Tag: Sports

Martin Truex Jr. Wins Season-Opening Clash at the Coliseum

Martin Truex Jr. passed Ryan Preece with 25 laps to go in the season-opening Clash at the Coliseum and held on during two wild restarts, opening NASCAR’s 75th season by winning in the Busch Light Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday night. In the non-points race’s second visit to Los Angeles to start a season,…


Kyrgios Pleads Guilty to Assault, Has No Conviction Recorded

CANBERRA, Australia—Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios apologized for shoving a former girlfriend to the ground two years ago after he escaped conviction Friday on a charge of common assault. The 2022 Wimbledon runner-up pleaded guilty in the Australian Capital Territory Magistrates Court to assaulting Chiara Passari during an argument in his hometown of Canberra in…


Pebble Beach Pro-Am to Finish Monday; Justin Rose Leads by 2

Justin Rose of England charged in front at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but instead of a standard Sunday finish, his attempt to return to the winner’s circle will have to wait until Monday. Rose followed up a third-round 65 by going 3 under on the front nine of Pebble Beach Golf Links to own a…


Former NFL Player Faces DUI Charge in Florida After Crash

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—A former NFL player was arrested on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge after troopers say his vehicle rear-ended a pick-up truck that was on the side of a South Florida highway because of a flat tire, injuring the truck’s driver who had been standing outside. Vontae Davis, 34, smelled of alcohol, had…


Pelicans Snap Skid With Win Over Lakers; LeBron Scores 27

Brandon Ingram scored 35 points and led a fourth-quarter surge as the host New Orleans Pelicans ended a 10-game losing streak by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 131–126 on Saturday, Feb. 4. CJ McCollum added 23, Trey Murphy III scored 21, Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Jose Alvarado scored 18 and Larry…


No. 9 UCLA Cruises Past Washington State

Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 24 points and collected a career-high 15 rebounds to lead No. 9 UCLA to an easy 76–52 victory over Washington State in Pac-12 play on Saturday at Los Angeles. Jaylen Clark added 12 points and Amari Bailey had 10 as the Bruins (19–4, 10–2 Pac-12) stretched the nation’s longest homecourt winning…


US Sweeps Uzbekistan, Advances to Group Stage in Davis Cup

The United States swept its way into the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals on Saturday, getting the winning point in a 4–0 victory over Uzbekistan from the doubles team of Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek. They beat Sergey Fomin and Sanjar Fayziev 6–2, 6–4, after Tommy Paul and Mackenzie McDonald had won singles…


Top 25 Roundup: No. 21 Indiana Stuns No. 1 Purdue

Trayce Jackson-Davis totaled 25 points, seven rebounds and five blocks to lead No. 21 Indiana to a 79–74 upset win over top-ranked Purdue on Saturday at Bloomington, Ind. The Hoosiers (16–7, 7–5 Big Ten) won for the sixth time in their past seven games and beat a No. 1-ranked Purdue team for the first time…


Leonard Has 35 Points, Clippers Outlast Knicks 134–128 in OT

NEW YORK—Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points, Paul George added 30 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the New York Knicks 134–128 in overtime Saturday night, Feb. 4. After the Clippers lost a 17-point fourth quarter lead, Nicolas Batum’s 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer tied it at 115. The Clippers scored the first four points of…


New-Look Logano Leads NASCAR Back to the LA Coliseum

LOS ANGELES—Joey Logano arrived at the first event of the season with a jet black shock of thick hair and a banner in the grandstands advertising the company that treated NASCAR’s reigning champion for alopecia and early baldness. “Ask Joey!” the company Hairclub urged on a banner draped in the lower bowl of the Los…