Nov 21 WATCH: White House hosts NBA champion Boston Celtics By Associated Press The Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship in June, beating the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals in five games. Continue reading
Nov 08 5 people hospitalized after attackers assault Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam By Mike Corder, Associated Press Peter Holla, the city’s acting police chief, told a news conference that the fans were “willfully attacked.” He said people on scooters staged “hit-and-run” attacks, making it difficult for police to track them down. Continue reading
Oct 29 Shohei Ohtani’s rural hometown shows intense pride for one of the game’s greatest By Stephen Wade, Associated Press Oshu City is most famous for Ohtani himself, and the intense pride local people show for one of the game’s greatest players. Continue reading
Oct 24 WATCH: WNBA Champions New York Liberty honored with ticker-tape parade By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates were showered with confetti as the Liberty celebrated winning the WNBA title in the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan. Continue reading
Oct 23 Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers pitcher who inspired ‘Fernandomania,’ dies at 63 By Beth Harris, Associated Press Valenzuela was one of the most dominant players of his era and a wildly popular figure in the 1980s, although he was never elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Continue reading
Oct 21 WNBA players union will opt out of current collective bargaining agreement By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press The league had record attendance and viewership this year that culminated in the WNBA Finals that saw New York beat Minnesota in overtime on Sunday in a decisive fifth game. Continue reading
Oct 15 How a homophobic soccer chant became a costly embarrassment for Mexico By Carlos Rodriguez, Associated Press Multiple sanctions from FIFA and campaigns by Mexican soccer officials to educate fans have not been able to stamp it out. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 3:33 The life and complicated legacy of Pete Rose By Jeffrey Brown, Jonah Anderson Pete Rose was a baseball legend who became the all-time hitting king and yet was later banned from the game for life. His legacy and questions over whether he should have been admitted to the Hall of Fame are still… Continue watching
Sep 30 Pete Rose, baseball phenom who was banned for gambling, dies at 83 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Rose was baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied. Continue reading
Sep 24 WATCH: NFL star Brett Favre reveals he has Parkinson’s during House hearing on welfare fraud By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The former football star told the committee that he lost his investment in the company “that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others.”… Continue reading