in the country were unchanged after...
Byron opens NASCAR’s next round of playoffs as championship favoriteVideo
LAS VEGAS — William Byron returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the betting favorite to win the Cup title as the round of eight of NASCAR’s playoffs opens. He is in great shape with a series-high six victories this season, and his first win of the year came at...
Stanford rallies from 29-point deficit, beats Colorado 46-43 in 2nd overtime
BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders had an uneasy feeling, even up 29-0 at halftime. Maybe not the worst collapse in Colorado history about to unfold uneasy, but uneasy anyway. Stanford coach Troy Taylor didn’t really change a thing, just watched as the Cardinal steadily staged the largest comeback in school...
Lexi Thompson falls short in her bid to make PGA Tour cut in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson delivered star-power moments built for a stage like Las Vegas, and when she poured in a pair of long birdie putts Friday, she was on the cusp of history. Thompson was 4 under with seven holes to play. In her sights was a chance to...
