U.S./World Sports category, Page 306

Kentucky has climbed to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Wildcats rose one spot after winning a 1-vs-2 matchup with Michigan State to open the season in the Champions Classic, followed by an easy win against Eastern Kentucky. Kentucky (2-0) earned 64 of 65...

Track and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain’s account this week of alleged physical and emotional abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project is prompting more top athletes to come forward. Amy Yoder Begley,...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Joe Burrow passed for 393 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 1 LSU snapped an eight-game losing streak to No. 2 Alabama with a 46-41 victory Saturday. The Tigers (9-0, 5-0 SEC, No. 2 CFP) are no longer second fiddle in the SEC West — and maybe...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama and LSU are ready for another 1 vs. 2 November get-together. It took eight years, seismic offensive shifts and two Heisman Trophy-contending quarterbacks, but they’re back for another massive meeting between the nation’s two top-ranked teams in the AP poll. No. 1 LSU (8-0, 4-0 SEC,...

A spokesman for the University of Alabama’s Student Government Association has clarified what he meant by “disruptive behavior” after receiving flak for a previous email warning students in reserved seating to mind their conduct at this weekend’s game against LSU, which President Donald Trump is expected to attend. “Some have...

NEW YORK — Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky’s latest freshman star, scored 26 points, and the second-ranked Wildcats opened the season with a 69-62 victory against No. 1 Michigan State on Tuesday night in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. The Nos. 1 and 2 teams opened their seasons against each...

NEW YORK — Ohio State, LSU, Alabama and Penn State are the top four in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the season. Next up were defending national champion Clemson, Georgia and Oregon. The 13-member committee will produce four more sets of rankings each Tuesday before the...

Gary Danielson has called the last 12 Alabama-LSU regular-season games for CBS Sports, including the Game of the Century in 2011, a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup that produced not one touchdown. Before Danielson does the next Alabama-LSU game Saturday, another 1-2 event in Tuscaloosa, he planned to re-watch...

SHANGHAI — The streak ended with little fanfare, and that was just fine with Phil Mickelson. He slashed his way to a tie for 28th in the HSBC Champions, with only 100 or so fans following along. Mickelson played his last nine holes right behind Rory McIlroy, but only because...

MINNEAPOLIS — The waiting for Marcus Carr is over. Minnesota’s new point guard finally gets to take the court. “He just wants to play someone different,” Gophers teammate Gabe Kalscheur said. “He’s been playing us for a while.” When Minnesota hosts Cleveland State on Tuesday night in the season opener,...

Roger Penske was a car-loving, 14-year-old who regularly listened to the Indianapolis 500 on the radio when his father landed tickets to the 1951 race. They made the trek from Cleveland, and when Penske saw the cars zipping around Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 200 mph he fell instantly in love....

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Dino Babers has fired defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Brian Ward, effective immediately. Babers says in a release Sunday from the university that he felt “a change needed to be made at this time.” Defensive ends coach Steve Stanard has been promoted to defensive coordinator...

Navy moved into The Associated Press college football poll at No. 25, giving the American Athletic Conference four ranked teams, more than all but the Big Ten and SEC. With nine ranked teams off this weekend, including four of the top five, there was little movement throughout the AP Top...

Norwin played North Allegheny for the WPIAL Class AAAA girls soccer championship Thursday night, and Emily Harrigan intently watched the match from East Brunswick, N.J. When broadcasters mentioned Norwin’s 2017 state championship team, Harrigan took notice. After all, she played a key role in the run, earning Tribune-Review Player of...