By Canadian Press on March 12th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Doug Feinberg, an Associated Press Basketball Writer who has covered the women’s game for nearly 20 years, has been chosen for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Feinberg joined the AP in 1995 and has covered women’s hoops since 2006, including oversight of the AP Top ... Read More »
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Chinese interest in the AFC Champions League Elite ended at the second round stage on Wednesday, while all three Saudi Arabian clubs progressed to the quarterfinals. Shanghai Shenhua was unable to defend its 1-0 first leg advantage over Kawasaki Frontale, losing the return match 4-0 in Japan. City rival Shanghai Port also exited against Japanese ... Read More »
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Pitino won his first Big East Coach of the Year award Wednesday and RJ Luis Jr. took Player of the Year honors after they propelled a resurgent St. John’s program to its best regular season in almost four decades. UConn forward Liam McNeeley was selected the league’s Freshman of the ... Read More »
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GENEVA (AP) — Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal that escalated Wednesday. Cheating by Norway team officials manipulating ski suits has shaken a national reputation for fair play and high-minded principles at their home Nordic world championships, where the host team dominated ... Read More »
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A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the U Sports women’s basketball Final 8 in Vancouver. Teams are listed by seeding heading into the tournament, along with their respective regular-season records. The tournament runs from Thursday to Sunday. 1. Saskatchewan (18-2) The Canada West champions enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed ... Read More »
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Jacqueline Urban and the Carleton Ravens look to use their experiences of the past two seasons in their favour to three-peat at the U Sports women’s basketball Final 8. The two-time defending national champions enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed after falling short of three-peating with a loss to Ottawa in the Ontario ... Read More »
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golf without Tiger Woods was inevitable simply because of age. He turns 50 at the end of this year and once leaned on the adage that “Father Time remains undefeated.” But for Woods, it has been the mother lode of injuries that is keeping him from going out on ... Read More »
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The New York Rangers have signed veteran goaltender Jonathan Quick to another one-year contract, which comes with a $1.55 million guaranteed salary, according to two people familiar with the deal. One of the people confirmed the contract also comes with an additional $300,000 in achievable bonuses. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition ... Read More »
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A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the U Sports men’s basketball Final 8 in Vancouver. Teams are listed by seeding heading into the tournament, along with their respective regular season records. The tournament runs from Thursday to Sunday. 1. Ottawa (20-2) The Gee-Gees enter this tournament having won their second Ontario University ... Read More »
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Queen’s Gaels head coach Stephan Barrie says his team feels it has been overlooked and has received too low a seeding for the U Sports men’s basketball Final 8. The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) finalists enter the tournament as the No. 7 seed after losing to top-seeded Ottawa 95-87 in the conference title game on ... Read More »
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills and safety Damar Hamlin agreed on a one-year contract Wednesday, keeping the unrestricted free agent off the market. Hamlin started in 14 games last year, one season after going into cardiac arrest during a game. He will compete with second-year player Cole Bishop to stay in the ... Read More »
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