RALEIGH, N.C. — The path to the Final Four will not be easy for Zion Williamson, Luke Maye, De’Andre Hunter and the other top-seeded stars in the NCAA Tournament. For the first time in a decade, the remaining tournament field entering the Sweet 16 looks a lot like the one set on Selection Sunday. The […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Tiger Woods is at another new golf course for a World Golf Championships event and faces another player he doesn’t know. Woods, who arrived Monday and played nine holes at Austin Country Club, opens the Dell Technologies Match Play against Aaron Wise, an NCAA champion from Oregon and the PGA Tour rookie […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway will not be part of next year’s NASCAR schedule, so come to terms with that now. Fans have a wish list of changes for NASCAR’s stale and stagnant schedule, and they have been led to believe series leadership heard their desires. The highly anticipated 2020 schedule is expected to […]

BOSTON — The New England Patriots’ gentle giant has decided to hang up his cleats. Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said Sunday that he is retiring from the NFL after nine seasons. Gronkowski announced his decision via a post on Instagram, saying that a few months shy of his 30th birthday “it’s time to move […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout smiled into the postcard-perfect Orange County sunlight and said exactly what every Los Angeles Angels fan has spent years hoping to hear. “I know there was a lot of talk about going back East, but I enjoy every minute being here,” Trout said Sunday. “This is my home. I […]

Chalk one up for the seeded favorite in the NCAA Tournament. The biggest upset this March isn’t a wild heave at the horn for a winner from a No. 15 seed or a First Four team somehow weaving into the second weekend — it’s the lack of genuine stunners to shake up the bracket. The […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Avery Johnson brought attention, more fans and several highly rated recruits to Alabama’s basketball program. He could not, however, win enough to stick around. Athletic director Greg Byrne announced Sunday that Alabama and Johnson “made the decision to mutually part ways” after his fourth season coaching the Crimson Tide. Johnson’s buyout […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State took what it wanted inside and made plenty of key shots from long range Saturday to oust the University of Maine from the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, 63-51. The Wolfpack, seeded third in the region and ranked 10th in the country, outscored the Black Bears 32-6 in the paint […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — After winning a World Series with the Red Sox, Chris Sale preferred to stay in Boston rather than find out what he would be worth as a free agent after this season. “When half the league isn’t trying to win anything, and we have a team that’s trying to win […]

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Zdeno Chara picked a great time to score a milestone goal. Chara scored his 200th NHL goal and added an assist to help the Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 7-3 on Saturday night and clinch a berth in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Earlier in the day, the Bruins announced the 42-year-old […]