Purdue coach Matt Painter’s plan, and contingencies, sent Boilers past Butler to Sweet 16 DETROIT — Purdue basketball glided through the middle of the season with at times a punishing ease. Adversity chased the Boilermakers down in Detroit and started piling on. One senior leader sat the bench Sunday, his […]
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No. 11 seed Syracuse shocks No. 3 Michigan State to advance to Sweet 16 A bubble team with a 50/50 chance of playing in the NCAA tournament a week ago, Syracuse is suddenly in the Sweet 16. The Orange used their vaunted 2-3 zone to frustrate Michigan State and got […]
Rory McIlroy: Limiting alcohol would curb unruly fan behavior Add golfer Rory McIlroy to the list of pro golfers who are becoming more agitated by the behavior of unruly fans at PGA Tour events. He boils it down to one factor: alcohol. After shooting 67 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational […]
UMBC watch party: celebrating NCAA history, cheering tournament darlings, studying CATONSVILLE, Md. — Eventually the crowd, expected to be modest because students are on spring break, grew so large that an overflow room had to be opened. So dozens of University of Maryland-Baltimore County fans — students, alums, neighbors of […]
American Brita Sigourney wins bronze in women’s halfpipe skiing at 2018 Winter Olympics After season-ending injuries the two seasons going into Sochi, freeskier Brita Sigourney was just happy to be there. Her sport made its debut, and the halfpipe skier was glad to get to compete. But Pyeongchang was different. […]
Ex-NHL player Slava Voynov competing for OAR despite domestic abuse issues Slava Voynov’s NHL career effectively concluded after he was arrested and eventually pleaded no contest to abusing his wife in 2014. Voynov, a Los Angeles Kings defenseman at the time, was suspended indefinitely after he choked, hit and pushed […]
French ice dance team rebounds from wardrobe malfunction to earn silver medal There were no tears this time, well, maybe a tiny one creeping into the corner of Gabriella Papadakis’ eye, but oh, what a difference. Less than 24 hours removed from becoming the most discussed figure skater at these […]
Ice Hockey: USA down Finland to head to gold medal game The U.S. cruised into third straight gold medal game appearance in the Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament on Monday, shutting down Finland 5-0 in semi-finals with help from a pair of goals by Dani Cameranesi and a shutout from […]
LeBron James wins third career NBA All-Star Game MVP, tying Michael Jordan The All-Star Game had meaning for LeBron James. Because of the format change, he picked his squad. He wanted to win. He disagreed with a replay review. He challenged and fouled DeMar DeRozan as DeRozan drove to the […]
Alpine skiing: Vonn to defy online ‘bullies’ Abuse on social media would not silence Lindsey Vonn from voicing her own personal political opinions or stop her from engaging with her fans online, the American has said. Vonn has faced hostility from some supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump since she […]
