NEWTON, Iowa — Erik Jones knew the reality of his situation heading into the NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway. Jones came into the weekend 18th in the standings, 44 points behind 16th-place Austin Cindric for the final spot in The Chase that determines the series champion. The ...
Patience for poor performance is a rarity in college football and that's only become more clear in recent years. Eight power four coaches were jobless by November in 2025, and fifteen Bowl Subdivision coaches were fired throughout the season, totaling a record $270 million in buyout ...
The list of players who finished the 2025 season injured was almost a who's-who of some of the NFL's biggest stars. There was two-time MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes, who could only watch the end of a disappointing six-win season for Kansas City after going down with ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Michael Brennan had another Sunday opportunity and delivered in a big way. He made five straight birdies to pull away from Beau Hossler and close with a 6-under 64 to win the Wyndham Championship and reach the PGA Tour's lucrative postseason. Brennan came into the final tournament of the regular season at No. 105 in the FedEx Cup, a disappointing year with only one top 10. Now his season gets extended by at least one week — maybe longer based on how he's playing — after his second PGA Tour title in two years. Brennan was one shot behind Hossler when he ...
OOTELAH, Tenn. (AP) — California teenager Asterisk Talley picked up her biggest win yet Sunday when she surged past Anna Iwanaga of Japan for an 8-and-6 victory to win the U.S. Women's Amateur. The 17-year-old Talley earned her second USGA title before even leaving high school. She also teamed to win the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball in 2024, the same year she was runner-up in the U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Junior Girls. There was no stopping her at The Honors Course once she began to pull away. Iwanaga, who shared the medalist honors during the 36-hole qualifying, won the ...
PHOENIX — Hezly Rivera listened more than she talked two summers ago in Paris when she was the "wait, who?" member of the star-laden U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team. Those days are over. Long over. The wide-eyed newcomer is gone, replaced by a poised and professional 18-year-old who ...
