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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
No. 12 Wisconsin expects to show off offense vs. No. 19 Penn State 
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin has plenty of reasons to believe its offense will bounce back from its ineffective 2020 performance. Quarterback Graham Mertz has more pass-catching targets now that Danny Davis and Kendric Pryor are healthy. Coach Paul Chryst is calling plays again. Chez Mellusi has arrived from Clemson to...
Ivy League sports return in the way they went out: cautiously
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Ivy League was the first conference to scuttle its basketball postseason when the pandemic broke out during March Madness a year and a half ago. It was the first Division I conference to suspend fall sports in July 2020. Now the schools are getting back on...
This date in sports history: Aug. 30 
1887 — Seven U.S. men’s national tennis championships and Richard Sears captures his seventh title. Sears beats Henry Slocum, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2, at the Newport Casino in Newport, R.I. Sears retires with an 18-match unbeaten streak over the 1881-1887 championships. 1926 — Guy McKinney, driven by Nat Ray, wins the...
Patrick Cantlay goes 6 playoff holes to beat Bryson DeChambeau for PGA's BMW Championship 
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Clutch down the stretch and for six dynamic playoff holes, Patrick Cantlay put a fitting end to an epic battle with Bryson DeChambeau by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the BMW Championship on Sunday. DeChambeau missed a 6-foot putt for...
Michigan beats Ohio for Little League World Series title 
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Twice, Jackson Surma walked to the plate with runners in scoring position in the biggest game of his young life. Both times he delivered. Jackson drove in four runs, and Ethan Van Belle struck out eight as Michigan beat Ohio, 5-2, on Sunday in the championship game...
Rod Laver ready to welcome Novak Djokovic to Grand Slam club at U.S. Open 
SAN DIEGO — If Novak Djokovic wins the U.S. Open two weeks from now to complete the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969, “Rocket” Rod Laver will be there to welcome him into a remarkably exclusive group. “I’d be very happy to shake his hand if he...
Crash doesn't keep Tyler Reddick from NASCAR playoffs 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Tyler Reddick parked his taped-together Chevrolet on the backstretch, far from everyone else and quite possibly in the way of track workers trying to clean up a crash. He could smell burning oil and see smoke coming from under the hood. Alone with his thoughts and...
Ryan Blaney wins at Daytona, Reddick earns final playoff berth
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For all the potential outcomes that could have occurred at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night, the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale was somewhat predictable. Ryan Blaney ended up in victory lane for the second straight week. Kyle Larson, the most dominant driver all year, took...
Fans return to college football, many with masks and proof of vaccination 
College football fans headed back into stadiums Saturday, some of them for the first time in two years. Along with binoculars, sunscreen and other essentials, some packed face masks and proof of vaccination. With the availability of covid-19 vaccines, the pomp and pageantry of fall Saturdays are expected to return...
Wild ride for Bryson DeChambeau leaves him tied at BMW
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — From back-to-back eagles to back-to-back shots in the water, Bryson DeChambeau had a little bit of everything Saturday in the BMW Championship, a wild ride at Caves Valley that ended with him tied for the lead with Patrick Cantlay. Right when it looked as though DeChambeau...
This Date in Sports History: Aug. 28
1886 — Richard Sears beats R. Livingston Beeckman, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4, to win his sixth straight U.S. national tennis championship. 1888 — Henry Slocum defeats Howard Taylor, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0, to win the eighth U.S. men’s national tennis championship. Slocum, last year’s runner-up, is the first men’s champion other...
DeChambeau overpowers Caves Valley and narrowly misses a 59 
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Big, wide and soft Caves Valley didn’t stand a chance against Bryson DeChambeau on Friday in the BMW Championship. Only the record book did. DeChambeau overpowered the vulnerable course, and when his 8-iron to the par-5 16th rolled off a bank on the back of the...
All eyes on Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka at U.S. Open 
NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic is well aware that his two-track pursuit of men’s tennis history at the U.S. Open — the first calendar-year Grand Slam in more than a half-century and a record 21st major title — means all eyes will be on him when he is on the...
Kurt Busch moving Monster to Hamlin and Michael Jordan's team in 2022 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch will drive next season for 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, in a long expected expansion move for the first-year organization. Hamlin, the three-time Daytona 500 winner, partnered with Jordan this year to start a team centered around Bubba...
Eventual departures of Oklahoma, Texas make for awkward Big 12 season 
Things quickly have gotten awkward for the Big 12 Conference. Whether eight will be enough for the Big 12 moving forward, there still are 10 teams this season. Second-ranked Oklahoma and No. 21 Texas, the only Big 12 teams to win national championships in the league’s first 25 seasons, aren’t...
Teammates Reddick, Dillon eye final NASCAR playoff spot at Daytona 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There’s one guy Tyler Reddick doesn’t expect any help from at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night: his teammate. Reddick and fellow Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon essentially are battling each other for the 16th and final spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. And...
Louisville suspends coach Chris Mack for 6 games
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville said Friday that it is suspending basketball coach Chris Mack for six games for failing to follow procedures in handling an extortion attempt by one of his assistants. Mack “failed to follow university guidelines, policies, and procedures in handling the matter,” Louisville athletics director Vince Tyra...
NASCAR to present Wendell Scott's family with 1963 trophy 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The family of Wendell Scott, the only Black driver to win a race at NASCAR’s top level, will receive a trophy commemorating the historic 1963 victory before Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway. Scott passed Richard Petty with 25 laps remaining at Speedway Park in...
Cristiano Ronaldo heading back to Manchester United
Cristiano Ronaldo is headed back to Manchester United. The English club said Friday it has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the 36-year-old Portugal forward, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and a medical examination. Ronaldo, a five-time world player of the year, told Juventus on...
Paralympic Classes: A confusing maze in search of fairness
TOKYO — There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo, each with unique differences that have to be classified. Lines have to be drawn — in the quest for fairness — to group similar impairments, or impairments that yield similar results. It’s a confusing maze. And make no mistake, the...
A dream road trip to see the whole AP Top 25
What does your dream college football road trip look like? Would you travel the whole country or stick to one region? Do you want to see the traditional powers, or explore some of the sport’s lesser-known venues? A couple years ago, we mapped out our version of the college football’s...
No. 3 Clemson seeks 7th straight ACC title; North Carolina, Miami lurking 
James Skalski has been looking forward to third-ranked Clemson’s opener against No. 5 Georgia on the same field where the Tigers maintain their ACC dominance. “We usually end our regular season in Charlotte,” the Clemson linebacker said. And there’s no reason to expect otherwise in 2021, either. The Tigers are...
Canada routs U.S. in women's world hockey championship
CALGARY, Alberta — Jamie Rattraw scored twice, and Canada overwhelmed the United States, 5-1, on Thursday night in the women’s world hockey championship, ending the Americans’ winning streak in event at 29 games. Canada (4-0) took the top spot in Group A to set up a quarterfinal Saturday against the...
Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm part of 3-way tie for lead at BMW Championship 
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Rory McIlroy found his energy level low amid the busy schedule and stifling summer heat. A good night of sleep and posting his lowest start in nearly a year at the BMW Championship on Thursday seemed to do the trick. McIlroy holed an eagle putt from...
This date in sports history: Aug. 26
1933 — Helen Hull Jacobs captures the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title when Helen Wills Moody defaults in the third set because of back and hip pain. 1939 — The first major-league baseball game is televised. NBC broadcasts a doubleheader at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field between the Cincinnati Reds and...


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