Sports (Page 58)

Racism, sexism and class-based discrimination continue to infect English cricket, an independent commission has found. A long-awaited report into the state of the sport was published on Tuesday by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, known as the ICEC. Among its findings, racism was “entrenched” in the English game,Continue Reading

How well do you know Wimbledon, the Grand Slam tennis tournament that begins Monday on the grass courts of the All England Club? Give this AP quiz a try: 1st Round: Fines Under Article III, Section E, of the 2023 Grand Slam Rule Book, how much can a player beContinue Reading

Baltimore infielder Jackson Holliday, the top pick in last year’s amateur draft and a son of former All-Star Matt Holliday, was among 14 first-round selections chosen for the All-Star Futures Game at Seattle on July 8. Holliday is hitting .325 with 14 doubles, seven homers, 47 RBIs and 20 stolenContinue Reading

It took more than three decades after the founding of the Women’s Tennis Association for all four Grand Slam tournaments to agree to give the same prize money to female and male players. Now the women’s tour is pledging to make sure its athletes also get identical paychecks at someContinue Reading

The Jaguars are giving high school football athletes an opportunity this summer to knock off the rust and play some football at TIAA Bank Field. The Jaguars are hosting 1,000 high school football athletes across multiple camps Nike 11-On tournaments, mixing up the action between the field at the stadiumContinue Reading

LSU went from its low point of the season to the ultimate high in a span of 24 hours. A day after it gave up the most runs ever in a College World Series game, LSU cranked up its offense and won its first national title since 2009 with anContinue Reading

A day after it gave up the most runs ever in a College World Series game, LSU cranked up its offense and won its first national title since 2009 with an 18-4 victory over Florida on Monday night in the third and deciding game of the finals. LSU (54-17) stavedContinue Reading

The PGA Tour and European tour have agreed to work with Saudi backers of LIV Golf to decide how defectors to the rival league can return and what kind of punishment they should face, according to a framework agreement obtained by The Associated Press. The agreement also said the for-profitContinue Reading

Connor McDavid won the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHL’s most outstanding player as voted by his peers on Monday night, a clear-cut choice after the highest-scoring season by a player in more than a quarter-century. Hart won the Lindsay Award for the fourth time. He was also expected toContinue Reading