By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have named Joe Mazzulla their full-time head coach, removing the interim tag he has held throughout the season after stepping in for Ime Udoka. Udoka was initially given a yearlong suspension before training camp for having an inappropriate relationship with a woman in
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says Kevin Love has had discussions with the Cleveland Cavaliers about a contract buyout. The five-time All-Star was recently dropped from the rotation and approached the team about a potential buyout, according to the person who spoke to The Associated
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By Jack Bantock, CNN In February 1992, a sprightly 16-year-old golf prodigy by the name of Tiger Woods made his first PGA Tour start at the Riviera Country Club in California. Thursday — 31 years, 15 major triumphs and 82 PGA Tour wins later — a very different Woods, one pained by injury, played at
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have signed right-handed reliever Seranthony Domínguez to a two-year contract extension with a club option for 2025. Terms of the deal announced Thursday were not immediately available. The 28-year-old made a career-high 54 appearances in 2022, posting a 3.00 ERA with nine saves. Domínguez went 2-0 with one save
Continue Reading By Zayn Nabbi, CNN Canada’s women’s soccer team said Wednesday that it will be participating at the SheBelieves Cup under “protest” after its pay equity dispute with the national federation remained unresolved. Speaking to the media ahead of its opening game in Orlando against the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) on Thursday, Canada forward
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women’s giant slalom at the world championships on Thursday, a day after her unexpected split with longtime coach Mike Day. Shiffrin overcame a mistake near the end of the race to hold on to her first-run lead. When she saw her
Continue Reading By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — At age 103, Sister Jean awakes daily at 5 a.m. She sits up quickly to avoid going to sleep again — “I’ve got too much to do,” she says. After prayers for the day ahead, she reads the Gospel on her tablet. “I guess there aren’t
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Caroline Ducharme scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter, including the winning free throws with just under 5 seconds left and No. 6 Connecticut came from behind to beat Creighton 62-60. Ducharme was playing for the first time after missing 13 games
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said that he didn’t mean to “hurt or disrespect anyone” with the jacket he wore to Super Bowl LVII after it was criticized for being “blasphemy.” Hamlin was in attendance for the NFL’s season finale, played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at
Continue Reading CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Sami Valimaki of Finland has carded a bogey-free 8-under 64 to share the lead with Martin Simonsen of Denmark after the opening round of the Thailand Classic. The 24-year-old Valimaki made five birdies on the front nine, including on his opening three holes, before picking up three more after the turn.
Continue Reading By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — After missing out on Chelsea last year, British businessman Martin Broughton knows how potential buyers will be feeling ahead of Friday’s deadline to submit bids for Manchester United. The late nights spent crunching the numbers. Checking and double-checking that financial backers will make good on
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN A superb solo goal from Karim Adeyemi proved decisive as Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea 1-0 in the first leg of their round-of-16 clash in the Champions League on Wednesday. Adeyemi lit up a tight encounter at the Signal Iduna Park midway through the second half, running from deep inside his own
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN It’s while running in the moors and hills of her native Scotland that Lesley Paterson sometimes sees her two careers become conveniently aligned. A professional triathlete and screenwriter, Paterson has long inhabited two livelihoods that, on the surface, seem worlds apart. But in the quiet moments of a windswept run or
Continue Reading By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Jude Bellingham captained Borussia Dortmund to a 1-0 win over Chelsea in the Champions League and looked a mature leader at the age of just 19. The England midfielder is the second-youngest player to captain a team in the Champions League knockout stages. His performances
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The 2018 Olympics without NHL stars offered a glimpse of things to come for players who hadn’t yet reached the best hockey league in the world. Five years later, Kirill Kaprizov is starring for Minnesota. Wild teammate Jordan Greenway played on the U.S. team with Seattle’s Ryan Donato. Finnish
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Streamline Hotel, which opened in 1941, is widely recognized as the birthplace of NASCAR because it hosted meetings between drivers and officials during the racing series’ formative years. It had become a dilapidated building after years of neglect. But after a massive makeover
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN For the first time since November, Manchester City has supplanted Arsenal at the top of the Premier League. Second-half goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland helped City to a 3-1 victory over its title-chasing rival at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, though Arsenal does have a game in hand. Kevin
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN LeBron James returned from a three-game absence and helped his new-look Los Angeles Lakers to an impressive 120-102 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. The 37-year-old James had missed the three previous games due to ankle soreness but returned to action on Wednesday night to great effect. In 29 productive minutes
Continue Reading By David Close, CNN Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was on Tuesday reimbursed over $300,000 for legal fees he spent while defending himself in a federal civil case alleging he had raped a woman in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009. The case was dismissed in June, after the judge found that the plaintiff’s
Continue Reading By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Lewis Hamilton says “nothing will stop him” from speaking out after new rules were introduced by the FIA restricting drivers from making “political, religious and personal statements.” The seven-time world champion was speaking at the launch of the Mercedes’ 2023 car for the upcoming season at Silverstone and was not impressed
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