MLB cancels spring games through March 4 due to lockout
Major League Baseball has canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgment of the disruption…
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New Legacy Bowl enhancing exposure for HBCU all-stars
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The inaugural Legacy Bowl in New Orleans is giving top football players from historically Black…
Continue Reading Oklahoma softball seeks repeat; rival OSU could challenge
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer The Oklahoma softball program is the gold standard after winning four of the past eight national championships under…
Continue Reading Bird is back: Sue Bird finally re-signs with Seattle Storm
SEATTLE (AP) — Sue Bird officially re-signed with the Seattle Storm, her only WNBA team, in what is expected to be her final season. Bird, the WNBA…
Continue Reading MLB cancels spring games through March 4 due to lockout
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the…
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Special Report: The Fight of the Bulldogs
When the Calexico Bulldogs began the 2021 football season, they were taking the field without a winning season in nine…
Continue Reading WHAT TO WATCH: Men’s hockey final highlights last few medals
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Finland has never won an Olympic gold medal in hockey. To break that drought, the Finns will have…
Continue Reading US qualifier on March 24 at Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca
MIAMI (AP) — Mexico will play its March 24 World Cup qualifier against the United States at Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, where the Americans…
Continue Reading Favored Russians back in final at Olympics, now face Finland
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The defending champion Russians are back in the final looking for a second consecutive Olympic…
Continue Reading Clements returning for second stint as Packers QBs coach
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Tom Clements is back for a second stint as Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach in a move that could reunite him with…
Continue Reading Canada to play last home World Cup qualifier at Toronto
TORONTO (AP) — Canada will host Jamaica at Toronto’s BMO Field in its final home World Cup qualifier. Closing in on its first World Cup berth…
Continue Reading Put me in, Coach! Gibbs gets top ride on grandfather’s team
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ty Gibbs is stepping into arguably the top ride in NASCAR’s second-tier Xfinity Series.…
Continue Reading Clemson struggling to win games after NCAA Tournament bid
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson had hoped its trip to the NCAA Tournament last year during the pandemic-impacted…
Continue Reading Kessler, Smith lead No. 2 Auburn’s deep lineup of big men
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Pearl and the Auburn men’s basketball team have an embarrassment of front-court…
Continue Reading Britain’s relay team loses Olympic silver over Ujah doping
By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Britain’s 4×100-meter relay team has been stripped of its silver medal from the Tokyo…
Continue Reading After early CFP expansion fails, job only gets tougher
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The College Football Playoff is set to stick with a four-team format through the 2025 season. The…
Continue Reading Hamilton wants social media companies to curb online abuse
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Lewis Hamilton has called on social media companies to do more to stop the spread of online abuse after…
Continue Reading Nigerian sprinter Okagbare banned for 10 years for doping
LONDON (AP) — Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has received a 10-year ban for being part of what’s been described as an “organized…
Continue Reading Britain, Japan to play for Olympic women’s curling gold
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eve Muirhead scored four points in the second-to-last end of regulation and Britain beat defending…
Continue Reading LeDuc skates as 1st openly nonbinary US Winter Olympian
By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. pairs skater Timothy LeDuc became the country’s first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian when…
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