Legge is ready make historic attempt to try and complete racing’s 1,100-mile ‘double’

May 23, 2026

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katherine Legge missed the Indianapolis 500 media day festivities Thursday because of a flight delay in New York. She's hoping it's the only hiccup she has on a potentially historic week. While Legge is trying to become the first female driver to attempt the one-day, two-race, 1,100-mile marathon known as the "double" on Sunday, her team has spent the past week fine-tuning her race-day plans while getting advice from the most recent driver to attempt the feat, Kyle Larson. "Hopefully, we get all of the travel woes out of the way now before the weekend, and ...

Baker provides updates on West Tower Project for WVU’s Milan Puskar Stadium

May 23, 2026

MORGANTOWN — It’s been over six months since West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker presented the West Tower Project at Milan Puskar Stadium to the WVU Board of Governors. During that meeting, Baker talked about how it’d drive more premium seating, which WVU lacked, showed renderings and presented an estimated cost for the project of $156 million. At the end of Baker's pitch, the board approved the early steps for Baker to find an engineering firm, a sales representative and an owner representative. Since the meeting, WVU has partnered with Barton Malow and March-Westin to ...

NFL owners approve playing up to 10 international games beyond 2026 season

May 23, 2026

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The NFL will be playing more games overseas. NFL owners on Tuesday approved an increase to 10 international games beyond this upcoming season. That's the maximum number of games the league can play outside the United States per the collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said 16 international games is the goal. There will be a record nine international games this season across four continents, including the first regular-season games in France and Australia. Rio de Janeiro will be a first-time host, ...

CEO of NIL enforcement: These are your rules, we just enforce them

May 23, 2026

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — While frustration mounts across college sports and talk of breakaway conferences hits the hallways at conference's spring meetings, the leader of the agency formed to police name, image and likeness payments has a simple reminder: These are the rules you wrote. In an interview with The Associated Press this week at the Big Ten meetings, Bryan Seeley, the CEO of the 11-month-old College Sports Commission, said he has actually heard more good feedback than bad as he's started making the rounds at league meetings. The problem is that the bad stuff ...

NASCAR’s Kyle Busch was short of breath, coughing up blood day before his death, 911 call reveals

May 23, 2026

CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Busch died Thursday at age 41. No cause of death has been given, though his ...

Joe Burrow thrilled by Bengals’ bold offseason moves, but says he didn’t drive them

May 23, 2026

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow threw his support behind the Cincinnati Bengals' offseason moves but declined to take any of the credit for them. Speaking to the Cincinnati media for the first time since the end of the 2025 season, the franchise quarterback praised the free agent signings of safety Bryan Cook, defensive end Boye Mafe and defensive tackle Jonathan Allen, along with the big swing of the offseason, trading the No. 10 pick for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence. There was a lot of speculation that the slew of moves was the result of pressure applied by Burrow and the front ...