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Iowa AD Gary Barta announces retirement after 17 years at Big Ten school
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa athletic director Gary Barta will retire on August 1 after 17 years at the university, the school announced Friday. Barta, 59, is one of the longest tenured athletic directors in a Power Five conference. He was hired by Iowa in 2006 after being the AD at...
Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Calvin Coolidge wasn't as big a baseball fan as his wife, Grace. But even Silent Cal got swept up in the excitement of the Washington Senators' unexpectedly successful season in 1924. After the team clinched the American League pennant, the players swung by the White...
LA Sparks defeat Griner, Mercury 94-71 in WNBA season opener
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored 17 points, rookie Zia Cooke added 14 and the Los Angeles Sparks defeated Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury 94-71 on Friday night in Griner's first WNBA game since being jailed in Russia. Griner had 18 points, six rebounds and four...
Heat embracing challenge, find way to return to the Eastern Conference finals
MIAMI (AP) — Inside the Miami Heat locker room, now officially halfway to the season’s ultimate goal, Erik Spoelstra stepped onto the NBA championship logo on the center of the floor and gathered his team around him. His message was simple. “There’s been...
Georgia's Smart says declining invitation for White House visit was not political
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart insisted Wednesday there was no political motivation behind the decision for his national championship football team to decline an invitation to visit the White House in June. Instead, Smart says scheduling issues, including a youth camp...
Georgia's championship team declines White House invitation
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's national championship football team is declining an invitation to visit the White House. According to a statement released by the Georgia athletic association on Tuesday, the Bulldogs will not be able to attend a June 12 event with other college teams...
Bidens to host UConn, LSU basketball teams at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, plan to welcome the men's and women's NCAA basketball champions to the White House later this month. The University of Connecticut Huskies men's team beat San Diego State 76-59 in April to secure its fifth national title....
Aneesah Morrow moving from DePaul to national champ LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Second-team All-America forward Aneesah Morrow is joining national champion LSU, the school announced Friday. Morrow averaged 25.7 points and 12.2 rebounds for DePaul last season. She has had double-doubles in 53 of her 66 career games. ...
South Carolina adds JUCO player of year in Sakima Walker
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is adding junior college player of the year Sakima Walker to her roster. Walker announced on social media on Friday that she was joining the Gamecocks. They lost seven seniors, including three-time...
Huskers set to play Oregon St. in basketball in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nebraska will play Oregon State in a men's basketball game at the Sanford Pentagon on Nov. 18, the second time in five years the Cornhuskers have played in the venue. Sanford Sports announced the matchup Thursday and said ticket information would be...
