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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — In keeping with the way this Australian Open has been going, Andy Murray was asked following a quarterfinal win Wednesday about the state of his game. And then, invariably, about the integrity of his sport. Murray and a much lesser-known British player, Johanna Konta, advanced to the semifinals Wednesday. Murray beat David Ferrer 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam for the 18th time. The 24-year-old Konta had a 6-4, 6-1 win over Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai. It’s the first time since the...
WORLAND – The Worland boys swimming team ended the home portion of the 2016 schedule in dominant fashion on Tuesday, handling Cody easily 92-41. The Warriors won 10 out of 12 events in the dual and also had a few more kids add qualifying times. "Overall, not bad. A lot of the kids were sick, a lot of them are tired and we did have some fun," Worland boys swimming coach Kristin Kelton said after the win. "We still picked up qualifying times and Gabe Durrant cut 14 seconds in his 100 free. "We l...
LARAMIE — University of Wyoming women’s basketball coach Joe Legerski says his players rarely peak too far ahead on the schedule. He and his staff constantly preach on never looking past the next opponent. “That’s for the coaches and you guys (the media) to do,” Legerski said last week. Seven days ago, Wyoming’s task for this week looked down-right daunting. Two close road losses later, the outlook is the same — but with added weight of the Cowgirls now having lost four of their last five games. Wyoming (10-8 overall, 3-5 Mountain West...
WORLAND – The Warriors had back-to-back home meets on Friday and Saturday, starting off with hosting Douglas and Kemmerer for the Warrior Pre-Invite before adding a few more teams on Saturday for the Warrior Invite. In the pre-invite, Worland had what might be its best meet so far this season. The Warriors won the triangular, finishing with a team score of 287 – beating out Douglas in second with 279 and Kemmerer in third with 246. "Friday was such a meet and there was some good com...
The Pioneers were able to pick up a win on the road on Saturday, taking down Dubois on its home court 64-59 to improve their record to 5-9 overall and even their record in the 1A Northwest to 1-1. Sam Treece and Quentin Fettig both finished the game with 19 points in the win. “Sam Treece was a mismatch for Dubois, we isolated him early and he put up a double-double in the first half alone,” Ten Sleep boys basketball coach Ben Schwarz said on Monday. The Pioneers were in control of the game in the first half, but lapses on offense allowed Dub...
CODY – The Warriors picked up another win in a road dual on Thursday night as they traveled to face Cody. They dropped their first four matches, but followed up with nine straight wins – five by pin, four by forfeit – to take down the Broncs 54-21. “The thing that really stood out to me against Cody tonight is we just came out and really got after them,” Worland wrestling coach Josh Garcia said. “They’re typically known for being a really tough, solid team and our kids just came out on fire and wrestled aggressive from the time the whistle blew...
WORLAND – Now that the nonconference schedule is over, the long haul toward the 3A East Regional Tournament begins this weekend with Worland having a pair of 3A Northeast contests against Douglas and Newcastle, respectively. The top-ranked Lady Warriors went a perfect 8-0 in nonconference play to begin the season and remain the only undefeated team in the entire state – regardless of classification. They'll put that perfect mark on the line as No. 4 Douglas comes to town this evening, boasting a...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Forget the majors, forget an Olympic gold medal: Jordan Spieth’s big goal in 2016 is winning the Ryder Cup with the United States. “We’re tired of hearing about changes that need to be made. We’re tired of hearing about the past,” the top-ranked Spieth said Wednesday, adopting a fierce tone. “And we’re ready to believe in a younger, more hungry team going forward.” The European team has won eight of the past 10 editions of the Ryder Cup, and will defend the cup at Hazeltine in September for a third strai...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Steven Jackson wasn’t waiting by the phone late last month when the Patriots called looking for a running back to plug the holes of their battered backfield. He didn’t even hear it ring as he sat in a meeting with some of his St. Louis business partners, going over some legal documents for his restaurant there. “I had a missed call. My agent called me back and asked if the Patriots reached out to me,” he said. “It kind of went from there.” Six weeks later, the three-time Pro Bowl selection — who last appeared in the...
DENVER (AP) - Antonio Smith says nobody can get into Tom Brady's head. That didn't stop Denver's defensive lineman from trying by labelling New England's quarterback a crybaby. "I've never seen any quarterback look to the referee right after he gets sacked more than Brady," Smith said with a smile. "Every time he gets sacked he looks at the ref like, 'You see him sack me? Was that supposed to happen? He did it a little hard. Please throw a 15-yard penalty on him. Get him fined.'" Both teams...
