EW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter was one of the world’s most covered athletes in media during his 20-season career with the New York Yankees. Now, he’s joining media with a new website devoted to delivering athletes’ “unfiltered” views to the fans. The Players Tribune is being billed as a digital company that will offer […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Mo’ne Davis’ performance in the Little League World Series has earned her a place in baseball’s Hall of Fame. The 13-year-old Davis plans to donate the jersey she wore last month when she pitched a two-hit shutout, becoming the first girl to win a game at the LLWS. She will visit […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams is building a new house, complete with a karaoke room and a purse room for her “bag problem.” She and big sister Venus are finally moving apart after more than three decades — though they’ll still live down the street from each other in Florida. Serena joked Monday that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A couple of months before Serena Williams capped her dominant run to a third consecutive U.S. Open championship and 18th major singles title Sunday night, she sat down with coach Patrick Mouratoglou to decipher why the season had been such a struggle by her standards. At the time, Williams was coming […]
NEW YORK (AP) — After a bad-as-can-be start, dropping the first three games, Serena Williams quickly turned things around and stretched her U.S. Open winning streak to 19 matches to get back to the semifinals. Considered the best server in women’s tennis, the No. 1-seeded Williams was broken twice in a row at the outset […]
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Jae Yeong Hwang drove in two runs and Hae Chan Choi weathered a late Chicago rally to lead South Korea to an 8-4 win in Sunday’s Little League World Series championship game. Hwang gave up one hit in two-plus innings while striking out four. He also drove in the Asia-Pacific […]
Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury are closing in on one of the greatest records in WNBA history, the Los Angeles Sparks’ 18-game winning streak. To equal that mark, the Mercury need to win two more games, starting with defending champion Minnesota on Thursday night. The Lynx have dominated Phoenix recently, winning 14 straight over […]
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN has suspended outspoken sportscaster Stephen A. Smith for a week because of his comments about domestic abuse suggesting women should make sure that they don’t do anything to provoke an attack. Smith’s commentary occurred during a discussion on ESPN2’s “First Take” last Friday about the NFL’s two-game suspension of Baltimore […]
Team USA track star Torrin Lawrence, one of the best sprinters in the country, died Monday morning after his car was struck by a tractor trailer, reports TMZ. The 25-year-old, who recently won a gold medal in the 4×400 relay at the IAAF World Relays, was driving in Georgia around 1:40 a.m. when his car […]
Talk about strange bedfellows. Once upon a time Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield were mortal enemies because Tyson bit a chunk of Holyfield’s ear off in fight in ‘Vegas back in 1997. Well that was 15 years ago and not only has Holyfield forgiven Tyson, he is thrilled that Tyson will present him with his […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Dream coach Michael Cooper has early stage tongue cancer and has taken a leave from the WNBA team. He will have surgery this week at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta and a full recovery is expected, the Dream said Monday. The 58-year-old coach is expected to miss about […]
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie headlines the 2015 women’s basketball Hall of Fame induction class announced Saturday. She is joined by former Houston Comets star Janeth Arcain, University of Georgia standout Janet Harris, former Duke coach Gail Goestenkors, longtime Oregon high school coach Brad Smith and Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke, who was killed […]
