U.S./World Sports category, Page 48

BOSTON — With back-to-back Super Bowl victories for the hometown Chiefs, Kansas City football fans gathered for another championship parade and a second celebratory pep rally in a row. Don’t expect there to be a third. Not because the Chiefs, with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes still just 28 years old,...

INDIANAPOLIS — Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA All-Star experience will be hectic, just like everything else has seemed so far in his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs. He’s going to the Tech Summit, the league’s thinktank that kicks off the All-Star festivities Friday morning. He’ll have a slate of...

BATON ROUGE, La. — An LSU football player was arrested Thursday and charged with attempted second-degree murder after a shooting last week that injured two people. Treyvion Antwan Holly, a freshman running back, faces three charges — attempted second-degree murder, aggravated criminal damage to property and illegal use of a...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Don’t expect Denny Hamlin to stay in line during the closing laps of the Daytona 500. He’s not settling for second. He’s not sacrificing his finish to help a teammate. He’s not counting on anyone else, either. It’s exactly how he wants it, maybe how he...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ford swept the front row in qualifying for the Daytona 500 with former race winners Joey Logano and Michael McDowell shocking powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports. “This is all about the team. I’d like to take credit, but I can’t. Superspeedway qualifying is 100% the car,” said Logano,...

3ICE, a hockey league that involves three-on-three play, will return for a third season this spring and summer. Using a format similar to a golf tour by playing on weekends, the league’s 2024 schedule begins on June 12 and lasts until Aug. 14. The penultimate date on the schedule will...

On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by top instructor Tom Patri, along with three Next on the Tee rookies — 1984 national champion John Inman, 1986 Florida State amateur champion Barry Cheesman, and Robert Morris men’s golf coach Steve Shingledecker. Patri talks this...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference next year won’t feature every team in its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. The league announced Wednesday that the ACC will feature the top 15 teams in next year’s tournaments, which will be the first after the league has grown to...

LOS ANGELES — Golf had three big events — not tournaments but events — over the past three days. They were about 400 miles (640 kilometers) apart. Their identity was loud noise and the hype to match. Who would have guessed the tamest of the lot would be LIV Golf?...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — No one needs to remind Kyle Larson about his record at Daytona International Speedway. He’s frustratingly winless at the famed track, which is the only NASCAR venue at which he doesn’t even have a top-five finish. “I do believe that we are much, much better than...

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark will soon be the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader in women’s basketball. That, in many minds, is enough to put the 22-year-old Iowa star among the greats of college basketball. But even after passing Kelsey Plum atop the NCAA women’s list and perhaps Pete Maravich on the men’s...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR launches its new season with rivals attempting to dethrone Team Penske after two years atop the Cup Series while a off-track battle over revenue sharing threatens to overshadow the competition. Teams report to Daytona International Speedway this week for Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500 without a...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Online betting on the Super Bowl surged this year, with many gamblers waiting until right before the kickoff to place their wagers, according to a company that tracks the location of internet gamblers. Data released Monday from GeoComply shows that the number of verification checks it...

LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is starting a new year with a new look. Just not a different color. Woods makes his 2024 debut this week in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, a signature event on the PGA Tour in which he is the tournament host. The first order of...

LAS VEGAS — Dustin Johnson won LIV Golf Las Vegas on Saturday in windy and chilly conditions for his third victory on the Saudi-funded tour, pulling ahead with a birdie on No. 17 and closing with a par to edge Peter Uihlein and Talor Gooch by a stroke. Johnson shot...

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers team president Daryl Morey expressed optimism on Friday that reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid would return from a knee injury in time for a possible postseason run. “We’re hopeful,” Morey said before the 76ers hosted the Atlanta Hawks and three days after Embiid underwent surgery on...