By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Dawn Staley already has accomplished so much at South Carolina. Now she can add the first preseason No. 1 ranking in school history to the list of achievements.
The Gamecocks received 29 of the 30 first-place votes in The Associated ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Take away a few white scoreboards in their usual places behind the greens, and the green television stands behind the 12th tee and a few other strategic locations, and this is what Augusta National looks like in November.
It looks bigger ...
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney always planned for talented freshman quarterback DJ Uiagalelei to take over for Trevor Lawrence, just not this weekend against Boston College.
That's the situation for the Tigers, however, after Lawrence tested positive for ...
By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A back-and-forth game that featured comebacks by both teams, a dozen touchdowns and more than 1,100 yards in offense seemed destined to reach a second overtime before ending abruptly on — of all things — a botched conversion ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Brad Hand's solid season didn't earn him another one with the Indians.
Feeling the financial pinch from a shortened season, Cleveland declined Hand's $10 million contract option on Friday and also chose not to exercise options for either ...
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer
The NFL is recommending that players on the sidelines who are not participating in a game or about to go on the field wear protective masks.
In a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, the league's management council also suggested the 32 teams ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester's $25 million mutual option for 2021 was declined Friday by the Chicago Cubs, completing a $155 million, six-year contract and allowing the 36-year-old left-hander to become a free agent.
Lester is owed a $10 million buyout: $2 million on each Dec. 31 from 2022 ...
By The Associated Press
Ben Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes to Diontae Johnson, and the Pittsburgh Steelers remained perfect by holding off Tennessee for a 27-24 victory Sunday in a game originally postponed when the Titans came down with the NFL's first COVID-19 outbreak of the ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) — Rookie quarterback Joe Burrow keeps putting up big numbers, and the Cincinnati Bengals keep letting the games slip away at the end.
The Bengals lost another close one on Sunday to the Cleveland Browns because again they couldn't protect a ...
By The Associated Press
Some talking points ahead of the second round of games in the Champions League:
NO RONALDO VS. MESSI?
The highly anticipated matchup of Cristiano Ronaldo against Lionel Messi likely won't happen because Ronaldo has the coronavirus. Juventus has not reported many ...