Category Archives: Sports News – ABC Audio
IOC urges sports federations to move or cancel events in Russia, Belarus
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The International Olympic Committee on Friday urged sports federations across the globe to move or cancel any events they were planning to hold in Ru...
Feb 25, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 2/24/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Thursday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Detroit 106, Cleveland 103 Boston 129, Brooklyn 106 Phoenix 124, Oklahoma City 104 Chicago 112, A...
Feb 25, 2022
US defeats Iceland 5-0 to win SheBelieves Cup
Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images(FRISCO, Texas) -- A day after reaching a historic agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation in their equal pay lawsuit, the U.S. Women’s National Team scored big o...
Feb 24, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 2/23/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Wednesday's sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Montreal 4, Buffalo 0 Colorado 5, Detroit 2 Dallas 3 Winnipeg 2 (OT) Tampa Bay 5, Edmonton 3 Los Angeles ...
Feb 24, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 2/22/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Tuesday's sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Ottawa 4, Minnesota 3 St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1 Columbus 4 Toronto 3 (OT) Nashville 6, Florida 4 NY Islan...
Feb 23, 2022
Pro golfer Phil Mickelson faces backlash for comments about Saudi-backed golf league
Oisin Keniry/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Professional golfer Phil Mickelson has apologized for comments he made supporting a Saudi Arabia-backed golf tour, after they appeared to cost him one his bigges...
Feb 22, 2022
US Soccer Federation to pay $22M to USWNT players in gender discrimination lawsuit
Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Soccer Federation and the U.S. Women’s National Team have reached a historic agreement in the equal pay lawsuit, which was filed three ...
Feb 22, 2022
Michigan men’s basketball coach suspended after on-court brawl
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Juwan Howard, the head coach of the Michigan men's basketball team, has been suspended for the final five games of the Wolverines’ regular season for hi...
Feb 22, 2022
French skier Kevin Rolland faced fear at Olympics three years after crash
Al Bello/Getty Images(BEIJING) -- Kevin Rolland, a French halfpipe star, found out how dangerous and unforgiving a discipline freestyle skiing can be after a serious fall in April 2019. The freestyle-...
Feb 22, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 2/21/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Monday's sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Boston 5, Colorado 1 Carolina 4, Philadelphia 3 (OT) Calgary 3, Winnipeg 1 Montreal 5, Toronto 2 Vancouver 5...
Feb 22, 2022