JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The high school football regular season is off and rolling. News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 10 is here. It will be published on Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Think we’ve got a team ranked too high or a program not ranked at all? Send us a message on Instagram (@Sports4Jax) … Read more
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley offered a warning Tuesday about Bethpage Black that does not need a special sign by the first tee: Organizers will have security inside the ropes to make sure the New York crowd doesn’t get out of control. Bradley and European captain Luke Donald met in Manhattan for a news … Read more
The Big Ten and SEC already have the upper hand in college football. At meetings this week, their leaders are setting the stage to exact even more control over the sport’s future. Among the talking points when an advisory group made of members from the conferences meets in Nashville, Tennessee, are the future of the … Read more
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Bret Bielema was at the forefront of the graduate transfer game in 2011 when the NCAA passed a new rule that allowed athletes in all sports to transfer and gain immediate eligibility without a waiver as long as they were enrolled in graduate school. Needing a quarterback at Wisconsin because of an … Read more
SHANGHAI – U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe aimed a torrent of expletives at the chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday. Tiafoe targeted umpire Jimmy Pinoargote with about 10 expletives in a minute-long tirade after his 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5) loss against 61st-ranked Roman Safiullin in a third-round match. The … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Zion Williamson’s and Ja Morant’s respective NBA teams opened training camp last week in the capital of country music; Williamson’s New Orleans Pelicans just steps from Music Row on the campus of Belmont University, and Morant’s Memphis Grizzlies at a posh, private high school about 15 miles southwest of downtown. Williamson and … Read more
The NBA’s Utah Jazz opened their preseason slate on Friday night against a barnstorming New Zealand team called the Breakers. The night before, Jazz owner Ryan Smith was on the other side of the world, in a hotel room in Scotland, to play in a pro-am golf tournament. That might seem like a poorly timed … Read more
BOSTON – Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and himself to the doorstep of the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83. Major League Baseball announced his death in a post on X on Tuesday, … Read more
The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week in the Raleigh area for their season opener at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday night. The Lightning’s … Read more
Manchester United fans must feel like they are trapped in a recurring nightmare. A goalless draw against Aston Villa was underpinned by an improved defensive performance on Sunday, but three consecutive Premier League games without scoring, just eight points from their opening seven matches, and a goal difference of minus three makes for their club’s … Read more