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Sports fans who view their favorite players as role models might think twice before taking their financial advice, too. The bankruptcy of FTX and the arrest of its founder and former CEO are raising new questions about the role celebrity athletes such as Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Naomi Osaka and others played in lending legitimacy [...]
DOHA, Qatar — The World Cup stadium was designed to leave a minimal footprint in the Qatari sand. It's now due to be dismantled. Stadium 974 played host to seven matches, the last of which was Brazil's 4-1 win over South Korea in the round of 16. The Qataris say the stadium will disappear, but [...]
BOSTON (AP) — Not every Harvard basketball player can end up an NBA phenomenon like Jeremy Lin. Some of them have to settle for other careers, like being the governor of Massachusetts — or the president of the NCAA. Charlie Baker, the next leader of the largest college sports governing body in the country, is [...]
COLUMBUS — Ohio State didn't get to control its playoff destiny after losing to rival Michigan at the end of the regular season. No matter. The Buckeyes are in the postseason, and they're yearning for redemption. Coach Ryan Day said the No. 4 Buckeyes realize the opportunity they have in front of them with a [...]
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons are turning to rookie Desmond Ridder at quarterback, announcing this week that Marcus Mariota has been benched with the team still in contention for a playoff berth but struggling with four losses in its past five games. The Falcons (5-8) made the switch to Ridder to bolster an [...]
NEW YORK — After Caleb Williams won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the eighth player to do so for Southern California, he talked about how cool it will be to have his jersey retired at the school one day and to be able to take his place with other USC greats. "But as of right now, [...]
Taffy Abel carried the American flag at the 1924 Olympics, where his team won silver in hockey. Henry Elmer "Buddy" Maracle played 11 games in the early-1930s NHL. Paul Jacobs may have played in the league's second season in 1918-19. Yet in the commonly known history of hockey, a predominantly white sport in North America [...]
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson met all of the NFL's requirements to play again. He now needs to quickly fulfill the obligations of a franchise quarterback. He didn't look anything like one Sunday. Showing more rust than expected following a 700-day break between regular-season starts, Watson struggled in his long-awaited debut for the Browns, who offset [...]
The questions came one after another the moment Xavier announced it was bringing back Sean Miller, its former and wildly successful basketball coach. The guy who had been fired by Arizona and left in his wake multiple NCAA violations. Most of them were of the variety of: "What were you thinking?" Athletic director Greg Christopher [...]
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson won't have a playbook for everything that lies ahead. The practices, meetings, film work, making handoffs, throwing passes for the Browns, all of that will be easy, second nature. The rest: protesters, heightened scrutiny and pointed questions, will be unscripted. There's no blueprint for the once-revered quarterback now reviled in some [...]