NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson held up the golden NBA championship trophy for a forest of outstretched hands to touch as fans celebrated the New York Knicks' first title in 53 years with a booming parade through Manhattan's skyscraper-flanked “Canyon of Heroes.” “Damn, New York, we ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON - As Maddie Wisman goes, so goes Morgantown High School softball. The 2026 state championship title run made by MHS, led by senior Maddie Wisman, is one that will be talked about forever. Not only within the lines of Monongalia County, but around the state of West Virginia and the softball world. Wisman and the Mohigans entered the Class AAAA state tournament at the beginning of June as the 4-seed in the bracket, but left no doubt as to who the number one team was by the end of the competition, earning four consecutive shutout victories at Little Creek Park in South ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations Thursday for a new collective bargaining agreement. The amateur draft for ...
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — For all the concern at the U.S. Open about wind and Shinnecock Hills drying out, another weather issue popped up Thursday morning. Thirty minutes after it began, play was stopped by fog. Fourteen players managed to post scores — no birdies among them — before ...
There will be blood, sweat and tears on players’ soccer jerseys at the World Cup — and plenty of deeper cultural and historical meaning, too. Here, The Associated Press runs you through some of the more compelling — and controversial — backstories from the kit designs on show in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that top lawmakers and athletic leaders have described as the best chance to stabilize college sports cleared a key vote in the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support after weeks of input from schools, conferences and athletes. The bipartisan Protect College ...
