ZURICH (AP) — The United States set up a quarterfinal showdown with fierce rival Canada at the ice hockey world championship by beating Austria 4-1 on Tuesday. The U.S. and Canada met in the final at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, when the Americans prevailed 2-1 in overtime to ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Chicago Cubs spent the first six weeks of the season threatening to run away with the NL Central. A pair of 10-game winning streaks will do that. It's taken just over two weeks for a big chunk of all that hard work to disappear. A skid that earned the Cubs a ...

It's like Victor Wembanyama has been here before. Dec. 28, 2024, was a cold and drizzly morning in New York. Wembanyama had some spare time before the San Antonio Spurs' charter flight would leave for Minnesota that afternoon, so he posted a message on social media: Come meet me in ...

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — When Daniel Suarez was struggling to make his name in auto racing, he would often get phone calls from Kyle Busch offering words of encouragement and urging him to keep working. That made his crown jewel Cup Series victory Sunday night all the more special. Suarez ...

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell honored Kyle Busch's widow, Samantha, and the couple's children, Brexton and Lennix, before the start of the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday in an emotional speech. Standing on the frontstretch at Charlotte Motor Speedway, O'Donnell looked directly ...

Lionel Messi is ailing MIAMI (AP) — Inter Miami confirmed Monday that Lionel Messi has a left hamstring issue, though did not say when the problem is expected to be cleared up. And that adds a bit of intrigue for defending World Cup champion Argentina, which is scheduled to open its ...