Sports News

1:13 PM on Monday, March 9

Memphis has fired women’s basketball coach Alex Simmons after the Tigers went 30-61 during her three seasons

1:01 PM on Monday, March 9

Duke was picked No. 1 in the AP men’s basketball poll for a record 150th time on Monday

12:53 PM on Monday, March 9

Team Penske made history with a rare sweep as IndyCar and NASCAR shared Phoenix Raceway for the “desert doubleheader” weekend

12:38 PM on Monday, March 9

Travis Kelce is close to a new deal that keeps him with the Kansas City Chiefs for a 14th season, a person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press

12:22 PM on Monday, March 9

The Miami Heat are receiving a second-round pick in this year’s draft from the Charlotte Hornets, which essentially becomes additional compensation related to the trade of Terry Rozier two years ago

12:02 PM on Monday, March 9

No. 2 UCLA has closed the gap on top-ranked UConn in the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll

10:53 AM on Monday, March 9

Nebraska and men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg have agreed to a three-year contract extension after he guided the Cornhuskers to a school-record 15 wins in Big Ten Conference play

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9:56 AM on Monday, March 9

Rutgers has hired Gary Redus II as its women’s basketball coach to replace Coquese Washington

9:13 AM on Monday, March 9

About two dozen couples have taken part in the U.K. Wife Carrying Race, one of the country's quirkiest annual sports events

8:02 AM on Monday, March 9

Defending champion China has edged North Korea 2-1 in a physical, high-energy game to take top spot in Group B in the Women's Asian Cup

7:39 AM on Monday, March 9

The Champions League round of 16 starts Tuesday with blockbuster rematches, teams ending long absences from this stage and the feelgood story of newcomer Bodø/Glimt

7:14 AM on Monday, March 9

Twenty-three players have been shown a red card as a lengthy brawl requiring the intervention of military police marred the final seconds of a Brazilian soccer title match between Cruzeiro and Atletico Mineiro

5:32 AM on Monday, March 9

Russia’s national anthem rings out at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade after Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won gold

4:02 AM on Monday, March 9

Iraq coach Graham Arnold has urged soccer’s international governing body to postpone his team’s intercontinental World Cup qualifier later this month because of disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East

1:22 PM on Sunday, March 8

Nathan Martin won the Los Angeles Marathon in the final stride, giving the U.S. a second straight men’s title

10:03 PM on Saturday, March 7

The WNBA sent a collective bargaining agreement proposal to the union a day after the league received one from the players, a person familiar with the negotiations has told The Associated Press

1:56 AM on Saturday, March 7

Michele Kang owns the Washington Spirit in the National Women’s Soccer League, the London City Lionesses in England’s Women’s Super League and OL Lyonnes in the French Premier League