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Hall of Fame HS basketball coach Morgan Wootten dies at 88

HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Morgan Wootten, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who built DeMatha High School into a national powerhouse and mentored several futur...
15:52 22 January 2022

Soccer players union promises to defend Olympic protesters

GENEVA — Soccer players who defy Olympic rules by making protest gestures at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be supported by their global union.
13:21 22 January 2022

Coco Gauff sets up Osaka showdown in Australia; Serena wins

MELBOURNE, Australia — Plenty was going badly for Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open.
11:49 22 January 2022

No. 4 SDSU beats Wyoming 72-55 to match Leonard’s 20-0 start

SAN DIEGO — Malachi Flynn scored 18 points and Yanni Wetzell dominated inside with 14 points for No. 4 San Diego State, which used a suffocating defen...
6:08 22 January 2022

The Latest: 7-time champion Djokovic advances to 3rd round

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest on the Australian Open (all times local):
5:34 22 January 2022

Ugly brawl breaks out at end of Kansas State-Kansas game

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown Tuesday night with a wild melee behind the basket that included punc...
2:14 22 January 2022

Changes to Hall of Fame and a quick entry for Tiger Woods

SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods won't have to wait until he's 50 to enter the World Golf Hall of Fame.
23:37 21 January 2022

Column: Expectations getting higher as Woods gets older

SAN DIEGO — The expectations seem to get higher even as Tiger Woods gets older.
22:28 21 January 2022

Hunt family finally gets to see Chiefs back in Super Bowl

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Clark Hunt remembers well the celebrations four years ago that surrounded the golden anniversary of the Super Bowl, the championshi...
22:22 21 January 2022

Zion Williamson rejoining Pelicans lineup at pivotal time

METAIRIE, La. — Zion Williamson opened with a joke — about himself.
21:49 21 January 2022

Magic Johnson at Stern memorial: I’m going to miss my angel

NEW YORK — David Stern was remembered Tuesday as a mentor and a leader, a Little League parent and a loyal friend.
21:13 21 January 2022

Nicklaus turns 80 and remains a part of golf’s conversations

SAN DIEGO — Jack Nicklaus turns 80 on Tuesday, no closer to retirement than when he was at the peak of his golf career.
8:09 21 January 2022

Kyle Busch has 2 NASCAR titles and an eye on at least 5 more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The way Kyle Busch sees it, there is a flaw in the championship ring NASCAR awarded him last month.
7:56 21 January 2022

Sharapova can’t say what’s next after Australian Open loss

MELBOURNE, Australia — Her Grand Slam losing streak up to four matches, Maria Sharapova surely was aware questions about her future would be coming.
7:43 21 January 2022

Baylor up to No. 1, beats Oklahoma 61-57 for 15th win in row

WACO, Texas — Freddie Gillespie and the Baylor Bears can now say they have been No. 1 during the season.
5:35 21 January 2022

James heads to Springfield to see son before playing Celtics

BOSTON — Lakers star LeBron James took in his son's high school game in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon before returning to Boston to ...
5:05 21 January 2022

Nepalese-owned operators take lead on world’s highest peaks

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Once relegated to support staff, Nepalese climbers famous for their skills on the world's highest peaks are emerging out of the sha...
3:30 21 January 2022

Kemba beats LeBron for 1st time, Celtics top LA 139-107

BOSTON — Kemba Walker scored 20 points to end a career-long personal losing streak against LeBron James, and Jayson Tatum scored 27 to lead the Boston...
3:13 21 January 2022

Paul, Thunder rally for 112-107 win over struggling Rockets

HOUSTON — Chris Paul scored 28 points and Danilo Gallinari added 25 as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to bea...
0:48 21 January 2022

49ers impressive turnaround leads to Super Bowl appearance

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the celebration raged in the victorious 49ers locker room, general manager John Lynch showed off a "Mobile to Miami" T-shirt ...
0:28 21 January 2022

No. 4 SDSU chasing 20-0 start of Leonard’s 2010-11 team

SAN DIEGO — As much as the undefeated and fourth-ranked San Diego State Aztecs want to establish their own identity, there’s simply no escaping compar...
23:34 20 January 2022

Chiefs stick to game plan in AFC title game win over Titans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs advanced to their first Super Bowl in 50 years by doing things decidedly their way.
20:16 20 January 2022

South Carolina, Baylor lead women’s Top 25; Northwestern in

NEW YORK — South Carolina still sits atop The Associated Press women's basketball poll, with Baylor in second place.
20:09 20 January 2022

New Baylor coach Aranda sensed something special with Bears

WACO, Texas — Dave Aranda sensed something special about Baylor even before the Bears were looking for a new head coach.
19:01 20 January 2022

Quenneville returns to Chicago with Florida Panthers

CHICAGO — In some Chicago circles, certainly every one that includes a hockey rink, it's just “Q.” Only one letter is necessary for a man so revered t...
18:33 20 January 2022

Baylor jumps Zags to give AP poll record-tying seventh No. 1

Baylor and Gonzaga were the only two teams in the top five that took care of business last week.
17:18 20 January 2022

Protests or not, politics and Olympics are intertwined

More than a half-century later, Tommie Smith and John Carlos are cemented into Olympic lore — their names enshrined in the Olympic Hall of Fame in the...
17:04 20 January 2022

Djokovic cedes Australian Open set in 1st Rd; 1st since 2006

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic did something he hadn't in 14 years: He dropped a set in a first-round match at the Australian Open.
13:39 20 January 2022

‘My mission was to win’: Coco tops Venus at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — Everyone had the same question when the Australian Open draw was revealed: What were the odds that Coco Gauff and Venus William...
9:07 20 January 2022

Air quality ‘seems totally fine’ on Day 1 at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — For all of the concerns about air quality at the Australian Open, it turned out the biggest issue related to playing conditions...
8:49 20 January 2022