MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Defending Miami Open champion Daniil Medvedev won his 350th career match to move into the quarterfinals for a fourth straight year, beating Dominik Koepfer 7-6 (5), 6-0 on Tuesday.
Ukraine found another late winning goal in another comeback win. Georgia and Poland held their nerve in penalty shootouts. All are going to the European Championship.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted child molester has been sentenced to 220 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material and hacking the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium after the team learned he was a registered sex offender and fired him.
Utah coach Lynne Roberts says her team experienced a series of “racial hate crimes” after arriving at its first women's NCAA Tournament hotel in Idaho last week.. She revealed what happened after Utah lost to Gonzaga in the second round on Monday night. Roberts says there were concerns about safety among the traveling party. Utah was staying about 30 miles away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and was relocated to a different hotel on Friday. Authorities say they are looking into what happened.
LONDON (AP) — Jude Bellingham’s 22nd goal of the season salvaged a 2-2 draw for England against Belgium on Tuesday and continued his outstanding form going into this year's European Championship.
LONDON (AP) — John Stones was substituted early after sustaining a suspected adductor injury in England's friendly match with Belgium on Tuesday.
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Caitlin Clark makes pulling up from the midcourt logo look easy, routinely hitting shots most players would consider a heave.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — LeBron James won’t play for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks because of an issue with his left ankle.
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler was ruled out of Miami's game against Golden State on Tuesday night, one that comes with the Heat trying to escape the play-in tournament in the Eastern Conference.
The 2024 Associated Press All-State team for Minnesota high school boys basketball, as voted on by statewide media:
Washington hired athletic director Pat Chun away from Apple Cup rival Washington State on Tuesday, reaching across the state to fill its AD job about a week after it surprisingly came open.
LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.snocountry.com
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes can claim another record — the most-viewed first-round game in women's NCAA Tournament history.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer and its referees announced a seven-year labor contract Tuesday, ending a 37-day lockout that led to the use of replacement officials.
DETROIT (AP) — Cameron Sutton was in the Detroit Lions' Allen Park training facility when the team learned of a domestic violence warrant issued for the defensive back in Florida.
MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan defender Francesco Acerbi will not face sanctions for allegedly racially abusing Napoli's Juan Jesus in a Serie A match because there wasn’t enough proof.
NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Phil Bickford was released by the New York Mets on Tuesday after clearing waivers, the second major league player cut loose this month after winning in salary arbitration.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson has hired Chattanooga coach Shawn Poppie to be its women's basketball coach.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors hired Kimberly Veale on Tuesday to be senior vice president of marketing and communications for their new WNBA franchise that begins play in 2025.
The first three days of the NCAA Tournament attracted record ratings, only to see the momentum stifled due to Sunday's games being blowouts.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Dusty May was succinct when outlining his goals as Michigan coach during his introductory news conference on Tuesday.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Three contestants in the ESPN Tournament Challenge went through the first two rounds of the women's NCAA Tournament without any misses, but no perfect ones remained on CBS' site.
Kiki Iriafen spent tireless hours bettering her game and it showed leading Stanford to Sweet Sixteen
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Nunu Agara jumped into the open arms of teammate Kiki Iriafen as the celebration began and everyone could finally exhale.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky hired Kenny Brooks as women's basketball coach after a successful tenure with Virginia Tech highlighted by the ACC regular season championship a year after winning the tournament title and reaching its first Final Four.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia thrashed Lebanon 5-0 and became the first team to advance to the third round of Asia qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday.
Kickoff returns are returning to the NFL. Team owners have approved a new rule that will take what essentially had become “a dead play” and make it an integral part of the game again. The major overhaul to special teams has been in the works for years. It takes elements of the kickoff rules used in the XFL and tweaks them for use in the NFL beginning in 2024. There were 1,970 touchbacks on kickoffs last season that now could be returns. There were 92 fair catches last season that are no longer allowed. Any ball caught in the field of play must be returned.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The New York Giants’ belief in Daniel Jones won’t preclude them from at least scouting quarterbacks.
PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani's 31-mile journey north on Interstate 5 during free agency was the highlight of Major League Baseball's offseason, even if recent off-the-field developments have clouded his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Racism has long permeated the world’s most popular sport, with soccer players subjected to racist chants and taunts. Recent studies in Britain suggest such bigotry also prevents Black players from advancing into top-flight coaching roles. The advocacy group Black Footballers Partnership has found that while 43% of players in England’s Premier League are Black, only 4% land professional coaching jobs. There are currently only two Black Premier League managers. Former England international Ricky Hill says this is because players of color rarely have the opportunity to ascend. Others are more forthright, blaming a lack of diversity in the boardrooms of the biggest clubs. Hill has just left Britain to take a management position with a suburban Chicago soccer club.
Only a few short years ago, there was no inkling that college basketball players could be millionaires or at least be able to consider staying in school because they could earn enough money to make it worth their while even with pro contracts available.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a women's NCAA Tournament where Iowa's Caitlin Clark, LSU coach Kim Mulkey and undefeated South Carolina have dominated the headlines, the Pac-12 Conference is making sure it doesn't go away quietly in its final season.
Bracket for the 2024 NCAA Division I women’s college basketball championship tournament; 5c x 9 inches
Evan Mobley scored 17 points, Jarrett Allen added 17 and 13 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from an embarrassing loss at Miami 24 hours earlier by beating the Charlotte Hornets 115-92 on Monday night.
RALEIGH, N,C, (AP) — Aziaha James scored 22 points and No. 3 seed North Carolina State blew nearly all of a 20-point lead before holding off No. 6 seed Tennessee 79-72 in Monday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament. That sent the Wolfpack back to the Sweet 16. Saniya Rivers added 20 points …
UNDATED (AP) — Caitlin Clark raised her arms as she walked across the court, pumped her fists and made a heart with her hands as she bid farewell to her adoring fans who came to see her play one last time at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. The clock had just hit zeroes on No. 1 seed Iowa’…
