By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The Big Ten and SEC already have the upper hand in college football. At meetings this week, their leaders are setting the stage to exact even more control over the sport's future. Among the talking points when an advisory group made of members from the ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley offered a warning Tuesday about Bethpage Black that does not need a special sign by the first tee: Organizers will have security inside the ropes to make sure the New York crowd doesn't get out of control. Bradley and ...
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Bret Bielema was at the forefront of the graduate transfer game in 2011 when the NCAA passed a new rule that allowed athletes in all sports to transfer and gain immediate eligibility without a waiver as long as they were enrolled in ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team that defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York, at a ...
SHANGHAI (AP) — Pursuing a 100th career title, Novak Djokovic had an easier time in his second match at the Shanghai Masters in ousting Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday. Djokovic clinched the match with his 19th winner, placing a forehand behind the Italian who was racing back across the ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The late Tom Weiskopf was never one to mince words inside the ropes and in the broadcast booth, or even when he was surveying land for a new golf course. This was no ordinary land in the southwest corner of Utah — a 600-acre field of black lava amid red ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Salvador Perez homered leading off the fourth inning to spark a four-run rally against Carlos Rodón, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Four relievers held New York in check after an ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour is returning to Utah for the first time in 61 years, and the most famous active player from the Beehive State will not be there. Tony Finau has a good excuse. Finau will be in Frisco, Texas, with 12-year-old son Jraice as Team Utah competes in ...
A former WWE employee who filed a lawsuit against the company and ex-leader Vince McMahon, accusing him of sexual battery and trafficking, is asking them to not enforce nondisclosure agreements with other former and current employees and contractors so they can potentially come forward with ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for a bunch of yards. Travis Kelce caught a whole lot of his passes. And Kareem Hunt plowed into the end zone once again, sending a torrent of red fireworks flying over Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night. It ...
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer If only Zac Taylor and Sean McDermott could have swapped end-of-game strategies, the teetering Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills might have avoided their big bellyflops in the NFL's topsy-turvy Week 5. Taylor called three straight runs that ...
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two games into this postseason, those big-money deals for Aaron Judge and Carlos Rodón haven't paid any October dividends for the New York Yankees. Judge mustered little at the plate again Monday night and Rodón failed to last ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Magic agreed to a contract extension with center Wendell Carter Jr. on Monday. Carter averaged 11 points on 52.5% shooting in 55 games last season to help the Magic reach the postseason. Carter, the No. 7 pick in the 2018 NBA draft, is set to make $12 ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Saints quarterback Derek Carr was having another tough time against the Chiefs even before he took a wicked shot from blitzing defensive back Chamarri Conner on Monday night, not only ending his game but also New Orleans' hopes of ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Castellanos sometimes amazes himself with intuition he can win a game on the final swing. As he approached the plate with two outs in the ninth inning, with two runners on and the score tied, Castellanos had a hunch he could win ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dak Prescott drifted to his left, then drifted some more. On a seemingly endless night, what was another couple of seconds going to hurt? With a flick of the wrist as T.J. Watt and the rest of the Pittsburgh defense closed in, the NFL's ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Green Bay's Jordan Love could have wallowed in self doubt after throwing the first pick-6 of his career during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Rams. Instead, it ended up motivating the quarterback and his Packers ...
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Simmons was added to the field goal block team for the New York Giants this week. The move paid off on Sunday as the clinching moment for an unlikely Giants victory. Bryce Ford-Wheaton returned the kick Simmons blocked 60 yards for a ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The reeling Raiders are dealing with drama, dysfunction and now an ugly defeat against a Denver Broncos team they'd owned ever since moving to Las Vegas in 2020. This one started out so well, too, before turning so ugly. Gardner Minshew ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kyler Murray's day started with a 50-yard touchdown run where he pointed to the end zone in celebration almost as soon as he crossed the line of scrimmage. It ended with him driving the Arizona Cardinals into field goal ...