A’s broadcaster Glen Kuiper let go after racial slur on air
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was let go by NBC Sports California after using a…
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Newcastle qualifies for Champions League for first time in 20 years
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle has qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years after drawing with Leicester 0-0 in the…
Continue Reading Indianapolis 500 points change could keep series championship race tighter
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — For more than a century, the Indianapolis 500 has been the pinnacle of IndyCar racing. For…
Continue Reading Conference tournaments to set stage for NCAA baseball regionals
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Most of the 30 automatic qualifiers and 34 at-large picks for the NCAA baseball tournament will be determined in…
Continue Reading LSU’s Dylan Crews top SEC player, teammate Paul Skenes top pitcher
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — LSU junior outfielder Dylan Crews is the first to win Southeastern Conference player of the year in consecutive seasons…
Continue Reading England wins, France loses and Uruguay cruises at U20 World Cup
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — England has beaten Tunisia 1-0 and France collapsed against an organized South Korea 2-1 at the Under-20 World Cup…
Continue Reading Rick Hoyt, who became a Boston Marathon fixture with father pushing wheelchair, has died at 61
BOSTON (AP) — Rick Hoyt, who with his father pushing his wheelchair became a fixture at the Boston Marathon and other races for decades, has died.…
Continue Reading NFL approves limited flexible scheduling for Thursday night games
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — NFL owners have approved a flexible scheduling policy for Thursday night games on…
Continue Reading Black day for Juventus with points penalty and loss at Empoli
By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — A bad day for Juventus turned worse when a 4-1 loss at Empoli saw its hopes of qualifying for the…
Continue Reading Celtics’ 3-0 deficit is surmountable to Boston Red Sox great David Ortiz
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — Former Red Sox slugger and Hall of Famer David Ortiz knows what the Boston Celtics are facing…
Continue Reading Juventus hit by 10-point penalty for false accounting, drops out of Champions League spots
ROME (AP) — Juventus has been hit with a fresh 10-point penalty and is at risk of not qualifying for next year’s Champions League. The latest…
Continue Reading Rick Hummel, longtime St. Louis baseball writer known as ‘The Commish,’ dies at 77
Longtime St. Louis baseball writer Rick Hummel has died at the age of 77. Hummel covered the Cardinals for five decades and is enshrined in the…
Continue Reading Wilson fractures vertebrae in crash with Legge in Indianapolis 500 practice session
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Stefan Wilson fractured a vertebrae during a heavy crash with Katherine Legge in practice for…
Continue Reading Rick Hummel, esteemed St Louis-based baseball writer, dies at 77
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rick Hummel, an esteemed writer who covered the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball for five decades for the…
Continue Reading Smith: North Wilkesboro ‘definitely has a place’ in NASCAR’s world, but unclear what capacity
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith said North Wilkesboro Speedway “definitely has…
Continue Reading Alcaraz jumps Djokovic, returns to No. 1 in ATP rankings; Medvedev No. 2; Swiatek leads WTA
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Carlos Alcaraz has replaced Novak Djokovic at No. 1 in the ATP rankings and earned the top seeding at the French…
Continue Reading ‘My wife’s going to make me charge more’: Michael Block jokes about hourly rate for lessons after PGA Championship fairytale
By Ben Morse, Poppy Harlow and Sara Sidner, CNN (CNN) — This was uncharted territory for Michael Block. Playing in the final round of a major,…
Continue Reading French tennis player Hugo Gaston’s unsportsmanlike conduct draws $155K fine; tops his 2023 earnings
LONDON (AP) — A professional tennis player from France has been fined more than he’s collected in prize money so far in 2023 for pulling a ball…
Continue Reading Norway stuns Canada in shootout, Sweden beats Denmark at ice hockey worlds
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Norway has stunned Canada 3-2 in a shootout and handed the favorite a second straight defeat at the ice hockey world…
Continue Reading Michael Block’s biggest surprise thus far: A text from Michael Jordan
CNN By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — There have been no shortage of surprises for Michael Block since the 46-year-old club pro authored one of…
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