Of the 13 games that kicked off Major League’s Opening Day slate on Saturday, there was no debate about which one was the biggest. In front of a massive crowd of more than 75,000 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the two biggest stars in MLS — Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and LAFC’s Son … Read more
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami got off to a rough start in their MLS Cup title defense when David Martinez, Denis Bouanga and Nathan Ordaz scored in Los Angeles FC’s 3-0 victory Saturday night. Son Heung-min set up Martinez’s opening goal for LAFC, which emphasized its status as a primary threat to Miami’s crown during … Read more
Alex Karaban scored 12 points, Tarris Reed Jr. added 11 and No. 5 UConn used a dominating second half to defeat Villanova 73-63 on Saturday night. Braylon Mullins added 10 points for the Huskies (25-2, 15-2 Big East), who rebounded from Wednesday’s 91-84 home loss to unranked Creighton. Tyler Perkins scored 15 points and Matt … Read more
Anthony Dell’Orso tied a season high with 22 points and No. 4 Arizona toppled second-ranked Houston 73-66 on Saturday to move into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 Conference. Arizona (25-2, 12-2), which opened the season 23-0, won its second straight game following consecutive losses to then-No. 9 Kansas and then- 16th-ranked … Read more
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Braden Smith added 15 points and eight assists Friday night, helping No. 7 Purdue produce a historic rout over rival Indiana 93-64 to earn a split in this season’s series. The Boilermakers emphatically ended their two-game losing streak against the Hoosiers by producing their highest point total in the … Read more
What is happening with Kansas star Darryn Peterson, arguably the nation’s best college basketball player? How can a player so talented be so averse to showcasing those skills? “He’s getting terrible advice,” Danny Parkins said on “First Things First.” “He’s making millions of dollars to play basketball. He has an agent who reps NBA people … Read more
Anthony Kim walked out of a PGA Tour scoring trailer at Quail Hollow and straight to the parking lot on May 4, 2012. He put his clubs in the trunk and drove away, vanishing from golf and from public view for 12 years. Kim was all the way back Sunday in Australia, full of swagger … Read more
Acaden Lewis scored 21 points, including five in the overtime, as Villanova knocked off Xavier 92-89 on Tuesday night. Lewis also contributed seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals for the Wildcats (21-5, 12-3 Big East Conference). Tyler Perkins scored 17 points while going 6 of 15 from the floor and 4 for 5 from … Read more
All the free throws, the timeouts, the fouls and even a coach’s challenge made the end of Tuesday’s highly anticipated game between No. 1 Michigan and No. 7 Purdue felt somewhat anticlimactic, a sluggish march across the finish line. When the buzzer finally sounded — crystalizing the Wolverines’ 91-80 victory that keeps them firmly in … Read more
Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Fla.) — Brad Keselowski couldn’t believe it Sunday when he saw Riley Herbst come up from the inside to him as they headed toward the finish line for the Daytona 500. Herbst was running third and Keselowski fourth as they were coming toward the finish line, when Herbst slid up … Read more