National Sports

BOSTON (AP) – Zdeno Chara announced his retirement Tuesday after playing 21 seasons in the NHL and captaining the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup in 2011. The 6-foot-9 defenseman from Slovakia is calling it a career at age 45. He returned to TD Garden in Boston to make that […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Kirk Cousins tried to get the ball to Justin Jefferson. Darius Slay kept getting in the way. Cousins was pressured into three interceptions, Jefferson was shut down a week after one of his career-best games, and the Minnesota Vikings were run off the field from the opening […]

The early-August day Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison, Kia Nurse and her Phoenix Mercury teammates watched the heart-wrenching court proceedings play out on their phones in their locker-room. The Mercury hosted the Connecticut Sun later that day, and the two teams locked arms at […]

BERLIN (AP) – Qatar’s ambassador to Germany was urged Monday to abolish his country’s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two months before the Middle East country hosts the World Cup. Fan representative Dario Minden switched to English to directly address […]

Former CFL player Garrett Marino says he’s signed a contract with the United States Football League. Marino took to social media to make the announcement. “Just signed USFL Contract,” he tweeted late Sunday night. There was no indication regarding the USFL team Marino had been assigned to although his Twitter […]

The rise of Cameron Rising can be traced to almost exactly a year ago, when the Utah quarterback came off the bench and nearly rescued the Utes in a three-overtime loss against San Diego State. Rising shined and the Utes had their QB. “The rest is history, I guess you […]

NEW YORK (AP) — More playmakers, better depth and flashy speed had the New York Jets feeling optimistic about their offense. And that was even with Joe Flacco filling in at quarterback and a shuffled line dealing with injuries. Well, it took just one game for the positive vibes to […]

BOSTON (AP) — Nonbinary athletes will be able to run in next year’s Boston Marathon without having to register as members of the men’s or women’s divisions, race organizers announced Monday. The Boston Athletic Association, which administers the prestigious marathon, said it’s been working to expand opportunities for nonbinary people […]

Canadians Rebecca Marino and Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the second round of the Chennai Open tennis tournament with wins on Monday. Vancouver’s Marino, seeded seventh at the WTA 250 event, posted a 7-5, 6-2 win over Russia’s Anna Blinkova. Marino won 70.5 per cent of first-serve points and broke Blinkova […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — On their first snap of their first game together in nine years, Derek Carr dropped back and immediately hit Davante Adams for an 11-yard completion. On the opening drive alone, Carr threw to his old college buddy a whopping five times. By the time Las Vegas’ […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees took several deep breaths and exhaled. An AL East lead that stretched to 15 1/2 games in early July was down to 3 1/2 after Friday, increasing heart rates and blood pressures of a frazzled fanbase. With Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton hitting 1-2 […]