The NBA season is so long that some games are bound to be forgotten, leaving behind nothing but a box score and a blur. Others, for reasons better or worse, lodge themselves into the memories of those who played them — a milestone during a marathon. At the midway point of their regular season Sunday…
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Travis Kelce caught two touchdown passes from Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to their sixth straight AFC championship game with a 27-24 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. Isiah Pacheco scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 4-yard run 40 seconds into the fourth quarter in a…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Justin Harmon scored 18 points and Terrence Shannon Jr. added 16 in his return to lead five Illinois players in double figures as the No. 14 Illini beat Rutgers 86-63 on Sunday. Shannon, in his first game back since the university was ordered to lift his suspension, came off the bench and…
ORLANDO, Fla. – It took only four rounds for Lydia Ko to put a dismal 2023 LPGA Tour season completely behind her. Ko rediscovered her winning touch Sunday in the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, closing with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory over Alexa Pano at Lake Nona. Ko, who finished…
Taylor Swift arrives at Highmark Stadium to watch an NFL AFC division playoff football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes) ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Taylor Swift blew a kiss after someone greeted her by yelling “Bills by a billion,”…
DETROIT – Jared Goff is good enough for Detroit, as his coach recently reminded him. Cast away by the Los Angeles Rams three years ago in a trade for Matthew Stafford, the quarterback was welcomed by the Lions and has since become a fan favorite at Ford Field, where the crowd chanted his name during…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Laython Biddle came to Florida not knowing quite what to expect. By the time Biddle put a bow on his high school athletics career at Bartram Trail, he was a 2,100-yard rusher, the area’s first state rushing champion since Yulee icon Derrick Henry in 2012 and the All-News4JAX offensive player of the…
LA QUINTA, Calif. – Nick Dunlap became the first amateur in 33 years to win on the PGA Tour, holding on for a one-shot victory over Christiaan Bezuidenhout at The American Express on Sunday. Dunlap, the 20-year-old University of Alabama sophomore and reigning U.S. Amateur champion, is the first amateur winner since Phil Mickelson at…
STANFORD, Calif. – Tara VanDerveer became the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history Sunday, passing former Duke and Army coach Mike Krzyzewski with her 1,203rd career victory when No. 8 Stanford beat Oregon State 65-56. At 70 years old and a head coach since age 24, VanDerveer celebrated on her team’s home floor at…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The expectations were through the roof, probably greater for the Mandarin football team than any other in town. There were numerous blue-chip returnees back for more, and the Mustangs were bolstered by a handful of transfers that pushed those expectations to the next level. Safety Drake Stubbs, the All-News4JAX defensive player of…
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