Sports

Major League Baseball is using its financial muscle to support the U.S. women’s softball team By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer January 23, 2020, 1:00 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is using its financial muscle to support the U.S. women’s softball team, which already is assured a spot in the […]

ROME — From Calabria to Pennsylvania, then the Bronx and beyond, new Fiorentina owner Rocco Commisso has been on the move his entire life. Whether it was acclimating to the United States after immigrating at the age of 12, climbing the corporate ladder toward becoming the billionaire chairman of cable television company Mediacom, or fulfilling

The NCAA will permit athletes to be paid for training expenses by the U.S. Olympic Committee and other national governing bodies By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer January 23, 2020, 4:28 PM 3 min read ANAHEIM, Calif. — The NCAA will now permit elite athletes to be paid for training expenses by the

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Lisa Bluder grew up in Iowa, and her college coaching career has been spent only at in-state schools. So she understands the passion for the sport that spreads from the Mississippi to the Missouri rivers. That love for the game is on display in the Iowa Hawkeyes coach’s own arena, and

The NCAA is trying to figure out how it can allow athletes to be compensated for their fame while still preserving its rules for amateurism By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer January 23, 2020, 3:18 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — The NCAA is trying to figure out how it can allow

General Motors is planning to open a new technical center for performance and auto racing near the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina January 23, 2020, 2:54 PM 1 min read DETROIT — General Motors is planning to open a new technical center for performance and auto racing near the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North

Kansas City Royals star catcher Salvador Perez is about to become a U.S. citizen January 23, 2020, 1:29 PM 2 min read KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals star catcher Salvador Perez is about to become a U.S. citizen. Perez passed his citizenship exam earlier this month and will be be joined by Chief

Joel Quenneville remembers years past when NHL teams leading going into the third period could feel comfortable chalking up two points. A win was a pretty sure bet. Earlier this season, his Florida Panthers erased a four-goal deficit to win a game. And then they did it again. Even the three-time Stanley Cup-winning coach didn’t

Zion Williamson’s sublime 17-point surge in a span of barely more than three minutes could become part of New Orleans sports lore even if the final score of his first meaningful NBA game won’t By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer January 23, 2020, 9:10 AM 4 min read NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson’s sublime 17-point

TOKYO — Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo’s Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where “salarymen” rushing home and couples on late-night dates have just passed by. Dozens of homeless people sleeping rough in such spots worry that with Japan’s image