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US wheelchair basketball team blows out France, advances to semis PARIS — Success has followed Steve Serio throughout his U.S. Paralympic career. He’s earned two gold medals and a bronze over his four Paralympic Games playing for the wheelchair basketball team.  Serio plans to wrap up his Paralympic career in Paris. He had no shame

Brittni Mason sprints to silver in women's 100m, takes on 200 next PARIS − Team USA sprinter Brittni Mason was all smiles as the silver medal was placed around her neck on the podium at the Stade de France Tuesday night. She earned that spot with a 12.10-second finish in the women’s 100m T47 race. 

Ezra Frech wins more gold; US 400m runners finish 1-2 again SAINT-DENIS, France — While nothing is for certain out on the track, it would be difficult to find two runners as confident that they will win as Team USA’s Jaydin Blackwell and Ryan Medrano, who won gold and silver in the T38 men’s 400-meter

WNBA rookie power rankings: Caitlin Clark just about clinches Rookie of the Year We’re in the final stretch of the WNBA regular season, and the rookies are shining bright.  Teams have seven or eight games left, and the playoff race is starting to crystalize (the last day of the regular season is Sept. 19; playoffs

Oilers' Leon Draisaitl becomes highest-paid NHL player with $112 million deal The National Hockey League will have a new highest-paid player for three seasons in a row. Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl agreed to an eight-year, $112 million extension on Tuesday that will give him a $14 million cap hit when the deal kicks in

The ManningCast is back: Full schedule for 2024 NFL season ESPN and Omaha Productions’ “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” announced Tuesday its full schedule for the upcoming NFL season in style.  Two-time Super Bowl champion Peyton Manning and two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning will return for the fourth consecutive season of their

Team USA's Rebecca Hart, Fiona Howard win gold in Paralympics equestrian VERSAILLES, France — Rebecca Hart sat quietly at the end of the Chateau de Versailles, taking in the para-equestrian venue with the historic backdrop. As the five-time Paralympian readied for her event, she wanted to make sure she wouldn’t lose focus in the grand

Trent Williams ends holdout with 49ers with new contract locked in The San Francisco 49ers might be golden heading into Week 1 after all. As their regular-season opener against the New York Jets on "Monday Night Football" approaches, the reigning NFC champions wrapped up a contract extension Tuesday with All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams, according

Florida State coach Mike Norvell addresses 'failure' of stunning 0-2 start With Florida State's 2024 football season in danger of becoming a complete disaster after only two games, coach Mike Norvell knows he need to find answers quickly. "I'm sick to how this season started. Tonight, I failed in preparing the team to go out

Jessica Pegula earns seventh quarterfinal Grand Slam shot. Is this her breakthrough? Jessica Pegula is the daughter of a billionaire. But she has earned her standing among the top 10 women's tennis players over a long, hard road. She will play in her seventh Grand Slam quarterfinal. NEW YORK — The last time Jessica Pegula

Shohei Ohtani back in Anaheim: Dodgers star chases 50-50 before first postseason trip PHOENIX — Shohei Ohtani’s life is dramatically different since he changed uniforms, putting up historic numbers for a marquee franchise, playing in his first playoff race, and now for the first time Tuesday will be entering the same stadium where he became

Iga Swiatek and Daniil Medvedev, two former US Open champions, advance to quarterfinals NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek and Daniil Medvedev, the last two former champions left in the U.S. Open singles draws after a series of upsets, swept into the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows with a minimum of fuss on Monday. Top seed Swiatek, who