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UCLA grabs No. 1 overall seed in Women's NCAA Tournament
For nearly a monthlong span, UCLA wasn't the best team in its own city, losing twice to Southern California in conference play.,But after defeating USC in the Big Ten championship, the Bruins (30-2) regained Los Angeles bragging rights -- and on Sunday, they earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA...
Akron, Drake, Grand Canyon top NCAA Tournament Cinderella candidates
Favorites are easier to follow in the NCAA Tournament, factoring familiarity and knowledge of known commodities with single-digit seeding in the bracket.,Spoiler alert: An underrated Cinderella team or three will pull an upset most don't see coming this week and fracture many bracket predictions alo...
Josh Hoey sets American record in 800m final at indoor championships
Josh Hoey broke his own American indoor record Sunday in the 800 meter, holding off the competition to win his first national championship at the 2025 USATF Indoor Championships in Staten Island, N.Y.,Hoey notched a 1:43.24, giving the 25-year-old a victory over close competitors Brandon Miller and ...
Olympic champs Masai Russell, Grant Holloway add national indoor titles
Hurdlers Masai Russell and Grant Holloway, gold medalists at the Paris Olympics, became U.S. indoor national titlists on Saturday at the 2025 USATF Indoor Championships in Staten Island, N.Y.,Holloway has a winning streak for over a decade in the men's 60-meter hurdles, and he matched his fastest ti...
Auburn No. 1, SEC dominant in Top 16 bracket preview
With a month before Selection Sunday, the Division I Men's Basketball Committee unveiled its top 16 teams Saturday on the Bracket Preview Show, and the list was dominated by the Southeastern Conference, as expected.,Three of the top four seeds -- No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Flo...
Red Bull returns to NASCAR as Shane van Gisbergen sponsor
Red Bull is known for its involvement in Formula 1 and other motorsports endeavors around the world, but the energy drink company is making a return to NASCAR.,Red Bull entered a major partnership with Trackhouse Racing and will be the primary sponsor on Shane van Gisbergen's car for five Cup Series...
Aston Martin names Andy Cowell F1 team principal
Aston Martin has named Andy Cowell the team principal for its Formula 1 team, with Mike Krack moving into a new role after serving as the team principal since 2022.,Cowell adds to his job title after leaving his role as head of Mercedes' High Performance Powertrains to become Aston Martin's CEO last...
Helio Castroneves books Daytona 500 ride with Trackhouse
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves is set to make his NASCAR debut as he attempts to qualify for the Feb. 15 Daytona 500 for Trackhouse Racing.,"Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would enter a NASCAR race and certainly not the Daytona 500 with a team like Trackhouse Racing," ...
Report: Helio Castroneves books Daytona 500 ride with Trackhouse
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves is set to make his NASCAR debut as he attempts to qualify for the Feb. 15 Daytona 500 for Trackhouse Racing, The Athletic reported.,A longtime open-wheel competitor, the 49-year-old Castroneves won the Indy 500 in 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2021. He has ...
Report: PGA Tour discussing bracket-style championship
Just call it August Madness.,The Athletic reported Friday that the PGA Tour is in "advanced discussions" that could lead to the season-ending Tour Championship being played bracket-style, like the NCAA Tournament. Per the report, the Tour Championship -- the final event of the three-tournament FedEx...
U.S. women turn in dominant 4x400 relay performance
PARIS -- The United States blazed to the gold medal in the Olympic women's 4x400 meters relay on Saturday, clocking the second-quickest time in history and stretching the country's remarkable victory streak in the event to eight in a row.,Fielding a star-studded foursome featuring Olympic champions ...
U.S. men win 4x400 relay thriller in Olympic-record time
PARIS -- The United States continued its dominance of the Olympic 4x400 meters relay on Saturday as Rai Benjamin held off Botswana's Letsile Tebogo in a thrilling last-leg battle between two individual gold medalists.,The U.S. as expected, dropped Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who struggled badly i...
Ethiopian Tamirat Tola wins men's marathon in Paris
PARIS -- Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won gold in the men's marathon at the Olympics on Saturday while Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic crown, failed to finish.,Belgium's Bashir Abdi took silver, improving on his bronze from Tokyo, and Kenya's Ben...
U.S. men disqualifed in 4x100 relay
PARIS -- Canada won the men's Olympic 4x100m relay on Friday after the favored foursome from the United States messed up a changeover and were disqualified.,Andre de Grasse ran a superb last leg to bring the Tokyo silver medalists home in 37.50 seconds for their second gold in the event following th...
US men DQ'd in 4x100 relay
PARIS -- Canada won the men's Olympic 4x100m relay on Friday after the favored foursome from the United States messed up a changeover and were disqualified.,Andre de Grasse ran a superb last leg to bring the Tokyo silver medalists home in 37.50 seconds for their second gold in the event following th...
Sha'Carri Richardson, US sprints to gold in 4x100 relay
PARIS -- The United States won the gold medal in the Olympic women's 4x100 meters relay on Friday, their 12th title in the event ,after Great Britain botched their final exchange.,The U.S. team of Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Paris Olympic 200-meter champion Gabby Thomas and Sha'Carri Richards...
American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets WR, claims gold in 400 hurdles
PARIS -- American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated her own 400 meters hurdles world record with a time of 50.37 seconds to retain her Olympic title on Thursday.,Anna Cockrell of the United States took silver and Dutchwoman Femke Bol claimed bronze.,McLaughlin-Levrone lowered her previous mark o...
American Quincy Hall storms from behind to claim 400-meter gold
Saint-Denis, FRANCE -- Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overtake Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400-meter gold for the United States since 2008 in another scintillating race on Wednesday.,Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country's first gold ove...
Canada revokes track coach Rana Reider's Olympic credential amid new allegations
The Canadian Olympic Committee revoked the Olympic accreditation of personal track coach Rana Reider on Tuesday amid allegations of sexual and emotional abuse.,Reider was in Paris as coach of Canada's Andre de Grasse, Italian Olympian Marcell Jacobs and American Trayvon Bromell. Jacobs won two gold ...
Julien Alfred upsets Sha'Carri Richardson in 100-meter dash
PARIS -- Julien Alfred delivered a brilliant gun-to-tape performance to win the women's 100 meters final on Saturday and claim Saint Lucia's first-ever Olympic medal.,Alfred made her usual slick start and remained clear in heavy rain on a sodden track to come home in a national-record 10.72 seconds....