Indians bringing back crafty left-hander Oliver Pérez
The Indians are bringing back reliable and crafty reliever Oliver Pérez. The 39-year-old agreed Thursday to a minor league deal with Cleveland, which also invited the left-hander to big league … Click to Continue »
The Latest: ACC basketball tournaments not selling tickets
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Atlantic Coast Conference says the league won’t make public tickets available for fans to … Click to Continue »
Iranian skier makes appeal for women’s rights in her country
Iranian skier Forough Abbasi accomplished one goal Thursday merely by completing her giant slalom run at the skiing world championships. It made no difference to her that she crossed the … Click to Continue »
Finals of Billie Jean King Cup postponed amid virus concerns
The finals of the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly the Fed Cup, were postponed for a second time on Thursday. The International Tennis Federation said the 12-nation tournament cannot take … Click to Continue »
Young Louis-Dreyfus takes over at English club Sunderland
The purchase of third-tier English club Sunderland was completed Thursday by Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, whose family previously owned French team Marseille. Louis-Dreyfus, who is in his early 20s, takes a controlling … Click to Continue »
Blue Jays expect to play in Florida, Buffalo and Toronto
The Blue Jays expect to split the home portion of this year’s regular-schedule among their spring training complex in Dunedin, Florida, their Triple-A ballpark in Buffalo, New York, and the … Click to Continue »
COVID-19 forces major changes to high school swimming and wrestling state championships
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s Board of Control on Wednesday made a number of adjustments to its swimming, wrestling and bowling postseasons because of capacity restrictions that venues must … Click to Continue »
KHSAA to survey schools about controversial football playoff system
After two years playing through an intra-district playoff system that sends some of the state’s best football teams home after only two rounds of the postseason, the Kentucky High School … Click to Continue »
He won a small-school state title. Now, he takes on the big dogs at a new school.
While Paintsville has been his family’s home for 25 years, Joe Chirico, the new head football coach introduced Wednesday at Clark County’s George Rogers Clark High School, said the timing … Click to Continue »
Knicks fans want someone to love. Julius Randle might be their guy.
One of Julius Randle’s earliest tormentors on the basketball court was his mother, Carolyn Kyles. Once, when Randle was in fourth grade, Kyles teamed up with Randle’s older sister, Nastassia … Click to Continue »
Calipari: Toppin’s breakout performance helps make UK ‘a real team’
When Jacob Toppin transferred from Rhode Island to Kentucky, the speculation was he might sit out the season. That he decided to play paid off in Kentucky’s 82-78 victory at … Click to Continue »
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