U.S.A. Basketball plans to gauge the interest of the Duke University sensation Zion Williamson in joining the Americans’ 12-man squad for the FIBA World Cup in China this summer, according to a person familiar with U.S.A. Basketball’s intentions. No discussions have taken place with Williamson, whose freshman season at Duke ended Sunday with a 68-67 quarterfinal loss against Michigan State […]

A college baseball player in South Carolina died after collapsing on the field during practice, according to officials. Parker Neff, who played shortstop for University of South Carolina Salkehatchie, was out on the field Friday preparing for practice when he collapsed, the Greenville News reported. The 21-year-old was brought to Allendale County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:04 […]

The second round of the 2019 OHL playoffs is set as the Guelph Storm will meet the London Knights, starting this weekend. The Knights have home-ice advantage in the series after finishing first in the western conference, while the Storm finished fourth. Both teams are coming off four-game sweeps in the first round. Guelph had the upper hand in the […]

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Submit The first round of the 2019 Ontario Hockey League post-season ended quickly. If every series in the opening round had ended in a four-game sweep, the minimum number of games played would have been 32. Instead, it went 35. There were five sweeps, while Oshawa, Niagara and Sault Ste. Marie each won in five games. Much of this was […]

Tributes have been pouring in following the death of sports reporter Pat McAuliffe. Pat, from Cork, was best known for his work with RTE and was heavily involved with sport at local level in Cork. He passed away suddenly overnight at the age of 61. Ronan O’Gara described McAuiliffe as a “really decent man” as the sporting world paid tribute […]

Kenya’s Daniel Kemoi won the 125th anniversary of the Around the Bay Road Race. Kemoi won the 30K race in one hour, 32 minutes and 57.7 seconds, falling 35.8 seconds shy of the course record set by Alene Reta in 2010. Panuel Mkungo finished in second place for the second straight year. He won the race in 2017. Hamilton’s Patrick […]

ARCADIA, Calif. — A two-horse spill in the San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Sunday led to the 23rd equine fatality at the Southern California track in a little more than three months. Arms Runner injured his right front leg and fell in the Grade 3 race on turf, two days after Santa Anita reopened to racing after […]

The Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles occupy different ends of the competition spectrum. The Yankees possess a far more talented roster, World Series expectations and a payroll that is around $130 million larger. The Orioles lost 115 games last season, and some analysts believe they could lose more this year with a pared-down roster. Three games into the season, the […]

It’s becoming a sideshow, this whole John Delaney thing. There he is in Gibraltar on the phone. There he is in the Aviva, with Emma. There he is in Limerick on one of his grassroots days, mixing it with members of the football family. John Delaney is a great man for Irish soccer; John Delaney must go. It’s all a […]