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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...
ACC backs plan to offer increased payouts to schools for postseason success
The Atlantic Coast Conference is moving forward allowing schools to earn more money generated from their own postseason performances, a move coming as the league tries to find ways to close a growing financial gap with two power-conference peers. The ACC announced Wednesday that its...
Ex-New Mexico State basketball player not facing charges in fatal shooting
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico State basketball player Mike Peake will not face charges in a fatal shooting on a rival college’s campus last year, according to authorities. The Bernalillo District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Monday evening that “the...
USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigns after 3 1/2 years in charge
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned. USC confirmed the 62-year-old Bohn's resignation Friday, roughly 3 1/2 years after he succeeded Lynn Swann in the high-profile job. The Trojans' athletic department experienced a surge...
Ericsson, Dixon keep Ganassi atop Indianapolis 500 speed chart for 2nd day
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson looked like a double threat in Indianapolis 500 practice Thursday. First, he charged to the top of the speed chart with a lap of 229.607 mph on the 2.5-mile oval. Then late in the session, he turned the best...
Brooks Koepka enters the PGA Championship ready to move on after "choking" at the Masters
Difficult as it might be to acknowledge, Brooks Koepka is not too proud in admitting to “choking” at The Masters last month. Koepka first used the word during a Barstool Sports podcast, in which he said his motivation was to beat the hosts to the punch by saying he choked first...
ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference emerged from three days of spring meetings at a posh, oceanside resort with one resolution: the formalization of tiebreaker rules for the league’s new, no-division format. Most everything else discussed behind closed doors...
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...
Coach K to the NBA: Mike Krzyzewski joins league as special adviser
Mike Krzyzewski is coming out of retirement and heading to the NBA — as an adviser, not a coach. The league said Wednesday that Krzyzewski, the Hall of Famer and all-time men's college Division I coaching wins leader, is its new special adviser to basketball operations. He will be...
