Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration. The NBA schedule was released Thursday for the coming season, and Game 1 on the slate is the Celtics hosting the Knicks on opening night — the one where the NBA champions will get […]
Jennifer King was a champion women’s basketball coach when she made a tough decision to pursue a career in football. She hasn’t had to look back. Within three years of switching sports, King became the first Black female full-time coach in the NFL when Washington hired her in 2021 as an assistant running backs coach.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jeremiah Smith was being called the next big thing at Ohio State long before he arrived on campus. The pass-catching prodigy from Miami Gardens, Florida, was the country’s top-rated recruit when he got to Columbus as an early enrollee in January amid a frenzy of hype. Since then, the 6-foot-3, 215-pound
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Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott announced on Thursday that linebacker Matt Milano is out indefinitely and will miss at least the first few months of the season with a torn left bicep in what becomes the starter’s latest setback after missing a majority of last season with a broken leg. McDermott provided the update as
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs’ starters are expected to play most of the first half of their preseason game against Detroit on Saturday, though it’s possible Carson Wentz will get some snaps with the first-team offense, too. Chiefs coach Andy Reid announced his plan for
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in Barcelona detained a fourth man accused of participating in the stabbing of the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal, who said Thursday he was feeling better. Police thanked citizens for helping them arrest those accused of the stabbing of Mounir Nasraoui on Wednesday. Three people had been
Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. Soccer Federation are working toward a deal for him to become the men’s national team coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach, has agreed to take over as the U.S. coach but the deal is not complete,
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis will host the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game for the first time at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, the league announced Wednesday. This summer’s game featured the All-Star team against the U.S. Olympic team and was played in front of a sellout crowd of 16,407 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. A
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The brief but terrifying feeling of helplessness still gets Wes Schweitzer every time. The New York Jets offensive lineman is scaling a rock — hand over hand, foot over foot — when he suddenly loses his grip, slips off the wall and plummets a few feet before landing. “The rope
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