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...
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.
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.
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...
The Latest: 7-time champion Djokovic advances to 3rd round
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest on the Australian Open (all times local):
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...
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.
Column: Expectations getting higher as Woods gets older
SAN DIEGO — The expectations seem to get higher even as Tiger Woods gets older.
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...
Zion Williamson rejoining Pelicans lineup at pivotal time
METAIRIE, La. — Zion Williamson opened with a joke — about himself.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
‘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...
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...