CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Welcome to the Xfinity Series playoffs, Shane van Gisbergen. Now here’s a copy of how the system works, so study up. The New Zealand driving sensation — who won the first Cup Series race he ever entered with a victory last year on the street course in Chicago — has run a … Read more
Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith who went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced. Wolf, an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd — the Bucks’ G League affiliate — was 59. “Throughout his life, Joe … Read more
Appalachian State’s home football game against Liberty in Boone, North Carolina, scheduled for Saturday was canceled because of the impacts of severe weather on the area from Tropical Storm Helene, the school announced Friday. Heavy rains in the North Carolina mountains brought flooding to Boone and the town was placed under a state of emergency … Read more
ZURICH – Swiss 18-year-old cyclist Muriel Furrer died on Friday, one day after sustaining a head injury in a crash at the road world championships. “Muriel Furrer sadly passed away today at Zurich University Hospital,” race organizers said in a statement. Furrer was competing in the junior women’s event on rain-slicked roads Thursday morning when … Read more
Total bases is not a statistic mentioned often. Accumulating 400 total bases in a season doesn’t have the panache of, say, batting .400. Leave it to Shohei Ohtani to reach another rare milestone and prompt statisticians to dive back into the digital record books. He became the first player in 23 years and only 19th … Read more
Danny Amendola pumped the breaks on rumors that he and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit rookie Xandra Pohl are dating. The former Patriots wide receiver was asked about Pohl after she was seen sitting with his mom, Rose, when he made his debut on “Dancing With the Stars” on Sept. 17. “No, Xandra is a great friend … Read more
The Giants played a game against the Cowboys that went down to the wire. Consider this a sign of progress — last season they were blown out twice in this matchup — or yet another indication that they do not have what it takes to close things out. It felt a whole lot more like the … Read more
Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith who went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced. Wolf, an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd — the Bucks’ G League affiliate — was 59. “Throughout his life, Joe … Read more
A rough night for the New York Giants took a turn for the worse when star rookie Malik Nabers was injured late in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Nabers, the sixth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, took a hard fall on the sideline with just over three minutes … Read more
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is throwing so well in the wake of his second Tommy John elbow surgery that his rehabilitation team is beginning to tap the brakes. “We’re trying to keep his velocity down because it needs to be more of a gradual thing,” Dodgers team physician Neal ElAttrache told the Los Angeles Times … Read more