By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Tennessee has mostly gone unchallenged while winning 23 of its first 24 games. The Vols have won 15 straight and are the new No. 1 team in three polls this week. Yale’s Jake Gehri slugged an Ivy League-record four home runs, including two grand slams, and had 11 RBIs
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Mike Tomlin did not hire Brian Flores as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers out of sympathy for the former Miami Dolphins head coach. Tomlin, who like Flores is African American, did so because Flores is “a good coach.” That Flores had
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Christian Pulisic struggled in January, was played out of position by Chelsea and even was benched for a World Cup qualifier against Honduras. Now the first American to play in and win a Champions League final has boosted the United States to the cusp of
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — State and county taxpayers will be asked to commit a record $850 million in public funds toward construction of the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium as part of a 30-year lease agreement. The project has a total estimated price tag of $1.4 billion. Gov. Kathy Hochul
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were supposed to be quiet during free agency, with so many of their big names tied to contracts and very little salary cap space. Well, some creative accounting coupled with a blockbuster trade of Tyreek Hill has turned a quiet
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Christian Eriksen will captain Denmark in a friendly match against Serbia on Tuesday when he plays at Parken Stadium for the first time since suffering a cardiac arrest there during the European Championship. Kasper Schmeichel has been the stand-in captain in the absence of the injured Simon Kjær and suggested to
Continue Reading FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Roberto Mancini says he will stay on as Italy coach despite the team’s failure to qualify for the World Cup again. Italy lost to North Macedonia 1-0 in the playoffs and will now miss a second straight World Cup. The previous failure led to the dismissal of coach Gian Piero Ventura
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person familiar with the plan tells The Associated Press that state and county taxpayers will be asked to commit $850 million in public funds toward construction of the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium. The stadium has a state-projected price tag of $1.35 billion. The person
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer They are superstar strikers fighting to secure what could be their last chance to play on soccer’s biggest stage. There isn’t room for both Robert Lewandowski and Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the World Cup in Qatar though. The World Cup playoff final between Poland and Sweden on Tuesday doubles as
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo needs to avoid an upset like the one that ended Italy’s hopes of making it to the World Cup. Portugal faces a winner-take-all game on Tuesday against North Macedonia. That was the team that shocked Italy last week to keep the four-time champions out of the World
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh and football coach Pat Narduzzi have agreed on a new contract that will keep Narduzzi with the Panthers through at least 2030. The deal comes three months after Narduzzi led Pitt to its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship on its way to an 11-3 record and a No. 13 ranking in
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer Longtime Jacksonville Jaguars center Brandon Linder has announced his retirement after eight injury-filled seasons. Linder spent more than a week contemplating his decision before announcing on Instagram he’s hanging up his cleats. He says “it is at this time I have decided to close this chapter of my
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN After a 36-year absence from the men’s World Cup, Canada can now call itself a “legit football country.” That’s the view of coach John Herdman, the Englishman who has overseen Canada’s steady rise through the men’s FIFA rankings over the past four years. Canada’s ascension to football legitimacy culminated in a
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer A group of Canadian gymnasts is asking Sport Canada to launch an independent investigation into what they describe as a “toxic culture” within the sport’s national governing body. The group of 71 current and former Canadian gymnastics national team members sent an open letter to the director-general of Sport
Continue Reading VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Austria coach Franco Foda says he will leave his position after the friendly match against Scotland on Tuesday after failing to lead his team to the World Cup. Foda used a news conference to suddenly announce his imminent departure. He said the time was right to leave because “we couldn’t fulfill
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A group of committed enthusiasts in Miami is doing all it can to save jai alai, the world’s fastest ball sport. What could be jai alai’s curtain call is playing out at Magic City Casino, the last place the game is played as a professional sport. Live
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Olympic medalist Tony Martin is auctioning off the silver medal he won at London 2012 to raise funds for children in Ukraine. In an Instagram post Sunday, the German cyclist said it felt wrong “to sit on the couch and accept the situation” after seeing pictures of what has been happening
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jermaine Samuels and Collin Gillespie have gone full circle with Villanova into another NCAA Final Four. They are now the fifth-year seniors leading the Wildcats. Four years ago, they were true freshmen on the floor for the final seconds of the championship game victory with
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving is not about to look back now. Not at a loss in his first home game. Nor at how many more losses in home games could have been avoided if he were playing previously. His refusal to be vaccinated against the coronavirus left
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When it comes to junior tennis, the Easter Bowl is at the top of the list. This week the 54th edition of the event serves up in the Coachella Valley and we have two local players featured in the Boys’ 16 field. 🎾 doesn't stop here in the desert! We have our eyes on 2⃣
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