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PWHL expands 'Takeover Tour' to 16 neutral-site games
The Professional Women's Hockey League announced Monday that it will play 16 regular-season games at 11 neutral sites across the U.S. and Canada during the 2025-26 season.,It's an expansion from last season when the "PWHL Takeover Tour" drew 123,601 fans for nine games.,The tour will visits seven ne...
Ex-Alabama QB AJ McCarron launches campaign for lieutenant governor
Former Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron is running for lieutenant governor in the state's 2026 election, he announced Thursday.,The Mobile native and two-time national champion with the Crimson Tide released a statement on YouTube.,"When Coach (Nick) Saban recruited me to play quarterback for the Uni...
Family of Tyler Skaggs, Angels clash as wrongful-death trial opens
Four years after Tyler Skaggs' widow and parents sued the Los Angeles Angels over his drug- and alcohol-related death during a 2019 road trip, both sides delivered lengthy opening statements on Tuesday in a California courtroom, with each side blaming the other.,Attorney Shawn Holley, representing t...
Dream's Dan Padover WNBA's first 3-time winner as executive of year
The Atlanta Dream's franchise-record 30-win season has helped vault general manager Dan Padover to new heights as the league's first three-time winner of the WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year.,Padover also won the award, which the league announced on Tuesday, when he was with the Las Vegas Aces ...
WVU board of governors vow more athletics funding
West Virginia University Board of Governors approved a resolution on Monday to increase funding for the Mountaineers athletic department.,The intention is to develop "a financial plan that positions the University in the top funding tier among Big 12 institutions, while simultaneously strengthening ...
Report: Texans TE Cade Stover (foot) out indefinitely
Houston Texans tight end Cade Stover is out indefinitely after breaking his foot Sunday vs. Los Angeles, KPRC2 in Houston reported Monday.,Stover, 24, caught a team-high four passes for 22 yards in the 14-9 season-opening loss to the Rams. A fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft, he had 15 receptions ...
No. 4 Georgia wary of confident Austin Peay
Looking to extend the longest home winning streak in the country, No. 4 Georgia hosts upset-hungry Austin Peay on Saturday in Athens, Ga.,Georgia (1-0) climbed a spot in the latest Associated Press Top 25 rankings after breezing past Marshall for a 45-7 win in its season opener. The victory marked t...
Rockies defeat Pirates, despite Liover Peguero's 3 homers
Jordan Beck homered and singled, Warming Bernabel continued his hot start with two doubles and a single, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 in Denver on Saturday.,Orlando Arcia also went deep, Mickey Moniak had two hits and Jaden Hill (1-0) pitched one inning of relief for Colo...
Denny Hamlin picks up Cup Series-high fourth win of year at Dover
Denny Hamlin waited out a one-hour red-flag delay, won three restarts on older tires inside of 10 laps to go, and took the overtime checkers in Sunday's rain-interrupted AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del.,In the second overtime, Hamlin lined up beside Joe Gibbs...
Connor Zilisch claims rain-shortened Xfinity Series race at Dover
Lest anyone doubt the all-around natural racing talent of 18-year-old Connor Zilisch, the rookie claimed a series best fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series victory on the season in Saturday's rain-shortened BetRivers 200 at the one-mile Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del., ,Zilisch led 77 of the race's 134 ...
Chase Elliott earns pole position at rainy Dover
Practice and Busch Light Pole Qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway was canceled due to inclement weather Saturday afternoon.,Through a metric established by NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports' Chase Elliott was awarded pole position fo...
Road courses in rearview, drivers tackle Dover's 'Monster Mile'
Fans of other NASCAR drivers can settle down and find solace that Shane van Gisbergen, who has traveled halfway around the world to dominate the Cup Series for three of the past five weeks, likely won't make it four of six.,That's because the drivers are heading to Dover Motor Speedway for Sunday's ...
Vicente Salas leads final 93 laps to win eNASCAR race at Dover
Vicente Salas became the fifth different driver to win a race this season in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, celebrating in victory lane Tuesday at a virtual Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.,Salas, 22, edged Ryan Luza by 0.720 seconds to earn his first win of the year. A part-time NASCAR Xfinity S...
TNT Sports to be spun off by Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery announced Monday that it will spin off its cable networks, including those that comprise TNT Sports, into a new company.,WBD is dividing its properties into two entities, one of which is temporarily being called Global Networks, which will serve as the parent company of CNN an...
Sovereignty outruns Journalism again to win Belmont Stakes
Sovereignty won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, taking the third jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown by passing Journalism down the stretch at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in a finish that mirrored the Kentucky Derby.,The 1-1/4 mile race was set up as a rematch to the Run for the...
Sovereignty, Journalism set for Belmont Stakes showdown
One month after their stretch duel in the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty and Journalism are set to meet again in Saturday's running of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,However, the two horses took different paths to get to upstate New York for the final leg of the Tr...
Belmont post positions set as Sovereignty, Journalism square off
Kentucky Derby champion Sovereignty will start from the inside and Preakness champ Journalism will start out wide when the Belmont Stakes is held Saturday at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,Post positions were announced for the field of eight on Monday and Sovereignty landed the 2 spot while Journalism will ...
Saquon Barkley hurdles way on to 'Madden 26' cover
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley vaulted onto the cover of the "Madden 26" video game.,EA Sports released a cover image on social media Monday featuring the Super Bowl champion hurdling a defender.,It pays homage to a viral highlight from Barkley's remarkable 2024 season in a Week 9 w...
Journalism, Sovereignty rematch at Belmont remains possible
A rematch between Preakness Stakes winner Journalism and Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty could be in the offing at the Belmont Stakes on June 7.,Sovereignty, who beat Journalism by 1 1/2 lengths in the Derby on May 3, didn't race at the Preakness in Baltimore last Saturday, with his handlers inste...
Trainer listens to Derby winner Sovereignty, opts to skip Preakness
Preakness Stakes officials confirmed on Tuesday that Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the second leg of the Triple Crown.,"We received a call today from trainer Bill Mott that Sovereignty will not be competing in the Preakness," said Mike Rogers, executive vice president of 1/ST...