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Judge grants extra year of NCAA eligibility to high school Class of '22
College athletes from the high school Class of 2022 were granted an additional year of NCAA eligibility on Friday thanks to a court ruling in Denver.,Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney of the U.S. District Court in Colorado issued a class-wide preliminary injunction affecting those athletes whose standard f...
Michael Kim cards 59 at 3M Open
Michael Kim became the first PGA player to card a 59 this season on Friday, sinking a 24-foot, 4-inch birdie putt on the 18th hole to finish 12-under-par 59 in the second round of the 3M Open in Blaine, Minn.,Kim, 33, aggressively pumped his fist after finishing the par-5 18th hole at TPC Twin Citie...
Joey Logano fastest to finish in first North Wilkesboro points race since '96
Joey Logano dominated by leading a career-high 323 laps as NASCAR welcomed historic North Wilkesboro Speedway back to the Cup Series' regular-season points schedule for the first time since 1996 in Sunday night's Window World 450 in North Wilkesboro, N.C.,Winless since early May of last season at Te...
Window World 450 qualifying rained out; Ryan Blaney placed in pole
NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C.-"Great lap," quipped Ryan Blaney on Saturday as he addressed reporters in the North Wilkesboro Speedway media center.,Of course, there was no lap, after rain drenched the 0.625-mile short track and forced cancellation of qualifying for Sunday's Window World 450 (7 p.m. ET on T...
Veteran Grant Enfinger wins wild NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race at historic Lime Rock Park
LAKEVILLE, Conn. -- Popular veteran Grant Enfinger took the lead on a late race restart and held off a hard-charging Landen Lewis to make his first visit to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Victory Lane in more than a season -- earning his first career road course win Saturday afternoon in the LiUN...
Olav Kooij sprints to 1st Tour de France stage win
Olav Kooij of the Netherlands won Stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday as Norway's Torstein Traeen held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey.,Kooij, 24, finished the flat, 158-kilometer sprint from Lannemezan to Pau in 3 hours, 29 minutes and 7 seconds. It was the first stage win for the D...
Mads Pedersen, Torstein Traeen shine in Stage 4 at Tour de France
Mads Pedersen of Denmark won Stage 4 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, while Torstein Traeen of Norway grabbed the overall lead on the first day of the three-week event held entirely in France.,Pedersen, 30, was the best of a 10-rider pack at the finish, completing the 181.9-kilometer route from Car...
Flyers sign F Tyson Foerster, G Dan Vladar to long-term deals
The Philadelphia Flyers went on a spending spree Wednesday, signing forward Tyson Foerster to an eight-year $56.8 million deal and retaining goaltender Dan Vladar on a five-year, $27.5 million contract extension.,Both extensions take effect ahead of the 2027-28 season.,Foerster's contract has an ave...
Shane van Gisbergen nabs final road-course trophy of '26 at Sonoma
Shane van Gisbergen led a race-high 74 of 110 laps and hung on in NASCAR's final road-course event of 2026, winning the Toyota/Save Mart 350 on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.,The No. 97 Trackhouse Racing driver put his Chevrolet back up front after his final pit stop on Lap 88, held a he...
UFC touts 34M viewers for Freedom 250 with international audience
The total viewership for this month's UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House was raised to an estimated 34 million viewers in numbers released Friday.,That is nearly double the initial total announced on June 19, five days after the event held on the South Lawn on President Donald Trump's 80th bir...
Corey Heim grabs surprise first win at Naval Base Coronado
Corey Heim shocked the NASCAR circuit with his first career Cup Series victory Sunday afternoon, battling teammate Tyler Reddick and taking the checkers in the inaugural Anduril 250 road race at the Naval Base Coronado in San Diego.,Heim's No. 67 Toyota got beside Reddick, who soon had tire problems...
UFC Freedom 250 draws 17 million viewers on Paramount+
UFC Freedom 250 that took place Sunday on the White House's South Lawn on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday was watched by 17 million viewers in the United States and Latin America, according to Paramount+, which exclusively streamed the event.,The audience established a new record for a Paramo...
WNBA expanding to 50-game regular season in 2027
The WNBA is expanding the regular season from 44 games to 50 games starting with the 2027 campaign, the league announced Wednesday.,During its inaugural season in 1997, each of the league's eight members played only 28 regular season games.,The WNBA currently includes 15 teams, including two 2026 ex...
FBI: 'Planned attacks' foiled at White House UFC event
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Tuesday that law enforcement officials disrupted "planned attacks" at last weekend's White House UFC event that reportedly included explosive drones.,Five people were arrested from states including Ohio, Missouri and California, sources told The Associated Press.,AB...
Analysis: Freedom 250 proves the world truly is the UFC's stage
The imagery alone -- the Octagon set against the backdrop of the American presidency -- is enough to command global attention.,UFC Freedom 250, a reported $60 million project, was destined to be labeled a sideshow the moment the venue was announced -- the White House South Lawn in Washington. It is ...
Justin Gaethje stuns Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250
In perhaps the most shocking upset in UFC history, Justin Gaethje defeated Ilia Topuria after Topuria's corner stopped the fight at the end of the fourth round to win the lightweight championship and cap UFC Freedom 250 at the White House lawn in Washington on Sunday night.,Gaethje (28-5) put togeth...
Ilia Topuria expected to star once again at UFC’s Freedom 250
Dana White and his fellow Zuffa executives are no strangers to putting on a spectacle, but it's hard to argue against the fact that the UFC's Freedom 250 card at the White House on Saturday is the company's most ambitious undertaking yet.,The fight card, which is set to occur in a makeshift venue be...
After epic comeback, Knicks head to San Antonio on brink of NBA title
SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs now own the worst collapse in NBA Finals history, but they refuse to be counted out yet.,While the New York Knicks look to clinch their first NBA title since 1973, the Spurs aim to stay alive in the best-of-seven series when they host Game 5 on Saturday night.,Ne...
Court OKs this weekend's UFC event at White House
This weekend's UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House will proceed as planned after a federal judge denied a legal challenge to the festivities on Friday.,Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., denied an emergency injunction application filed last weekend by the Public...
DOJ fires back against lawsuit seeking to block UFC Freedom 250
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief with the U.S. District Court in Washington this week, arguing against a lawsuit that hopes to stop the UFC Freedom 250 card at the White House.,Preparations for the event on the South Lawn have cost a reported $60 million, and the DOJ argued of the thousa...