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Tyler Reddick’s jump to 23XI a start for NASCAR driver shufflingVideo
LOUDON, N.H. — Tyler Reddick can add Michael Jordan to his contacts list. Reddick made the surprise jump — his current Richard Childress Racing team bellyached it’s an ill-timed one — to join Denny Hamlin and Jordan’s 22XI Racing in 2024. Well, that’s one driver off the free-agent market. Kyle...
McIlroy, Hovland avoid blunders to share British Open leadVideo
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rory McIlroy moved into the void left by the departure of Tiger Woods at the British Open, holing a bunker shot for eagle and revving up the gallery at St. Andrews at every turn Saturday as he moved closer to ending eight years without a major....
At last, first: Truex wins 1st pole for Joe Gibbs RacingVideo
LOUDON, N.H. — Martin Truex Jr. won a pole for the first time in his three-plus seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing and will lead a Toyota-heavy top five to green at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Truex turned a lap of 127.113 mph on Saturday and won his 20th career pole....
Michael Matthews wins Tour Stage 14, Tadej Pogacar can’t drop Jonas Vingegaard
MENDE, France — Michael Matthews soloed to victory on the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday when defending champion Tadej Pogacar tried in vain to regain time on leader Jonas Vingegaard. Matthews’ fourth stage win came five years after the Australian last tasted victory in France. The...
Corey LaJoie wants to prove strong end at Atlanta was no fluke
LOUDON, N.H. — Ten years ago, Corey LaJoie won more races in a NASCAR regional series season than Chase Elliott. LaJoie even won more races that season than Kyle Larson. LaJoie finished as runner-up — just 16 points back — to Larson in the season points standings. Larson wrapped up...
Chez Reavie has late eagle, leads Barracuda ChampionshipVideo
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda Championship. Reavie had a 19-point round in the modified Stableford scoring system event at Tahoe Mountain Club, getting five points for the eagle and...
British Open notes: Former champs at St. Andrews all miss cut
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The last four British Open champions who won their titles on the Old Course missed the cut at St. Andrews on Friday. Zach Johnson (2015), Louis Oosthuizen (2010), Tiger Woods (2005, 2000) and John Daly (1995) all finished over par after two rounds. The cut was...
Emotional exit for Woods, big chance for Smith at St. AndrewsVideo
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure Friday from the British Open, possibly for the last time at St. Andrews. Cameron Smith can only wonder if the 150th Open will be his arrival as an undisputed elite player. Smith already won The Players Championship this...
LIV defectors in contention for claret jug at British OpenVideo
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Golf’s breakaway bunch have turned, it seems, into a band of brothers. The rebels who have created a major rift in the world of golf by defecting to the Saudi-funded LIV series are working together for a common cause at the British Open this week. “Everybody,...
Griner lawyer: WNBA star had doctor’s note for cannabis use
KHIMKI, Russia — A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial in Russia on Friday gave the court a U.S. doctor’s letter recommending she use medical cannabis to treat pain. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and standout for the Phoenix Mercury, was arrested at Moscow’s...
Pedersen posts maiden Tour stage win, Vingegaard keeps lead
SAINT-ETIENNE, France — Former world champion Mads Pedersen attacked from the start, then delivered in style on the finish line to claim his first stage win at the Tour de France on Friday. After spending the day at the front, the one-day classic specialist attacked from a group of six...
Tiger Woods gets emotional sendoff from St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods removed his cap a few strides from Swilcan Bridge, knowing Friday might be the last time he crossed over in a British Open at St. Andrews. This is where the legends pause, pose and wave goodbye. “Stop! Stop!” a few photographers cried out as...
Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. The International Olympic Committee announced the change Friday on...
Big 12 changes coming after 1 last season with 10 schoolsVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — On the surface at Big 12 football media days, nothing really appeared much different. The 10 mannequins lining the main stage donned the uniforms of the same schools that have made up the conference for a decade. As the annual two-day kickoff event wound up Thursday, workers...
Oregon TE, social media star Spencer Webb dies of head injury
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb died after falling and striking his head on rock slides at a popular swimming lake near Eugene, Ore., authorities said. The 22-year-old who was expected to play his fifth football season at Oregon this fall was found about 100 yards down...
A rookie rises, Tiger Woods crashes in slow-moving British Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Old Course was never faster. The pace of play was never slower. The celebrated start Thursday of the 150th British Open gave way to Cameron Young making his debut with an 8-under-par 64 for a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy, and Tiger Woods making what...
Phil Mickelson at British Open after skipping champions’ meal
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — All dressed in black, Phil Mickelson walked out onto the first tee at the Old Course with only a few hundred fans watching nearby and several boisterous seagulls cackling above. His golf week was about to begin — a few days later than normal for a...
Vingegaard seizes Tour lead after 1st big mountain stageVideo
COL DU GRANON, France — The first big mountain stage shook things up at the Tour de France as defending champion Tadej Pogacar wilted toward the end of Wednesday’s 11th stage and lost the yellow jersey. Jonas Vingegaard and his team, Jumbo-Visma, were the big winners as the Danish rider...
With wind, Old Course stands test of time at modern British OpenVideo
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods is among the few who can appreciate how the Old Course played in the old days. His first time playing St. Andrews for the British Open as a pro was in 2000, and on his final day of practice, Woods ripped a driver in...
Big 12 ponders conference realignment from position of strength with new commissioner
WICHITA, Kan. — At about this time last year, the Pac-12 and its new commissioner made a decision that transformed the Big 12 from prey to hunter in the world of conference realignment. When George Kliavkoff announced that his league had no plans to add schools looking for a life...
Silver: NBA revenue tops $10 billion for 1st time
LAS VEGAS — The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And, also as expected, the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized...
Tiger Woods unsure how many British Opens he has left at St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Whether it’s on Friday or Sunday, Tiger Woods will cross over the Swilcan Bridge for the final time in the British Open at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if that means this year or forever. “Who knows?” Woods said Tuesday, unwilling to contemplate a future...
ACC helped kickstart the conference expansion race which now threatens its survival
On the other end of the phone, Mike Tranghese sighed quietly. It was a sound that conveyed a sense of empathy, if not resignation. The emotions returned, almost 20 years later. Back then, as the commissioner of the original Big East Conference, Tranghese watched with a sense of helplessness while...
UK Olympian Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked as a child
LONDON — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and forced to care for other children before he escaped a life of servitude through running. In a new documentary, Farah says his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and that...
Column: Tiger has big voice, just not as much visibility
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods has a voice that can be as a big as his golf game. What he lacks is enough visibility. Woods left little room for interpretation Tuesday when the 15-time major champion hammered away at Greg Norman’s new Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as not being...
