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Hideki Matsuyama becomes Asia's most prolific PGA Tour winner
LOS ANGELES — Hideki Matsuyama set the Riviera record for the lowest closing round by a winner Sunday in the Genesis Invitational, giving the Japanese star another record that means far more to him. Matsuyama rallied from a six-shot deficit with a 9-under-par 62, punctuated by consecutive shots inside a...
Mac McClung earns perfect score to take 2nd straight NBA Slam Dunk Contest title over Jaylen Brown
INDIANAPOLIS — Mac McClung went back to school to win his second consecutive NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He asked Shaquille O’Neal to squeeze into McClung’s old high school jersey, then grabbed the ball out of the big man’s hands and leapt clear over him to draw five perfect scores on...
Rain pushes Daytona 500 to Monday in 1st outright postponement since 2012
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two days of rain at Daytona International Speedway. The race had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, although the weather forecast put that in doubt all week. The final practice for drivers was canceled Saturday, as was...
Damian Lillard uses late shooting flurry to defend NBA 3-point title
INDIANAPOLIS — Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard defended his NBA 3-point contest title by finishing with 26 points in the final round during All-Star Saturday night. Lillard, who won with Portland last season, became the eighth player to win at least two 3-point crowns and the first since Jason Kapono...
Patrick Cantlay leads by 2 at Riviera as he goes for a hometown win 
LOS ANGELES — Patrick Cantlay moved one round closer to winning before home fans at Riviera on his favorite course. He just moved the wrong way at the end Saturday in the Genesis Invitational. Cantlay got up-and-down from short of the 18th green to save par for a 1-under-par 70,...
Beard Motorsports carries on at Daytona 500 in honor of late patriarch
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Anthony Alfredo qualified for the Daytona 500 — no guarantee for the 24-year-old nicknamed “Fast Pasta” — and wrapped his arms tight around retired driver Brendan Gaughan for a bear hug. Alfredo was hoisted high for a fleeting moment before his feet returned to pit road,...
Heat’s Bam Adebayo to start NBA All-Star Game in place of injured Joel Embiid
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo has been selected as a replacement starter for the Eastern Conference in Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis. Adebayo, selected by conference coaches as a reserve, confirmed the elevation during his Saturday media session. Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers, who is coaching the East, was...
Patrick Cantlay builds a 5-shot lead at Riviera. Tiger Woods makes early exit with flu symptoms 
LOS ANGELES — Patrick Cantlay began with an eagle and never let anyone close to him the rest of the round Friday. He shot a 6-under-par 65 to build a five-shot lead at the Genesis Invitational going into a weekend that won’t include Tiger Woods. Woods made another early exit,...
Tiger Woods withdraws after playing only 6 holes at Riviera 
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday at the Genesis Invitational with an undisclosed illness after hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole. PGA Tour rules official Mark Dusbabek said on the telecast that Woods had an illness, and...
Toyota takes high hopes into Daytona 500 but weather may affect 'The Great American Race' 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin leaned into the window of Christopher Bell’s winning Toyota to congratulate his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate on beating him in a Daytona 500 qualifying race. Hamlin then gave Bell detailed directions to victory lane. “Been to victory lane at Daytona a time or three,”...
Iowa's Caitlin Clark wants more focus on team during final stretch now that NCAA record is broken 
IOWA CITY, Iowa — More scoring records are in sight for Caitlin Clark, but right now the Iowa superstar is looking forward to a break from the chase. She passed Kelsey Plum as the NCAA women’s career scoring leader Thursday night, putting up a school-record 49 points in a 106-89...
Championship parades likely to change after shooting at Chiefs Super Bowl celebration
BOSTON — With back-to-back Super Bowl victories for the hometown Chiefs, Kansas City football fans gathered for another championship parade and a second celebratory pep rally in a row. Don’t expect there to be a third. Not because the Chiefs, with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes still just 28 years old,...
