Rafael Nadal's legacy is a relentlessness that inspired Carlos Alcaraz and plenty of others MALAGA, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal's retirement from tennis serves as a reminder that for all of his Grand Slam titles and other successes, his greatest legacy might be the qualities that inspired Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and other younger players.
Nadal couldnt take a step around the grounds of the Davis Cup Final 8 in recent days without hearing requests for a handshake or a selfie from other athletes.
He is walking away at age 38 after a litany of injuries.
Nadal lost the last match of his career on Tuesday while Spain was eliminated by the Netherlands in the team competitions quarterfinals.
Maui Invitational returns to a Lahaina still grappling with raw emotions left by deadly wildfire HONOLULU (AP) Residents of the Hawaii town devastated by last year's wildfire are awaiting the return of one of the nation's most prestigious basketball tournaments with mixed feelings.
Fans are excited about the Maui Invitational bringing high-caliber competition to Lahaina.
And they welcome the economic boost Lahaina will get from the thousands of travelers eating in restaurants and staying in hotels.
But theres also a fear that travelers might show disrespect by wandering into the burn zone and taking photos of the devastation.
And there is worry tourists might trigger unpleasant memories with questions about that catastrophic day.
Residents say feelings are still raw.
Gallaudet women's volleyball team is signing, quietly winning and rolling into the NCAA Tournament WASHINGTON (AP) Sometimes opponents think players on Gallaudets womens volleyball team are trying to distract them by using their hands and arms to talk in American Sign Language.
Theyre happy to let them think that because the team made up almost entirely of deaf and hard of hearing athletes is 30-4 this season.
Gallaudet is back in the NCAA Division III Tournament, succeeding in silence in a sport usually predicated on verbal communication.
A victory would be the program's first in the tournament since 2006.
Celtics end Cavaliers' 15-0 start to the season in NBA Cup matchup BOSTON (AP) The streaking Cleveland Cavaliers tested themselves against the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics and came away with a loss and a lot to work on.
The Celtics won 120-117 on Tuesday night to snap the Cavaliers' 15-game winning streak and end their perfect season.
The Cavs said the streak was fun while it lasted but they know that championships aren't won in November.
And they'll take what they learned from this game and so they can improve before they meet Boston again in two weeks.
Lakers' Dalton Knecht ties NBA rookie record for 3-pointers in a game LOS ANGELES (AP) Dalton Knecht could only shrug when he buried his fourth consecutive 3-pointer and sent the Los Angeles Lakers entire arena into a frenzy.
That was a very specific shrug from the Lakers rookie, however.
It was the one made famous by Michael Jordan in the 1992 NBA Finals after a legendary 3-point flurry.
A shrug is also the increasingly accurate response to the question many NBA fans were asking after Knechts 37-point barrage Tuesday night: Just how did this shooter fall to the Lakers with the 17th pick in last summers draft? The bungling Bengals are wasting prolific seasons from their biggest stars The stars for the Cincinnati Bengals are performing at an extremely high level.
Joe Burrow leads the NFL in yards passing and TD passes, JaMarr Chase is on pace for a rare receiving triple crown, and Trey Hendrickson has more sacks than any other player.
Sounds like a recipe for success.
Unfortunately for the Bengals, it hasnt worked out that way so far.
Cincinnati is mired in 10th place in the AFC despite having a chance to become the first team to have the league leader in yards passing, yards receiving and sacks in the same season.
Capitals put Alex Ovechkin on injured reserve, ruling him out at least a week ARLINGTON, Va.
(AP) The Washington Capitals put Alex Ovechkin on injured reserve and recalled fellow Russian winger Ivan Miroshnichenko from the minors.
Ovechkin is considered week-to-week with a lower left leg injury.
Going on IR rules out Ovechkin for at least the next three games.
But the 39-year-old is expected to miss significantly more time after his shin-on-shin collision with Utah's Jack McBain on Monday night.
Ovechkin's absence slows his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record.
He's 27 back of passing Gretzky after scoring 15 times in his first 18 games this season.
Unrivaled announces its six teams with two spots still open as wild cards Unrivaled finally has its teams set.
The league divided the players into six pods of wings, guards and forwards.
The six coaches then put the names on a board and drafted teams with the main idea being that the squads would be as equal as possible.
The twist was that none of the coaches knew which team they would be coaching until after the squads for the 3-on-3 league were made.
The league has only announced 34 of the 36 players on the team, allowing for two more player signings.
Unrivaled has been in talks with WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark.
Florida State is losing recruits at nearly the same pace that it's losing games in 2024 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
(AP) Florida State's current recruiting class is shaping up to be as much of a debacle as anything thats happened on the field for the Seminoles over the past three months.
FSU (1-9) has lost nearly as many recruits as games.
It shows how quickly things can turn in college football.
Coach Mike Norvell spent years slowly rebuilding and then suddenly turned the Seminoles into a championship contender last season.
His long-term plan included adding talented transfers, winning games and getting the program in position to sign many of the states top players.
It's clearly off track given how many guys have bailed on Norvell in recent weeks.
It's Boise St, not BYU, with a bye in latest College Football Playoff rankings, with Oregon at No.
1 Boise State received the fourth and final bye in this week's College Football Playoff rankings, leaving BYU out of that mix and the Big 12 on the list of power conferences with a gripe.
Undefeated Oregon received top billing once again, delivered by the committee a few hours after Big Ten number crunchers ran through tiebreaker scenarios and realized the Ducks had clinched a spot in the conference title game.
Ohio State stayed at No.
2, one spot ahead of Southeastern Conference co-leader Texas.
Miami of the Atlantic Coast Conference was ranked eighth but gets the third seed and a bye that goes to the top four ranked conference leaders.
And likewise, Boise State was ranked 12th by the committee but was slotted into that fourth and final bye..
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