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What Americans can learn from the French protests

On Monday, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted that police have “lost control” as some cities continue to see massive waves of looting and mayhem. Social media brims with images of stores being ransacked, cars burning, and mask-wearing goons running wild. In Limoges, the ...

World Series will open with Misiorowski’s heat

MILWAUKEE — The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting heat to the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers tonight when ...

With lockout looming, World Series could be last games for a while

MILWAUKEE — On the eve of the World Series, there is a realization these may be Major League Baseball's last games for a while. Owners are pushing for a salary cap, and that could prompt a lockout starting Dec. 2 and result in canceled games in 2027. "It would be a real bummer to lose a ...

Penguins’ Kindel back in Pittsburgh after collapsing on team flight

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel is back in Pittsburgh and recovering after collapsing on the team's flight back from Utah earlier this week. Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas said Thursday the 19-year-old Kindel fell ill about 10 minutes after the club left Salt Lake City on Tuesday at the end of a four-game road trip. Team medical personnel attended to Kindel immediately and he quickly regained consciousness. The plane turned back to the airport for an emergency landing, and Kindel was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital for ...

Unclear how March Madness expansion will impact bids

Virginia's Kymora Johnson remembers anxiously sitting through the unveiling of last season's NCAA women's tournament, unsure whether her Cavaliers would make the March Madness cut. Their name didn't pop up until the last slot, triggering a "we're going to show you" motivation that ultimately turned a 10th-seeded First Four team into a Sweet 16 party crasher. "We were very, very blessed with that opportunity last year," the all-Atlantic Coast Conference guard said. Stories like those have long been woven into the fabric of March Madness. Only now, the madness has grown with both the ...