Legendary Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson dies at 85
Lute Olson, who coached the Arizona Wildcats for 24 seasons from 1983 to 2008, passed away on Thursday at age 85, according to a statement from the…
Continue ReadingLute Olson, who coached the Arizona Wildcats for 24 seasons from 1983 to 2008, passed away on Thursday at age 85, according to a statement from the…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Arizona — Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85. Olson’s…
Continue ReadingNBA players have decided to resume the playoffs, according to multiple reports. Still, the league said three playoff games were postponed on Thursday…
Continue ReadingEight players from the University of Nebraska football team are suing the Big Ten Conference, requesting an order to invalidate the Big Ten’s…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The UTEP Miners are ready to kickoff their season and fans will be allowed to see the Miners in action in person. Single-game…
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — The NHL has postponed the next two days of playoff games. There has been criticism from Black players who said the league was slow…
Continue ReadingFollowing what she called the “continued genocide of Black people,” Naomi Osaka pulled out of her Western & Southern Open match in…
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas — The Oakland Athletics have decided not to play their series finale at Texas in support of racial justice. Oakland’s…
Continue ReadingLAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida — Another day of the NBA playoffs will be postponed, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press on…
Continue ReadingIt’s sport in the year 2020. Or more precisely, the first tennis grand slam of a global pandemic. This year’s US Open — which…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — UTEP Athletics has announced its COVID-19 Fan Protocols for the 2020 football season, which will kick off next Saturday (Sept. 5)…
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Florida — The NBA announced Wednesday it chose to postpone all three games scheduled for the day after the Milwaukee Bucks chose to boycott…
Continue ReadingOvernight, angry Barcelona fans descended on the Camp Nou to lay the blame at the feet of the man they hold responsible for Lionel Messi’s…
Continue ReadingLeBron James is helping spearhead a multimillion-dollar effort to recruit poll workers in Black electoral districts ahead of November’s general…
Continue ReadingManchester United captain Harry Maguire will appeal a Greek court decision finding him guilty of assault, resisting arrest, and attempted bribery…
Continue ReadingAfter relinquishing another lead and exiting the Western & Southern Open in the third round in New York, Serena Williams sounded a bit like…
Continue ReadingConsidering he once came close to quitting the sport he loves to open up a pizzeria, American golfer Brendon Todd has earned the right to enjoy every…
Continue ReadingGrowing up as a Sikh boy in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh longed for books with characters who looked like him and his family. But each visit to a…
Continue ReadingArgentine football star Lionel Messi has sent a letter to Barcelona informing the club that he wants to leave the team, a source close to the…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas – The UTEP football team has added its final game to its 2020 schedule with a road contest on Sept. 26 at the University of…
Continue ReadingLeBron James and the Green Bay Packers are among those in professional sports who responded on social media Monday to the shooting of Jacob Blake in…
Continue ReadingUsain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus as Jamaica’s Prime Minister says there will no special treatment if anyone has been found to…
Continue ReadingSerena Williams felt like she was back in the 80s after a marathon victory ahead of next week’s US Open while Novak Djokovic won his first…
Continue ReadingHe would dread checking his phone — and no wonder. “They’re calling me a f**king Muslim terrorist,” tennis player Benjamin…
Continue ReadingAlphonso Davies’ road to Champions League glory was more treacherous than most. The 19-year-old’s story began in a Ghanaian refugee camp,…
Continue ReadingLeBron James said his “emotions are all over the place” after the shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake, an unarmed Black man, was shot multiple…
Continue ReadingA week after miraculously avoiding a flying motorcycle that almost hit him at high speed, Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales was counting his…
Continue ReadingNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he wished the league had “listened earlier” to Colin Kaepernick when he began protesting during the…
Continue ReadingFrench police arrested 148 people as fans clashed with riot police on the Champs-Élysées following Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League…
Continue ReadingHe may be in the early stages of his pole vault career, but Armand “Mondo” Duplantis has already scaled the summit of his sport. The…
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