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Akshay Bhatia ties Ryo Hisatsune for lead at Pebble Beach
Akshay Bhatia fired a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course to reach 15-under 129 and tie Japan's Ryo Hisatsune for the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Friday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Hisatsune was the solo first-round leader thanks to a 62 at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Thur...
Oregon tries to snap 10-game skid vs. Penn State as injuries linger
Oregon aims to break a 10-game losing streak Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Ore., when the Ducks host Penn State in a matchup of the two teams at the bottom of the Big Ten Conference.,Last-place Oregon (8-16, 1-12 Big Ten) has not been at full strength for much of the season -- and it likely won't be...
Team Peps completes comeback on Day 1 of OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
Team Peps, Team Falcons, T1 and Virtus.pro won their opening games and moved into the quarterfinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp on Friday in Seoul.,Peps outlasted Disguised 3-2 in a match that included a rare draw in the fourth round. Falcons swept VARREL 3-0, Virtus.pro di...
After snapping 9-game skid, Oklahoma hosts reeling Georgia
Georgia coach Mike White is counting on his team playing better from the jump Saturday than the Bulldogs did in their most recent game when they travel to Norman, Okla., to take on Oklahoma.,"We'll do our best as a staff to figure out how we can get off to a better start and if that means playing th...
Czech teenager Jilek outclasses strong field to take 10,000m gold
MILAN -- Czech teenager Metodej Jilek produced the race of his life to beat a powerful field and seize gold in the 10,000 meters on Friday, delivering the Czech Republic its first speed skating title of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.,Jilek was joined on the podium by Poland's Vladimir Semirunniy...
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scores twice as US routs Italy in women's hockey
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scored twice to highlight a five-goal second period, lifting the United States to a 6-0 romp over Italy on Friday in the quarterfinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Megan Keller collected a goal and two assists and Laila Edwards and Britta Curl-Salemme had one of each for th...
Japan's Totsuka takes halfpipe gold, Aussie James settles for silver
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Yuto Totsuka of Japan won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics on Friday in a hard-fought battle that ended with Australian Scotty James just missing out on the big prize that has eluded him through five Games.,James took the silver for the second t...
US favorite Ilia Malinin falls to stunning eighth in men’s figure skating
MILAN -- Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov emerged as the shock winner of the men's figure skating gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday as heavy favorite Ilia Malinin of the United States suffered multiple falls in a stunning upset.,Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took silver and countryman Shun Sa...
Victoria Mboko, Karolina Muchova to square off in Doha title match
No. 10 seed Victoria Mboko delivered six aces while recording a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko on Friday to reach the final of the Qatar Open at Doha.,Mboko took down Ostapenko one day after upsetting Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in a quarterfinal match.,The Canadian...
NFLPA still plans to collect team report cards despite arbitration ruling
An NFL memo sent Friday morning informed all teams that the players association no longer can publish its annual report cards, which rank the franchises on everything from the locker room to the owner to the treatment of families.,That is the result of a grievance filed by the league against the NFL...
Lindsey Vonn hopes to return to US after 4th leg surgery Saturday
American skier Lindsey Vonn is set to have a fourth surgery Saturday on the fractured tibia she sustained in her downhill run at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Feb. 8.,Vonn shared the update on her Instagram account Friday, sharing that she may be able to return to the United States after this surger...
US women's curling upsets top-ranked Canada; US men fall to Canada
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Joel Retornaz's Italy beat Britain 9-7 on Friday to continue its winning start at the Winter Olympics with a victory over another favorite in the men's curling competition, boosting hopes of a medal on home ice.,In its opening match, Italy beat Olympic champions Sweden, w...
Spurs' Carter Bryant tabbed as replacement for Rising Stars game
San Antonio Spurs rookie forward Carter Bryant will replace injured Memphis Grizzlies rookie guard Cedric Coward on Team Vince in the Rising Stars game on Friday in Inglewood, Calif.,Bryant, 20, also will compete in the Slam Dunk contest on Saturday. He has averaged 3.4 points and 2.0 rebounds in 43...
Report: Document details Big Ten's 24-team CFP format plan
The Big Ten didn't get its wish of a 24-team College Football Playoff field starting in 2026, but that isn't deterring the conference from pushing for its goal. ,The Big Ten reportedly shared an internal document detailing how it sees a 24-team CFP playing out with the conference's athletic director...
G Chris Paul announces retirement after 21 seasons
Twelve-time All-Star guard Chris Paul on Friday announced his retirement from the NBA after 21 seasons.,Paul, who previously said he's retiring at the end of the season, publicly made his decision to hang up his sneakers over Instagram.,"This is it! After over 21 years I'm stepping away from basketb...
Sahith Theegala gets Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption at The Genesis
Tournament host Tiger Woods announced Sahith Theegala as the recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption into the Genesis Invitational.,Theegala, 28, will compete in the tournament from Feb. 19-22 at The Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.,The Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption is awarded a...
Raptors waive veteran G Chris Paul
The Toronto Raptors waived 12-time All-Star guard Chris Paul on Friday.,The move was expected after Toronto acquired Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers as part of a three-team deal with the Brooklyn Nets at last week's trade deadline. The trade for Paul, in the eyes of the Raptors, was done for fina...
NFL: Team report cards must go after grievance ruling
An NFL memo sent Friday morning informed all teams that the players association no longer can distribute its annual report cards, which rank the franchises on everything from the locker room to the owner to the treatment of families.,That is the result of a grievance filed by the league against the ...
Blue Jays, Astros swap outfielders Joey Loperfido and Jesus Sanchez
The Astros and Blue Jays exchanged outfielders on Friday, with Houston acquiring Joey Loperfido from Toronto for Jesus Sanchez.,This is a return to Houston for Loperfido, who was a seventh-round pick by the Astros in the 2021 MLB Draft. He hit .333 with four home runs, 14 RBIs and an .879 OPS in 41 ...
Reports: Dolphins hiring Mississippi State's Bush Hamdan as QB coach
The Miami Dolphins are hiring Mississippi State associate head coach Bush Hamdan as the team's quarterbacks coach, according to multiple reports Friday.,Hamdan only landed the Mississippi State position in December and also was to coach the team's wide receivers.,The 40-year-old has 17 years of coac...