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The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is among the influential and noteworthy people who died in February. A protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a two-time presidential candidate, he led a lifetime of crusades, advocating for poor people and the underrepresented in the United States and around the world. February ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kentucky’s Mitch Barnhart to retire as athletic director in June and take on new role at university
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Mitch Barnhart, the longest-serving athletic director in the Southeastern Conference, will retire in June and take on a new role with Kentucky, university President Eli Capilouto announced on Tuesday. “Mitch Barnhart has led University of Kentucky athletics for nearly a quarter-century,” Capilouto said in a statement released by the university. Capilouto ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Carolina’s dominance in SEC tourney is a result of good teams, not proximity, Dawn Staley says
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Dawn Staley’s third-ranked Gamecocks have been nearly unbeatable in Southeastern Conference Tournament games played in Greenville, South Carolina. South Carolina has won six of seven SEC Tournaments — including five straight — played at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, which is about a 90-minute drive from the school’s campus in Columbia. Diehard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jack Hughes returns to his day job in the NHL after TV tour as the US Olympic hockey hero
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes was enthralled by Lorne Michaels’ stories that highlighted his time at “Saturday Night Live” and enjoyed sharing the stage with brother Quinn and U.S. women’s captain Hilary Knight on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Now the U.S. men’s golden goal-scorer is ready to get back to his day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pitt fires embattled women’s basketball coach Tory Verdi amid court struggles, legal issues
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh fired women’s basketball coach Tory Verdi on Tuesday, ending a three-year tenure in which the Panthers struggled to find success on the court and Verdi potentially ran into trouble off it. Athletic director Allen Greene announced the decision shortly after the Panthers missed the ACC women’s tournament after going 8-23, including ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rahm says European tour is ‘extorting’ LIV players by making them play more events to rejoin tour
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
Jon Rahm tore into the European tour Tuesday over its offer for him and other LIV Golf players to rejoin, claiming the tour was “extorting players” by forcing them to play additional tournaments. Rahm, competing this week in LIV Golf Hong Kong, spoke publicly for the first time since the European tour announced a deal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 2 Arizona clinches first Big 12 regular-season title, eyes a deep March run
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Bill Self spent the morning before his team’s game at Arizona walking around campus, getting some exercise while enjoying the mild desert weather. But the Kansas coach couldn’t seem to get very far without being stopped. Nothing derisive. Just basketball talk. “There’s no telling how many people stopped me to talk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP women’s basketball player of the week is No. 5 Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 17 of the season: Mikayla Blakes, Iowa The sophomore guard led No. 5 Vanderbilt to wins over Alabama and Tennessee last week, averaging 34.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists. She is the first SEC player in the past 26 years to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scherzer calls daughter’s letter to Blue Jays ‘the cutest thing you can possibly imagine’
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Max Scherzer says the note his daughter composed asking the Toronto Blue Jays to re-sign the three-time Cy Young Award winner arose as his kids were writing letters to Santa Claus in December. After Scherzer agreed last week to a $3 million, one-year contract to return to the Blue Jays, his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TCU enters the women’s Big 12 tournament as the No. 1 seed, chasing a repeat title
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It took TCU well over a decade to finally win the women’s Big 12 tournament, and in doing so, end a drought of exactly two decades since its last league tournament title back in its Conference USA days. The No. 10 Horned Frogs have a good chance to make it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Real Madrid confirms Brazil winger Rodrygo has a torn ACL just 100 days before World Cup
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026
MADRID (AP) — Brazil international Rodrygo is expected to miss the rest of Real Madrid’s season and the World Cup because of a torn ACL and meniscus in his right knee, the Spanish club said Tuesday. The 25-year-old winger was injured in Madrid’s 1-0 loss to Getafe on Monday, when he came on as a ... Read More »
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