By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Unser died at his home in Ch…
National and World Sports
It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Huang Xueqin, who publicly supported a woman when she accused a professor of sexual assault, was arrested in September. Wang Jianbing, who helped …
NBA laid key foundation during 1960s amid off-court chaos
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Sam Jones remembers the NBA landscape in the 1960s being only marginally different from what he had experienced growing up in America’s segregated Sout…
EXPLAINER: What drives high-profile disappearances in China
BEIJING (AP) — The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai in China following her accusation of sexual assault against a former top Communist Party official has shined a spotlight on similar cases inv…
The NBA at 75: From a very modest beginning, to a behemoth
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer It started in 1946 with 11 teams and 160 players. The shot clock was nearly a decade away, the 3-point line was a couple generations away. Buildings were smaller. …
Chuckie chucked: Gruden’s words antithetical to modern NFL
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Jon Gruden had to go. At a time when messages such as “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” are stenciled into every end zone in the league, when women have j…
Altuve, Astros going back to ALCS after routing White Sox
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — It was Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman once again. The Houston Astros are going to the AL Championship Series for the fifth straight year. Th…
Tailgating, face-painted fans back in force at NFL stadiums
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Tailgating, face-painted fans returned in full force at stadiums around the country as the NFL opened its doors to capacity for the first time since the coronaviru…
Half of US offers legal sports betting as NFL season begins
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — More than half of the United States now offers legal sports betting, just three years after it was allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court. When …
Yankees star Derek Jeter inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Derek Jeter was simply Derek Jeter on his special day — smooth as silk. On a cloudy Wednesday afternoon with the temperature in the 70s and a fe…