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Final Four set with one question left

It’s not easy to bury a team as good as USC, let alone in a half, no matter how easy Gonzaga made it look. Somehow, coach Mark Few called it in advance. While everyone was fixatin...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Big upset day in NCAAs: Has the mid-major revolution begun?

In any other college basketball season, four upsets in the eight second-round games played at the NCAA Tournament would be a sign that something big is brewing. Were those the ope...

DATE: Mar 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Teams say Indian names show respect, history says otherwise

Colorful names for teams are nearly as old as team sports themselves. But as a growing movement aims to right the wrongs of the past, including notable successes with pro sports f...

DATE: Dec 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

Dustin Johnson paints a by-the-numbers Masters-piece

Breaking the scoring record was on his mind, because, of course it was. Dustin Johnson wanted it, too. He just hadn’t bothered to look the number up. “It was 19 (under) before?” J...

DATE: Nov 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

New PGA champion’s toughest moment came after round

Morikawa breezed through TPC Harding Park on Sunday

DATE: Aug 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

A long-overdue ‘Tip of the Cap’ to baseball’s Black pioneers

Barack Obama tipped his cap. So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year annive...

DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Karma had a hand in top 5 ‘feel-good’ sports moments of 2019

Karma had a career year in 2019. She draped a green jacket on Tiger Woods, handed soccer’s World Cup to a tough-as-nails U.S. Women’s National Team, shipped the NBA’s Larry O’Brie...

DATE: Dec 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tiger Woods’ return to form could give heirs shot at the master

AUGUSTA, Ga. — All three marveled at Tiger Woods as youngsters, then grew up and staked their own place in the game. Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth are stars at every t...

DATE: Apr 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Brooke Henderson, Michelle Wie stake major claim at Women’s PGA

Big hitters thriving at historic Olympia Fields

DATE: Jun 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NFL makes changes to OT, celebrations

Player safety cited for cutting 5 minutes off overtime

DATE: May 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

‘97 Masters: When a young Tiger grabbed golf by the tail

12-stroke victory still talked about 20 years later

DATE: Mar 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Get rich in 2017! Take Tiger at 20-1 to win the Masters

The most important thing to know about the coming year in sports: He gets another green jacket. And you get rich taking the 20-1 odds Las Vegas bookmakers are laying on...

DATE: Dec 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Sports