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UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victory
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Geno Auriemma soaked in the moment. The UConn Hall of Fame coach now stands alone atop the NCAA college basketball all-time wins list.Auriemma broke a tie with former Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, earning his 1,217 career victory with an 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night.
“We never sat down and said hey let's make a 40-year plan and see if we can make this happen," Auriemma said. “It's about coming here every day and trying to be better than we were yesterday.”
He has spent four decades building UConn into... Read More
Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal take Cy Young Awards after both were pitching triple crown winners
Atlanta’s Chris Sale and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal each won their first Cy Young Award on Wednesday night after the left-handers shared the MLB lead with 18 wins while leading their respective leagues in strikeouts and ERA.Sale went 18-3 and topped the National League with 225 strikeouts, while his 2.38 ERA in 29 starts was the best among all major league qualifiers in his first season with the Braves. The 35-year-old was an All-Star for the eighth time and won his first Gold Glove this year.
“It means a lot. It’s a special night," said Sale, derailed by a string... Read More
MLB will test robot umpires at 13 spring training ballparks hosting 19 teams
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training at 13 ballparks hosting 19 teams, which could lead to regular-season use in 2026.MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 but is still working on the shape of the strike zone.
An agreement for big league use would have to be reached with the Major League Baseball Umpires Association, whose collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1.
“I would be interested in having it in ‘26,”... Read More
Ex-student pleads guilty to fatally shooting 3 University of Virginia football players in 2022
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022.Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A four-day sentencing hearing is scheduled to open Feb. 4 in Albemarle County Circuit Court.
Prosecutors read a summary in court Wednesday of what they allege happened the day of the... Read More
Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays' ballpark situation
NEW YORK (AP) — Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out the Rays' ballpark situation following Hurricane Milton, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said there has been no thought to allowing the team to explore a relocation.“Given the devastation in that area, it’s kind of only fair to give the local governments in the Tampa Bay region an opportunity to sort of figure out where they are, what they have available in terms of resources, what’s doable,” Manfred said Wednesday at a news conference after a Major League Baseball owners meeting.
Top Stories in Sports
- UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victory
- Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal take Cy Young Awards after both were pitching triple crown winners
- MLB will test robot umpires at 13 spring training ballparks hosting 19 teams
- Ex-student pleads guilty to fatally shooting 3 University of Virginia football players in 2022
- Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays' ballpark situation
- Las Vegas Grand Prix in better shape after ironing out inaugural year kinks that nearly ruined race
- Trump feuded with NFL players in his first term. Now, some are busting out his dance moves
- Jasmine Paolini and Italy beat Slovakia to win the Billie Jean King Cup
- Steinbrenner wants his relationship with Soto to be similar to how he gets along with Judge and Cole
- Capitals put Alex Ovechkin on injured reserve, ruling him out at least a week
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Football
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- Florida State is losing recruits at nearly the same pace that it's losing games in 2024
- It's Boise St, not BYU, with a bye in latest College Football Playoff rankings, with Oregon at No. 1
Baseball
More- Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal take Cy Young Awards after both were pitching triple crown winners
- MLB will test robot umpires at 13 spring training ballparks hosting 19 teams
- Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays' ballpark situation
- Steinbrenner wants his relationship with Soto to be similar to how he gets along with Judge and Cole
- Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam ball from the World Series to hit the auction block
Basketball
More- UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victory
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College
More- UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks all-time wins record, getting 1,217th career victory
- Florida State is losing recruits at nearly the same pace that it's losing games in 2024
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- Maui Invitational returns to a Lahaina still grappling with raw emotions left by deadly wildfire
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Auto Racing
- Las Vegas Grand Prix in better shape after ironing out inaugural year kinks that nearly ruined race
- F1 to move Canadian Grand Prix slot on calendar in drive to cut travel
- 23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in 2025 while suing NASCAR after clause removed from contracts
- Roger Penske adds Long Beach street race to portfolio as he holds off F1 and NASCAR interest
Soccer
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- Mexico overcomes 2-goal deficit, reaches CONCACAF Nations League semifinals with US, Canada, Panama
- Gerardo 'Tata' Martino stepping down as coach of Lionel Messi's Inter Miami, AP source says
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- Pulisic scores twice, US beats Jamaica 4-2 for 5-2 aggregate win in CONCACAF Nations League QF
Tennis
More- Jasmine Paolini and Italy beat Slovakia to win the Billie Jean King Cup
- Rafael Nadal's legacy is a relentlessness that inspired Carlos Alcaraz and plenty of others
- An emotional Rafael Nadal retires at the Davis Cup after he loses and Spain is eliminated
- Rafael Nadal could be headed to retirement after losing opening match at the Davis Cup
- Roger Federer tells friend and rival Rafael Nadal that he made him enjoy tennis more
Golf
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- Trump thinks he can fix golf's mess. He starts by playing golf with PGA Tour commissioner
- PGA Tour approves reduction to 100 players keeping cards off FedEx Cup list
- Rafael Campos goes from new father to first-time PGA Tour winner with a victory in Bermuda
- Nelly Korda rallies in Florida for her seventh LPGA win of the year
Hockey
More- Capitals put Alex Ovechkin on injured reserve, ruling him out at least a week
- Bruins fire coach Jim Montgomery after slow start in regular season follows playoff disappointments
- Capitals' Alex Ovechkin is week-to-week with a leg injury amid chase for NHL career goals record
- NHL referee Mitch Dunning communicative, can move extremities following violent collision
- Maple Leafs' Reaves gets 5-game suspension and fine for illegal check to the head of Oilers' Nurse