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
Sep 19 Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese transform WNBA and its future By Michael Marot, Associated Press Year 1 of the Clark & Reese Show has been unlike anything the WNBA has ever seen and with the playoffs looming, the final chapter is still unscripted. It's just what the league needed. Continue reading
Sep 08 Italy’s Jannik Sinner wins U.S. Open men’s final just weeks after doping exoneration By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press “This title, for me, means so much,” Sinner said, “because the last period of my career was really not easy.”… Continue reading
Sep 07 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus wins U.S. Open final for her third Grand Slam title By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press Aryna Sabalenka got past Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in a rollicking U.S. Open women’s final Saturday to win her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title of her career. Continue reading
Sep 05 U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan announces retirement and says she is expecting her 2nd child By Anne M. Peterson, Associated Press Two-time Women’s World Cup champion Alex Morgan has announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer. Continue reading