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Grand Slam winners to play in new Charleston tennis event
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Australian Open champions Victoria Azarenka and Sofia Kenin and U.S. Open winners Sloane Stephens and Bianca Andreescu will take part in the Credit One Bank Invitational team tennis event in Charleston next month. Tournament organizers announced the 16-player event on Wednesday. It...
Title IX major factor for colleges looking at sports cuts
Financially challenged schools considering cutting sports in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic are making difficult decisions of who gets to keep playing and who doesn't. The choices aren't just about money when they involve women's sports. And while Title IX doesn't prevent women's sports from being...
The Latest: Canucks considering moving training camp to U.S.
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The NHL’s Vancouver Canucks are considering moving training camp to the United States because of Canada’s 14-day mandatory quarantine requirement for those arriving in the country. Canucks general manager Jim...
Robert Fegg taking over for Bill Tavares as USA Luge coach
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Robert Fegg is taking over as coach of USA Luge's national team, the organization said Wednesday. Fegg is replacing Bill Tavares, who has been the team's head coach since 2017. Tavares has been with USA Luge since 2010 and will remain on the coaching staff. Fegg has spent the past...
NWSL returning to play with summertime tournament in Utah
Pro soccer returns to the U.S. next month when the National Women's Soccer League starts a 25-game tournament in a pair of stadiums in Utah that will be kept clear of fans to protect players from the coronavirus. Players from the nine teams will train and live at two Salt Lake City-area hotels, the league...
Portsmouth teacher named state Teacher of the Year
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — A third-grade teacher and coach at a Portsmouth elementary school has been named Rhode Island's teacher of the year. Ashley Adamson, who teaches at Hathaway Elementary, was honored Tuesday by the state Department of Education in a surprise outdoor ceremony at which everyone wore...
Idaho State track athletes want transgender lawsuit tossed
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two female athletes at Idaho State University want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a new state law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports, the first such law in the nation. Madison Kenyon, 19, of Johnston, Colorado, and Mary Marshall, 20, of...
Augenstein among those taking 5th year of NCAA eligibility
The runner-up at the U.S. Amateur last summer, John Augenstein’s plan was to play in the Masters, finish out his senior season at Vanderbilt, play the U.S. Open at Winged Foot and then turn pro. That’s still the plan, with some notable changes. Instead of turning pro, Augenstein is heading back to...
New parent charged in admissions case, agrees to guilty plea
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty Tuesday to bribing Georgetown University's former tennis coach $50,000 to get his daughter admitted as a fake athletic recruit. Robert Repella, 61, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, entered a plea to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Prosecutors...
Wilson, Rapinoe, Bird to host remote ESPYS feting heroism
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a way different kind of year, and so The ESPYs will be, too. For the first time, the show will feature three hosts in remote settings and a changed focus. Instead of honoring the past year's top athletes and moments in sports, the show is celebrating heroism and humanitarian...
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