All five starters that Oregon State put on the court for its regional final with eventual national champion South Carolina last year are back in the NCAA Tournament this season. None of them are teammates anymore. AJ Marotte stuck around at Oregon State, which earned the West Coast ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy winning The Players Championship gave him so much of what he doesn't need. The $4.5 million prize is the largest for any tournament in the world. It pushed McIlroy's career earnings on the PGA Tour alone to just over $99.7 million, second only to Tiger ...

TOKYO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball. Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt this was no ordinary baseball game. But the Japanese players who were playing in front of their home country at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night handled any ...

LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins grew up tuning into the NCAA Tournament and making her own bracket. Now, it's the super sophomore's time to shine, leading No. 1 seed Southern California in pursuit of a deeper run than its Elite Eight appearance a year ago. "Every year the goal is to break ...

UConn's Paige Bueckers established herself as the likely No. 1 pick in the upcoming WNBA draft well before she put together a second straight outstanding season and was named Big East player of the year for a third time. The only question is whether she wants to turn pro now or hold off for ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship is reducing its 144-man field to 120 players next year, a move that might allow weekday rounds to finish on time, perhaps improve the overall pace of play and probably will eliminate a week like the one Danny Walker had. Walker, a PGA Tour ...