NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Cameron Tringale has played 331 times on the PGA Tour without winning. His career-best round of 9-under 61 might help him change that at a tournament run by the European tour.
NEW YORK — The executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers has recommended that Congress enact legislation nullifying Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it applies to minor league players.
Former minor-league ballplayer Ron Shelton has written and directed a host of sportsthemed movies, but it’s doubtful anyone has told him they’ve named their children after the characters in “Tin Cup” or “White Men Can’t Jump” or even “Cobb.”
Pool A Topeka (Kan.) Midwest Prospects 2-0 Springfield (Neb.) Post 143 0-0 Moberly (Mo.) NEMO Sixers 0-0 Blue Springs Post 499 Fike 0-2 Pool B St. Joseph (Mo.) Post 11 1-0 Crawfordsville (Ind.) Post 72 1-0 Omaha (Neb.) Taylor Made Huskies 0-1 Topeka (Kan.) Post 421 Senators 0-1 Pool C Sedalia (Mo.) Post 642 Travelers 1-0 Elsberry (Mo.) Post 226 1-0 St.
MOSCOW — American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges on the second day of her trial in a Russian court in a case that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
James Caan, the curlyhaired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as both the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, a move that adds a few years to the time the former Minneapolis police officer is already serving for his murder conviction while transferring him to federal custody.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS commissioner has asked the Treasury Department’s internal watchdog to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, frequent targets of Donald Trump’s ire during his presidency.
Russia may pause current offensive KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in eastern Ukraine as the Russian military attempts to reassemble its forces for a significant — and what it hopes could prove decisive — new assault on its neighbor. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned menacingly on Thursday that his forces “haven’t even started” to fight.
Although its investigation of the incident continues, the Independence Fire Department has initially determined that Monday’s apartment complex fire was started by fireworks. The fire started sometime around 11 p.m.