Category Archives: Sports News – ABC Audio
Australian Open organizers reverse ban on T-shirts supporting Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai
Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(MELBOURNE, Australia) -- After immense international backlash, Tennis Australia has reversed course on its ban of spectators donning T-shirts in sup...
Jan 25, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 1/24/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Monday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Cleveland 95, New York 93 Chicago 111, Oklahoma City 110 New Orleans 117, Indiana 113 Phoenix 115, ...
Jan 25, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 1/23/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Sunday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New York 110, L.A. Clippers 102 Boston 116, Washington 87 Portland 114, Toronto 105 Orlando 1...
Jan 24, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 1/20/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Thursday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New Orleans 102, New York 91 Final Phoenix 109, Dallas 101 Indiana 121, Golden State 117 (OT) NAT...
Jan 21, 2022
Shaun White says his final Olympic run in Beijing has 'last dance glow to it'
Cameron Spencer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Shaun White gears up to go for his fourth and final gold in Beijing, the Olympic halfpipe snowboarder said his training has become "more calculated" and th...
Jan 20, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 1/19/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Wednesday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 123, Orlando 110 Brooklyn 119, Washington 118 Charlotte 111, Boston 102 Atlanta 134...
Jan 20, 2022
Alabama football coach Nick Saban urges Manchin to pass voting rights bill but punts on filibuster change
Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images(TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) -- University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and NBA icon Jerry West joined three fellow sports personalities native to West...
Jan 19, 2022
Willie O'Ree, 1st Black NHL player, reflects on his time in the league
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- The Boston Bruins retired the jersey of Willie O’Ree, the first Black NHL player, on Tuesday night -- 64 years to the day of his professional hockey debut. ...
Jan 19, 2022
Scoreboard roundup -- 1/18/22
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Tuesday's sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Minnesota 112, New York 110 Golden State 102, Detroit 86 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo 3, Ottawa ...
Jan 19, 2022
NBA Social Justice Coalition vows to fight for voting rights
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the fight for voting rights stalls in Congress, the NBA Social Justice Coalition continues its call for lawmakers to act urgently to protect the right to vote...
Jan 18, 2022