The spring sports season officially kicked off, and local athletes helped their teams start their seasons on the right note with some wins. Here are this week's selections for Athletes of the Week: Stella Comparato, Lawrence Lawrence girls soccer won its season opener over Shawnee Heights ...
PRAGUE — Ilia Malinin bounced back from misfiring at the Milan Cortina Olympics by leading after the short program at the figure skating world championships on Thursday. With a new haircut, Malinin showcased all that the spectators expected from the defending two-time world champion at O2 ...
Kansas coach Lance Leipold’s 19 years as a head coach have featured multiple situations in which his patience and his convictions were rewarded. When he went 7-3 at Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2012, in what he said was characterized as a “disastrous season” after he had won four national ...
WASHINGTON — Duke coach Jon Scheyer said point guard Caleb Foster will try to play in Friday night's Sweet 16 matchup against St. John's. Foster broke his right foot in Duke's regular-season finale and missed the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the top-seeded Blue Devils. He was ...
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are leaning on Chris Sale to provide much-needed stability for a rotation that has been decimated by injuries this spring. Sale, 36, will start Atlanta's season-opening game against Kansas City on Friday night. It will be Sale's second-straight opening day start ...
A year ago, point guard O'Mariah Gordon was leading Florida State into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Not only is the 5-foot-5 grad student now at another school, but playing an entirely different sport. Shooting jumpers has been replaced by covering receivers and catching passes ...
