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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in U.S. Open men's final weeks after doping exoneration 
NEW YORK — 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 Meadows. If that episode initially hung over him during the tournament, Sinner was able to...
Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in the U.S. Open men's final weeks after doping exoneration 
NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open men’s championship on Sunday, less than three weeks after being exonerated in a doping case. The No. 1-ranked Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy, won the second Grand Slam trophy...
Texas on top! Longhorns take over at No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 16 years, jumping Georgia
Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia on Sunday after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten. The Longhorns moved up a spot from No. 2 and received 35 first-place votes and 1,540 points. The Bulldogs,...
Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula to win U.S. Open for her 3rd Grand Slam title 
NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka left the U.S. Open in tears 12 months ago as the runner-up. She exited in the semifinals each of the two years before that. This time, Sabalenka was in a joking mood after winning her first championship at Flushing Meadows and the third Grand Slam...
Suarez returns to the site of the closest finish in NASCAR history looking for a playoff payoff 
HAMPTON, Ga. — The best year of Daniel Suarez’s life began in February when he won the NASCAR Mexico race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, an event essentially staged with Suarez as the star. Later that month came the closest finish in NASCAR history, a photo-finish victory at Atlanta...
Florida high school football player dies after collapsing during game
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A Florida Panhandle high school football player has died after collapsing during a game, officials said. Port St. Joe High School wide receiver and defensive back Chance Gainer collapsed during Friday night’s game at Liberty County High School. The 18-year-old senior was playing cornerback when a...
NASCAR's charter disagreement at breaking point as playoffs arrive
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After Tyler Reddick battled a stomach virus throughout the Southern 500 to eke out a 1-point win over Kyle Larson for NASCAR’s regular-season championship, he and the 23XI Racing ownership group went to collect the trophy. Reddick stood next to the trophy, team co-owner Michael Jordan by...
Jessica Pegula never gave up hope on way to U.S. Open final
NEW YORK — Back in January, when Aryna Sabalenka was winning a second consecutive Australian Open title, Jessica Pegula was bowing out in the second round with a straight-set loss against someone ranked 51st. It wasn’t the first setback for Pegula, of course. There have been many of those through...
Alex Morgan leaves women's soccer 'in an amazing place' to focus on expanding her family 
SAN DIEGO — Alex Morgan walked into her retirement news conference Friday thinking she would be the only player there from the San Diego Wave. She was surprised by an ovation from her teammates who packed the first two rows. “This is your day off!” Morgan said, clearly touched by...
Jannik Sinner reaches the US Open men's final by beating Jack Draper after both need medical help 
NEW YORK — Taylor Fritz surged with a six-game run against a fading and frustrated Frances Tiafoe to come out on top 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in an all-American matchup at the U.S. Open on Friday night and reach his first Grand Slam final. The No. 12-seeded Fritz’s momentum-shift-filled...
U.S. Open: Jessica Pegula beats Karolina Muchova and will face Aryna Sabalenka in women's final 
NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula could do no right at the outset of her first Grand Slam semifinal. Her opponent at the U.S. Open on Thursday night, Karolina Muchova, could do no wrong. “I came out flat, but she was playing unbelievable. She made me look like a beginner,” Pegula...
Aryna Sabalenka beats Emma Navarro to reach U.S. Open finals 
NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka moved into her second consecutive U.S. Open final by taking the last seven points and beating Emma Navarro, 6-3, 7-6 (2), on Thursday night with her usual brand of high-risk, high-reward tennis. The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus who won each of the...
U.S. star Alex Morgan, 35, retires from professional soccer 
With two Women’s World Cup titles and an Olympic gold medal, Alex Morgan is retiring from professional soccer as one of the United States national team’s most prolific scorers and as someone who helped lead the fight for equal pay. The 35-year-old Morgan, who said she is pregnant with her...
Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being severely burned by her partner
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33. Kenya’s sports minister said authorities must do more to combat gender-based violence. A spokesperson at...
Federal judge asked to give preliminary OK to $2.78 billion settlement of NCAA antitrust claims
A judge in California on Thursday was scheduled to weigh preliminary approval of a $2.78 billion settlement of three antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences, the first step of a lengthy process that could lead to college athletes getting a cut of the billions in television revenue that...
ACC schools have new path to revenue: Win in postseason
RALEIGH, N.C. — The ACC has spent years working to find more money to reduce the gaps with the Big Ten and SEC. The league is hoping a new wrinkle to how it divvies up payments to its member schools can help and provide some stability about its long-term future....
Jessica Pegula upsets No. 1 Iga Swiatek at U.S. Open to reach 1st Grand Slam semifinal
NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula pulled off a major upset of Iga Swiatek at the U.S. Open, beating the No. 1-ranked woman 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday night to win a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time on her seventh try. Swiatek served poorly in the first set and her...
Florida State drops out of AP Top 25 after 0-2 start; Texas up to No. 3 behind Georgia, Ohio State
Florida State fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Tuesday after starting the season 0-2, becoming just the third team to go from preseason top-10 to unranked in the first regular-season poll since the rankings expanded to 25 in 1989. Georgia remained No. 1, receiving 57 first-place...
Emma Navarro reaches her first major semifinal, beats Paula Badosa at the U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Emma Navarro rode a stunning turnaround right into her first Grand Slam semifinal, beating Paula Badosa, 6-2, 7-5, at the U.S. Open on Tuesday to follow her upset of defending champion Coco Gauff. Taylor Fritz then earned his first berth in the final four of a major,...
This transgender sprinter will compete for Italy at the Paralympics
BOLOGNA, Italy — Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted to be like him,” said Petrillo, a transgender woman who was raised as a boy. “I...
US Open: Jessica Pegula reaches her 7th Grand Slam quarterfinal. She is 0-6 at that stage so far 
NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula is back in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open after a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Diana Shnaider on Monday, her seventh trip to that round at a Grand Slam tournament. Now comes the hard part: Pegula is 0-6 in major quarterfinals over her career, and...
NASCAR Playoffs: Don't look for surprises in the postseason as power programs dominate field 
DARLINGTON, S.C. — NASCAR’s regular season finished with a pair of surprises as winless drivers Harrison Burton and Chase Briscoe pulled off unexpected victories at Daytona and Darlington. Don’t look for more stunners when the playoffs start next week and NASCAR’s power programs, Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing and Team...
Chase Briscoe holds off Kyle Busch in Southern 500 to advance to NASCAR Cup playoffs
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Chase Briscoe went three-wide to pass Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain for the lead, then outran two-time series champion Kyle Busch to win the Southern 500 on Sunday night and make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Briscoe pulled away on a final restart with 17 laps left...
Defending champion Coco Gauff loses in the U.S. Open's 4th round to Emma Navarro
NEW YORK — This is pretty much all anyone needs to know about defending champion Coco Gauff’s 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 loss to Emma Navarro in the U.S. Open’s fourth round on Sunday: Gauff wound up with more double-faults, 19, than winners, 14. “I don’t want to lose matches like this...
Gregg Berhalter assistant Mikey Varas will coach U.S. in exhibitions against Canada and New Zealand
CHICAGO — Assistant Mikey Varas will be interim U.S. coach for exhibitions against Canada and New Zealand while a deal hasn’t been announced for Mauricio Pochettino to succeed Gregg Berhalter. Varas on Sunday picked a 24-man roster that includes Barcelona youth system goalkeeper Diego Kochen and Standard Liege defender Marlon...


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