USA BMX was in Syracuse for the Great Salt Lake Nationals leg of the professional tour, held at the city's Antelope BMX park from Aug. 7-9. Youth, amateur and professional riders took to the dirt track to compete over a three-day event. Kamren Larsen, a California native and 2024 Olympian, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Russell Westbrook, the NBA's career leader in triple-doubles and the 2017 MVP, announced Wednesday he's retiring after 18 seasons during which he was selected to the league's 75th anniversary team. The two-time scoring champion shared his decision on social media in a ...

An Aug. 12 sports story about high school boys golf incorrectly identified two West Field players in photo captions. The photo appearing on Page B1 is Ethan Luna, and the player on Page B6 is Roc Hansen. The Standard-Examiner regrets the errors.

Vikings pick Murray as starting QB EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have chosen Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback over J.J. McCarthy, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell pledged a true competition for the job between the ...

WENDOVER, Utah — The only person to break the sound barrier in a car earned another world record Tuesday in a show of force for hydrogen power. British driver Andy Green reached 406.320 mph (653.908 kph) in a car powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines with a combined 1,600 ...

Any notion that players lured away by the Saudi Arabia riches of LIV Golf would never return to the PGA Tour doesn't hold much water these days. Five months from now, there could be as many as five ex-LIV players teeing it up at the season opener in California. Brooks Koepka was the first to ...