Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40. Thursday’s announcement comes more than six years after Vonn’s last Olympics. She is a three-time Olympic medalist, including a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and a bronze in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She is also a four-time overall World Cup champion and owns eight world championships medals. Her 82 World Cup race victories stood as the record for a woman until that total was eclipsed by Mikaela Shiffrin.
Wembanyama shrugs off 50-point performance that leaves teammates in awe as Spurs top Wizards 139-130
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night. Wembanyama was 8 for 16 on 3-pointers, also setting a career high, as San Antonio won its second straight. At 20 years 314 days, Wembanyama is the fourth-youngest player to score 50 points, trailing only Brandon Jennings, LeBron James and Devin Booker. Wembanyama is the eighth player in San Antonio franchise history to score 50 points in a game. David Robinson holds the franchise record with 71 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 24, 1994.
With key teammates out, Antetokounmpo steps up with 59 points to lead Bucks over Pistons in OT
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers wasn’t sure it was a good thing that Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 of the team’s 24 first-quarter points. But Rivers could smile about it after Antetokounmpo finished with 59 points in the Bucks’ 127-120 overtime victory against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night. It was the highest total by any NBA player this season and five short of Antetokounmpo’s career high of 64 set last season against the Indiana Pacers. Antetokounmpo says with three keys players out, he realized that he needed to be aggressive while getting his teammates involved.
Thousands of police officers but few visiting fans for France-Israel soccer match after attacks
PARIS (AP) — There will be a heavy police presence but few visiting fans at the soccer match between France and Israel in the Nations League. Authorities in Paris are on high alert amid an increasingly tense political climate. Some 4,000 police officers and security staff will be deployed around the Stade de France on Thursday night, with another 1,500 police on public transport. The extreme measures come one week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam around a Europa League soccer game in attacks widely condemned across Europe as antisemitic. Only 20,000 of 80,000 tickets have been sold with around 150 Israel supporters reportedly attending, escorted by police. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau says “zero risk does not exist.”
Sinner doping case could have been communicated more efficiently, ATP chair says
TURIN, Italy (AP) — The chairman of the ATP Tour acknowledges there “could have been better communication” in explaining the rules involved in the doping case of top-ranked Jannik Sinner. But ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi says that anyone hinting that a “double standard” was applied because of Sinner’s status is “unfair because the rules have been the same.” A decision by an independent tribunal to clear Sinner of wrongdoing was appealed and a final ruling on the case is expected early next year. Gaudenzi made his comments at the ATP Finals in Turin on Thursday during a round-table discussion with international reporters to mark his first public comments on the case.
Back in Top 25 spotlight, No. 22 St. John’s puts away Wagner to set up Pitino father-son showdown
NEW YORK (AP) — In their return to the national rankings, Rick Pitino and his St. John’s team finished much better than they started. Deivon Smith drained a 3-pointer midway through the second half to spark an 18-0 spurt that propelled No. 22 St. John’s past Wagner 66-45 for its first victory as a Top 25 team in almost 10 years. St. John’s jumped into the AP Top 25 poll this week for the first time since January 2019 and earned its first win as a ranked squad since topping Tulane in December 2014. Now the schedule gets much tougher, beginning Sunday at Madison Square Garden against a New Mexico squad coached by Pitino’s son, Richard.
McIlroy tied for lead at World Tour Championship and strengthens Race to Dubai title bid
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy is already an overwhelming favorite to win the European tour’s season-long Race to Dubai title and he has just made his chances even better. McIlroy shot 5-under 67 and was tied for the lead with Tyrrell Hatton after the first round of the season-ending World Tour Championship on Thursday. A top-10 finish will guarantee McIlroy wins the year-long points race formerly known as the Order of Merit for the sixth time. That would leave him tied with the late Seve Ballesteros and two behind Colin Montgomerie’s record haul. Thriston Lawrence is second in the standings behind McIlroy ad is the only player who can catch the Northern Irishman. Lawrence opened with a 73.
LeBron James has third straight triple-double as Lakers rally for 128-123 victory over Grizzlies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 35 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds for his third straight triple-double and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 128-123 on Wednesday night. Anthony Davis scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter. He picked up his fifth foul with 3:51 remaining in the third quarter, then came back in with 6:48 left and hit a couple of pivotal baskets, including a 3-pointer with 4:51 remaining to put Los Angeles up for good at 111-108. James was 13 of 22 from the field, hitting 4 of 7 3-pointers. Jaren Jackson Jr. had 29 points for Memphis, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.
SEC This Week: No. 6 Tennessee at No. 11 Georgia latest league matchup with huge CFP implications
The Southeastern Conference will feature another potentially playoff-changing contest when No. 6 Tennessee plays at No. 11 Georgia. The Bulldogs come off a loss at Ole Miss. Losing again to the Vols would give them three defeats for the first time since 2018. Tennessee has lost its last seven games to Georgia. Elsewhere, No. 23 South Carolina is looking to win its fourth straight and third in a row over a ranked opponent when it plays host to No. 24 Missouri. The Gamecocks have beaten Oklahoma, then-No. 10 Texas A&M and then-24th-ranked Vanderbilt the past three games.
It’s a quiet Mike Tyson as 58-year-old nears fight with Jake Paul, 31 years his junior
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Mike Tyson isn’t in the mood for talking now that the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion’s fight with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is near. Tyson and Paul meet Friday night at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. The issue of Tyson’s health didn’t come up at a news conference about 20 miles from AT&T Stadium. A bout originally scheduled for July 20 was postponed after Tyson had to be treated for a stomach ulcer when he fell ill on a flight. Officials say Tyson has been cleared medically and is undergoing checkups the same way any fighter would for a sanctioned bout in Texas.
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