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1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak, 36-27, in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the players wearing ice skates. 1924 — The first Winter Olympics close in Chamonix, France. Sixteen countries competed in 17 events from seven sports. 1932 — The Winter...

Tom Herman started the 2021 Texas recruiting class. Steve Sarkisian is finishing it up, and the new Longhorns coach still can sign a few more players. Sarkisian inherited a group of 19 signees recruited by Herman before the coaching change in January, then Wednesday added a group of four more...

Alabama continues recruiting at a level that should strengthen the reigning national champion’s status as college football’s premier program. If anything, coach Nick Saban’s ability to land the nation’s top prospects grows stronger with each passing year. The recruiting class Alabama finalized Wednesday has the highest rating in the history...

Clemson’s most recent berth in the College Football Playoff arguably was its least successful, but a 49-28 semifinal loss to Ohio State didn’t appear to damage the Tigers’ appeal to recruits. Six consecutive appearances in the game’s final four, with national championships in 2016 and ‘18, are difficult to overlook....

The Maryland athletic department slogan is “Fear The Turtle.” In seven seasons in the Big Ten, its football team has scared no one. That might be about to change judging by the recruiting work done by coach Mike Locksley and his staff. Locksley signed four four-star prospects in December and...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson’s collapse during a game nearly two months ago was not related to a positive covid-19 test, his family said Wednesday. University of Florida Health physicians consulted with other local and national experts who reviewed the relevant imaging and testing related to this case,...

Bryson DeChambeau has been pushing the limits of golf with his quest for increased distance off the tee. So the game’s “mad scientist” is flattered rule-makers are proposing changes to regulations in an effort to control how far big hitters like him can launch a golf ball. “I think I...

1944 — Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Wings scores six goals in a 12-6 victory over the New York Rangers. Howe is the first player to score six goals in a game since Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators on Feb. 7, 1921. 1956 — Austria’s Toni Sailer wins...

The violation was so egregious Rickie Fowler, glancing at the replay on television, quickly raised his eyebrows and said: “Whoa! What was THAT?” It was Patrick Reed. This was just over a year ago in the Bahamas, the day Reed infamously used the back of his wedge to scoop away...

Nearly a year after the “Distance Insights Project” declared that golfers are hitting the ball farther than ever, the game’s two governing bodies Tuesday announced three proposed changes to equipment and testing standards. Bryson DeChambeau might be interested in one of them. One of the proposed changes includes a local...

Hendrick Motorsports signed its first two sponsors for Kyle Larson, a promising sign as the driver attempts to rebuild his image after his use of a racial slur derailed his promising career. Cincinnati Inc., a machine tool maker, and heavy-duty truck manufacturer Freightliner will be the primary sponsors of Larson’s...

1913 — Jim Thorpe, star of the 1912 Olympics, signs to play baseball with the New York Giants. 1914 — The Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play an exhibition game to promote baseball in Egypt. The game ends in a 3-3 tie. 1956 — Hayes Alan Jenkins leads...

SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed was so unaffected by a rules controversy a day earlier that he won the Farmers Insurance Open by five shots, the biggest margin in his nine career PGA Tour victories. Reed closed with a 4-under 68 at Torrey Pines, making an eagle on the par-5...

1920 — Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs scores an NHL record seven goals in a 10-6 victory over the Toronto St. Patricks. 1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Red Burman in the fifth round at Madison Square Garden to retain the world heavyweight title. 1950 — High school pitcher...

SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He also had a share of the lead with Carlos Ortiz. On the par-4 10th, Reed hit a 190-yard shot out of a bunker with a TV replay showing the...

MOBILE, Ala. — Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond was the Senior Bowl MVP, but two fellow SEC Western Division products made the decisive big play. Arkansas’ Feleipe Franks threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Mississippi tight end Kenny Yeboah in the fourth quarter to help seal the National team’s 27- 24...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Colin Castleton scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, and Florida beat No. 11 West Virginia, 85-80, on Saturday in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. Noah Locke had 19 points for Florida (10-4), which has won a season-high four straight. Tyree Applebee finished with 12....

MARSEILLE, France — The French league postponed Marseille’s home game against Rennes just three hours before kickoff Saturday after angry Marseille fans marched to the club’s training complex to protest poor results. The LFP said in a statement no new date has been set for the match. But seventh-place Marseille’s...

1926 — The major league rules committee mandates pitchers must have access to a rosin bag. 1971 — UCLA starts its 88-game winning streak with a 74-61 win over UC Santa Barbara. 1983 — John Riggins rushes for a Super Bowl-record 166 yards on 38 carries to spark the Washington...