10:11 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Rice has delayed the start of preseason football practice less than four weeks before the Owls are scheduled to open their pandemic-delayed and shortened season. The school said in a statement Sunday that current conditions related to the COVID-19 infection rate in Houston and the need for highly
9:25 PM ET Lou Brock will be remembered for being part of one the most lopsided trades of all time in Major League Baseball history, the 1964 deal that sent him from the Chicago Cubs as part of a package to the St. Louis Cardinals for veteran pitcher Ernie Broglio. Brock will be remembered for
9:21 PM ET NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic, the odds-on favorite to win his 18th Grand Slam title at this US Open, is gone from the tournament in the most sensational default recorded in the Open era. Djokovic, the top-ranked player in the world, was ejected from the tournament after he inadvertently hit a line
7:36 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Dustin Johnson started with the lead, matched the low round Sunday at the Tour Championship with a 6-under 64 and now is one round away from capturing the FedEx Cup and its $15 million prize. Johnson missed only three fairways and putted for birdie on all but three
9:17 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona could return to athletic activities next week after retests of COVID-19 for 13 student-athletes have shown 11 false positives. There also were four false positives among 12 non-athletes tested at the campus health center in retests reported Sunday. The lab conducting the tests
8:10 PM ET ATLANTA — If you can get by the little matter that Xander Schauffele has the lowest score of the week but still trails by five strokes heading into the final round of the Tour Championship, all is good. Of course, that scenario was bound to play out when the PGA Tour reconfigured
11:20 AM ET NHL Insiders From an opening field of 24 teams in the 2020 NHL postseason, all the way down to hockey’s version of the final four. It’s been a wild ride, with some classic games surely on the way as the Vegas Golden Knights, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders
4:44 PM ET Germany were still waiting for their first-ever Nations League win after they gave a tired performance and were held to a 1-1 draw by Switzerland on Sunday. Ilkay Gundogan gave Joachim Low’s side the perfect start when he scored a clinical goal in the 14th minute, but Silvan Widmer earned their smaller
4:39 PM ET Spain forward Ansu Fati became the national team’s youngest ever goalscorer as the 17-year-old inspired Luis Enrique’s side to a resounding 4-0 win at home to Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday. Spain captain Sergio Ramos scored the opening goal with a penalty in the third minute after Fati had
7:02 PM ET Chase Brice will start at quarterback for Duke when the season opens at Notre Dame, coach David Cutcliffe announced Sunday. Brice, who transferred in from Clemson, competed with Chris Katrenick and Gunnar Holmberg for the starting job throughout preseason practices. “We have a healthy quarterback room and the competition has made everyone