We were visiting relatives on a brisk Thanksgiving afternoon on Cape Cod in 2007, and I was balancing a piece of piping-hot apple pie in my hand when my phone pinged to let me know I had a text message. It was from Kobe Bryant. "Hey Jackie, wishing you ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes was just trying to run out of bounds, not make the kind of shake-your-head, what-did-he-just-do play that will be shown on highlight reels for as long as the Kansas City Chiefs are in existence. It was late in the second ...
CORVALLIS, Oregon — Sabrina Ionescu, the best player in women's college basketball, got her first win on the home court of her rival Sunday afternoon, but it was a "bittersweet" day according to Oregon coach Kelly Graves, overshadowed by the death of ...
Sebastian Harsh, a multi-position player from Scottsbluff, announced his commitment to the Wyoming football program on Sunday. He becomes the school's 22nd commitment -- the third of the second signing period, meaning he cannot sign a letter of intent ...
Vanderbilt @ South Carolina. Current Records: Vanderbilt 8-10; South Carolina 10-8. What to Know. Tonight, the Vanderbilt Commodores are hoping to patch up the holes in a defense that has allowed an average of 73 points per contest. Vanderbilt and the ...
ATHENS, Ga. — Tyasha Harris is realizing the value of her scoring even as she has claimed a new title as South Carolina's career assists leader. Harris scored 13 points and added seven assists and No. 1 South Carolina rode an overwhelming opening ...
SAN ANTONIO — The Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs did not want to be on the court after learning Kobe Bryant had died, but they tried to honor him as best they could. The teams collaborated on a touching tribute to Bryant at the beginning of their ...
SAN DIEGO -- Marc Leishman couldn't miss, whether it was for birdie or for par, racing from four shots behind with a 7-under 65 and winning the Farmers Insurance Open when Jon Rahm couldn't match his eagle putt from three years ago. Leishman ran off ...
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Paris Austin made two free throws with 3.2 seconds remaining, and California held on to beat Stanford 52-50 on Sunday. Austin finished with 15 points, Matt Bradley scored 14 and Kareem South added 13 for the Golden Bears (9-10 ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan State weathered another sluggish start, then wore down Minnesota. The Spartans reasserted themselves after a rough loss, and the Gophers paid the price. Cassius Winston had 18 points and eight assists and Xavier Tillman ...
EUGENE, Ore. — UCLA was in a giving mood and Oregon was only too happy to be on the receiving end. The 12th-ranked Ducks took advantage of a season-worst 23 turnovers by the Bruins to score 34 points and went on to a 96-75 victory Sunday, the ...
EVANSTON, Ill. — D.J. Carton scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half, helping Ohio State hold off lowly Northwestern for a sorely needed 71-59 win Sunday. Once ranked as high as No. 2 in the AP Top 25, the Buckeyes had dropped six of seven to ...
The death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna shocked the NBA on Sunday, including the Rockets, who lost to the Nuggets in Denver on Sunday afternoon. Multiple Rockets players were emotional pregame before the contest against Denver, and they ...
Florida State had been looking for a winning streak. After winning 13 straight games to start the season, the Seminoles had lost three of their last five entering this week's slate of games. FSU outlasted Wake Forest for a 70-65 road win Thursday and then ...
TCU @ Arkansas. Current Records: TCU 13-5; Arkansas 14-4. What to Know. The Arkansas Razorbacks will be playing at home against the TCU Horned Frogs at 4 p.m. ET this evening. Arkansas struts in flaunting some offensive muscle with an average of ...
(This article was generated by Oklahoma State Athletics Media Relations). AMES, Iowa – No. 8 Oklahoma State wrestling (8-2 overall, 4-1 Big 12) closed out its weekend in Iowa with a 23-9 victory against the 16th-ranked Cyclones on Sunday afternoon inside ...
NEW ORLEANS — Former Celtics forward and current TV commentator Brian Scalabrine said he was sad when Kobe Bryant pulled back from basketball after his retirement in 2016, because he was such an important part of the game. But he said it was also ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marc Leishman couldn't miss whether it was for birdie for par, racing from four shots behind with a 7-under 65 and winning the Farmers Insurance Open when Jon Rahm couldn't match his eagle putt from three years ago. Leishman ran off ...
Jessika Carter was a big reason that Mississippi State routed its rival again. She had 24 points and 11 rebounds in the No. 9 Bulldogs' 80-39 win over Ole Miss on Sunday. "Without an inside game we can't win and we didn't have that against South Carolina," ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa — It was the type of loss that required some soul-searching afterward for the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team. That's how junior point guard D'Mitrik Trice described the scene in the visiting locker room at Purdue's Mackey Arena ...
This game was overshadowed by the news that came out earlier today regarding the tragic helicopter accident this morning that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others. There was a notable pall over both teams as well as the ...
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Mileek McMillan scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half, Javon Freeman-Liberty made 4-of-4 free throws in the final 29 seconds, and Valparaiso held on to beat Evansville 67-65 on Sunday night. Freeman-Liberty and Daniel ...
