By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK — Catchers were far more successful than batters through Major League Baseball's first full week of challenges to robot umpires, led by the Detroit Tigers and Dillon Dingler. The overall success rate in the Automated Ball-Strike System was ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PHOENIX — It's mission accomplished for UCLA. Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and the rest of the UCLA seniors secured the first NCAA women's basketball national championship in school history — a goal that was set after losing in the first Final ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Patrick Reed has played golf all around the world, often out of choice, now out of necessity. Necessity so that he can start playing closer to home again. One of the early and polarizing defectors to LIV Golf a few years ago, the 2018 Masters champion made the similarly difficult decision to leave the lucrative, Saudi-backed tour earlier this year and return to the PGA Tour. But under the terms of his reinstatement, Reed cannot play in its events until after Aug. 25, which means most of this season will be spent on the European ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods was a big part of the conversation Monday at the Masters without even being at Augusta National. His absence stemming from his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence brought a degree of criticism from Jason Day. Florida authorities determined Woods was impaired March 27 when his Land Rover struck a trailer and flipped on its side on a residential street. They found two painkiller pills in his pocket. Woods was arrested and briefly jailed for refusing to submit to a urine test. "He's just a human being like ...
NEW ULM — Throughout her high school career, New Ulm Eagles senior letter winner Isabelle Longtin has worn many hats — or uniforms, rather. From jerseys to leotards to tank tops, Longtin has kept her schedule full. Competing in three sports during her time at New Ulm High School, ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Audi Crooks is one of nine Iowa State players who officially entered the NCAA transfer portal Monday in the first 12 hours it was open. The nation's second-leading scorer is one of more than 1,100 Division I women's basketball players who entered the ...
