WNBA season saw greater demand for women’s sports
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October 16, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Pehlke remembers having to beg and plead at bars and restaurants to get them to show WNBA games just a few years ago. Too often, the answer was a flat-out no. These days, he doesn’...
Mexico struggling to stamp out homophobic chant
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October 16, 2024
GUADALAJARA, México (AP) — Guadalajara is the capital of a Mexican state that is home to tequila and Mariachi music. It is also considered the birthplace of a less flattering tradition – a homophobic ...
Stewart, Liberty lament lost opportunity
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October 12, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty were left thinking about what could have been. The Liberty had an 18-point lead in the first half and an 11-point advantage with 3:23 left in r...
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October 7, 2024
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — A 27-car crash that involved eight of NASCAR’s 12 title contenders. A chaotic cleanup that infuriated competitors. And a surprise winner. Just a regular race at Talladega Supers...
Jordan, two others sue NASCAR in antitrust suit
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October 3, 2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two NASCAR teams — one of them owned by Michael Jordan — filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France on Wednesday, claiming the new ch...
Americans win Presidents Cup for 10th straight time
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September 30, 2024
MONTREAL (AP) — U.S. captain Jim Furyk raised the gold trophy before a team that dressed in red shirts that filled the scoreboard early with red scores. The Presidents Cup is one trophy the Americans ...
College, NFL, WNBA provide excitement
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SPORTS BETTING RECAP
By By RYAN HANNABLE BetMGM Sportsbook 
September 24, 2024
Exciting games in college football, another slate of games in the NFL, the start of the WNBA playoffs and baseball nearing the end of its season all made for a big week in sports betting. In NFL betti...
A’ja Wilson unanimous choice as WNBA MVP
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By By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer 
September 23, 2024
It’s the third time the Las Vegas Aces star has won the honor. Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson was the unanimous choice as the WNBA MVP, the league announced Sunday. The Aces’ versatile forward averag...
Dubois retains IBF belt in dominant win over Joshua
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September 23, 2024
LONDON (AP) — Daniel Dubois is no longer an accidental world heavyweight champion. With a brutal fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua in front of 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, Dubois showed he mig...
Logano wins NASCAR playoff opener in Atlanta
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September 10, 2024
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — One of the first things Joey Logano said after winning NASCAR's playoff opener was that the postseason is his time of the year. And, in 10 initial playoff appear - ances, he typica...
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September 9, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner started slowly at the U.S. Open, dropping the first set he played after being exonerated in a doping case no one knew about until shortly before play began at Flushing Me...
Frances Tiafoe returns to U.S. Open quarterfinals once again
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September 3, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — A point away from losing the second set with his opponent serving, Frances Tiafoe looked at a positive. At least, he figured, he would be able to change out of his sweaty shirt and sne...
Paralympics fans respect visually impaired athletes with less noise
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September 3, 2024
PARIS (AP) — A soft voice from the loudspeaker reminds the restless crowd: “Shhh. Shhh.” The whistle blows. Suddenly, spectators fall silent and even the slightest noise echoes through the Eiffel Towe...
Sports boats hoping to bring electric options to the waters
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September 3, 2024
AFLOAT THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER (AP) — Grant Jeide looked like another dude riding the rollicking waves left in the wake of a 23-foot boat ripping through the water at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour o...
Clark’s progression answers questions
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August 24, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark entered the WNBA amid a myriad of questions about how she would handle the transition to pro basketball. Three months into her professional career, the answer seems c...
Korda’s 68 gives her 3-shot lead at British Open
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August 24, 2024
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Nelly Korda looks to be back to her dominant best at the home of golf. The top-ranked American mastered more blustery conditions at St. Andrews by shooting a bogey-free, 4...
Korda looks to return to unbeatable form
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August 22, 2024
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Nelly Korda was playing such good golf in the first half of 2024 that her rivals were starting to hope she wouldn’t turn up for tournaments. “I played in LA a couple weeks...
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August 21, 2024
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — NASCAR has just two races remaining in the regular season and a pair of competitions are on the line. Tyler Reddick earned his second win of the season Monday at Michigan Intern...
Lindley storms back to win U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club
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By By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media 
August 6, 2024
Leta Lindley finished runner-up at the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open championships, falling by one stroke to Jill McGill two years ago at NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio, and by one stroke a...
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July 26, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could meet his longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament. Djokovic was drawn Thursday against Australian Matthew Ebd...