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PGA Championship: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm paired in first 2 rounds
Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm will join Jordan Spieth in a high-profile threesome for the first two days of the PGA Championship on Thursday and Friday at Aronimink Golf Club outside Philadelphia.,The trio has accounted for 11 major titles, and Spieth is a PGA Championship shy of the career Grand Slam, ...
Reports: Prosecutors offering plea deals in NBA-related gambling cases
Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and ex-NBA player Damon Jones are among the people who will appear in federal court this week for status hearings in their illegal gambling cases, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.,At least 30 people in all will be in Brooklyn court as prosecutors and defen...
Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier due in court in gambling cases
Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and current player Terry Rozier are among the people who will appear in federal court this week for status hearings in their illegal gambling cases, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.,At least 30 people in all will be in Brooklyn court as prosecutors and def...
Caleb Wilson's 7th double-double leads No. 14 UNC past USC Upstate
Caleb Wilson's 20 points and 11 rebounds carried No. 14 North Carolina past USC Upstate to an 80-62 victory Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C.,Jonathan Powell produced 17 points off the bench, Luka Bogavac tallied 15 points, aided by three 3-point baskets, and Henri Veesaar added 14 points and ...
Nebraska runs overall winning streak to a dozen, edges USC Upstate
Pryce Sandfort scored 20 points and added nine rebounds and four assists as Nebraska extended the nation's longest active win streak, beating South Carolina Upstate 72-63 in a nonconference game on Saturday afternoon in Lincoln, Neb.,The Cornhuskers (8-0) have won 12 in a row dating back to last sea...
Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker case
Portland Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty Monday in a Brooklyn federal courthouse to charges of conspiring with the mafia to rig illegal poker games.,Billups was arrested on Oct. 23 and accused of helping to lure players into games where high-tech ...
Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz headline Nitto ATP Finals groups
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz are the top seeds in their respective groups for the upcoming Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.,Italy's Sinner is the defending champion, but Spaniard Alcaraz is the overall No. 1 seed for the season-ending championship that begins on Sunday.,The dr...
Report: Congressional committee, NBA meet in D.C. over gambling probe
NBA officials discussed the federal investigation that led to 34 arrests and imminent indictment hearings for Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones with members of a Congressional committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, ESPN reported. ,Billups, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers,...
Report: No paychecks for Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat point guard Terry Rozier won't receive paychecks while on leave due to federal gambling-related charges, ESPN reported Wednesday.,While on leave of absence, salaries for Billups and Rozer are held and placed in escrow pending the outc...
After Chauncey Billups' arrest, Blazers return to work vs. Warriors
The Portland Trail Blazers played poorly in the fourth quarter of their season opener on Wednesday night, and then head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested early Thursday morning.,Now Tiago Splitter takes over as interim coach of the Trail Blazers after Billups was charged on counts of conspiracy to...
Brazilian-born Tiago Splitter named interim coach of Trail Blazers
Tiago Splitter was named interim coach of the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday after the arrest of Chauncey Billups.,Splitter, 40, will make his debut in the role on Friday night when the Trail Blazers host the Golden State Warriors.,Billups was arrested Thursday morning as part of a federal inves...
U.S. prosecutors outline 8 NBA games in wire fraud, conspiracy indictment
An unsealed indictment alleges current and former NBA players and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were part of an illegal gambling ring using "inside information to profit" from illegal betting activity, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York said Thursday...
Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrested in gambling probe
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday morning in connection with a federal investigation into illegal gambling.,Also taken into custody was former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Damon Jones, who was linked to investigations involv...
NBA's Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrested in gambling probe
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday morning in connection with a federal investigation into illegal gambling.,Also taken into custody was former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Damon Jones.,Billups, a member of the Basketball Hal...
Report: MLB approves Rays’ sale to group led by Patrick Zalupski
Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved the sale of the Tampa Bay Rays to Jacksonville residential developer Patrick Zalupski, the Tampa Bay Times reported Monday.,"It's good to go," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told the Tampa Bay Times. "It's official in terms of our internal processes su...
Hungary's Anna Bondar stuns No. 12 Elina Svitolina in straight sets
Hungary's Anna Bondar, ranked No. 97 in the world, took advantage of shaky play by No. 12 Elina Svitolina and upset the Ukrainian, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday evening.,Svitolina, who gave birth to a daughter in the spring of 2022, returned to the tour a year later and stea...
Rays' owner discussing sale of team to Florida developer
Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg is in talks to sell the franchise to a group led by a Florida-based residential developer.,Patrick Zalupski, a home builder in Jacksonville, was identified as the potential lead buyer in a deal that values the team at about $1.7 billion, according to a re...
Report: Rays' owner in 'advanced talks' to sell team to Florida developer
Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg is in "advanced talks" to sell the franchise to a group led by a Florida-based residential developer, Sportico reported Wednesday.,Patrick Zalupski, a home builder in Jacksonville, has been identified as the potential lead buyer in a deal that values the ...
Wright State eliminates No. 1 overall seed Vanderbilt in stunner
Griffen Paige twirled an eight-inning gem and Wright State staved off a desperate ninth-inning comeback to upset Vanderbilt 5-4, eliminating the top national seed from the NCAA baseball tournament on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.,Vanderbilt is the first No. 1 overall seed that failed to reach the regio...
Blazers coach Chauncey Billups agrees to multi-year extension
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has agreed to a multi-year contract extension, the team announced Sunday morning.,Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed for Billups, who is concluding the final guaranteed year of his contract.,The move comes six days after the Trail Blazer...