The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Cam Christie recorded 19 points on 5-for-7 shooting from 3-point range and Dawson Garcia scored 10 points and Minnesota beat Michigan State for the …
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Everyone hopes the Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl won’t come down to an officiating call
San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York was asked the other day what comes to mind when he thinks back to his team’s Super Bowl loss to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs four years ago, and he quipped: “I mean, I remember Nick Bosa getting held on third-and-long — and that not getting called.” So perhaps it would be …
Read More »No. 3 North Carolina plays Clemson after Bacot’s 25-point performance
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Clemson Tigers (14-7, 4-6 ACC) at North Carolina Tar Heels (18-4, 10-1 ACC) Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tar Heels -7.5; over/under …
Read More »Usyk says he isn’t judging Fury over cut that postponed their unification fight
GANDIA, Spain (AP) — Oleksandr Usyk says he doesn’t judge Tyson Fury for sustaining a cut while sparring which forced their heavyweight boxing unification fight to be postponed. The fight was delayed from Feb. 17 to May 18, still in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after Fury needed stitches for the cut. “I don’t judge anyone, no one at all. It happens, …
Read More »SMU visits Rice following Mason’s 30-point performance
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. SMU Mustangs (15-7, 6-3 AAC) at Rice Owls (9-13, 3-6 AAC) Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Rice hosts the SMU Mustangs after Mekhi Mason scored 30 …
Read More »Column: Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan have trust issues in golf’s big divide
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The obnoxious money ruining golf was sure to create trust issues with the leadership, and that lingers even as PGA Tour Enterprises is now flush with cash from its new minority investor. Now it might be a question of who has lost the locker room: Jay Monahan or Rory McIlroy? How much Monahan has fallen …
Read More »Eagles will host NFL’s first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles will be the host team for the NFL’s first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6 — a day after the 2024 season opener, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday. Goodell addressed gambling, officiating, diversity, the Rooney Rule and much more — including Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce — in an nearly …
Read More »Dani Alves faces day two of sexual assault trial in Barcelona. Police say accuser wants ‘justice’
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After being escorted in handcuffs into the Barcelona courtroom, Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give testimony during the second day of his sexual assault trial on Tuesday. Alves is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub early in the morning of Dec. …
Read More »Column: Rory McIlroy and Jay Monahan have trust issues in golf’s big divide
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The obnoxious money ruining golf was sure to create trust issues with the leadership, and that lingers even as PGA Tour Enterprises is now flush with cash from its new minority investor. Now it might be a question of who has lost the locker room: Jay Monahan or Rory McIlroy? How much Monahan has fallen …
Read More »Egypt appoints Hossam Hassan as head coach and his twin brother as team director
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has put twin brothers in charge of its national soccer team with Hossam Hassan taking over as coach and Ibrahim Hassan as team director. The Egyptian Football Association said Tuesday that Hossam Hassan — the country’s all-time top-scorer with 68 goals — will succeed Portuguese coach Rui Vitória, whom it fired Sunday after the team’s disappointing …
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