Sports

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — St. John’s introduced 70-year-old Rick Pitino as its new men’s basketball coach with a news conference at Madison Square Garden. St. John’s is hoping the Hall of Famer can turn back the clock on a program that once stole New York City tabloid

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich has beaten Arsenal 1-0 in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals for a 13th straight win in all competitions. Lea Schuller’s header in the 39th minute at Allianz Arena separates the teams heading into the second leg in London next week. Caitlin Foord hit the post for

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Mystics have hired Ashlee McGee as an assistant coach. McGee was a video coordinator for the Minnesota Lynx from 2020-2022 and a video and player development associate for the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2021-2023. She was also an advanced scout for the Los Angeles Sparks during the 2018 season and has

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports’ most enduring examples of playing through pain, died Tuesday. He was 80.

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Spanish club Mallorca handed the fan who racially insulted players Vinícius Júnior and Samu Chukwueze a three-year ban from club membership. The fan is reportedly a 20-year-old Mallorca season ticket holder and is accused of calling Real Madrid forward Vinícius and Villarreal midfielder Chukwueze a monkey

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes once took a team to watch a rugby match in Australia and loved what he saw. That’s not the Tennessee coach’s guide for the rugged style his Volunteers bring to the basketball court no matter what Florida Atlantic coach Dusty

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski knew there was going to be a long rebuilding process when he left Team Penske after 12 years for an ownership stake in Jack Roush’s once proud NASCAR team. He just wasn’t clear on how much work needed to be done. The

JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer (AP) — World Cup top scorer Kylian Mbappé has been named as France’s new captain succeeding goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. France coach Didier Deschamps made the announcement on a short video clip which is set to be aired on soccer show Téléfoot. Deschamps says “Kylian ticks all the boxes to take

Tuesday’s Transactions

DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — Gio Reyna has been welcomed back to the U.S. national team by Tim Ream, one of the group’s senior players, after the family of the young midfielder sparked a feud with Gregg Berhalter that left the coach’s future uncertain. After Berhalter used Reyna sparingly at the World Cup, Reyna’s parents notified

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed longtime Philadelphia Eagles guard Isaac Seumalo to a three-year, $24 million contract. Seumalo’s arrival fortifies the interior of the Steelers offensive line as Pittsburgh builds around second-year quarterback Kenny Pickett. The 29-year-old Seumalo started 60 games across seven seasons with the Eagles, who selected him in the

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu has undergone knee surgery and will miss the remainder of the season. The 24-year-old Japan international sustained a “significant” injury to his right knee during a Europa League match last Thursday. Arsenal said Tomiyasu “had successful surgery in London.” The Premier League leading club says Tomiyasu will work

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — In less than a year, Jerome Tang has taken a Kansas State program that was down to two scholarship players and built a team headed to the Sweet 16. The longtime Baylor assistant has changed the culture of the Wildcats’ program. Tang and his team

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Kelvin Sampson has been around college basketball long enough to remember when preseason practices started in October following a true offseason, teams remained largely intact for multiple seasons and players weren’t permitted to pursue endorsement deals. It might as well be a different planet now. The way Houston’s coach

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Jakobi Meyers knew the question was coming at some point in his introductory news conference. A Las Vegas TV sports reporter finally posed it. The question concerned Meyers’ lateral on the last play of the Dec. 18 game between the Raiders and New England Patriots.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The final Match Play could be the last chance for some players to get into the Masters. The top 50 in the world after this week get invitations. Right on the bubble is Min Woo Lee at No. 47. He had a chance to sew

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Wave have signed 15-year-old Melanie Barcenas, the youngest player ever to reach a deal with a National Women’s Soccer League team. At 15 years and 138 days, Barcenas is younger than Chloe Ricketts, who was 15 years and 283 days old when she signed with the Washington Spirit

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Tobin Anderson is leaving NCAA Cinderella Fairleigh Dickinson after one fairy-tale season and replacing Rick Pitino at Iona. Iona athletic director Matt Glovaski announced the hiring of Anderson a day after Pitino left to take the job at St. John’s. Anderson led the No. 16 seed Knights to a win