PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Kansas vs. Villanova rivalry has become glorious to view for college hoops fans. The two championship programs are intertwined, as much as nonconference teams can be, since the start of the…

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers said Friday they are spending 1.35 trillion Japanese yen — about $12.6 billion — to stage next year’s games. Organizers said the expenditure is unchanged from a year ago,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes can spin it in anything, in case you haven’t heard. Home or away. Warm or cold. Clear skies or falling snow. In a mic’d up segment released this week,…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Roger Federer arrives for his interview at the precise appointed time, steering his white sedan into a parking spot in an industrial area dotted by art galleries about 15…

Teams competing for the national championship this season got good news well before the College Football Playoff — even if they didn’t have much time to celebrate. The early signing period opened Wednesday with three…

SEATTLE — This column is not exactly directed at Josh Gordon and his heartbreaking situation. There are some extenuating circumstances that make Gordon an entity unto himself — the repeated violations of the NFL’s substance-abuse…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has signaled it will file an appeal against its four-year Olympic ban due to World Anti-Doping Agency sanctions which President Vladimir Putin today branded “unfair.” The Russian anti-doping agency’s supervisory board…

BURLINGTON — The Iola Mustangs entered Tuesday’s Pioneer League matchup ranked ninth in class 4A. With recognition comes expectations, and the Mustangs failed to live up to their standard.  A game based on physicality saw…

BURLINGTON ? Despite another gritty performance, the Iola Fillies came up short once more in Tuesday?s contest against Burlington.  Iola inched the Wildcat deficit down to one in the fourth quarter with five minutes remaining,…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Football rules the athletic landscape at Georgia. It would take a superhero to swipe away some of that attention. Enter the Ant Man. Stopping off in Athens for a one-season layover…