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Jury finds 2 soccer executives guilty in corruption trial; deliberations to continue next week on 3rd defendant

NEW YORK (AP) Jury finds 2 soccer executives guilty in corruption trial; deliberations to continue next week on 3rd defendant.

Sportscaster Dick Enberg found dead at home at age 82

SAN DIEGO (AP) Dick Enberg, the sportscaster who got his big break with UCLA basketball and went on to call Super Bowls, Olympics, Final Fours and Angels and Padres baseball games, died Thursday. He was 82.

Family of slain Australian concerned about US investigation

SYDNEY (AP) The family of an Australian woman fatally shot by a police officer in the United States in July has demanded a more rigorous probe into the incident after a Minnesota prosecutor cast doubts on the initial investigation.

11 arrested in Croatia, Slovenia in sports corruption case

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) Slovenian and Croatian security have busted an international crime syndicate involved in sports corruption, illegal betting and trying to fix soccer matches in several countries including Serbia, Macedonia and the Czech Republic, European police said Tuesday.

Report: Pistorius appeals sentence for killing girlfriend

JOHANNESBURG (AP) South African media are reporting that Olympian Oscar Pistorius is appealing his recently lengthened prison sentence for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Gatlin fires coach, 'shocked' by newspaper allegations

LONDON (AP) World 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin fired coach Dennis Mitchell following an undercover investigation reported Tuesday that appeared to show people linked to the sprinter offering to supply performance-enhancing drugs.

Hong, Pivirotto, Kooreman claim final Olympic spots

KEARNS, Utah (AP) Thomas Hong, Ryan Pivirotto and Jessica Kooreman claimed the final three Olympic team spots at the U.S. short track speedskating trials on Sunday.

Lundby beats Althaus to win her 2nd ski jumping World Cup

HINTERZARTEN, Germany (AP) Maren Lundby of Norway won her second ski jumping World Cup of the season on Sunday to share the overall lead with Katharina Althaus.

The one that got away: Not the fish, but the $2.8M prize

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) Phil Heasley caught the fish of his life, but the $2.8 million in tournament prize money got away.

Former on-air personality says ESPN was hostile workplace

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) A former ESPN personality is accusing the network of trying to silence her and other women who assert they were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment.

The Latest: Closing arguments end at soccer bribery trial

NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on three former South American soccer officials on trial in the FIFA corruption case (all times local):

US women's hockey team to play NWHL team in Olympic tune-up

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The U.S. women’s national team will play two exhibition games against top players from the National Women’s Hockey League next month in a final tune-up for Winter Olympics.

The Latest: Putin warns US not to use force against N Korea

MOSCOW (AP) The Latest on the Russian president’s annual news conference (all times local):

The Latest: Putin brushes off question from stabbed reporter

MOSCOW (AP) The Latest on the Russian president’s annual news conference (all times local):

Northern Arizona hires Washington State's Marlow as AD

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) Northern Arizona has hired Washington State deputy director of athletics Mike Marlow as its next athletic director.

Oscar Pistorius bruised in a jail fight over telephone use

JOHANNESBURG (AP) Olympian Oscar Pistorius, in jail for murdering his girlfriend, was bruised in an altercation with another inmate over telephone use, a South African prison spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

Greece: 2nd climber dies on snowy slopes of Mt. Olympus

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) Greek authorities say they have recovered the body of a climber who died while attempting to scale Mount Olympus, the country’s highest mountain, in the second such deadly accident there since last week.

Former pro BMX rider Kevin 'K-Rob' Robinson dies at age 45

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A former professional BMX rider from who set a world record for the longest power-assisted bicycle backflip has died.

Freitag leads German 1-2 at ski jumping World Cup

TITISEE-NEUSTADT, Germany (AP) Richard Freitag led a German 1-2 Sunday to win his second ski jumping World Cup of the season and extend his overall lead.

Wrestler Rich Swann arrested, charged with battery of wife

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Wrestler Rich Swann is being held without bail in a Florida jail after he was arrested and charged with battery and false imprisonment.

Russia's Denis sets world record in men's 1,500 meters

KEARNS, Utah (AP) Russia’s Denis Yuskov broke the men’s 1,500-meter world record Saturday in the World Cup speedskating event at the Utah Olympic Oval.

'I, Tonya' reclaims Harding's narrative in provocative film

LOS ANGELES (AP) Screenwriter Steven Rogers was watching a documentary about the disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding not too long ago and thinking about big ideas of class and abuse and the media and truth that were all tied up in her story.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will not stop the country's athletes from competing at Pyeongchang Olympics

MOSCOW (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will not stop the country’s athletes from competing at Pyeongchang Olympics.

19-year-old coach leads high school basketball team

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine (AP) A 19-year-old high school basketball coach is turning heads in Maine.

IOC imposes lifetime Olympic ban on Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, organizer of soccer's 2018 World Cup

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) IOC imposes lifetime Olympic ban on Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, organizer of soccer’s 2018 World Cup.

IOC suspends Russian Olympic committee, will allow athletes from the country to compete as neutrals at Pyeongchang Games

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) IOC suspends Russian Olympic committee, will allow athletes from the country to compete as neutrals at Pyeongchang Games.

Trial starts for 3 men charged with murder of Tennessee teen

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Opening statements are scheduled to take place Tuesday morning in the trial for three men facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a Knoxville high school student who died shielding girls from gunfire.

Supreme Court taking up sports betting case

WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could make sports betting widely available.

AP POLL ALERT: Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama lead final Top 25 before playoff rankings

NEW YORK (AP) AP POLL ALERT: Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama lead final Top 25 before playoff rankings.

Kuwait parliament passes law addressing IOC, FIFA bans

KUWAIT CITY (AP) Kuwait’s parliament has approved a proposed draft law that aims to ends the bans on the country by FIFA and the International Olympic Committee.