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Party for first-timers: Caitlin Clark, Iowa will play LSU for title
DALLAS — Caitlin Clark gets the national stage for one more game this season. Same with the Texas homecoming for Alexis Morris. The standout guards have made it a party of first-timers for the women’s NCAA championship game Sunday. Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes knocked off undefeated defending national champion...
AP source: NBA, players reach deal for a new labor agreement
The NBA will have labor peace for years to come. The league and its players came to an agreement early Saturday on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The deal will begin this summer and will last at least...
Clark, Iowa end perfect South Carolina season in Final Four
DALLAS — Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high in the air as the clock ticked down, gave a huge shout-out to her adoring fans and then took off on a gleeful gallop around the court. In the biggest matchup of her life, the dazzling point guard from Iowa had done...
Mulkey-led LSU women reach 1st title game, top Virginia TechVideo
DALLAS — Alexis Morris scored 27 points and had two of her misses in the fourth quarter turned into putback baskets by Angel Reese in a big run as LSU rallied to beat top-seeded Virginia Tech, 79-72, in a national semifinal game Friday night. Reese finished with 24 points and...
All female officials in women’s Final Four for 1st time ever
DALLAS — The NCAA has an entirely female crew working the national semifinals and championship game at the women’s Final Four this weekend. It’s the first time that’s ever happened, according to the organization. The NCAA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX this year, which makes it fitting...
Gianna Clemente making name for herself in return to AugustaVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Gianna Clemente was halfway through her practice round Friday at Augusta National when she looked over at the 18th green and couldn’t help but think of the last time she was here, facing a big putt on the final hole at the home of the Masters. Clemente...
Wimbledon drops ban on Russians, lets them play as neutrals
LONDON — Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday reversed its ban from last year. The players must sign declarations of neutrality and comply with “appropriate conditions,” including not expressing support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
MASTERS ’23: Return of Tiger, hope for Rory and a lot of LIVVideo
Tiger Woods returns to the Masters, no longer a surprise as it was a year ago but no less a rare appearance. This will be only his third tournament against elite competition since he remarkably hobbled his way through 72 holes at Augusta National. For Rory McIlroy, this might be...
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark wins AP Player of the YearVideo
DALLAS — Caitlin Clark has put together one of the greatest individual seasons in NCAA history with eye-popping offensive numbers. Iowa’s junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game’s biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four for the...
Final Four: Last year’s bluebloods are this year’s no-names
A year ago, college basketball was getting ready for the game of a lifetime: North Carolina vs. Duke at the Final Four. And this year? Well, to put it kindly, who the heck are these guys? The NCAA Tournament, the annual event that has told and sold and made marketing...
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark wins AP Player of the Year
DALLAS — Caitlin Clark has put together one of the greatest individual seasons in NCAA history with eye-popping offensive numbers. Iowa’s junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game’s biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four for the...
500 winner Ericsson intends to stay in IndyCar title pictureVideo
In the days leading up to the IndyCar season-opening race, Chip Ganassi made clear that Marcus Ericsson was a valued member of the organization. “I want him here beyond this year,” Ganassi said of the Swedish driver. Ericsson then went on to win the March 5 race on the downtown...
Pickleball Slam: Roddick, Agassi, McEnroe, Chang take swings
When Andy Roddick agreed to join John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang at the Pickleball Slam, the 2003 U.S. Open champion figured he had two distinct advantages against the three other International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees participating in the made-for-TV exhibition in Hollywood, Florida. At age 40, Roddick...
Temple hires Penn State assistant Adam Fisher to replace Aaron McKie
PHILADELPHIA — Temple named Penn State assistant Adam Fisher just its fifth coach since 1973 on Wednesday. Fisher’s goal will be to turn around a program that hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2019. Fisher replaces Aaron McKie, who was transferred out of the coaching job earlier this month after...
Valero Texas Open top 20 value, NBA favorite must win: Best Bets for March 22
BY JIM DERRY | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
U.S. to play Mexico in Nations League semis on June 15
MIAMI — The defending champion United States will play Mexico in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League on June 15 at Las Vegas. The winner advances to the final against Canada or Panama on June 18, also in Las Vegas, the regional governing body said Wednesday. The semifinal match...
Duke’s Dariq Whitehead entering NBA draft after one season
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke freshman Dariq Whitehead is entering the NBA draft. The 6-foot-7 wing announced his decision Wednesday. He averaged 8.3 points and shot a team-best 42.4% from 3-point range in 28 games. Whitehead missed the first four games while recovering from an offseason foot injury, then missed another...
A ‘Clutch’ tip helps Jordan Miller, Miami reach 1st Final Four
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Jordan Miller took 20 shots in the regional final for Miami and made them all, helping the Hurricanes rally their way into the Final Four. The personification of clutch. Fitting. A guy named Clutch is why he’s at Miami, why Miller has become one of the...
Julie Ertz returns to U.S. team for 2 friendlies with Ireland
Julie Ertz has been named to the U.S. roster for a pair of upcoming matches against Ireland after taking time off for the birth of her son. Ertz has not played for the United States since the bronze medal-winning victory over Australia at the Tokyo Olympics. She and husband Zach...
Gumbel to receive Sports Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award
Bryant Gumbel will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards on May 22 in New York, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Tuesday. Gumbel’s career has spanned more than 50 years on NBC, CBS and HBO. He has hosted “Real Sports with...
IOC details advice to let Russia, Belarus athletes return
GENEVA — Russian athletes were given conditions Tuesday on how they could return to international sports events, though the International Olympic Committee said its advice to sporting bodies did not include the 2024 Paris Games. Though the IOC gave guidance rather than orders to Olympic sports, it still defies repeated...
Having Black female coach is crucial for black female athletes
South Carolina senior guard Brea Beal knew she could trust Dawn Staley before she even suited up for the Gamecocks. It wasn’t just Staley’s coaching accolades, which include fueling South Carolina’s meteoric rise in women’s basketball, that sold Beal. Beal knew that Staley — a Black woman like her —...
Unbeaten Gamecocks, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark star in women’s Final Four
SEATTLE — An undefeated South Carolina team led by star Aliyah Boston and guided by vaunted Dawn Staley, an Iowa squad that features high-scoring Caitlin Clark and the return of LSU and flashy coach Kim Mulkey headline the women’s Final Four this weekend. Virginia Tech is the newcomer to the...
Prospects get chance to shine in Basketball Africa League
They’re refining skills of young prospects at the NBA Academy in Africa. The vocabulary, too. “There is a word that really we don’t like, which is ‘raw,’” said Franck Traore, head of basketball operations for NBA Africa. “When you have an African player going to the U.S., they say ‘raw.’”...
New sports wagering code bans college betting partnerships
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The U.S. gambling industry is adopting a new responsible marketing code that will ban sports books from partnering with colleges to promote sports wagering, bar payments to college and amateur athletes for using their name, image or likeness, and end the use of the terms “free”...