Johnson tallied 93 total tackles, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, an interception and three passes defensed in 2019. Believing Johnson to be too raw, head coach Vic Fangio did not have Johnson suit up for a game until Week 5 against the Chargers. He quickly ...
MEMPHIS – This game was hard to watch. Can't imagine what it was like to play hours after learning Kobe Bryant, who maybe more than anyone inspired the next generation of NBA players, had died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, along with ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ty-Shon Alexander scored 24 points going 10 of 11 from the foul line and Marcus Zegarowski scored 14 and Creighton beat Xavier 77-66 on Sunday. Mitch Ballock scored 14 and Denzel Mahoney 14 off the bench. Creighton (16-5, 5-3 ...
The Rutgers men's basketball team defeated Nebraska at home on Saturday afternoon by a narrow score of 75-72. The No. 24 Scarlet Knights (15-5, 6-3) and the Cornhuskers (7-13, 2-7) almost went to overtime at the sold-out Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), ...
Stanford, Calif. • Freshman Francesca Belibi scored a season-best 20 points to go with eight rebounds, and No. 6 Stanford beat Utah 82-49 on Sunday to run its home winning streak at Maples Pavilion to 16 games dating to last season. Fellow freshman ...
Archie Miller described it best postgame, saying Indiana did enough to win but also enough to lose. Momentum swayed in every minute against No. 17 Maryland Sunday afternoon, but in the final minute, it swayed away from the Hoosiers. After falling down by ...
ALBANY — With one of the MAAC men's basketball co-leaders visiting in its home arena, Siena opened with a strong flurry. Later, the Saints delivered the knockout. "It shows the team we can be," Siena junior Manny Camper said after the Saints' 84-61 win ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The effects of a 22-4 second-half run by Texas over a 10-minute stretch were weighing heavily on a short-handed LSU basketball team going into the final five minutes of their game Saturday afternoon. Texas coach Shaka Smart had gotten ...
Georgia Tech has a second commitment for its 2021 class. Grayson High athlete Jamal Haynes announced his commitment to the 2021 signing class Sunday via Twitter. Haynes is a three-star prospect rated the No. 65 player in the state of Georgia in his class ...
LOS ANGELES — For the second-straight game, the Washington women's basketball team lost an overtime road game, falling 81-78 at USC on Sunday afternoon at the Galen Center. Amber Melgoza had a team-high 17 points for the Huskies (10-9, 2-6 ...
Reggie Bullock fueled a decisive third-quarter run by hitting back-to-back 3-pointers — including the basket that gave New York the lead for good — in the Knicks' 110-97 victory against the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. As with all NBA games Sunday, the ...
ERIN EDGERTON/THE DAILY PROGRESS Virginia Cavaliers guard Dominique Toussaint (4) runs the ball during a game against Norte Dame on Sunday at John Paul Jones arena. The Cavaliers beat the Fighting Irish 90-60. Toussaint scored 14 total points.
Triangulation is an indispensable strategy in politics and commerce, deftly positioning oneself as an alternative both above and between the stale, established options. Just such an approach is evident in Premier Golf League, which aspires to be a new global ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Penn State women's basketball team wasn't able to cool off a hot-shooting Purdue team Sunday afternoon as the Lady Lions fell 81-68 at Mackey Arena. Junior Kamaria McDaniel shined once again, finishing with a game-high ...
The No. 23/23 Lady Vols got back in the win column on Sunday, defeating LSU, 63-58, in a key SEC match-up in front of a season-best crowd of 10,230 at Thompson-Boling Arena. The victory enabled the Lady Vols to post a 2-1 record during a week in which ...
Barclays Center, Brooklyn - Former unified champion "Swift" Jarrett Hurd returning to the ring for the first time since losing his titles to score a unanimous decision over Francisco "Chia" Santana in their 10-round super welterweight contest. "We've moved on ...
NASHVILLE — The mathematicians have taken their run at the Maple Leafs the past two weeks, many calculating a bleak summary of their playoff hopes. So it was over to Sheldon Keefe on Sunday to take stock of what's needed in the club's final 33 games, ...
ANN ARBOR — When Isaiah Livers was introduced in Michigan's starting lineup on Saturday, it was the loudest Crisler Center had been all season. When he hit a 3-pointer in front of the Michigan bench to give the Wolverines their first lead of the second half ...
A light Sunday in local sports, but the afterglow of Brian Morehouse's 600th career coaching victory continues at Hope College. Sunday, January 26, 2020 5:11 p.m. EST by Gary Stevens. Jan. 25, 2020; Olivet, MI, USA; Players, staff and fans hold signs ...
New Jersey Devils at Ottawa Senators. Monday, 7:30 p.m., Canadian Tire Centre TV: TSN5, RDS2 Radio: TSN 1200-AM, Unique, 94,5-FM. FIVE KEYS TO THE GAME: Deadline Watch: With the Senators (28th) and Devils (29th) living just above the NHL ...
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