Frances Tiafoe just kept shaking his head and calling the whole thing "crazy" and "unbelievable." Which it all kind of is. That he reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal on his 21st birthday by beating No. 20 seed Grigor Dimitrov, 7-5, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (1), 7-5, at the Australian Open on Sunday....
Thomas Hammock pledged years ago to return to Northern Illinois. He was Wisconsin’s running backs coach when he met Sean Frazier, the Badgers deputy athletic director at the time. Hammock, a former NIU running back from 1999 to 2002, told Frazier: “You know what? I’m going to be the head coach...
He has played in three NFL conference championship games, making cornerback Aqib Talib the most experienced Rams player in the situation at hand. Talib lost twice with the New England Patriots. He won once with the Denver Broncos – and went on to win a Super Bowl title. So the Rams will be looking...
Over the last week, I’ve heard the same question with the same uncertainty about soon-to-be Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores. No one knows Flores or his ideas. But the question is always the same: What balance will Flores strike between emulating Bill Belichick, the only NFL boss he’s known, and...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It seems football fans everywhere are suddenly on the Chiefs' bandwagon, enthralled by Kansas City's record-setting young quarterback and exciting playmakers and hopeful the amiable coach can finally win the big one. Then again, maybe they're just fans of anybody facing New England....
As a backup quarterback for the Steelers, Byron Leftwich sat down one day to watch a 19-year-old redshirt freshman make his first start for Florida State against the Pitt Panthers. The kid couldn’t miss. Every pass had eyes as he connected on 25-of-27 for 356 yards with four touchdowns in a 41-13...
Former Orioles ace and Hall of Famer Jim Palmer has a couple of pieces of memorabilia from his career up for auction this month. Fans of Palmer, the three-time Cy Young Award winner and current Orioles television analyst, Can buy his 1977 Rawlings Gold Glove Award and a 1972 game-worn uniform through...
The Maryland men’s basketball team came into Friday night’s game against Ohio State at Value City Arena leading the Big Ten in 3-point shooting and nearly at the bottom of the league in assists. That changed in a big way — and a good way — for the nation’s No. 19 team. The Terps continued their...
Boys Basketball No. 1 Mount Saint Joseph 76, John Carroll 45: The visiting Gaels (16-4, 9-1 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference) won back-to-back games beating the host Patriots (3-16, 1-8) on Saturday after escaping with a 58-56 decision over No. 9 McDonogh on Friday. John...
WEST POINT, N.Y. – In a game with large momentum swings throughout, the Navy women's basketball team's final rally came up just short as Army held on for a 55-52 victory on Saturday. In the first leg of the 2019 Army-Navy women's basketball series at Army's Christl Arena, the Midshipmen (8-8, 3-3...
Paul George converted a four-point play with 5.1 seconds left, sending Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder to a wild 117-115 victory over Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center. George's clutch shot capped a wild finish that included another memorable...
Three games, three wins and three reasons to believe that the Brooklyn Nets are the best team outside of the Eastern Conference’s top tier. Brooklyn beat Boston, Houston and Orlando this week, getting big performances from a trio of young players the Nets acquired to become the base for one of...
Last and last. That's where the Miami Heat and center Hassan Whiteside found themselves in free-throw percentage entering the weekend, in the wake of Friday's foul-line debacle in the loss to the Detroit Pistons. At .686 from the line this season, the Heat went into Saturday's game against the...
Two decades after playing quarterback on Tennessee's last national championship team, Tee Martin is returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach. Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt announced Saturday that Martin has joined his staff. Martin's specific title and duties haven't been announced yet....
UF coach Dan Mullen suddenly is looking for a defensive line coach. Veteran coach Sal Sunseri reportedly is returning to coach at Alabama after one season in Gainesville under Mullen. The move was reported Friday by Gator Country. Sunseri, 59, has been coaching college and professional football...
Last year 119 college football players decided to give up the remaining years of their college eligibility to try their hand in the NFL. This year, a new record was set when 135 players declared, according to the list that the NFL released on Friday. The 2019 NFL Draft will take place between April...
At the bottom of 10 demands from the National College Players Association, the voice for college athletes founded by former UCLA linebacker Ramogi Huma that is at a crescendo after nearly 20 years now, are two embracing a simple human concept: freedom.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy, in his first mount since being involved in a three-horse spill one week earlier, made a triumphant return to the irons aboard Charlie Biggs' Dancingwithpaynter in Friday's second race at Laurel Park . Trained by Cal Lynch, Dancingwithpaynter ($2.40) dueled with Congrats...
Journeyman riders Horacio Karamanos, Trevor McCarthy and Jomar Torres each escaped serious injury after a three-horse spill in Friday’s sixth race at Laurel Park. All three riders were taken to the hospital for evaluation and released later that night. Karamanos was at Laurel on Saturday and rode...
