Deon Lendore, a sprinter who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, died Monday. The 29-year old, who raced for Trinidad and Tobago, was involved in a automobile collision in Texas. Lendore, an assistant coach at Texas A&M, was driving home fr…
Sarah Valenzuela: Geno Auriemma cherry-picked his latest shot at Muffet McGraw
NEW YORK — Muffet McGraw has had a long, now ongoing, back and forth with Geno Auriemma. On Monday, Auriemma and the sports world dialed in on comments the former Notre Dame coach made in December about UConn having an “outsized” influence in women’s b…
Editorial: What we learned: 2021 filled with hard lessons
Painful lessons are the hardest ones to forget, and 2021 delivered many indelible teachings. We learned that when angry people are fed a steady diet of vicious falsehoods that their nation is being stolen from under their very noses, when they are told…
RJ Barrett gets hot, Knicks hit 18 threes to beat Spurs in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – At least for one night, RJ Barrett and the Knicks got their groove back. New York set the nets ablaze Tuesday against the Spurs, burying 18 of its 38 3-pointers in an emphatic 121-109 victory. It snapped a three-game losing streak …
Kevin Durant turns it up late as Nets get past the Timberwolves for ugly 110-105 win
NEW YORK — When all else fails, get the ball to Kevin Durant. All else had indeed failed through the first three-and-a-half quarters of the Nets’ 110-105 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday. The Wolves, a middling Western Conference oppone…
WTA cancels tournaments in China due to lack of Peng Shuai investigation
The Women’s Tennis Association has suspended all of its tournaments in China because the country has refused to investigate sexual assault allegations made by former WTA player Peng Shuai against an ex-Communist Party official. Peng, 35, said former hi…
Former head of Rio 2016 sentenced to 30 years in jail for allegedly buying votes for city to host Olympics
The former head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months behind bars for allegedly buying votes for the city of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. The 79-year-old former volleyball pl…
Richard Johnson: Alan Dershowitz to depose ex-Victoria’s Secret CEO in Epstein case
NEW YORK — Legal eagle Alan Dershowitz has won the right to depose Leslie Wexner of Victoria’s Secret fame. Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor, has been fighting the allegation of Virginia Giuffre that he, along with Prince Andrew, had sex with…
Missing Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai video chats with IOC president – ‘Safe and well’
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is home safe after vanishing from the public eye almost three weeks ago after accusing a high ranking official of sexual assault, according to the International Olympics Committee. IOC President Thomas Bach said Sunday …
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is safe and at home, IOC president says
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is home safe after vanishing from the public eye almost three weeks ago after accusing a high-ranking official of sexual assault, according to the International Olympics Committee. IOC President Thomas Bach said Sunday …