Professional Sports
There's no doubt who the San Antonio Spurs are going to select with the first pick in this year's NBA draft. Victor Wembanyama could have started packing for T…
by BRIAN MAHONEY, The Associated Press June 1, 2023PARIS -- Frances Tiafoe says he receives death threats via social media after he loses professional tennis matches. Jessica Pegula says the same. So does Donna…
by HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer June 1, 2023PARIS -- The French Open crowd was not happy with American player Taylor Fritz after he beat one of their own -- indeed, their last man in the bracket -- so th…
by HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer June 1, 2023CAMDEN, N.J. -- Nick Nurse inherits a Philadelphia 76ers team in which Joel Embiid blossomed into an MVP, Tyrese Maxey developed into a rising star and James H…
by DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer June 1, 2023PARIS -- Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16-year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women's main draw at the…
by HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer June 1, 2023DENVER -- Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets were facing some questions going into their first NBA Finals, and their answers came in resounding fashion.
June 1, 2023MIAMI -- Joe Musgrove carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. had three doubles and four RBIs and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami Mar…
by The Associated Press June 1, 2023DUBLIN, Ohio -- Davis Riley opened with a 67 at the Memorial to finish atop the leaderboard after the opening round for the second straight year. And that's wh…
June 1, 2023JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang made her professional debut Thursday on the LPGA Tour, a solid opening round in the Mizuho Americas Open.
June 1, 2023TEXARKANA, Ark. -- The 88th annual Four States Invitational golf tournament at Texarkana Country Club kicked off with a practice round and a shootout on Thursd…
by Jason Hopkins June 1, 2023DENVER -- Nikola Jokic wasn't supposed to be here. Neither was Jimmy Butler, for that matter.
May 31, 2023PARIS -- Like many a kid, Peyton Stearns enjoyed participating in sports and tried her hand at plenty.
May 31, 2023DETROIT -- Jake Rogers hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and Jake Marisnick followed with a run-scoring single in his Tigers debut, leading D…
May 31, 2023CHICAGO -- Shohei Ohtani homered in consecutive innings, including a 459-foot drive that was the longest of his Major League Baseball career, and drove in four…
May 31, 2023DETROIT -- Jonah Heim drove in four runs, Josh Jung homered and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 10-6 on Tuesday night to improve to 35-19, the best r…
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