In Shaun White's early days riding snowboards, the sport was so new that his mom was still getting the hang of things after a lifetime of skiing. Among Cathy White's rules: If Shaun, his brother and sister wanted mom to accompany them down the mountain, they had to ride "switch" — backward ...
GENEVA — American gymnast Jordan Chiles may reclaim the bronze medal on floor exercise from the 2024 Paris Olympics that was stripped from her following an appeal by Romania after all. Switzerland's supreme court said on Thursday its judges sent the "highly exceptional circumstances" of the ...
It wasn't easy for Laila Edwards' parents, missing much of their daughter's formative years developing into women's hockey Olympian away from her roots in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Thanks to an outpouring of donations, including a major push from the hometown NFL brother tandem of Travis and ...
Becoming the president of the Omaha Supernovas in 2023, ahead of the professional volleyball team’s debut, required Diane Mendenhall to draw on the sum total of her experiences from more than four decades in and around the sports world. From playing volleyball at Kansas in the late 1970s to ...
Defense led to offense on Wednesday night as the Lawrence boys basketball team beat St. Mary’s Academy 53-39 as turnovers led to numerous transition offense opportunities. The Crusaders did get off to a fast start, hitting two 3s and a midrange jump shot to take an 8-0 lead. After that, the ...
West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez didn't mince words about what areas of his roster needed help from college football's transfer portal. "Every one," he said. Rodriguez didn't have a stellar start to his second stint, going 4-8 and finishing 14th out of 16 teams in the Big 12. And while ...
