By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions have heavily invested in their future, keeping a pair of All-Pro players under contract for the next five seasons. The Lions and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown agreed to a four-year contract extension worth more than $120 ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on an appeals court ruling that allowed a transgender athlete to compete on her middle school teams, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks have fired coach David Quinn after two rough seasons as part of a massive rebuilding project. General manager Mike Grier announced the decision on Wednesday following a review of the team's season. "After going ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back. The Heisman Trust reinstated the former Southern California tailback as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner on Wednesday, citing fundamental changes in the structure of college athletics during the 14 years ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal will play in the Madrid Open despite not being fully fit and didn't seem too optimistic about his chances of being ready for the French Open next month. The 37-year-old Nadal said Wednesday he would not play in Paris if he ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft already has traded hands, with Carolina sending it more than a year ago to Chicago in a trade to move up to take Bryce Young first overall in 2023. Based on recent history, plenty more first-round picks should change hands ...
By The Associated Press Pascal Siakam scored more points than anyone else in the NBA on Sunday. He did the same thing again on Tuesday. And finally, road teams made a dent in these NBA playoffs. Siakam became the first player in the last decade to have at least 73 points and 24 rebounds ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored a goal and had an assist, and the Nashville Predators beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Tuesday night to level their best-of-seven playoff series at 1-1. Anthony Beauvillier — a former Canuck — also had a goal and an assist for the ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rusty Kawhi Leonard had 15 points and seven rebounds in his return for the Los Angeles Clippers, but he couldn't prevent their 96-93 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in their Western Conference first-round playoff series. The Mavs evened the series Tuesday night. Leonard ...
