CHICAGO (AP) — LA Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann was dropped from the U.S. training camp roster for Olympic qualifying after suffering a concussion during practice.
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Felmas Koranga had 12 points and a career-high 22 rebounds, Alexus Dye recorded her NCAA-leading 22nd double-double, and Troy beat Louisiana-Lafayette 73-65 on Monday to claim the Sun Belt Conference tournament and an automatic NCAA bid.
CHICAGO (AP) — After a season of mostly empty ballparks in Chicago, the famed marquee at Wrigley Field said it all.
MIAMI (AP) — Highly regarded Miami Marlins prospect Jazz Chisholm calls the ballfield his “happy place,” which is why he's always in motion, bouncing about even during monotonous spring training drills.
The Milwaukee Brewers believe they have room for more than one Gold Glove-winning center fielder in their outfield.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jill Townsend led a balanced attack with 14 points and 10 rebounds and No. 18 Gonzaga defeated Santa Clara 72-62 in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference tournament on Monday.
It’s been a down year by the Atlantic Coast Conference’s own lofty standards, lacking the usual set of highly ranked teams and star-laden rosters.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have released linebacker Christian Jones and center Russell Bodine.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Mystics forward LaToya Sanders retired from the WNBA on Monday, two years after helping win a championship.
No. 9 seed McNeese State (10-13, 4-11) vs. No. 8 seed Southeastern Louisiana (7-17, 5-11)
No. 4 seed Mount St. Mary's (11-10, 10-7) vs. No. 2 seed Bryant (15-5, 11-4)
No. 15 seed Boston College (4-15, 2-11) vs. No. 10 seed Duke (11-11, 9-9)
No. 10 seed Cal Poly (3-19, 1-15) vs. No. 7 seed Cal State Fullerton (6-9, 5-9)
No. 10 seed Northern Arizona (5-15, 4-10) vs. No. 7 seed Portland State (9-12, 6-8)
No. 13 seed Miami (8-16, 4-15) vs. No. 12 seed Pittsburgh (10-11, 6-10)
No. 9 seed Long Beach State (5-11, 4-8) vs. No. 8 seed Cal State Northridge (9-12, 5-9)
No. 9 seed Marquette (13-13, 8-11) vs. No. 8 seed Georgetown (9-12, 7-9)
No. 7 seed Florida International (9-17, 2-15) vs. No. 6 seed Middle Tennessee (5-17, 3-13)
No. 10 seed Houston Baptist (5-18, 4-11) vs. No. 7 seed Incarnate Word (8-13, 5-9)
No. 7 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4-20, 3-12) vs. No. 2 seed Jackson State (11-5, 11-0)
No. 14 seed Wake Forest (6-15, 3-15) vs. No. 11 seed Notre Dame (10-14, 7-11)
No. 10 seed Manhattan (7-12, 6-12) vs. No. 7 seed Fairfield (7-16, 7-11)
No. 7 seed Southern Miss (8-16, 4-13) vs. No. 6 seed Rice (13-12, 6-10)
Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops will replace Urban Meyer on Fox’s college football pregame show, the network announced Monday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged “race-norming” in dementia tests for retired NFL players, a practice that some say makes it harder for Black athletes to qualify for awards that average more than $500,000.
LONDON (AP) — Jorginho’s penalty and Ben Godfrey's own goal gave Chelsea a 2-0 English Premier League win over Everton, extending new manager Thomas Tuchel's unbeaten start to 11 matches and a ninth clean sheet on Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Hoosiers have been checking boxes all season.
CHICAGO (AP) — A couple of postseason stars. The son of a former big leaguer. A versatile infielder from South Korea.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Garbiñe Muguruza bounced back from her loss in the Qatar Open final with a win over Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round at the Dubai Championships on Monday, as Madison Keys and Elise Mertens also progressed.
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are releasing veteran defensive end Carlos Dunlap after the sides could not agree on a contract extension that would soften the blow of a $14.1 million salary cap hit.
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and the Players' Association have agreed to an opt-in process for this season's draft, the league confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday night.
CHICAGO (AP) — After one of its strangest seasons ever, baseball returns to a full schedule this year. The All-Star Game is back. Fans are back, too, at least small crowds in some places. And an Iowa cornfield is about to welcome a bunch of special visitors.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — He'd had a nice first month at his new job, had quickly settled in and was falling into a familiar rhythm. A win was coming, Kyle Larson could feel it, and he was right.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings signed defensive end Stephen Weatherly to a one-year, $2.5 million contract on Monday, bringing back one of their past draft picks to try to strengthen a lagging pass rush.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Students staged a protest at Louisiana State University on Monday over the school’s handling of sexual misconduct cases involving athletics.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Novak Djokovic supporters staged boisterous street celebrations after the Serb became the sole record-holder for most weeks as the men's world No. 1 on Monday.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State will not extend the contract of men’s basketball coach Greg Lansing.
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Recent Montpellier finalist Roberto Bautista Agut overcame 22 aces from Reilly Opelka to beat the American 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Qatar Open on Monday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said it could be “a matter of years” before its schools recover from the financial blow they took when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down sports and then limited how games have returned.
No. 7 seed Florida International (9-17, 2-15) vs. No. 6 seed Middle Tennessee (5-17, 3-13)
No. 10 seed Houston Baptist (5-18, 4-11) vs. No. 7 seed Incarnate Word (8-13, 5-9)
No. 7 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4-20, 3-12) vs. No. 2 seed Jackson State (11-5, 11-0)
No. 14 seed Wake Forest (6-15, 3-15) vs. No. 11 seed Notre Dame (10-14, 7-11)
No. 10 seed Manhattan (7-12, 6-12) vs. No. 7 seed Fairfield (7-16, 7-11)
No. 7 seed Southern Miss (8-16, 4-13) vs. No. 6 seed Rice (13-12, 6-10)
Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops will replace Urban Meyer on Fox’s college football pregame show, the network announced Monday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged “race-norming” in dementia tests for retired NFL players, a practice that some say makes it harder for Black athletes to qualify for awards that average more than $500,000.
