Tag: Women’s sports
Vols extend 9 coaches including Vitello, Barnes, Harper
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has extended the contracts of nine coaches, including Tony Vitello, who took the Volunteers to their first College World Series...
Vols extend 9 coaches including Vitello, Barnes, Harper
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has extended the contracts of nine coaches, including Tony Vitello, who took the Volunteers to their first College World Series...
Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev out of Olympics after doping ban
KYIV, Ukraine — Olympic champion gymnast Oleg Verniaiev is set to miss the Tokyo Games because he has been banned following a failed drug...
Bally’s Corp. buys AVP beach volleyball tour
Bally’s Corp. on Tuesday acquired the Association of Volleyball Professionals, the top American beach volleyball tour, and said it plans to broadcast AVP content...
AP Sportlight
July 14
1951 — Citation is the first horse to win...
Roster: Three-quarters of US Olympians have college ties
Three-quarters of the 613-person U.S. Olympic team that was released Tuesday competed in the American collegiate system — the most up-to-date number to illustrate...
Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — For some Native Hawaiians, surfing’s Olympic debut is both a celebration of a cultural touchstone invented by their ancestors, and...
Minnesota enters Olympic break riding 7-game winning streak
NEW YORK — No team has been playing better than Minnesota the past few weeks as the WNBA enters its month-long Olympic break.
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Britain’s Johanna Konta to miss Olympics due to COVID-19
LONDON — Johanna Konta of Britain won't compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, she said Tuesday, after being dropped from...
Collier scores 27, Lynx beat Sparks 86-61
LOS ANGELES — Napheesa Collier matched her career-high with 27 points and the Minnesota Lynx won their seventh straight with an 86-61 win over...
