By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The short jab with his left fist to celebrate birdies and even a few pars. A thumbs-up to the gallery. Phil Mickelson at times looked to be a…
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‘It’s an honor’: The Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 enshrined
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan’s hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena as she …
Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the contro…
Column: Guthrie paved the way, still hoping more will follow
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Columnist All these years after her history making run at the Indianapolis 500, Janet Guthrie is still deluged with letters from around the globe. “I just got a piece of fan…
Yosemite climbers face new obstacle: overnight permits
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Climbing El Capitan and the famous big walls of Yosemite National Park got a bit harder Friday. The park added red tape to cut through before climbe…
Baseball’s sweetest song: Willie Mays, forever young, is 90
By FRED LIEF AP Sports Writer Willie Mays is turning 90, and no mistaking that number. It strikes with the clarity of a line drive. Mays played in a sport measured by milestones — 3,000 hits, 500 home…
High court mulls if women-only areas at gyms discriminate
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the issues of sexual discrimination, differences between women and men and even the defini…
Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer There wasn’t much Bobby Unser wouldn’t do to promote the Indianapolis 500, which is how he found himself at a show-and-tell at an Indiana elementary sc…
Amazing Amy to play for junior college national championship
PHOENIX (AP) — Amy Bockerstette is set to become the first person with Down syndrome to compete in a national collegiate athletic championship. The 22-year-old golfer will play with her Paradise Valle…
Jaguars open NFL draft, Meyer era by drafting Lawrence
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars made the easiest and maybe most significant selection in franchise history when they chose Clemson quarterback Tr…