MEXICO CITY (AP) – As World Cup fever sweeps Mexico City, one of the tournament’s biggest fan favorites isn’t a player, coach or official mascot. Joining Merlin the duck in the pantheon of heart-stealers is Osito, an 8-year-old rescue poodle mix who’s become an unlikely sensation after arriving at Mexico’s opening match perched on the back of a cargo bicycle, dressed in a Mexico jersey, sunglasses and a cap.
Meet Osito, the rescue dog who steals hearts at the World Cup
LONDON (AP) – Kane who?
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) – Joaquin Niemann became the latest example of golf cracking down on bad behavior when the USGA penalized him two shots Friday for heaving his club while making a 9 – which turned into an 11 – late in the first round of the U.S. Open.
MEXICO CITY (AP) – One of the biggest questions surrounding the Mexican national team ahead of the World Cup was who would start in net.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) – Wyndham Clark keeps leaving his mark on Shinnecock Hills, completing the lowest first round in a U.S. Open on this course Friday morning and setting a 36-hole standard in the early afternoon to build a four-shot lead over the early starters.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Scott Forbes had just wrapped up a College World Series news conference Friday when Skip Johnson walked into the room to pose with him for an annual picture of the head coaches next to the national championship trophy, a longtime tradition the day before the start of the finals.
Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft this past April, will play in Project B this offseason, she announced on social media Friday.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb has agreed to a contract extension that takes his deal through the 2030-31 season.