Nation Apr 05 In comeback win, Kansas men defeat UNC for men’s basketball title The championship Kansas captured Monday night traced its roots back to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked very much on track for the program's fourth national title.
Nation Apr 03 Krzyzewski’s career comes to a close as North Carolina defeats Duke For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him.
Nation Mar 14 March Madness brings back pre-pandemic energy College basketball fans hungering for a return to normal this March should feel happy.
World Feb 20 After Beijing bubble bursts, can the IOC save the Olympics? As the IOC pulls up stakes from Beijing, it has 29 months to hit the reset button and hope for a different, COVID-free and much better vibe when the Summer Games go to Paris. Before he got out of town,…
World Feb 19 Panel denies US skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said early Sunday in Beijing that it dismissed the appeal by the nine skaters,…
World Feb 18 Gu skis her way to gold and the history books in the women’s halfpipe final Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the women’s ski halfpipe final to become the first action-sports athlete to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games.
World Feb 16 Valieva listed 2 legal oxygen boosters on Olympic forms Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted.
Nation Aug 06 Allyson Felix sets a record, wins bronze for 10th Olympic medal Allyson Felix finished third in the 400 meters to win her 10th medal and become the most-decorated woman in the history of Olympic track.
Nation Aug 04 Sydney McLaughlin breaks her previous world record to win Olympic gold in 400-meter hurdles The 21-year-old from New Jersey won the 400-meter hurdles title Wednesday, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another history-making day on the speedy Olympic oval.
World Aug 01 Texas-born Italian sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor The 100 meters at the Olympics is the event that turns sprinters into kings: Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt. On one of the most unusual nights the sport has ever seen, fans, experts, and even the racers themselves needed…