SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz forward Jaren Jackson Jr. underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove a growth in his left knee. The Jazz said Jackson will begin rehabilitation and be re-evaluated in four weeks to determine his recovery status. Dr. Travis Maak performed the procedure in Salt Lake ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Tennis player Alexandra Eala was a fan favorite at the Australian Open. Gymnast Carlos Yulo won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. And now Alpine skier Tallulah Proulx has become the first female athlete from the Philippines to compete in the Winter ...
MILAN (AP) — Sidney Crosby left Canada's Olympic quarterfinal game against Czechia in the second period because of injury, and he will not return. Hockey Canada ruled out Crosby for the remainder of the game Wednesday, calling it a lower-body injury. Crosby's right leg appeared to buckle ...
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Miami of Ohio coach Travis Steele isn't afraid to talk to his team about the 26-game winning streak that makes the RedHawks the last unbeaten team in Division I. "Obviously, it is the elephant in the room," Steele said on Tuesday night after Miami beat UMass 86-77. "I ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 27 points and Devin Royal added 25 for Ohio State as the Buckeyes knocked off No. 24 Wisconsin 86-69 Tuesday night. Ohio State (17-9, 9-6 Big Ten) beat a ranked team for the first time in seven tries this season. Braeden Carrington made five ...
The Big 12 coaches and players don't feel they are getting the respect they deserve. TCU, Baylor, West Virginia and Texas Tech all in The AP Top 25. Yet the conference only had the Horned Frogs in the initial Top 16 reveal by the NCAA last week. "We don't have many ranked teams, but every ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. He was 97. In a news release Thursday, the Pirates announced they confirmed Face's death. Team historian Jim ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Jarin Stevenson and Seth Trimble scored 19 points each to help No. 11 North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 79-65 on Saturday and secure another 20-win season. The short-handed Tar Heels played without star freshman forward Caleb Wilson (bone fracture in left hand) and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tre' Johnson, the former standout Washington offensive lineman who went on to become a Maryland high school history teacher, died Sunday. He was 54. Johnson's wife, Irene, announced the death in a Facebook post, saying he died during a short family trip. "It is with a ...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — LaMelo Ball has never been more popular, and it's not because Charlotte's 6-foot-7 star has the Hornets fighting for a playoff spot. They hype is largely about his height. And Charlotte is trying to take advantage. Dictionary.com named the term "6-7" its word of the ...
