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FILE - Gonzaga head coach Mark Few shouts to his players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against San Diego in Spokane, Wash., in this Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, file photo. Gonzaga will begin the college basketball season No. 1 for the first time after coach Mark Few's bunch earned 28 first-place votes in the preseason AP Top 25 poll released Monday, Nov. 9, 2020.(AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)

More than wins, losses at stake as basketball season arrives

by Eddie Pells Associated PressNovember 22, 2020

Reagan’s Kyla Waiters, right, spikes the ball past Johnson from the Texas District 26-6A high school volleyball match Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Waiters, who went on to sign a scholarship at Oregon State, was among a half-dozen players who reached out to The Associated Press after a July 2020 story in which players, parents and people familiar with the program said Oregon State coaches physically and emotionally abused some players while the administration took no outward steps to...

Players: Oregon State volleyball coach used abuse to free up scholarships

by Eddie Pells Associated PressNovember 5, 2020

Phil Mickelson carries two buckets of balls as he heads to the range prior to a practice round before the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Golfers, give thanks! How Winged Foot gifted us the mulligan

by Eddie Pells Associated PressSeptember 16, 2020

FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, Andy Pope hits from the shadows on the fifth fairway during the first round of the Tampa Bay Championship golf tournament in Palm Harbor, Fla. Pope was among those unable to qualify for the U.S. Open this year because the COVID-19 pandemic led to an all-exempt field for Winged Foot. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Open season? Virus closes off U.S. Open for qualifiers

by Eddie Pells Associated PressSeptember 14, 2020

This combination of images provided by LA28 shows logos released Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, by the Los Angeles Olympic organizing committee features a black “L” and a “28" being paired with the letter “A” which is designed to show up in almost any color, shape or configuration as a way of representing the diversity of the Los Angeles community. (LA28 via AP)

LA2028 unveils diversity logo; CEO preaches need for change

by Eddie Pells Associated PressSeptember 1, 2020

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2019, file photo, Penn State's Bo Nickal, rear left, wrestles with Stanford's Nathan Traxler in the 197-pound championship bout of the Southern Scuffle wrestling tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. Stanford announced Wednesday, July 8, 2020, that it is dropping 11 sports amid financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The school will discontinue men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year. Stanford also is eliminating 20 support staff positions.(C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

Stanford sports cuts could mean big loss for US Olympic team

by Eddie Pells Associated PressAugust 23, 2020

FILE - In this May 16, 2019, file photo, Jason Caron tees off on the second hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. Caron returns for the PGA this year at Harding Park as business has picked up at the Long Island golf club in New York where he is a head golf professional. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Club pros at PGA Championship see COVID-related surge in golf back home

by Eddie Pells Associated PressAugust 5, 2020

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2014 file photo, members of the U.S. Women's National team warm up during practice at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. Pro soccer returns to the U.S. next month when the National Women's Soccer League starts a 25-game tournament in a pair of stadiums in Utah that will be kept clear of fans to protect players from the coronavirus. Players from the nine teams will train and live at two Salt Lake City-area hotels, the league announced Wednesday, May 27, 2020....

NWSL returning to play with summertime tournament in Utah

by Eddie Pells Associated PressMay 27, 2020

FILE - In this July 10, 2016, file photo, Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the women's U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, Calif. At least 70 percent of U.S. Olympic sports organizations have applied for government loans in the coronavirus pandemic, underscoring the frailties within the world’s most dominant Olympic sports system. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

AP Exclusive: 70% of US Olympic sports applied for PPP funds

by Eddie Pells Associated PressMay 8, 2020

FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, a child tosses an already-autographed baseball while awaiting another signature from a passing player before a spring training baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners in Peoria, Ariz. Doctors, scientists and sports leaders are outlining the path back to playing fields for children in grassroots sports -- an exercise that could inform major organizations on how to get their industries up and running as well in...

Leaders chart path back to playing fields for amateur sports

by Eddie Pells Associated PressApril 29, 2020