HOOVER, Ala. — Conference realignment talk is back in a huge way. So is all the drama, the speculation and intrigue with the focus on Texas and Oklahoma. The Houston Chronicle first reported Wednesday that…

Michael Phelps reached for his mother’s hand through a chainlink fence near the pool. The 19-year-old swimmer had just won his first Olympic medal — gold, of course — at the 2004 Athens Games, and…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thousands of fans lined downtown Milwaukee streets on Thursday to catch a glimpse of their beloved Bucks in a parade to celebrate the city’s first NBA championship in half a century. Six…

NFL teams have been warned they could forfeit a game due to a COVID-19 outbreak among non-vaccinated players, and players on both teams wouldn’t get paid that week. “As we learned last year, we can…

CHANUTE — Logan Page learned 30 minutes before game time Thursday that he would be counted on to extend his team’s baseball season. Page, one of the youngest players on the Iola A American squad,…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nicky Lopez hit a bases-loaded, tiebreaking double, Brad Keller earned his first win in over six weeks and the Kansas City Royals completed a season sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with a…

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Six outs from her second Olympic no-hitter, Monica Abbott was clinging to a one-run lead when she walked Canada’s Jen Gilbert leading off the sixth inning, and pinch-hitter Sara Groenewegen lined…

TOKYO (AP) — From doping to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their share of off-the-field scandals and controversies that keep the Games in the headlines long after the torch goes out.…

The last time Texas got a wandering eye for another conference it fueled a series of realignments in college sports that nearly killed the Big 12. Texas is once again exploring free agency, stealing the…

CHANUTE — With an overpowering fastball, deceptive breaking pitches and pin-point control, Trey Sommer had things well in hand Tuesday. Sommer, pitching for Iola’s junior American Legion squad, tossed a four-inning one-hitter in a 14-0…