MELBOURNE, Australia — TikTok influencer and top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka is having to work her way through some rising teenage stars in her bid for a third Australian Open title in four years. Sabalenka, who has drawn praise from fans and other players for her posts on the social media ...
The moment Amber Glenn stepped onto the ice at figure skating's world championships, fans began to wave American flags, from the lowest rows inside TD Garden to the highest rafters, where the jerseys of Boston's sporting greats hang in honor. It seemed a fitting backdrop to her program: Glenn ...
MILWAUKEE — Jordan Stolz appreciates that people liken what he will be trying to do at the Milan Cortina Winter Games to Eric Heiden's record five speedskating gold medals at Lake Placid in 1980. Who wouldn't be flattered? "It's a cool comparison because not everybody is able to have ...
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — It was fajita night to celebrate Laila Edwards' hockey homecoming when an excited shriek pierced the casual gathering in the brightly lit early 20th Century colonial she grew up in on a quiet, tree-lined street. Four generations of the Edwards family turned to see ...
Lindsey Vonn's stirring return to ski racing in her 40s will hit its crescendo at the Milan Cortina Olympics, while the comeback quest of another U.S. gold medalist, snowboarder Jamie Anderson, came up short. Anderson, a two-time champion in slopestyle who returned to the sport after having ...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Fashion and friction have been the defining features for Naomi Osaka in two rounds at the Australian Open that couldn't have been more different. Osaka fended off Sorana Cirstea in a tense 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win at Margaret Court Arena on Thursday night. Cirstea's parting ...