Associated Press

Dutch Speedskater Jorien Ter Mors Retires From The Sport

Dutch speedskater Jorien ter Mors has retired from the sport. Ter Mors was the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two disciplines at the same Winter Games.
5 years ago

Olympic Dreams Come True For Kosovo Skier Kiana Kryeziu

Competing in the giant slalom at the Beijing Olympics will be a giant step for 17-year-old Kiana Kryeziu and her country of Kosovo.
5 years ago

Finding The ‘Happy Bubble’: Mental Health Key For Olympians

The U.S. biathlon team has a full-time embedded sports psychologist who travels with the team.
5 years ago

Ortiz, Clemens, Bonds To Be Close Calls For Hall of Fame

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and David Ortiz appear to be the only players with a chance at Hall of Fame enshrinement when results are unveiled Tuesday, with Ortiz most likely to get in on his first try.
5 years ago

Chiefs Rally Past Buffalo 42-36 In OT In Wild Playoff Game

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied to beat the Buffalo Bills in a sizzling finish to a wild divisional-round weekend.
5 years ago

Gay’s 30-Yard FG Lifts Rams Over Brady, Buccaneers 30-27

Matt Gay’s 30-yard field goal as time expired lifted the Rams to a 30-27 divisional playoff win over the Buccaneers.
5 years ago

Gould’s FG On Final Play Gives 49ers 13-10 Upset Of Packers

Robbie Gould kicked a field goal as time expired to give the 49ers a 13-10 victory over the top-seeded Green Bay Packers.
5 years ago

McPherson FG As Time Expires Lifts Bengals Past Titans 19-16

Joe Burrow and the fourth-seeded Bengals beat the top-seeded Tennessee Titans 19-16 to end the NFL’s longest active road playoff skid.
5 years ago

US Olympic Downhill Contender Johnson Crashes Again

Olympic medal contender Breezy Johnson will miss a second straight World Cup downhill after her second crash in two weeks.
5 years ago

Number Of Early NFL Draft Entrants Hits Nine-Year Low At 73

The NFL announced that 73 underclassmen have been granted special eligibility for the draft, the fewest in the last seven years.
5 years ago

NCAA Ratifies New Constitution, Paving Way To Restructuring

The NCAA’s three divisions will now be empowered to govern themselves, a move that college sports leaders hope will reduce legal exposure.
5 years ago

Robot Umpires At Home Plate Moving Up To Triple-A For 2022

Major League Baseball is expanding its automated strike zone experiment to Triple-A, the highest level of the minor leagues.
5 years ago

Beijing Olympics Will Showcase Hockey’s Next Generation

Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Nathan MacKinnon will not get to play at the Olympics for the first time since the NHL is not sending players to Beijing.
5 years ago

100%: Chief Medical Officer Says All US Olympians Vaccinated

The U.S. Olympic top doctor says all of the 200-plus athletes heading to Beijing for the Olympics next month are fully vaccinated, and not a single one asked for a medical exemption.
5 years ago

Ralph Lauren Unveils Team USA’s Opening Olympic Uniforms

Team USA’s opening ceremony uniforms for the Beijing Olympics include some sneaky new warming technology.
5 years ago

NCAA Adopts New Policy For Transgender Athletes

The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees.
5 years ago

US Ice Dancers Continuing Legacy Heading To Beijing Games

For decades, ice dance was the stepchild of U.S. figure skating.
5 years ago

NHL To Stop Testing Asymptomatic Players Post-All-Star Break

The NHL will stop testing asymptomatic players, coaches and staff who are fully vaccinated following the All-Star break.
5 years ago

Steelers’ Tomlin: ‘All Options’ On The Table At QB In 2022

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says all options are on the table when it comes to finding a starting quarterback in 2022.
5 years ago

Stafford Propels Rams Past Cardinals 34-11 In Playoff Rout

Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams roared out of the wild-card round with a 34-11 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
5 years ago

Las Vegas Raiders Oust GM Mike Mayock After 3 Seasons

The Las Vegas Raiders have fired general manager Mike Mayock after three seasons and will begin a search for a coach and GM.
5 years ago

USA Bobsled Reveals 12-Person Team For Beijing Olympics

USA Bobsled has chosen 12 sliders to be part of the team headed to the Beijing Olympics.
5 years ago

Djokovic Lands In Serbia As Questions Arise Over French Open

Novak Djokovic has returned home after being thwarted from defending his Australian Open title only to face a new predicament: He could be barred from the French Open this year, too, if he's still not vaccinated against COVID-19.
5 years ago

Mahomes Leads Chiefs To 42-21 Wild-Card Romp Over Steelers

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs beat Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
5 years ago