Associated Press

NHL Winter Classic To Feature Seattle Hosting Vegas In 2024

Selling the NHL on bringing the 2024 Winter Classic to the Pacific Northwest required the purchase of a protection plan — a retractable roof.
4 years ago

Bills-Bengals Won’t Resume Game This Week, Week 18 Unchanged

The Bills-Bengals game that was suspended Monday night after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest will not be resumed this week
4 years ago

Fans Give Millions To Damar Hamlin’s Toy Drive For Kids

Damar Hamlin's goal was simple: He wanted to raise $2,500 online to buy toys for needy kids. It took about two years.
4 years ago

Buffalo Bills’ Hamlin Collapses On Field, Gets CPR; Game Suspended

Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and received CPR before leaving in an ambulance during Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
4 years ago

Rose Parade Avoids California Rain As It Welcomes New Year

Floats, bands and equestrian units celebrated the New Year as the Rose Parade slipped through a gap in California's siege of drenching storms.
4 years ago

Utah Cracks Women’s AP Top 10 For 1st Time; Gamecocks No. 1

South Carolina finished 2022 how it started the year: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll.
4 years ago

Utah Faces Penn State As The Sun Sets On A Rose Bowl Era

The sun is also setting on an era of Rose Bowl history Monday when No. 7 Utah (10-3, No. 8 CFP) faces No. 9 Penn State (10-2, No. 11 CFP).
4 years ago

Aaron Judge Is AP Male Athlete Of Year After Setting HR Mark

The 6-foot-7, 282-pound New York Yankees slugger, Aaron Judge towers over teammates and opponents on the diamond.
4 years ago

Women’s Sports Saw Pivotal Growth In Deals, Interest In 2022

(AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been around women’s basketball long enough to see the growing pains of a young WNBA league gradually shifting to increased interest in the sport at all levels. “We probably are bursting at the seams for the people that are decision-makers in our game to allow us to […]
4 years ago

Pelé, Brazil’s Mighty King Of ‘Beautiful Game,’ Has Died

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for […]
4 years ago

US To Let MLB Stars Play For Cuba In World Baseball Classic

The US will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year.
4 years ago

Aaron Judge Becomes Yanks Captain, With Derek Jeter At Side

Aaron Judge stood for photo after photo as if at a wedding. He had gotten hitched to the New York Yankees for the rest of his baseball life.
4 years ago

Broncos Fire Rookie Head Coach Hackett After 4-11 Start

The Denver Broncos fired first-year head coach Nathaniel Hackett on Monday with two games left in the season.
4 years ago

Why Are Baseball Teams Spending So Much Money?

Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa and Trea Turner combined for just under $1 billion in MLB free agency contracts.
4 years ago

Mat Ishbia Agrees To Buy Suns, Mercury For $4 billion

Mortgage executive Mat Ishbia has agreed in principle to buy a majority stake of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury
4 years ago

Franco Harris’ Legacy Forged In Humility And Empathy

It was never just about football to Franco Harris. It couldn't be. That would have been too limiting. Too easy. A cop out.
4 years ago

NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ Headed To YouTube Beginning Next Season

The NFL announced an agreement for Google to distribute out-of-market Sunday games on YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels.
4 years ago

TCU’s Sonny Dykes Named Associated Press Coach Of The Year

Sonny Dykes was named AP Coach of the Year after leading the No. 3 Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff in his first season with TCU.
4 years ago

Jones Snags Lateral On Final Play, Las Vegas Raiders Stun Patriots

Chandler Jones grabbed a lateral by New England and returned it for a touchdown, giving the Las Vegas Raiders a victory over the Patriots.
4 years ago

Argentina Wins FIFA World Cup By Beating France In Penalty Shootout

Argentina has won the World Cup by beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the final.
4 years ago

Comeback-King Vikings Set NFL Rally Record In Win Vs. Colts

The Minnesota Vikings completed the biggest comeback in NFL history, erasing a 33-point deficit by beating the Indianapolis Colts in OT.
4 years ago

Winter Olympics Focus On Climate Change, Rotating Hosts

To hear the world's Olympic leaders tell it, the bidding for future Winter Games has been jumbled by internal disputes.
4 years ago

The Jordan Trophy: NBA Rebrands, Redesigns Its MVP Award

The NBA has renamed its end-of-season awards, including the MVP award renamed The Michael Jordan Trophy, the league announced Tuesday.
4 years ago

Messi, Argentina Beat Croatia 3-0 To Reach World Cup Final

Lionel Messi is back in the World Cup final with Argentina on his mission to win soccer's biggest prize for the first time.
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