As kids, Isaac Carr and Israel Thomas grew up playing the same video game: Super Smash Bros. Melee on the Nintendo GameCube. To win, a player must knock his or her opponent off a virtual stage using kicks, jabs, jumps and other moves that the gamers dictate with nothing but their fingers. On a...
Jessica “Jessy” Morgan’s list of contributions to women’s lacrosse is long and prominent: a highly touted prospect at McDonogh, a three-year starter at Virginia and a member of the 2004 NCAA championship team, a two-time member of the United States developmental squad, and coach at Howard and now...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This past weekend, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes lacrosse ministry honored former Naval Academy player Brendan Looney with the 2018 Peter Kohn Award. Kevin Looney accepted the award on behalf of his deceased son during the U.S. Lacrosse National Convention in Philadelphia....
PHILADELPHIA — An announcer has apologized for a remark about a Native American player during a lacrosse game that he and the team called "insensitive," with both team and league vowing disciplinary action. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Georgia Swarm forward Lyle Thompson said on social...
More than a half hour after the San Diego Seals rousingly captured their inaugural home game with two late goals on Saturday, there were more than 1,000 fans on the carpeted green floor at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Parents with many a kid in tow stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a line in the stairwell...
Vini Dantas had a hat trick as the Blast defeated the visiting Harrisburg Heat, 6-5, on Saturday nigh in a Major Arena Soccer League game. Andrew Hoxie scored the winning goal in the final six minutes on a power play. Jonatas Melo recorded two goals and an assist, and Adriano Dos Santos had three...
Premier League club Crystal Palace has offered the homeless emergency shelter from freezing weather conditions at its stadium. A lounge at the team's Selhurst Park stadium will be turned into an overnight refuge for up to 10 homeless people when temperatures are freezing. The plan, for homeless...
Harrisburg Heat (1-6) vs. Blast (5-2) When: Saturday, 6 p.m. Mississauga MetroStars (2-6) vs. Blast When: Sunday, 2 p.m. Where: SECU Arena Tickets: 410-73-BLAST, ticketmaster.com or baltimoreblast.com Outlook: Stuck in second place in the Major Arena Soccer League’s Eastern Division, the Blast...
Katelyn Ohashi’s smile filled her face as she danced across the blue floor; her bob cut bounced with each movement in her now-famous floor routine. UCLA’s gymnasts gravitated toward their 21-year-old senior captain, moving closer as the music blared. They began cheering and dancing behind her....
Michigan State University's governing body plans to name a new interim president following the resignation of interim President John Engler — the latest development stemming from the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. A special board meeting is scheduled...
Bob Costas’ 40-year career with NBC Sports is over. “It’s all settled quietly and happily for all concerned,” Costas told the New York Post in an interview that was published Tuesday. An NBC representative confirmed with the Post that Costas no longer worked for the network without offering details...
Many of the top players on LPGA Tour are in Orlando for the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions — the golf-centric city’s first women’s professional stop since 2011. Back then, Michael Whan was cutting his teeth as LPGA commissioner, sifting through the rubble left by predecessor Carolyn Bivens...
Just when it appeared the posse tracking him hard through the desert was about to round him up, Phil Mickelson figured out a way to keep his pursuers at least another day’s ride behind him. Mickelson birdied four of his last five holes Friday in the second round of the Desert Classic, making up...
It’s been a challenging couple of years for golfer Lydia Ko, a former teen phenom with a lot of ground to make up to reclaim her place as world No. 1. After teeing it up Friday with Chad Pfeifer, Ko realized just how easy she has it, no matter what happens on or off the golf course. Pfeifer, a...
Governor Larry Hogan has appointed his deputy chief of staff as Maryland’s new secretary of natural resources. Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio was named Friday to the Cabinet position and is slated to begin her appointment in early February, according to a Friday news release. She had served as deputy...
The Arena Football League will be relocating its business headquarters to Philadelphia next month. The League offices had previously been located in Las Vegas. The Arena Football League will be led by Ron Jaworski, who will serve as chairman of the executive committee, Randall Boe, who will serve...
As Washington Valor players rejoiced around the Arena Football League’s Foster Trophy on the field at Royal Farms Arena on Saturday night, the owner of the team, Ted Leonsis, was grinning — even while his other team, the Baltimore Brigade, walked back to its locker room empty-handed. “Both [Baltimore...
After pounding the two-time defending champion Philadelphia Soul last week, ArenaBowl XXXI was the Brigade’s battle to lose — and they sure lost it. The Washington Valor were supposed to be an easy meal — the team went 2-10 in the regular season, the kind of mark that, had there been more than...