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FILE - Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark addresses the media, Oct. 17, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Analysis: Big 12 must ask not only why UConn, but why now as Yormark remains open for business

As Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark steps up discussions in the conference about adding UConn, the question isn’t so much why add the Huskies as why add them now? With college sports about to … more

By RALPH D. RUSSO | 8/26/24

Will Power drives during an IndyCar auto race on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill. (Zachary Linhares/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Will Power is thick in the IndyCar championship fight and not even considering retirement

Will Power was soaked in victory champagne and still buzzing from a win that kept him in the IndyCar championship fight when he leaned in to do a microphone check in a most unusual way. The … more

By JENNA FRYER | 8/26/24

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (18) talks with Cardinals passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach Drew Terrell as players take part in drills during an NFL football training camp at the State Farm Stadium, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Fanatics refiles lawsuit against Cardinals' Marvin Harrison Jr., adds father and fraud allegations

Apparel manufacturer Fanatics has refiled its lawsuit against Arizona Cardinals rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., adding his father, Marvin Harrison Sr., and fraud allegations in addition to … more

8/26/24

Keegan Bradley celebrates on the 18th green after winning the BMW Championship golf event at Castle Pines Golf Club, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Castle Rock, Colo. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Keegan Bradley goes from last man in to BMW Championship winner and on to East Lake

Keegan Bradley has gone from the last man in the BMW Championship to the winner. He held off mistake-prone Adam Scott, Ludvig Aberg and Sam Burns to win at Castle Pines. And it changed everything so … more

By DOUG FERGUSON | 8/25/24

Will Power leads wire-to-wire at Portland to remain in IndyCar championship fight

Will Power remained in the IndyCar championship hunt with a wire-to-wire victory Sunday at Portland International Raceway. Power started second alongside polesitter Santino Ferrucci. Sixty-six points … more

By JENNA FRYER | 8/25/24

FILE - Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, July 25, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Michigan receives notice of allegations from NCAA related to sign-stealing investigation

Michigan has received the final version of a notice of allegations from the NCAA related to an investigation into an in-person scouting and sign-stealing operation being run by a football staffer. … more

By RALPH D. RUSSO | 8/25/24

FILE - Philipp Kohlschreiber, of Germany, serves to John Millman, of Australia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sept. 2, 2017. The 2024 U.S. Open begins Monday, Aug. 26.(AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

US Open 2024: Even the players aren't sure who will be at their best on New York's hard courts

Tennis fans who can’t decide which players have the best shot at doing well at the U.S. Open aren't the only ones. Even the players themselves are not sure who will be at their best on New York's … more

By HOWARD FENDRICH and BRIAN MAHONEY | 8/25/24

Medical staff tend to umpire Nick Mahrley, center, after he was hit by a bat during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the New York Yankees, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Plate umpire Nick Mahrley exits game between Rockies and Yankees after broken bat hits his neck

Plate umpire Nick Mahrley exited in the fifth inning of the Rockies-Yankees game when he was hit in the neck by Giancarlo Stanton’s shattered bat. Stanton’s bat broke when he hit a bloop single … more

8/25/24

FILE 0 Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Joe D'Alessandris looks on prior to the AFC Championship NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Joe D'Alessandris dies at age 70

Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Joe D’Alessandris has died at age 70. The Ravens announced that D’Alessandris died Sunday. He was hospitalized earlier this month with an unspecified … more

8/25/24

Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, acknowledges the crowd after putting and making par on the 17th green during the final round of the Women's British Open golf championship, in St. Andrews, Scotland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Olympic champion Lydia Ko wins Women's British Open at home of golf for third major title

Lydia Ko has captured her third major title and first in eight years by winning the Women’s British Open by two strokes at the home of golf at St. Andrews. It capped a summer when she also took … more

8/25/24

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge looks on during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Judge hits 50th homer for Yankees, becoming 5th player to do it 3 times

Aaron Judge hit his 50th home run of the season Sunday afternoon, connecting in the first inning for the New York Yankees against the Colorado Rockies. Judge reached 50 homers for the third time in … more

By LARRY FLEISHER | 8/25/24

Miami Dolphins quarterback Mike White (14) throws during the second half of a preseason NFL football game against the Washington Commanders, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Dolphins release Mike White, leaving Skylar Thompson as the team's No. 2 QB, AP source says

A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press the Dolphins are releasing quarterback Mike White. That leaves Skylar Thompson as the team's likely backup behind starter Tua … more

By ALANIS THAMES | 8/25/24

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain celebrates after winning the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix race at the Zandvoort racetrack, Netherlands, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post, Pool)

Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen to win the Dutch Grand Prix and cut standings gap

Lando Norris overcame a poor start to win the Dutch Grand Prix as he became the first driver to beat Max Verstappen at the champion’s home race, as well as taking another bite out of Verstappen’s … more

8/25/24

Armand Duplantis, of Sweden, competes in the men's pole vault final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Duplantis breaks world record in pole vault for 3rd time this year by clearing 6.26 meters

Armand Duplantis has broken the world record in the pole vault again. This time he cleared 6.26 meters in a Diamond League meet in Poland. Duplantis is a Louisiana-born 24-year-old who competes for … more

8/25/24

Boston Red Sox's Danny Jansen celebrates after hitting an RBI single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Double Duty: For Danny Jansen, playing for both teams in same game is chance at baseball history

Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player ever to appear in the same game for both teams. Jansen was in … more

By JIMMY GOLEN | 8/25/24

Chelsea's Noni Madueke, top, scores during the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England. Sunday Aug. 25, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Madueke responds to boos over Instagram post by scoring hat trick as Chelsea routs Wolves 6-2

After being constantly booed by the home crowd for a disparaging social media post about Wolverhampton, Noni Madueke responded with a second-half hat trick to give Chelsea its first Premier League … more

By MATTIAS KAREN | 8/25/24

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert watches from the sideline during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Inglewood, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Jim Harbaugh lauds Justin Herbert, other Chargers players who were stuck on elevator for 2 hours

Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh praised quarterback Justin Herbert and others who were stuck on an elevator for two hours at the team hotel in Dallas. The incident happened the night before a … more

By SCHUYLER DIXON | 8/25/24

FILE - Kyle Busch (18) and Martin Truex Jr. (19) drive during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Michigan International Speedway, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Brooklyn, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. is nearly a lock to make the playoffs. It's shaky for others

Martin Truex Jr. should feel safe heading to Darlington Raceway for the NASCAR Cup Series’ regular-season finale. The 2017 series champion has a 58-point cushion in the playoff standings. It's … more

By MARK LONG | 8/25/24

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer talks with the media following NCAA college football practice, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Kalen DeBoer is carving his own early path at Alabama with quiet confidence after replacing Saban

Kalen DeBoer is doing things his own way with his own style since replacing NIck Saban as Alabama's football coach. That goes from the recruiting trail to the practice fields. One Alabama high school … more

By JOHN ZENOR | 8/25/24

Maya Moore Irons, center, watches the WNBA basketball game between the Minnesota Lynx and the Indiana Fever on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Minneapolis. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Napheesa Collier scores 31 points, Lynx clinch playoff berth with win vs Fever and honor Maya Moore

Napheesa Collier scored 31 points and Kayla McBride scored eight of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to help the Minnesota Lynx clinch a berth in the playoffs with a 90-80 win over Caitlin Clark … more

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