Naomi Osaka rallies into Miami Open final; Daniil Medvedev upset in quarters
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Naomi Osaka’s eyes welled with tears when her match ended, an all-too-familiar scene for her in recent years. These were of...
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World No. 1 Ash Barty, 25, announces retirement from tennis
Ash Barty, the No. 1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, has announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 25. Barty said...
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Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo clubs 96th career home run to break NCAA softball record
HONOLULU — Oklahoma slugger Jocelyn Alo, playing in her home state for the first time since high school, hit the 96th homer of her storied...
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Russia barred from all international ice skating events following invasion of Ukraine
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia was excluded from all international ice skating events as sporting sanctions continued to mount Tuesday following the Russian invasion of Ukraine....
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Several WNBA players competing in Russia make plans to leave following invasion of Ukraine, agents say
9:49 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball...
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What was the secret sauce behind Kansas State center Ayoka Lee’s record-shattering 61-point game?
Kansas State center Ayoka Lee stood at the free throw line with just under four minutes left on the clock against Oklahoma. Head coach Jeff...
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ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel, Knicks’ Walt Frazier, NBC’s Dick Ebersol named Curt Gowdy Award winners
8:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN CLEVELAND — ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel, Hall of Famer and longtime New York Knicks broadcaster Walt “Clyde” Frazier and longtime NBC...
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U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin doesn’t finish slalom leg of Alpine combined at Beijing Olympics
Mikaela Shiffrin entered the slalom portion of the Alpine combined race in fifth place on Thursday after an impressive downhill run and was looking to...
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Canada prevails vs. rival Team USA to win women’s hockey gold at Beijing Olympics
Canada defeated archrival Team USA to win women’s ice hockey gold Thursday at the Beijing Olympics in the latest thrilling chapter of the sport’s greatest...
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Mikaela Shiffrin calls her debut in Olympic women’s downhill ‘another day of really good experience’
Mikaela Shiffrin arrived in Beijing expected to win multiple medals and cement her status as one of the most decorated American skiers in history. But...
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MMA pound-for-pound rankings — How did Israel Adesanya-Robert Whittaker fight impact the top 10?
Israel Adesanya showed he belongs among the top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA when he defended his UFC middleweight championship against a fellow top-10 fighter, ex-champ...
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Americans Lindsey Jacobellis, Nick Baumgartner win gold medal in first mixed snowboardcross
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — The running joke was American snowboardcross racer Nick Baumgartner always referring to them as a pair of 40-somethings. “I’m 36,” Lindsey Jacobellis...