Quarterback Sam Darnold will sign a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers, ESPN and The Athletic reported Monday. The deal cannot be made official until Wednesday, the first day of the new league year. The 49ers agreed to terms with Darnold the same day that longtime Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo reportedly agreed to sign with the Las Vegas Raiders. San Francisco also has young guns Trey Lance and Brock P
Even though Iowa and Auburn entered the 2022-23 campaign trying to replace their top performer from last season, neither missed a beat. The Tigers watched the Houston Rockets select Jabari Smith Jr. with the third overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft, and the Hawkeyes felt the exit of Keegan Murray, who went to the Sacramento Kings at No. 4. Now eighth-seeded Iowa and ninth-seeded Auburn measure up in mid-March without th
Azuolas Tubelis has been Arizona's best player all season, but the junior big man has some unfinished business in the NCAA Tournament as the second-seeded Wildcats take on No. 15 seed Princeton in the South region's first round Thursday in Sacramento, Calif. Tubelis is on pace to become the seventh player to lead the Pac-12 in scoring (19.8) and rebounding (9.3), and he is coming off a double-double in a win against UCLA
Caught in a sudden goals drought, the Carolina Hurricanes will try to re-ignite their scoring touch when they host the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C. It was a weekend to forget for the Hurricanes, who went scoreless in losses on consecutive days against the Vegas Golden Knights and NewJersey Devils. It was the first time since the 2013-14 season that the Hurricanes had been shut out in consecutive games. Caro
The last time Utah State coach Ryan Odom coached in the NCAA Tournament, he scored an upset for the ages. Odom guided No. 16 seed Maryland-Baltimore County to a 74-54 rout of No. 1 seed Virginia in 2018. Now he hopes to capture some of that magic when his No. 10 seed Aggies (26-8) face No. 7 seedMissouri (24-9) on Thursday in a South Region game in Sacramento. "This team is confident like (UMBC); that team was very conf
Out-of-contract USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter can contend for the open USMNT manager's job, U.S. Soccer said on Monday following an investigation.
Fosbury cleared 7 feet, 4 inches in Mexico City to win the gold and set an Olympic record in 1968. By the next Olympics, 28 of the 40 jumpers were using Fosburys technique.
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Paul Blanchard Two new members joined the University of New Mexico Board of Regents on Monday. Paul Blanchard and Paula Tackett took their seats to replace outgoing regents Doug Brown and Sandra Begay. Blanchard is an owner of Albuquerque Downs Racetrack & Casino who played football for the Lobos, and Tackett is a former director of the Legislative Council Service who has bachelor's and law degrees from UNM. Blanchard
The ground conditions for the Cheltenham Festival have been changed to soft with the track covered with snow and after significant rainfall in the previous 24 hours
End Assembly, one of the rising stars of the sprinting division in Queensland, could be stripped of his latest win after traces of the drug were found in a urine sample
Blazing Khal, trained by Charles Byrnes, was undergoing treatment in the wake of his latest run in February putting his participation in doubt but will now take his chance at the Cheltenham Festival
Steal A March, owned by the King and Queen Consort, was a leading a fancy for the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham but has picked up an injury - leaving trainer Nicky Henderson despondent
Ruby Walsh is the most successful jockey ever at the Cheltenham Festival having ridden 59 winners until he retired to become a pundit for Racing TV. He has picked out six runners to keep onside
Just days away from the start of the one of horse racing's biggest events, the owner of Star Sports is ready to make more bets despite losing a massive amount last year
Leading bookmaker William Hill have rebranded seven betting shops in and around Cheltenham 'Constitution' Hill, the hottest favourite at next week's Cheltenham Festival
Henry de Bromhead is pleased with the condition of A Plus Tard, who won the 2022 Cheltenham Gold Cup under Rachael Blackmore. Galopin Des Champs is the favourite this year
The site near Cheltenham Racecourse, which aimed to provide a cheaper alternative to expensive hotels and B&Bs, only received bookings for 16 of 300 spaces
Ruby Walsh has predicted it will once again be the Irish who dominate at next weeks Cheltenham Festival and take home the Prestbury Cup for the eighth time in nine years
Lilly Pinchin returns from injury just in time for the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. The conditional jockey won on the Charlie Longsdon-trained Hector Javilex at the track earlier in the season and they team up again in the Pertemps Final
Barry Connell made his money as a Dublin hedge fund manager but in his third season since starting training his own horses has two leading candidates for Cheltenham Festival honours
Sheila Lewis promised her staff they would go to the party hotspot if she had a Cheltenham winner. Straw Fan Jack obliged in October and the Festival comes next
The Cheltenham handicaps can be tricky to solve, with some horses starting at huge odds in the betting. Here is a selection to consider that offer each way value
Ally McCoist, the former Glasgow Rangers and Scotland striker, will be part of talkSPORTs Sports Breakfast team broadcasting from the Cheltenham Festival
After further rain, the four day Cheltenham Festival is set to open on soft ground so here is a selection of horses likely to be suited by the conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday
