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This year's Heisman finalists are an ode to college football's portal/NIL era with 3 transfer QBs
NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Heisman Trophy ceremony will be an ode to the new era of college sports, transformed by the transfer portal and NIL. Three of the four Heisman finalists are quarterbacks who blossomed into stars at their second schools and were having so much fun in...
US and Mexico submit joint bid to host 2027 Women's World Cup
CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation and Mexico Football Federation submitted a joint bid Friday to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup projecting $3 billion in revenue, competing against a proposal from Brazil and a joint Germany-Netherlands-Belgium plan. The anticipated...
Top basketball recruits JuJu Watkins, Isaiah Calendar already excelling at USC
LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins and Isaiah Collier made history before stepping onto the Galen Center court for their first basketball games with Southern California. Last November’s announcements by Watkins and Collier that they'd be attending USC marked the first time the top...
Kyrie Irving injures foot, Mavericks beat Trail Blazers 125-112 behind Doncic
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Luka Doncic had 32 points and 10 assists as the Dallas Mavericks beat the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 125-112 on Friday night after Kyrie Irving injured his right foot. With just under four minutes left in the second quarter, Irving was fouled under...
Jordan Spieth pushes back on report that Patrick Cantlay is calling shots in PGA Tour negotiations
Jordan Spieth dispelled the notion he is part of an alliance with Tiger Woods and Patrick Cantlay on the PGA Tour board as the deadline nears for the tour to finalize its framework agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, who have lured away Masters champion Jon Rahm. Sports...
Column: So much for peace and harmony in the world of golf as Jon Rahm heads to LIV
So much for peace and harmony in the world of golf. Jon Rahm's surprising defection from the PGA Tour to Saudi-funded LIV shows just how fractured the sport remains, even as it faces an end-of-the-year deadline to finalize an agreement that was supposed to make everything kumbaya. ...
Haliburton and Pacers to meet James and the Lakers for the NBA's In-Season Tournament title
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton can change his own narrative on Saturday night. And LeBron James gets a chance to add yet another prize to his legacy. It's a game that doesn't count in the standings — but still has a ton of money, a trophy, medals and bragging rights on the...
Mikaela Shiffrin races to rare win in World Cup downhill edging out Sofia Goggia at St. Moritz
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — When Mikaela Shiffrin is even winning downhill races, her rivals have less hope of denying her a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title. Shiffrin mastered the sharper turns on a sun-bathed course Saturday at St. Moritz to be 0.15 seconds faster...
US golden at Grand Prix Final: Malinin wins men's title, Chock and Bates top ice dance in Beijing
Ilia Malinin could have been thrown off by a fall on his opening jump — the quad axel — at the Grand Prix Final. Then again, nobody else in the world even tries it. So instead, the 19-year-old American brushed off the mistake, put together a near-flawless free...
The NCAA is looking at how to get athletes paid. That likely won't solve its legal headaches
The legal challenges for the NCAA keep mounting. And experts say the overhaul proposed by NCAA President Charlie Baker — should it come to pass — probably won't help much. Baker's proposal sent to more than 350 Division I schools would create a new Division I tier where schools...
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US Olympian Kaysha Love wins World Cup debut as pilot, prevailing in monobob event
LA PLAGNE, France (AP) — U.S. Olympic bobsledder Kaysha Love won her World Cup driving debut on Saturday, rallying in the second heat to prevail in a women's monobob event. Love was fifth after the first heat, then had the fastest time in the second heat. She finished two runs in 2...
US and Mexico submit joint bid to host 2027 Women's World Cup
CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation and Mexico Football Federation submitted a joint bid Friday to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup projecting $3 billion in revenue, competing against a proposal from Brazil and a joint Germany-Netherlands-Belgium plan. The anticipated...
Top basketball recruits JuJu Watkins, Isaiah Calendar already excelling at USC
LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins and Isaiah Collier made history before stepping onto the Galen Center court for their first basketball games with Southern California. Last November’s announcements by Watkins and Collier that they'd be attending USC marked the first time the top...
US golden at Grand Prix Final: Malinin wins men's title, Chock and Bates top ice dance in Beijing
Ilia Malinin could have been thrown off by a fall on his opening jump — the quad axel — at the Grand Prix Final. Then again, nobody else in the world even tries it. So instead, the 19-year-old American brushed off the mistake, put together a near-flawless free...
Mikaela Shiffrin races to rare win in World Cup downhill edging out Sofia Goggia at St. Moritz
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — When Mikaela Shiffrin is even winning downhill races, her rivals have less hope of denying her a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title. Shiffrin mastered the sharper turns on a sun-bathed course Saturday at St. Moritz to be 0.15 seconds faster...
Alabama A&M faces Georgia Tech, aims to stop road skid
Alabama A&M Bulldogs (1-6) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-3, 1-0 ACC) Atlanta; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yellow Jackets -19.5; over/under is 147 BOTTOM LINE: Alabama A&M hits the road against Georgia Tech looking to stop...
Pepper and UC Davis host Milwaukee
Milwaukee Panthers (3-6, 0-1 Horizon League) at UC Davis Aggies (3-4) Davis, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Aggies -8.5; over/under is 149 BOTTOM LINE: UC Davis faces the Milwaukee Panthers after Elijah Pepper scored 20 points...
East Carolina hosts South Carolina after Johnson's 26-point outing
South Carolina Gamecocks (7-1) at East Carolina Pirates (6-3) Greenville, North Carolina; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gamecocks -5; over/under is 140 BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina plays the East Carolina Pirates after Meechie Johnson Jr....
South Dakota hosts CSU Bakersfield following Higgins' 22-point performance
CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners (4-4) at South Dakota Coyotes (6-3) Vermillion, South Dakota; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Coyotes -2; over/under is 138.5 BOTTOM LINE: CSU Bakersfield plays the South Dakota Coyotes after Kaleb Higgins...
Green Bay plays Western Illinois after Reynolds' 20-point showing
Western Illinois Leathernecks (4-6) at Green Bay Phoenix (4-5, 1-1 Horizon League) Green Bay, Wisconsin; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phoenix -4; over/under is 130.5 BOTTOM LINE: Green Bay hosts the Western Illinois Leathernecks after...
