By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Women’s basketball seems to have found a winner with its new Sweet 16 format in March Madness and the timing couldn’t be better with looming TV contract negotiations on the horizon. There were record-setting attendance at the two sites — Greenville, South Carolina and Seattle — along with record
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball’s new rules package is set for its regular-season debut Thursday when all 30 teams play their first game. It’ll be the first time many fans see the sport’s sizable list of rules changes, including a pitch clock, limits on infield shifts and bigger
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By Ben Church, CNN Two men who allegedly cheated to win a competitive fishing competition have pleaded guilty to charges, including cheating, according to the Cuyahoga County Office of the Prosecutor. Jacob Runyan and teammate Chase Cominsky rocked the competitive fishing world after it was discovered their fish were stuffed with lead weights and fish
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue Reading By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tottenham managing director of football Fabio Paratici will serve a worldwide ban for his part in a false accounting scandal involving Juventus. Italy’s most famous soccer team was hit with a 15-point penalty in January and bans were also handed out to a number of
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Footballer James McClean has disclosed he has been diagnosed with autism, saying he is sharing his “journey” in part for his daughter, who is also autistic. “As you all know, my daughter Willow-Ivy is autistic,” the 33-year-old Republic of Ireland international wrote on his Instagram page on Tuesday. “The last 4
Continue Reading LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds midfielder Tyler Adams is set for an extended spell out of the team after undergoing a hamstring operation. Adams missed the Premier League match at Wolverhampton on March 18 and didn’t play for the United States in its games against Grenada and El Salvador over the past week. The 24-year-old
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WWE’s WrestleMania, the Super Bowl for the sports entertainment company, arrives this weekend to a massive audience and vastly larger sponsorship revenue as it seeks to establish itself as a serious contender for major dollars from such partnerships. Craig Stimmel, WWE’s senior vice president and
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN The No. 0 is a famous one in the NBA. Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum all wear jerseys emblazoned with a number which appears to give them a certain level of inevitability. But NFL players have never had the opportunity to choose the number — that is until this
Continue Reading By Thomas Schlachter and Wayne Sterling, CNN Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is estimated to make an MLB-record $65 million this upcoming season, according to Forbes. The Angels signed the 2021 American League MVP to a one-year $30 million extension in October and the 28-year-old will also make $35 million off-the-field, says Forbes.
Continue Reading ANGERS, France (AP) — Angers president Said Chabane has stepped down to make way for his son at the helm of the struggling French league club. Angers says Chabane resigned on March 21 to offer his position to Romain Chabane. Said Chabane is facing sexual assault accusations. Angers is in last place in the league
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The Luis de la Fuente era in Spain is already being questioned after only two games. A lackluster win and a disappointing loss were enough to put the new coach under the spotlight. Spain needed two late goals in a hard-fought 3-0 win over Norway to
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Dusty May is going to the Final Four and it’s safe to say that few might have seen that coming. May had, to be fair, not much better than minimal name recognition when he took the Florida Atlantic job five years ago. That wasn’t the case with almost all
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Scotland secured a historic 2-0 victory over Spain on Tuesday thanks to two goals from Manchester United’s Scott McTominay on a wild night at Hampden Park. The victory — which will undoubtedly be spoken about for years to come — preserves Scotland’s perfect start to Euro 2024 qualifying as the team
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Teenage swimmer Summer McIntosh smashed the 400m freestyle world record, shaving more than three-tenths of a second off the previous mark at the Canadian National Trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Center. The 16-year-old completed the race in three minutes, 56.08 seconds on Tuesday evening, breaking defending Olympic champion Ariarne
Continue Reading By Hannah Ryan, CNN Sands United is a soccer club much like many others. They play on Sundays and they go through the motions of the sport — the ups and the downs that fans of all teams are familiar with — every weekend. They lace up their boots and seek out victories, then usually
Continue Reading CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves to backstop the Calgary Flames to a critical 2-1 victory over the red-hot Los Angeles Kings. Andrew Mangiapane and Walker Duehr scored for Calgary, which won its second consecutive game. The Flames moved within two points of the Winnipeg Jets, who occupy the final wild-card spot
Continue Reading By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — James Reimer earned his third shutout of the season and the San Jose Sharks beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 to halt a nine-game losing streak. Reimer stopped 41 shots, including a diving paddle save in the second period. Noah Gregor, Kevin Labanc and Martin Kaut
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