By PAUL NEWBERRY ATLANTA (AP) — There weren’t many fans in the stands, but enough for LeBron James to get in some jawing along the sideline. He didn’t mind a bit — especially after the Lakers closed out a nearly two-week-long trip with another victory. “Fans in the stands is just better,” James said with…… read more »
By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has proposed a one-month delay in starting spring training due to the coronavirus pandemic and pushing back opening day to April 28, two people familiar with the plan told The Associated Press. Under the plan presented to the players’ union on Friday, the regular season…… read more »
By MARK LONG Tyreek Hill sprinted past cornerback Carlton Davis again, caught the ball in stride and then cut so sharply that safety Mike Edwards ended up flailing at him with one arm near the sideline. Hill casually jogged a few more yards before pausing at the goal line and doing a backflip into the…… read more »
By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Super Bowl is going to look different this year for three friends who’ve attended every installment of the big game. But Don Crisman, Tom Henschel and Gregory Eaton have tickets in hand and say they will be there, as they have every year since the first AFL-NFL…… read more »
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Patrick Reed was so unaffected by a rules controversy a day earlier that he won the Farmers Insurance Open by five shots, the biggest margin in his nine career PGA Tour victories. Reed closed with a 4-under 68 at Torrey Pines, making an eagle on the par-5 sixth and finishing off…… read more »
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patricia Rooney, the wife of late Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, has died. She was 88. The Steelers said in a statement that Patricia Rooney died peacefully at her home on Saturday. A cause of death was not given. Patricia Rooney’s husband, who died in April 2017, served as the U.S. ambassador…… read more »
By CHARLES ODUM ATLANTA (AP) — Florida State’s winning streak ended when its usually reliable scoring fell flat. Moses Wright scored 23 points and Georgia Tech beat No. 16 Florida State 76-65 on Saturday, ending the Seminoles’ five-game winning string. Florida State (10-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) had 19 points from RaiQuan Gray but too…… read more »
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He also had a share of the lead with Carlos Ortiz. On the par-4 10th, Reed hit a 190-yard shot out of a bunker with a TV replay showing the ball bounced once before…… read more »
By GREG BEACHAM LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Detroit Lions are trading quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for quarterback Jared Goff, two future first-round draft picks and a third-round pick, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday night…… read more »
By HOWARD FENDRICH WASHINGTON (AP) — The jawing and the chippiness kept accumulating in a game Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce called “messy” and “wild.” So did the technical fouls — nine total — and ejections — three in all, including for Russell Westbrook and Rajon Rondo, as Atlanta held NBA scoring leader Bradley Beal…… read more »
