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Super Bowl bets placed online surged this year, verification company says
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...
Tiger Woods starts a new year with a new look now that his Nike deal has ended
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...
Nick Taylor wins Phoenix Open with birdie on 2nd hole of playoff with Charley HoffmanVideo
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Nick Taylor made an 11-foot birdie putt to beat Charley Hoffman on the second hole of a playoff after birdieing three of the last four in regulation Sunday, capping another wild week at the Phoenix Open with his second memorable victory. Taylor closed with a 6-under-par 65...
Dustin Johnson wins LIV Golf Las Vegas in windy, chilly conditions
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...
Nick Taylor takes 1-shot lead into Sunday at waterlogged Phoenix OpenVideo
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Nick Taylor had a one-shot lead at 13-under-par with 12 holes left in the third round of the waterlogged Phoenix Open when play was suspended Saturday because of darkness. The Canadian continued to ride his fast start after matching the TPC Scottsdale record with an 11-under 60...
76ers team president Daryl Morey ‘hopeful’ Embiid can return for possible postseason run
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...
UCLA coach Chip Kelly steps down after 6 seasons as Bruins prepare for move to Big Ten
UCLA coach Chip Kelly stepped down Friday after six seasons leading the Bruins, and a person involved in the decision confirmed to the Associated Press he was leaving to join Ohio State as offensive coordinator. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Ohio State still was finalizing the deal...
Sahith Theegala takes early lead in weather-delayed Phoenix Open with a 65Video
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sahith Theegala spent time with his parents in the players’ dining room and grabbed a bite to eat during what ended up being a long weather delay. With no room to sit in the clubhouse at TPC Scottsdale, Theegala went out to his car to get warm,...
Kobe Bryant immortalized with 19-foot bronze statue outside arena
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Kobe Bryant on Thursday, honoring their late superstar with a 19-foot bronze likeness outside their downtown arena. The 4,000-pound statue depicts Bryant in his white No. 8 jersey with his right index finger raised as he walked off the...
Harold Varner III goes from worst to first in a week. He shares LIV Golf Vegas lead with Paul CaseyVideo
LAS VEGAS — Harold Varner III made an impressive turnaround in one week, going from last place in the LIV Golf season opener to a 7-under-par 63 on Thursday to share the first-round lead with Paul Casey. LIV Golf Las Vegas is being held the same week as the Super...
Knicks take big swing at busy NBA trade deadline
Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA’s best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back to...
ACC sets future basketball tournaments, championships for North Carolina amid coast-to-coast expansionVideo
The ACC will hold five straight men’s basketball tournaments in North Carolina starting in 2025, and the women’s tournament that has had a longtime home in Greensboro as the city of the league’s founding will split time between there and Charlotte. The ACC announced future sites for championships in 14...
Cristobal Del Solar shoots 57 to set Korn Ferry Tour recordVideo
BOGOTA, Colombia — Cristobal Del Solar of Chile set the Korn Ferry Tour record on Thursday with a 13-under-par 57 in the Astara Golf Championship, the lowest round in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event and matching the record on tours that are part of the Official World Golf ranking. Del Solar,...
Next on the Tee: Former Champions Tour Player of the Year Scott McCarron delves into talk of worldwide game
On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by PGA professional and director of golf at Alpine Country Club John Mascari, 2019 Champions Tour Player of the Year Scott McCarron, two-time winner on Tour and now top instructor Rick Fehr, plus 2008 Minnesota Teacher of...
Coaching carousel adds intrigue to college football recruiting’s February signing period
College football’s busy recruiting calendar created a particularly hectic first few weeks on the job for all the head coaches who switched schools over the last month. When Nick Saban announced his retirement last month, it set off a chain reaction that resulted in head coaching changes at Arizona, Washington...
Sports leagues promise the White House they will provide more opportunities for people to exercise
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen sports leagues and players associations, from the NFL to the PGA Tour, have promised the White House that they will provide more opportunities for people to be physically active and learn about nutrition and adopting healthy lifestyles. The White House announced Thursday that the...
Auriemma reaches 1,200 wins, joining exclusive group of coaches
HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma allowed himself to get a bit nostalgic after becoming just the third coach in Division I basketball history to reach 1,200 wins. With UConn’ s 67-34 rout of Seton Hall on Wednesday, Auriemma joined former Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski (1,202 wins) and Stanford’s Tara...
Russian skater’s strawberry dessert excuse was rejected by judges in Olympic doping case
PARIS — A strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather’s heart medication might have caused Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test, her lawyers argued at sport’s highest court, which rejected the explanation and banned her for four years. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday published the 129-page...
Mark Madden: Caitlin Clark is a unicorn, so the WNBA should treat her like one
Caitlin Clark is a legit phenomenon. The 6-foot senior guard for the University of Iowa is impacting her sport like nobody before her. Never mind her considerable skills, which have her 66 points away from becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball. Clark moves the needle. That’s what...
Former Olympic gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas announces return to competition
Gabby Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around gymnastics champion, will return to competition for the first time in nearly eight years at the Winter Cup on Feb. 24 in Louisville, Ky. The 28-year-old Douglas, who made the announcement on NBC News NOW on Tuesday, was a teenager when she competed in...
ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery to launch sports streaming platform in fall
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional sports leagues. A one-stop app to view most sports should be a welcome sight for fans, who continue...
Column: Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan have trust issues in golf’s big divideVideo
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The obnoxious money ruining golf was sure to create trust issues with the leadership, and that lingers even as PGA Tour Enterprises is now flush with cash from its new minority investor. Now it might be a question of who has lost the locker room: Jay...
U.S. labor official says Dartmouth basketball players are school employees, sets stage for union vote
A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes. All 15 members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team signed a petition in September asking to...
A week of bizarre and shocking developments in auto racing
NASCAR successfully waved the checkered flag on its opening event of the year just before the heavy rains began to drench Los Angeles. That NASCAR crammed the two-day Clash at the Coliseum into a compelling one-day show capped a frenzied week in global motorsports. So many crazy things happened in...
NBA set to play on an LED glass court for some All-Star weekend events
For the first time, the NBA will play on glass. Part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis — including the entire All-Star Saturday Night lineup — will be played on a state-of-the-art, full video LED court that will be installed at Lucas Oil Stadium, the league said Monday. That means the...
