Month: May 2022

APRICA, Italy (AP) — Czech cyclist Jan Hirt won the tough 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia for his first grand tour victory. Richard Carapaz kept the pink jersey as the race headed into a final week in the high mountains. The 202-kilometer route from Salo to Aprica included one of the sport’s toughest climbs

PARIS (AP) — Daniil Medvedev has acknowledged it’s “very strange” he could rise to No. 1 in the rankings as a result of not being allowed to play at Wimbledon. The Russian is ranked second behind Novak Djokovic and began his French Open campaign with a straight-set victory. But the All England Club’s decision to

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Shaun Norris is headed home to South Africa to see his young children and decide on his future. The 40-year-old is coming back to the United States in three weeks for the U.S. Open. But he’s been traveling the world for a decade, and that’s

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsie Whitmore has known for years that without a pro women’s baseball league, her goal of playing ball for a living would require her to hang with the men. She’s spent years searching for ways to close the gap, a quest that led her to

By ROB HARRIS and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers A FIFA-appointed expert in women’s soccer has been cleared by ethics judges of charges of sexual harassment and abusive behavior directed at players as young as 14. Diego Guacci was the South American expert for FIFA helping pick candidates for its women’s world player of the

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s gameday tradition of fans releasing helium-filled red balloons to celebrate the Cornhuskers’ first touchdown is ending. The tradition of passing out balloons to fans dates to the early 1960s. Athletic director Trev Alberts announced on his radio show a global shortage of helium led to the decision. Russia is one