Tiger Woods faces another injury and another lost year. Has golf seen the last of him?
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods is out of the Masters and probably for the rest of the year after surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon. Add that to a list of injuries that outnumber the 15 majors he has won. The latest surgery raises questions about whether golf has seen the last of Woods. Rory McIlroy says he feels badly for Woods and that hopefully golf will see him again next year. From the knee surgeries to back surgeries to his LA car crash, the 49-year-old Woods has managed to keep coming back. But he hasn't been competitive for more than five years since his record-tying 82nd career title.
Kobe Bryant's former players remember his words during their first year of college basketball
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- Five years after the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash, six members of his Mamba Basketball Academy team are finishing up their first season of college basketball. A proud group that learned so much from him -- forever connected by a club team and a tragedy that shook their world. They are spread throughout the country -- and right beside each other through text messages of love and support. Emily Eadie plays for Princeton, and Annika Jiwani is a freshman forward for Dartmouth. Annabelle Spotts just finished her first season at the University of Chicago. Mackenly Randolph is at Louisville, and Zoie Lamkin plays for Orange Coast College back home in Southern California.
Bills to re-sign Hamlin. Buffalo also adds defensive tackle Ogunjobi to 1-year deal, AP source says
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Safety Damar Hamlin is returning to Buffalo, and the Bills also continued restocking their their defensive front by agreeing to sign tackle Larry Ogunjobi. The Bills announced reaching an agreement to sign Hamlin to a one-year contract. A person with knowledge of the deal, meantime, confirmed Ogunjobi agreeing to a one-year contract that includes $8 million in guaranteed money. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the agreement is not final until later in the day. NFL.com first reported the agreement. Hamlin returns to Buffalo after starting 14 games last season in continuing a remarkable comeback for a player who had a near-death experience two years ago
Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions and shakes Norway's lofty reputation
GENEVA (AP) -- Two Norwegian ski jumpers are now suspended and under formal suspicion in an unfolding cheating scandal. Olympic gold medalists, Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, had denied involvement since the allegations emerged at the weekend of the use illegally altered ski suits. The pair were suspended Wednesday and put under formal suspicion in an investigation overseen by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. They now cannot compete in a World Cup event in Oslo that starts Thursday. Three Norwegian team officials are also suspended.
The result of Madrid derby sends Atletico or Real likely to face Arsenal in Champions League
Atletico has to overcome a one-goal deficit to eliminate bitter rival Real in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie to maintain chance of winning Europe's biggest prize. Real won the first leg 2-1 to continue its dominance of the Madrid derby in European competition. A team from Madrid is likely to face Arsenal in the quarterfinals unless a miracle helps PSV Eindhoven come back from a massive 7-1 first leg loss. Aston Villa is 3-1 up against Club Brugge while last season's runner-up Borussia Dortmund and Lille are tied 1-1 ahead of the second leg.
March Madness selection panel will have to juggle thanks to SEC overload in bracket
The NCAA selection committee will have some juggling to do before the bracket comes out Sunday to keep March Madness from looking like an extension of the Southeastern Conference's regular season. With the league in line to place between 12 and 14 teams in the tournament, some long-held guidelines drawn to help set the matchups will have to give way. Conference rivals could face each other as early as the second round or the Sweet 16. The SEC has been led by Auburn, with Alabama, Tennessee and Florida close behind. The newly expanded conference, along with the Big Ten and Big 12, will gobble up nearly half of this year's 68 spots in the tournament.
A stint in the minors forced Pens' goalie Tristan Jarry to hit the reset button. It may have worked
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is off to a strong start in his return to the NHL. Pittsburgh demoted the two-time All-Star to the minors in mid-January after a string of poor performances. Jarry returned in early March and has put up back-to-back victories for the first time since before Christmas. Jarry outdueled future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury in a win over Minnesota. He backed it up by stopping 36 shots against Pacific Division-leader Vegas. Jarry says going to the minors helped free his mind and allowed him to focus on his game.
Rick Pitino wins 1st Big East Coach of the Year award and RJ Luis Jr. is Player of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rick Pitino has won his first Big East Coach of the Year award and RJ Luis Jr. took Player of the Year honors after they propelled a resurgent St. John's program to its best regular season in almost four decades. UConn forward Liam McNeeley was selected the league's Freshman of the Year despite missing eight games with a high ankle sprain. Voting is done by Big East head coaches, who aren't allowed to pick their own players. In his second season at the school, Pitino guided sixth-ranked St. John's to its first outright Big East regular-season championship in 40 years.
Junior Bridgeman, businessman and basketball standout for Louisville and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 71
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71. Bridgeman led Louisville to a Final Four and played 12 seasons in the NBA, mostly with the Milwaukee Bucks. He then launched a business career with stakes in publishing, restaurants and the Bucks. He died Tuesday in Louisville, Kentucky. Bridgeman was a fixture in Louisville after his playing days. Mayor Craig Greenberg said the city had "lost a kind, generous and groundbreaking legend."
Bills agree to sign edge rusher Joey Bosa to 1-year, $12.6 million contract, AP source says
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- The Buffalo Bills have turned to Joey Bosa to fill their pass-rush needs. The team and Bosa agreed on a one-year, $12.6 million contract. That's according to a person familiar with the deal who spoke to The Associated Press Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because the agreement won't be official until Wednesday. Bosa joins the Bills after the team cut Von Miller on Sunday to free up salary-cap space. He was the NFL's defensive rookie of the year in 2016 and has 72 career sacks. But his production has dwindled in recent years because of injuries.