Victor Wembanyama's 1st All-Star weekend awaits
INDIANAPOLIS — Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA All-Star experience will be hectic, just like everything else has seemed so far in his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs. He’s going to the Tech Summit, the league’s thinktank that kicks off the All-Star festivities Friday morning. He’ll have a slate of...
LSU running back charged with attempted 2nd-degree murder
BATON ROUGE, La. — An LSU football player was arrested Thursday and charged with attempted second-degree murder after a shooting last week that injured two people. Treyvion Antwan Holly, a freshman running back, faces three charges — attempted second-degree murder, aggravated criminal damage to property and illegal use of a...
Jimmie Johnson uses desperate late push to qualify for his 21st Daytona 500 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson raced his way into the Daytona 500 with a three-wide move through the final turn in the first qualifying race Thursday night. Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing won the 150-mile race that is part of how the field is set for Sunday’s season-opening “Great...
Cantlay leads at Riviera with a 64. Tiger Woods ends his return to golf with a shank 
LOS ANGELES — Thousands of fans watching Tiger Woods in his 2024 debut missed out on the best golf Thursday at the Genesis Invitational. In the group ahead of Woods was Patrick Cantlay, looking as though he wants to be the next Southern California native to win at Riviera. Cantlay...
Caitlin Clark of Iowa breaks NCAA women's career scoring record 
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA women’s career scoring record, making a 3-pointer from about 35 feet in the first quarter for No. 4 Iowa against Michigan on Thursday night. Clark went into the game needing eight points to pass Kelsey Plum’s total of 3,527. She wasted...
Tiger Woods hits a shank in his return to golf and opens with 72 at Riviera 
LOS ANGELES — Any chance of Tiger Woods breaking par in his first official PGA Tour event in 10 months ended with one swing Thursday and a five-letter word he wasn’t afraid to say. Shank. Woods said his back began to spasm over the final few holes in the Genesis...
NASCAR star Denny Hamlin vows to be more selfish at Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Don’t expect Denny Hamlin to stay in line during the closing laps of the Daytona 500. He’s not settling for second. He’s not sacrificing his finish to help a teammate. He’s not counting on anyone else, either. It’s exactly how he wants it, maybe how he...
Joey Logano, Michael McDowell lead Ford sweep of Daytona 500 front row during qualifying
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ford swept the front row in qualifying for the Daytona 500 with former race winners Joey Logano and Michael McDowell shocking powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports. “This is all about the team. I’d like to take credit, but I can’t. Superspeedway qualifying is 100% the car,” said Logano,...
Tiger Woods is wearing many hats at Riviera, but he just doesn't have many answers 
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is wearing a lot of hats at the Genesis Invitational — one of them featuring a new logo — without a lot of clarity on the state of his game or the future of the PGA Tour. Woods joined the PGA Tour board last summer...
Jimmie Johnson struggled in his 1st year as NASCAR team owner. Can he make Legacy a winner? 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth forged a deeper friendship bantering on all those punishing bicycle rides than they did as rivals on four wheels over their Hall of Fame NASCAR careers. Johnson gained an understanding of Kenseth’s often unassuming demeanor and the time, the effort and...
3ICE 3-on-3 hockey league returns for 3rd season
3ICE, a hockey league that involves three-on-three play, will return for a third season this spring and summer. Using a format similar to a golf tour by playing on weekends, the league’s 2024 schedule begins on June 12 and lasts until Aug. 14. The penultimate date on the schedule will...
Next on the Tee: Former national champ John Inman recalls collegiate, amateur triumphs
On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by top instructor Tom Patri, along with three Next on the Tee rookies — 1984 national champion John Inman, 1986 Florida State amateur champion Barry Cheesman, and Robert Morris men’s golf coach Steve Shingledecker. Patri talks this...
ACC will stay with 15 teams for basketball tournaments next year despite expansion to 18 teams
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The newly expanded Atlantic Coast Conference next year won’t feature every team in its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. The league announced Wednesday that the ACC will feature the top 15 teams in next year’s tournaments, which will be the first after the league has grown to...


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