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Kansas head coach Bill Self directs his team during the second half of a first-round game against Eastern Washington in the NCAA college basketball tournament at Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Kansas gives Bill Self contract to keep him until retirement

By Dave Skretta Apr. 02, 2021 12:20 PM EDT

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton encourages his team during the first half of a first round NCAA college tournament basketball game against Liberty Friday, March 19, 2021, at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton agrees to extension

By Cliff Brunt Mar. 29, 2021 03:42 PM EDT

FILE - Kansas head coach Bill Self looks on as Kansas plays TCU during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Worth, texas, in this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, file photo. Bill Self acknowledged this is a new feeling for him. In nearly two decades at Kansas, he has never been out of the hunt for the Big 12 title before the calendar flipped to February. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)
Bluebloods feeling black and blue as hoops hits homestretch

By Dave Skretta Jan. 29, 2021 03:05 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1993, file photo, Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula is carried on his team's shoulders after his 325th victory, against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell. (AP Photo/ George Widman, File)
From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports

By Fred Lief Dec. 29, 2020 12:54 PM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

NBA says Kobe's delayed Hall induction coming in May 2021

Nov. 28, 2020 07:24 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett will finally enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021. The NBA...

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Jun. 03, 2020 03:53 AM EDT
OBIT-WES UNSELD Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969, dies at 74 WASHINGTON (AP) — By current NBA standards,...

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, a car passes The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The Hall of Fame was gearing up for a great year: not just the certain election of NBA superstars like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, but also a chance to unveil a completely renovated museum. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, the reopening has been pushed back two months to July 1 and the induction ceremony is being postponed, either to October or the spring. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Hoops Hall mulls date for Bryant, Class of 2020 induction

By Jimmy Golen Jun. 02, 2020 04:20 PM EDT

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Jun. 02, 2020 11:16 AM EDT
OBIT-WES UNSELD Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969, dies at 74 WASHINGTON (AP) — By current NBA standards,...

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May. 25, 2020 12:45 AM EDT
NASCAR-COCA-COLA 600 Keselowski wins 600 to extend Johnson's losing streak CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski...

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May. 24, 2020 04:13 PM EDT
NASCAR-COCA-COLA 600 Coca-Cola 600 in progress UNDATED (AP) — NASCAR continues its frantic return tonight with its...

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May. 24, 2020 03:45 AM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS NBA talking with Disney about resuming season UNDATED (AP) — The NBA could become a Mickey Mouse...

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Apr. 05, 2020 03:45 AM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS President lauds sports leagues, players in handling of coronavirus UNDATED (AP) — The White House...

President lauds sports leagues, players in handling of pandemic...Kobe heads Basketball Hall class

Apr. 05, 2020 02:05 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met by phone with many U.S. pro sports leaders Saturday to discuss how that industry has been affected by the global...

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Apr. 04, 2020 08:27 PM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS President lauds sports leagues, players in handling of coronavirus UNDATED (AP) — The White House...

FILE - In this Monday May 15, 2017 file photo, International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission Chair Patrick Baumann smiles as he visits the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Baumann is part of a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)
Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class

By Tim Reynolds Apr. 04, 2020 12:11 PM EDT

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Apr. 04, 2020 11:02 AM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS Verlander to donate weekly paycheck to relief groups UNDATED (AP) — Houston Astros ace Justin...

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Apr. 04, 2020 08:59 AM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS Warning from NFL medical officer UNDATED (AP) — Days after the NFL revealed its hopes of...

New virus donations...NBA Hall of fame...Bears QB competition

Apr. 04, 2020 05:35 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper and New York Mets pitcher Steven Matz are the latest baseball players to make donations to...

NFL season...NC State review...NBA Hall of Fame list...Aid for minor leaguers

Apr. 03, 2020 05:28 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Days after the NFL revealed its hopes of conducting a normal regular season and playoffs, its chief medical officer warns that nothing is a...