WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to elevate his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of U.S. elections and dispute his 2020 loss in an appeal for more restrictive voting laws ahead of the midterms. Trump's amplification ...
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Jackson Suber got his first taste of links golf — on his first trip to Europe — when he arrived at Royal Birkdale. Three days later, he proved to be a quick study with a superb par save and a 6-foot eagle late in his round for a 5-under 65 to lead the British ...
NEW YORK (AP) — If LeBron James knows where he will play this coming season, he's still not saying. The NBA's career scoring king and current free agent spoke publicly for the first time in weeks Thursday afternoon, indicating that a decision is close — though stopping short of revealing which team he'll choose to play for this fall, despite at least one cry from someone in a jampacked room shouting for him to "pick a team." "I won't hold you guys up too much longer," James said. The four-time NBA champion had a pair of appearances Thursday: He recorded an episode of his "Mind ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday announced they would end their nearly three-decade affiliation with the Wheeling Nailers. The move comes after the team was sold to the Hoffmann Family of Companies of Florida, the current owners of the ECHL’s Florida Everblades. “We are thankful to the Pittsburgh Penguins for all of the hard work they did in helping the Wheeling Nailers put a consistent winner on the ice for the past three decades,” said Brian Komorowski, president/governor of the Wheeling Nailers. “We would like to individually thank Kyle Dubas, Jason Spezza, Amanda Kessel, ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The start time for the MLB game between the New York Mets and the Phillies on Thursday in Philadelphia was moved up an hour due to air quality concerns because of wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota, and an MLS game in Chicago was postponed. Heavy, pungent ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — New Virginia Tech coach James Franklin knows the Hokies' proud history going back to the Frank Beamer era. Annual bowl bids. A trip to the national championship game. Special teams play so reliably good that it spawned the name "Beamer Ball," and the beaten-up metal lunch pail symbolizing a blue-collar defensive ethic. "You guys all remember that Virginia Tech," Franklin said Thursday, "but none of the current players do." That explains why Franklin's arrival as the big-name hire after a dozen years at Penn State is about more than trying to win a few more ...
