INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pato O'Ward smiles as he walks through Gasoline Alley, seeing the Arrow McLaren No. 5 shirts. Sure, he's popular, but O'Ward wants something more — to be called an Indianapolis 500 champion. After three near misses in his past four races on the Brickyard's iconic ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens have shown neither fear nor hesitation when playing on the road in the NHL playoffs. That approach carried a young, skilled team through a pair of Game 7 road wins to reach the Eastern Conference Final. Then it had them get the jump on a Carolina ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Matthew Stafford has agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2027 season with the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams announced the deal Thursday without immediately revealing its value. ESPN reported the 2027 deal is worth $55 million ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The first, best and most hilarious rendition of the “All Drug Olympics” came courtesy of “Saturday Night Live." It was 1988 when Soviet weightlifter “Sergei Akmudov,” geeked up on anabolic steroids, Nyquil and “some sort of fish paralyzer,” tried to clean and ...
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) — Canada beat Slovenia 3-1 to make it five wins from five games at the ice hockey world championship on Friday. Emmitt Finnie led with a goal and an assist and Denton Mateychuk and Dylan Cozens also scored. Jet Greaves stopped 13 shots as Canada outshot Slovenia ...
The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 reported record revenues for the 2024-25 sports season, though those continued to lag behind massive gains for their Big Ten and Southeastern Conference peers. In annual 990 tax filings this month, the ACC reported about $826.5 million in revenue and a sixth straight year with a record total, while the Big 12 reported $610.9 million. That covered from July 2024 through June 2025, coinciding with national realignment that formed four superconferences. The ACC paid an average of nearly $47.1 million to 14 football-playing members receiving ...
