Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar drowned Saturday in a Utah reservoir, police said.
Herriman police said Mayar died at Blackridge Reservoir after going underwater about 35 yards from shore.
Mayar, 22, was a graduate student who joined the Mavericks after playing two seasons for Summit ...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Bear Bachmeier will be the first true freshman to start a season at quarterback in BYU history.
Bachmeier emerged from a three-way competition to replace Jake Retzlaff and the team announced he will be the starter Aug. 30 against Portland State in a quirky social media ...
BYU entered the offseason with questions at receiver, cornerback, defensive line and kick returning.
Quarterback was not expected to be an issue with Jake Retzlaff likely returning after a solid first season as the Cougars' starter.
That all changed this summer, when Retzlaff opted to ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies left-hander José Alvarado returned from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Lehigh Valley and was reinstated from the restricted list before Tuesday night's game against Seattle.
Alvarado's return follows an 80-game suspension for violating ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning, Kyle Schwarber and Bryson Stott also homered and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Seattle Mariners 6-4 on Tuesday night.Realmuto, Schwarber and Stott homers power Phillies to a 6-4 win over ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max Scherzer pitched six strong innings to notch his 220th career win, and George Springer hit an early two-run home run as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Tuesday night.
Scherzer (4-2) allowed one run and four hits with four strikeouts and ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The longer Penn State quarterback Drew Allar weighed his options, the more he thought how sweet it would be to bring a national championship to Happy Valley.
After No. 2 Penn State's down-to-the-wire loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal last ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland expansion WNBA team hired Allison Howard as its team president, the franchise announced Tuesday.
Howard will continue to serve as executive vice president and chief commercial officer for Rock Entertainment Group and the Cleveland Cavaliers, where she oversees ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Hunter Greene had 12 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings, Noelvi Marte homered, doubled and drove in two runs, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Jose Trevino scored on a sacrifice fly by TJ Friedl and Gavin Lux followed with an RBI ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. drove in three runs, Jake McCarthy hit a solo homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 on Tuesday night.
McCarthy finished with two hits and Corbin Carroll tripled twice, his fourth game this season with two triples.
Diamondbacks ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes kept the American League's top team in relative check for six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of some sloppy play by the Toronto Blue Jays to pull away for a 5-2 victory on Monday night.
Skenes bounced back from a rare shaky performance in his ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had four hits, including his first home run at home this season, Bryce Harper homered twice and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Seattle Mariners 12-7 on Monday night.
Turner hit a three-run homer off Seattle starter Logan Gilbert (3-5) as part of a ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes is a numbers nerd. Well, most of the time anyway.
The Pittsburgh Pirates ace will make it a point to glance up at the ribbon boards that instantaneously spew out the data following each pitch — velocity, drop, horizontal movement — to get a feel for whether ...
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — In a matchup of LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks, Jayden Daniels rushed for a 14-yard touchdown in his lone possession, while Joe Burrow directed two touchdown drives in the Cincinnati Bengals' 31-17 win over the Washington Commanders on Monday night.
Burrow ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Brayan Rocchio hit a two-run homer, rookie C.J. Kayfus had a solo shot and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Monday night.
Gavin Williams (8-4) threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and a walk while striking out five. It was another good ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Gavin Lux hit an early two-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds used three leadoff triples to beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 on Monday night.
TJ Friedl had a leadoff single in the first inning off Victor Mederos, making his second career start, and Lux followed with his ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — For a high school football coach, Teddy Bridgewater can still sling it.
The well-traveled Bridgewater threw for a pair of first-quarter touchdowns in Tampa Bay's 17-14 preseason win over Pittsburgh on Saturday night, thrusting himself into the competition with Kyle Trask to ...
Long-distance runner Evie Parts has sued the NCAA and Swarthmore College as well as members of its athletic department, saying they illegally removed her from the track team because she is a transgender athlete.
Parts' lawsuit said the NCAA's ban on transgender athletes in women's sports did ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alec Bohm hit a three-run home run in his return from the injured list, Nick Castellanos also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals 11-9 on Sunday to earn a four-game series split.
Right-hander Aaron Nola also returned from the injured ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola's first start after returning from the injured list didn't last long.
Third baseman Alec Bohm, meanwhile, made a big contribution in his first game back.
Nola allowed six runs in 2 1/3 innings in Sunday's 11-9 victory over the ...