MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka beat 18-year-old American Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-0 early today to reach the semifinals at the heat-affected Australian Open. The match at Rod Laver began with the roof open as heat warnings hit Melbourne with temperatures expected to be above 40 ...
PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy is coming home. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Saturday the club has reached a verbal agreement with McCarthy to replace Mike Tomlin as head coach. McCarthy grew up in the Greenfield neighborhood, just a couple of miles away from the team’s practice ...
SEATTLE — Sam Darnold threw for three touchdowns, the Seahawks’ “Dark Side” defense came up with a critical fourth-down stop, and Seattle advanced to the Super Bowl, beating the Los Angeles Rams 31-27 in an electrifying NFC championship game on Sunday. Led by second-year coach Mike ...
DENVER — Drake Maye handled the sloppy, snowy conditions better than the home team and he scored New England’s only touchdown on a 6-yard keeper, propelling the Patriots to their 12th Super Bowl with a 10-7 win over the Denver Broncos in the AFC championship game Sunday. Maye threw for ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Rookie Ben Kindel scored twice in the second period to lead the Penguins to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday and a sweep of Pittsburgh’s four-game western Canada trip. Kindel, from nearby Coquitlam, British Columbia, had a large contingent of ...
LA QUINTA, Calif. — New year, same Scottie Scheffler. The world’s No. 1 player loves coming to the California desert early in the season to take stock of his game and get into tournament shape. There’s wasn’t much wrong Sunday in The American Express. Scheffler made birdie on half of his holes, going from a two-shot deficit early to a lead that stretched to six shots late before he closed with a 6-under 66 for a four-shot victory. “There’s always a certain amount of rust when it comes to playing competitive golf,” Scheffler said. “You can simulate as best you can ...
