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Caitlin Clark accidentally knocked down by Ohio State fan running on court to celebrate winVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Caitlin Clark said she was “OK” after she was accidently knocked down by a fan running onto the court after No. 2 Iowa was upset by No. 18 Ohio State on Sunday. The Hawkeyes star was running off the court with her head down when a female...
Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 25,000 while the prolonged war divides Israelis
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has soared past 25,000, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said Sunday, while the Israeli government appeared far from achieving its goals of crushing the militant group and freeing more than 100 hostages. The...
Nick Dunlap nears PGA Tour’s 1st amateur victory since 1991
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Nick Dunlap’s girlfriend flew cross-country Saturday to spend the weekend with him in Palm Springs, so the two college students planned to go get a steak dinner before Dunlap wraps up his day with a little laundry and some homework. And then on Sunday, Dunlap will...
No. 1 Iga Swiatek exits Australian Open in a 3rd-round loss to Czech teenager Linda Noskova
MELBOURNE, Australia — Already down a set and facing a break point against Iga Swiatek, No. 50-ranked Linda Noskova decided she had nothing to lose. She won 11 of the next 12 points to take the second set and swing momentum in their third-round match Saturday, ultimately becoming the first...
Miami Heat retire Udonis Haslem’s No. 40 jersey
MIAMI — Udonis Haslem averaged 7.5 points and 6.6 rebounds in his career. He never made an All-Star team. Never had a triple-double. Never signed anything close to a max contract. Never even won a player of the week award. The stats might seem ordinary. Yet, to the Miami Heat,...
Jimmie Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus join Donnie Allison in NASCAR Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus, who teamed up to win a record-tying seven Cup championships, were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night. The sport’s dominant duo, both first-ballot inductees, joined Donnie Allison, an original member of the “Alabama Gang,” in a...
Sam Burns leads The American Express; amateur Nick Dunlap in hunt
LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sam Burns shot the best round of his life with “RTR” shaved into the side of his head. The acronym for “Roll Tide Roll” was the LSU product’s follicular punishment for losing a bet with Justin Thomas. Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap apparently took it literally, however:...
Ohio State hires former Penn State coach Bill O’Brien as offensive coordinator
Ohio State hired former Houston Texans and Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the program confirmed in a statement Friday. “He is an excellent and experienced offensive coach who has run NFL and Power 5 programs and developed some truly elite players throughout...
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka reaches 4th round at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and U.S. Open winner Coco Gauff swept to commanding wins at the Australian Open on Friday to reach the fourth round. Second-seeded Sabalenka beat Lesia Tsurenko, 6-0, 6-0, in 52 minutes, and No. 4-seeded Gauff lost just two games in beating fellow American...
Sports Illustrated fires all staffers
Sports Illustrated, one of the most respected sports publications in the country since its inception in 1954, fired all of its staffers Friday, according to a report in the New York Post. The Post report stated that Sports Illustrated owner the Arena Group informed staffers of their termination Friday. SI...
Anna Blinkova upsets Elena Rybakina in record-long Australian Open tiebreaker
MELBOURNE, Australia — Her hand and her legs were shaking, she’d missed nine match points but also saved six, and Anna Blinkova was 41 points into a wild tiebreaker that was the longest ever in a women’s Grand Slam event. Elena Rybakina, last year’s Australian Open runner-up, was just as...
Miami TE Cam McCormick says he’s coming back for 9th year of college
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami tight end Cam McCormick said Thursday that he is coming back for a ninth season of college football. He is believed to be the first with a ninth season granted by the NCAA. McCormick’s career was derailed multiple times by season-ending injuries, some of which...
Next on the Tee: LPGA Tour pro Meaghan Francella discusses playing career, teaching
On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by Tom Patri and a trio of Next on the Tee rookies — LPGA Tour pro and a Top 100 Teacher to Watch for 2024-25, Meaghan Francella; one of golf’s most decorated amateur players, Steve Scott; and...
ACC accuses Florida State of breaching contract in amended lawsuit
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The ACC accused Florida State of breach of contract Wednesday, saying the Seminoles broke promises when they legally challenged an agreement that binds the school to the league for the next dozen years. The ACC initially sued the Florida State Board of Trustees in North Carolina in...
Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, 46, dies in Salt Lake City after heart attack
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a former star player in his native Serbia, died Wednesday in Utah after suffering a heart attack, the team announced. Milojevic, part of the staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship,...
SEC reprimands Alabama coach Nate Oats for making contact with Missouri playerVideo
The Southeastern Conference reprimanded Alabama coach Nate Oats on Wednesday for making physical contact with a Missouri player. Oats pushed Missouri’s Aidan Shaw away from Alabama’s bench during a first-half timeout in the Crimson Tide’s 93-75 victory on Tuesday night. “Nate Oats’ actions were unacceptable and violated the expectations for...
Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, 46, dies in Salt Lake City after having a heart attack
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a former star player in his native Serbia, died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack, the team announced. Milojević, part of the staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship, was 46....
Janet Guthrie will be honored by NASCAR Hall of Fame nearly 44 years after her final Cup race
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Janet Guthrie says she grew up “out in the woods of southwest Miami,” the oldest of five children with a reclusive mother who limited the family social life to time with relatives. Despite the limitations, she was extremely adventurous, making her first solo plane flight and a...
Osaka’s Grand Slam comeback ends in 1st-round loss to Garcia, Gauff advances at Australian OpenVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Moments after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss, Naomi Osaka walked back through the players’ tunnel where her name has a prominent place among recent Australian Open champions. Three matches into her return from 15 months off the tour and six months after the...
Washington hires Arizona’s Jedd Fisch to be Huskies head coach, quickly replacing Kalen DeBoer
Washington hired Arizona’s Jedd Fisch to succeed Kalen DeBoer as the next coach of the Huskies on Sunday. A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press that Fisch had agreed to a seven-year contract that will pay him an average of $7.75 million annually. Less than a week...
Defending champion Djokovic fends off first-timer Prizmic in 4 hours to advance in AustraliaVideo
MELBOURNE, Australia — Until he took on defending champion Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena on opening Sunday in Australia, Dino Prizmic never had played a Grand Slam match. The 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, who was born seven months after Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut in 2005, made it last...
Kalen DeBoer embraces chance to replace Nick Saban at Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kalen DeBoer stood at a lectern, only a few feet from Nick Saban, and enthusiastically embraced the chance both to replace and learn from his larger-than-life predecessor. The outsized expectations Saban leaves behind are a big part of that. The former Washington coach, hired two days after...
Cornelia Huetter wins super-G to give Austrian women first victory of World Cup season
ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria — Cornelia Huetter gave Austria its first win of the season on the women’s World Cup circuit with a narrow super-G victory on home snow Friday. The normally powerful Austrian women have struggled this campaign but Huetter finally delivered a victory in the 17th race after previously getting...
NCAA taking closer look at possibility of subdivision where athletes can be paid
PHOENIX — The NCAA on Thursday took the first step toward determining whether president Charlie Baker’s idea to create a new subdivision in which schools directly pay athletes can become a reality. The Division I Board of Directors asked policy makers to evaluate a proposal Baker made last month in...
NCAA suspends Florida State assistant coach for 3 games for NIL-related recruiting violation
PHOENIX — A Florida State assistant coach has been suspended for the first three games of the 2024 season for violating recruiting rules by connecting a potential transfer with a representative from a collective during an official visit, the NCAA announced on Thursday. The NCAA did not name the coach...
