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Colvin's putback with 0.5 seconds left lifts No. 13 Purdue to 80-78 win over No. 23 Ole Miss

Nov. 29, 2024 21:05 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Myles Colvin rebounded Braden Smith's missed fadeaway jumper and scored with 0.5 seconds left to give No. 13 Purdue an 80-78 win over No. 23 Ole Miss in the championship game of the Rady Children's Invitational on Friday. Trey Kaufman-Renn had 25 points and 13...

New Hampshire courts hear 2 cases on transgender girls playing girls sports

Nov. 22, 2024 07:17 AM EST

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire fathers who were barred from school district events for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” to represent female chromosomes insisted at a federal court hearing Thursday that they didn't set out to harass or otherwise target a transgender soccer player at...

Delaware State to become first HBCU to add Division I women's wrestling

Nov. 07, 2024 15:21 PM EST

Delaware State announced Thursday that it will become the first historically Black institution to offer Division I women's wrestling. Jahi Jones, the executive director of the HBCU Wrestling Initiative, said his organization has contributed $1.25 million to help launch the program. ...

Royals catcher Salvador Perez wins MLB's Clemente Award for philanthropy

Oct. 28, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Honored with Major League Baseball's highest honor for character, community involvement and philanthropy, Salvador Perez wanted fellow major leaguers to know contributing even a little time to charitable work can go a long way. “I know sometimes we’re tired and...

Royal arm: Prince William tries his hand at flag football in NFL event with kids in London

Oct. 15, 2024 11:41 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Prince William played catch with British teenagers at a flag football event organized by the NFL on Tuesday. Children from Birmingham, Manchester and London participated at the Kennington Park field hockey pitch in south London. Phoebe Schecter, captain...

Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada. His impact on Canadian basketball still goes strong

Oct. 13, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Even though Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada, his impact on Canadian basketball is still going strong. Those kids who watched him play in Toronto, who dreamed of wearing a jersey with a dinosaur on their chest, who maybe didn't realize yet...

Judge declines bid by New Hampshire parents to protest transgender players at school soccer games

Oct. 09, 2024 07:58 AM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday declined to grant an immediate order sought by some New Hampshire parents to allow them to wear pink wristbands with “XX” on them at girls high school soccer games to protest transgender girls playing. But the judge did rule that...

Flyers' Matvei Michkov leads the latest infusion of Russian talent into the NHL

Oct. 07, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

Fears over getting Matvei Michkov out of Russia, combined with a lack of reliable scouting, led the skilled winger to slip in the 2023 NHL draft. The rebuilding Philadelphia Flyers took him with the seventh pick, willing to be patient and wait for Michkov to play out the final three seasons of his...

Indian soccer team refuses to travel to Iran for game because of security fears

Oct. 02, 2024 11:36 AM EDT

KOLKATA, India (AP) — India’s Mohun Bagan Super Giants has refused to travel to Iran to play Tractor SC in an Asian Champions League Two match scheduled for Wednesday because of the escalating security problems in the country and region. The Kolkata club asked the Asian Football...

Early reaction to Utah Hockey Club is strong as it enters crowded Salt Lake market

Oct. 02, 2024 10:17 AM EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz did more than carve out a place in this city. They became a Salt Lake City institution, continuing to draw sellout crowds long after Stockton-to-Malone eventually turned into a rebuilding team that very well could be going on year three of...