LONDON (AP) — West Ham great Mark Noble will stick to his decision to retire at the end of the season even if the team qualifies for the Champions League for the first time. Noble has played for West Ham since 2004. He announced in March last year that this season would be his last
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have picked up the fifth-year contract option on Pro Bowl linebacker Devin White, who has 15 sacks, four forced fumbles and six fumble recoveries over three NFL seasons. The Bucs announced the expected move on Wednesday. White signed a four-year, $29.315 million deal as the fifth overall
Continue Reading SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — High-scoring Buffalo guard Dyaisha Fair has transferred to Syracuse. The Rochester, New York native averaged 23.1 points over the past three seasons for the Bulls of the Mid-American Conference. She finished her junior year fourth in the nation in points per game (23.4). The move reunites Fair with Syracuse coach Felisha
Continue Reading AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has promoted Nate Schmidt from recruiting and player development coordinator to assistant coach. He takes the spot of Daniyal Robinson, who was hired as head coach at Cleveland State. Schmidt had been a graduate assistant and player development coordinator at Iowa State from 2014-17.
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A Russian official is among the candidates for the International Skating Union’s elections in June if he is allowed to stand to retain his place as a vice president. Alexander Kakernik would be up against opponents from Canada, Finland and Japan if allowed to run. Member
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer Johnny Gaudreau is playing at a different level this year with the Calgary Flames. Gaudreau has a career-best 39 goals and 74 assists. The 28-year-old forward also tops the NHL with a plus-63 rating and a gaudy 88 even-strength points for the Pacific Division champions. Gaudreau credits a couple
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has fired women’s soccer coach Tony Amato and changed direction less than a year after giving him a six-year contract to replace beloved program architect Becky Burleigh. The university’s television and radio station reported Amato made comments about players’ eating habits and body shapes.
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer This year’s NFL draft has the chance to be unlike any other in recent years with a possible long wait before any of the players who throw, catch or run with the ball coming off the board. There has never been a draft that didn’t have a quarterback,
Continue Reading RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil will play a friendly against Japan as part of its preparations for the World Cup in Qatar. The Brazilian soccer confederation says the match will take place on June 6 in Tokyo. Brazil is scheduled to play a friendly against rival Argentina in Melbourne five days later. Brazil will
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer A retired New York State Supreme Court Justice has recommended a two-year suspension for trainer Bob Baffert for repeated medication violations after a New York Racing Association hearing. Hearing officer O. Peter Sherwood revealed his recommendation in a 50-page report released Wednesday. Baffert’s camp and NYRA have two weeks
Continue Reading NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Dalila Eshe, who helped lead the Princeton women’s basketball team to the NCAA Tournament as an assistant coach, has been named head coach at Yale. The former Florida star takes over the program from Allison Guth, who left after six seasons to become coach at Loyola Chicago. Eshe spent three
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars essentially have ruled out taking a left tackle with the top pick in the NFL draft by agreeing to terms with veteran Cam Robinson on a three-year extension. Robinson’s new deal totals just shy of $54 million, roughly $18 million a
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Chicago Bulls won’t have guards Zach LaVine and Alex Caruso available when they try to keep their season alive in Game 5 of a first-round playoff series with the Milwaukee Bucks. LaVine is in the NBA’s health and safety protocols while Caruso is in concussion protocols. Both of them had started
Continue Reading VENICE, Italy (AP) — Last-place Venezia has fired coach Paolo Zanetti less than a year after he helped the club earn what might be a short-lived promotion to Italy’s top division. The club is mired in an eight-match losing streak and says it made the move in search of “a miracle” to remain in Serie
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Athletes Unlimited and ESPN have reached a new rights agreement for women’s pro softball and lacrosse. At least 90 Athletes Unlimited events will be televised on linear networks over the two years of the deal, including 34 on ESPN or ESPN2 and 56 on ESPNU. The remaining games will
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Ja Morant exploded into life during the fourth quarter — including an acrobatic game-winning lay-up with one second remaining — to lead a dazzling comeback from the Memphis Grizzlies as they stunned the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-109 on Tuesday to take a 3-2 series lead in the first round of the NBA
Continue Reading By David Close, CNN James Madison University has announced the death of softball athlete Lauren Bernett — one of the key players of the 2021 Women’s College World Series. Bernett was 20 years old. The cause of her death nor any other details were announced. A co-statement posted by JMU president Jonathan Alger and director
Continue Reading By Kerry Flynn, CNN Over the past three years, the NFL Draft has attracted an average viewership of between six and eight million people throughout the three-day event. Its popularity trumps that of any other major league sports draft in the United States, becoming a signature event for the NFL over the course of its
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the Madrid Open because of a sore arm. Swiatek has won four straight titles and was going to be the top-seeded player in the women’s draw for this week’s clay-court tournament. She says “it’s time to take care of my arm that has been fatigued since
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is holding on to the positives after coming close to being routed by Manchester City but staying alive in the Champions League semifinals. Madrid lost 4-3 in the first leg in England on Tuesday but it was one of those defeats that allowed for
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