Category Archives: National Sports

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Italy's Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men's 100 backstroke and Katie Ledecky has claimed yet another gold at the swimming world championships in Budapest. Ceccon...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say a college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem. Officials at Houston B...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The college basketball season ended almost three months ago, the NBA draft lottery was more than a month ago and the draft itself is later this week. But Orlando Magic President J...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - NBA Summer League will start with a little Midnight Madness feel, at least in some of the country. And if the Orlando Magic keep the No. 1 draft pick, then that player won't wait long...

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) - Defending champion Nelly Korda made a 22-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th for a 6-under 66 and the third-round lead in the LPGA Meijer Classic, with six majors champions topping...

UNDATED (AP) - Dodgers star Mookie Betts is headed to the injured list with a cracked right rib. Manager Dave Roberts announced Betts' diagnosis after Saturday's 7-1 victory over Cleveland. The 2018 A...

UNDATED (AP) - Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom had surgery on his left hip. The team says Backstrom had hip-resurfacing surgery Friday at the ANCA Clinic in Belgium. No timeline was given...

UNDATED (AP) - Kenny Atkinson's tenure as coach of the Charlotte Hornets is over before it started. A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Atkinson has reversed...

UNDATED (AP) - Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Wimbledon for the second consecutive year. She says she is still having trouble with her left Achilles tendon. The four-time major champion and former No. ...

MONTREAL (AP) Max Verstappen overcame slick conditions to win his second pole of the season, and Fernando Alonso used the wet track to earn his first front row start in a decade in rainy qualifying fo...