RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes gathered at the blue line, the Stanley Cup sitting on a table a few feet away, and watched a championship banner rise to the rafters amid roaring home fans. From the visiting bench, the Florida Panthers — the team that had won the Cup the two years ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Larson has always found it easier to be the hunter than the hunted. He won't have much choice in the matter now. The defending NASCAR Cup Series champion capped a dominant performance at Kansas Speedway on Sunday by passing Chase Briscoe with seven laps left and leading the rest of the way, leaving Larson to wheel his No. 5 Chevrolet into victory lane for a record-tying fourth time at the mile-and-a-half oval and with a padded lead in the Chase for the championship standings. Larson won each of the first two stages and broke his own record by leading 235 ...
GENEVA — FIFA lawyers claimed UEFA is harassing Gianni Infantino, in a court filing urging a Florida judge to deny the European soccer body's request for evidence discovery about a World Cup private investor plan that has rocked the sport. The 21-page filing to the court in the Southern District of Florida late Monday, and seen by The Associated Press, said UEFA was wrong to suggest the FIFA president sought to profit personally from the project that provoked a furor in July and was dropped within days. UEFA later asked for authorization of discovery with three courts — including ...
CHICAGO — Case Keenum was on target and on time all night long. It turns out the third-string quarterback for the Chicago Bears is pretty good, too. Keenum passed for two touchdowns in his first start in almost three years, and the Bears shut down Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles ...
Simone Biles understands the constant speculation about whether she has one more run at Olympic gold in her. Mostly because the American gymnastics icon is still kind of wondering about it herself. So much so that there will be times when the question wakes the 29-year-old two-time Olympic ...
LAS VEGAS — A'ja Wilson played like someone who has multiple MVP awards, and the Las Vegas Aces looked like a team that has won three of the past four WNBA championships. Wilson had 38 points, 16 rebounds and four blocked shots Sunday, and the Aces rolled to a 102-85 Game 1 victory over the Indiana Fever in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. "She understands the stakes fully," Aces coach Becky Hammon said. "She was a clinic tonight." Wilson was named the Associated Press WNBA Player of the Year earlier in the day for an unprecedented third year in a row, and the third-seeded ...
