By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Zach Edey is taking his 7-foot-4 frame to Memphis to start his NBA career. Edey, the former Purdue center who became the first player in more than 40 years to win The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball player of the year award in back-to-back …
Read More »A Tennessee man threatened to shoot co-workers but his gun malfunctioned, police say
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pointed a gun at co-workers inside a Chattanooga office building Monday and pulled the trigger, but the gun malfunctioned and did not fire, witnesses told police.Multiple people called Chattanooga police Monday afternoon saying that a person with a gun was firing shots inside …
Read More »Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator
By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists told a House subcommittee on Tuesday night. Travis Tygart, Chief Executive Officer of …
Read More »Tennessee earns first national title in baseball with 6-5 win over Texas A&M
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports WriterOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tony Vitello jumped into the stands to share a group hug with the legion of Tennessee fans who invaded Omaha. His players ran a lap around the warning track high-fiving them. Kavares Tears squatted in right field taking in the moment …
Read More »Top Cats: Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup, top Oilers 2-1 in Game 7
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports WriterSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov put his hands at either end of the Stanley Cup and began skating away to start the celebration that the Florida Panthers have wanted forever.And as he began to hoist hockey’s chalice for the first time, he had one …
Read More »Noah Lyles shows his flash and speeds through finals to earn a spot at the Olympics in 100 meters
By EDDIE PELLS AP National WriterEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The bright red running suit, the white pearls and the gold medal said it all.Noah Lyles is the flashiest, and the fastest, sprinter in the United States — maybe even the world.We’ll all get to find out later this summer in …
Read More »For former NBA player Chase Budinger, a second career in beach volleyball was a path to the Olympics
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports WriterAfter seven years in the NBA, Chase Budinger still had some goals left on his dream board.The former Rockets and Timberwolves forward has wanted to compete in the Olympics ever since he was a child, when his family would pore over the TV schedule to …
Read More »Sha’Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 seconds
By EDDIE PELLS AP National WriterEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two steps before she reached the finish line, Sha’Carri Richardson started pounding her chest.She knew she had it won. Anyone who doesn’t see her as the sprinter to beat later this summer at the Paris Olympics should probably think again. Sha’Carri …
Read More »Reigning Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser overcomes sore elbow, advances to finals at trials
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports WriterEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two-time defending Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser took one attempt and packed up for the night.No sense pushing his sore elbow. Or a healing torn pectoral muscle.Crouser took a business-like approach to qualifying on Friday at the U.S. Olympic track …
Read More »Sha’Carri Richardson overcomes wobbly start for win in first heat at Olympic trials
By EDDIE PELLS AP National WriterEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Her burst out of the starting block was more like a wobble. Sha’Carri Richardson also raced with one of her shoelaces untied.None of it mattered much on the opening night of U.S. Olympic track trials. Even in a race that was …
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