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Former Titans RB diagnosed with ALS

Chris Johnson, one of nine players in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season who made the Pro Bowl in each of his first three years with the Tennessee Titans, revealed in a television interview aired Monday that he has ALS. Johnson, 40, spent 10 seasons in the league ...

Goal in extra time gives Brazil another life

HOUSTON (AP) — Gabriel Martinelli scored the winning goal late in injury time to give five-time champion Brazil a 2-1 win over Japan in the round of 32 at the World Cup on Monday. Martinelli, who had come on as a second-half substitute, scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time as the ...

Red Sox sweep four games from Yankees

BOSTON (AP) — Sonny Gray was almost overloaded with reasons to celebrate. As if taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning and reaching 2,000 career strikeouts weren't enough, his brilliant outing Sunday night for Boston came against the rival New York Yankees — a team Gray once pitched ...

Long road remains despite Alonso’s impressive streak

Pete Alonso played his 500th consecutive game this week, although if he wanted that to seem impressive to local fans, he probably picked the wrong city to play in. Alonso, of course, joined the Baltimore Orioles this past offseason. Their franchise record for consecutive games is also the ...

Trail Blazers trade for two-time All-Star Morant

Ja Morant is headed to Portland, after the Trail Blazers and Memphis agreed on a trade Monday that sees the Grizzlies starting anew and gives the two-time All-Star a chance to revive his career, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. Portland is sending Jerami ...

WVU women’s basketball filling holes on roster

Mark Kellogg thought he had a plan. Or maybe it was a plan the WVU women’s basketball coach simply had to alter more than a few times. Or maybe it was an assembly of good ideas with several subheads and options attached to them. He knew he had something, though, Kellogg knew that for ...