LONDON (AP) — Jorginho’s penalty and Ben Godfrey's own goal gave Chelsea a 2-0 English Premier League win over Everton, extending new manager Thomas Tuchel's unbeaten start to 11 matches and a ninth clean sheet on Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Hoosiers have been checking boxes all season.
Aficionados se toman fotos frente al Wrigley Field de los Cachorros de Chicago el 20 de septiembre del 2020. Cachorros y Medias Blancas podrán recibir el 20% de su capacidad (más de 8.000 aficionados por partido) al aliviarse las restricciones asociadas con el coronavirus.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A couple of postseason stars. The son of a former big leaguer. A versatile infielder from South Korea.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Garbiñe Muguruza bounced back from her loss in the Qatar Open final with a win over Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round at the Dubai Championships on Monday, as Madison Keys and Elise Mertens also progressed.
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are releasing veteran defensive end Carlos Dunlap after the sides could not agree on a contract extension that would soften the blow of a $14.1 million salary cap hit.
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and the Players' Association have agreed to an opt-in process for this season's draft, the league confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday night.
CHICAGO (AP) — After one of its strangest seasons ever, baseball returns to a full schedule this year. The All-Star Game is back. Fans are back, too, at least small crowds in some places. And an Iowa cornfield is about to welcome a bunch of special visitors.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — He'd had a nice first month at his new job, had quickly settled in and was falling into a familiar rhythm. A win was coming, Kyle Larson could feel it, and he was right.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings signed defensive end Stephen Weatherly to a one-year, $2.5 million contract on Monday, bringing back one of their past draft picks to try to strengthen a lagging pass rush.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Students staged a protest at Louisiana State University on Monday over the school’s handling of sexual misconduct cases involving athletics.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Novak Djokovic supporters staged boisterous street celebrations after the Serb became the sole record-holder for most weeks as the men's world No. 1 on Monday.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State will not extend the contract of men’s basketball coach Greg Lansing.
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Recent Montpellier finalist Roberto Bautista Agut overcame 22 aces from Reilly Opelka to beat the American 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Qatar Open on Monday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said it could be “a matter of years” before its schools recover from the financial blow they took when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down sports and then limited how games have returned.
While LeBron James was largely resting through the All-Star Game, the Brooklyn Nets were adding another piece for a run at his title.
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo declined to specify Monday why Jeremy Jeffress was released from a minor league contract by the team, saying only that he considered it an “employment issue” and acknowledging it was not related to the reliever's baseball performance.
Gonzaga’s bid to go wire-to-wire No. 1 is in its final week.
BERLIN (AP) — Former United States coach Jürgen Klinsmann is enjoying the tranquility of Californian life after his brief but tumultuous time in charge of Hertha Berlin, and looking forward to a brighter future for American soccer.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have appointed Kyle O’Brien to the newly created position of senior personnel executive and hired Drew Wilson as their new assistant strength and conditioning coach.
Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer for the most weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday.
Buoyed by an impressive run to the Pac-12 Conference championship, Stanford jumped two spots to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll on Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Stanford climbs to No. 2 in women's Top 25, trails UConn; N.C. State is 3rd, then Texas A&M, South Carolina.
Najeh Davenport sentado en el banco durante un partido de los Steelers contra los Seahawks en Pittsburgh el 7 de octubre del 2007.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday named Georgia Tech senior Moses Wright its player of the year and Virginia Tech's Mike Young as its coach of the year.
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — An Indiana minor league hockey star from the 1970s and '80s has been found after disappearing from a car crash in Michigan, his family said.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC has refused to recognize the election of Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko’s son as the troubled country’s top Olympic official.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana coach Tom Allen has agreed to a restructured contract that will keep him with the Hoosiers through the 2027 season for $4.9 million in annual compensation.
It’s the predictable rhythm of sports that draws us in.
NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Gonzaga still No. 1 in bid to go wire-to-wire in Top 25; Baylor returns to No. 2, Arkansas up to No. 8.
NEW YORK (AP) — Connecticut forward Isaiah Whaley and St. John’s point guard Posh Alexander have been named co-winners of the Big East Conference's defensive player of the year award.
The National Women’s Hockey League will complete its abbreviated season with two nationally televised semifinals and a championship game some two months after the league suspended its playoffs following a COVID-19 breakout among numerous teams.
The NBA's mini-bubble in Atlanta for the All-Star Game apparently worked.
Ilaix Moriba (segundo a la izquierda) del Barcelona celebra tras anotar el segundo gol del Barcelona en el el partido contra el Osasuna por la Liga española, el sábado 6 de marzo de 2021, en Pamplona.
El español Álvaro Morata, de la Juventus, festeja tras anotar el segundo tanto ante la Lazio, en un duelo de la Serie A italiana, disputado el sábado 6 de marzo de 2021
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature will once again meet at an more accommodating public space this week in an attempt to limit spread of the coronavirus.
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Kylian Mbappé del PSG celebra tras anotar un gol ante el Barcelona en los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones, el martes 16 de febrero de 2021.
WHITELAND, Ind. (AP) — A new school in Johnson County will likely be named for a man who coached the first all-Black basketball team to win an Indiana championship.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The president of the African soccer confederation had his FIFA ban cut to two years on appeal Monday but he will still be unable to seek re-election this week.
Mercer (18-10, 11-9) vs. UNC Greensboro (20-8, 15-5)
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