LARAMIE — When looking at the next opponent, University of Wyoming men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt doesn’t see a big difference from nearly three weeks ago. UW (10-9 overall, 3-3 Mountain West) hosts Nevada (10-7, 2-3) at 7 tonight at the Arena-Auditorium — 18 days after the Wolf Pack handed the Cowboys a 71-68 loss in Reno. “They still have very balanced scoring, which has been the difference in their 10-7 record,” Shyatt said. “They can hit you with four or five different players that can reach double figures pretty easily on any given...
WORLAND — As a team, the Worland grapplers had a tough time at the Bill Thoman Memorial in Green River over the weekend. But, four individuals had a strong weekend by advancing to the Best of the Best matches at the conclusion of the tournament. The Warriors split duals in their pool on Friday, picking up wins against Rock Springs (43-36), Jackson (63-15) and Cheyenne South (45-34) while falling to Evanston (42-37), Uintah, Utah (52-24) and Scottsbluff, Nebraska 42-25. Their 3-3 record placed them in the silver bracket where they beat Riverton,...
(AP) — Oklahoma is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since the final two weeks of the 1989-90 season. The Sooners took the top spot in style, getting all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel. They are the first unanimous No. 1 since Kentucky did it for 12 polls last season. This is the sixth time Oklahoma has been No. 1, moving the Sooners into a tie for 29th place on the all-time list with Memphis, Missouri and Seton Hall. No. 1 on the No. 1 list is UCLA, which was on top for 134 weeks. The last time the Soo...
RIVERTON – After the first four matches in a dual against 4A Riverton, the Warriors found themselves in a 12-3 hole early. But junior Talon Lloyd got the Warriors back on track with a pin the very next match, setting the tone for the rest of the match as Worland fought back to take the dual 51-24. Lloyd’s pin was a sort of catalyst for the Warriors as they won seven of the final 10 matches by way of fall to close out the dual in a big way. “We started off a little slow, but when you got off the bus it’s tough sometimes,” Worland wrestling...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Hue Jackson has experience as a head coach, knows the AFC North and has fixed quarterbacks. Just what the Browns were looking for. The Bengals offensive coordinator, who waited four years for his second crack at leading an NFL team, has been hired as Cleveland’s next coach — the struggling franchise’s eighth since 1999 and sixth since 2008. The 50-year-old Jackson finalized his deal on Wednesday, swiftly ending the Browns’ search which began on Jan. 3 when owner Jimmy Haslam fired Mike Pettine after two losing seasons....
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - The Denver Broncos are still smarting from their most recent encounter with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They blew a 17-point lead and lost 34-27 at Pittsburgh on Dec. 20 when Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown capitalized on Denver's dearth of healthy safeties to hook up for a pair of second-half TDs. The Broncos were without T.J. Ward, Darian Stewart and Omar Bolden that game. Plus, David Bruton Jr. played 75 snaps on a broken right leg and was speared by Steelers center...
LARAMIE — University of Wyoming men’s basketball coach Larry Shyatt often talks about blocking out the noise. The noise about UW’s latest opponent — San Jose State — is that it is 5-11 overall, one of two winless teams in conference play in the Mountain West (UNLV the other) and with the lowest RPI among MW teams at 333. The Spartans have lost 27 consecutive MW games going back to February of 2014, and is 1-38 in the conference since it joined in 2013-14. Shyatt doesn’t want to hear any of that. Instead, he’s focused on what UW (9-8, 2-2) ne...
COWLEY – The Lady Warriors needed a buzzer-beater to get to the championship game of the Big Horn Basin Hoops Fest in Cowley on Saturday. Worland was bothered by a slow start once again, but once it got going it left no doubt – running away with the game against Buffalo to secure the tournament trophy with a 54-30 win over the Lady Bison. "My biggest concern is the way we've been coming out offensively in the first quarter," Worland girls basketball coach Mark Mortimer said. "But def...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Gary Kubiak stuck to his word in naming Peyton Manning his starter even after declaring that Brock Osweiler had done nothing to deserve a demotion. "Peyton's our quarterback," Kubiak said on the day Manning hobbled to the sideline and gave way to his longtime understudy following his fourth interception against Kansas City on Nov. 15. "If he's healthy and ready to go, Peyton's our quarterback." Manning is healthy and ready to go. So, he'll be under center for the Denver B...
CODY – Well, Worland girls basketball coach Mark Mortimer didn’t get the fast start from his team he was hoping for as they traveled to face Cody on Thursday. Luckily for Mortimer and the Lady Warriors, Cody didn’t start fast, either. It took time, but behind its high-pressure defense No. 1 Worland (4-0) was able to blow the game open in the second quarter with a 16-0 run as it went on beat Cody (1-6) by a score of 59-28. “The first quarter was a little shaky … You can’t just walk onto a 3A floor when you’re on the road and think you’re going...
WORLAND – After Worland's 1-2 start to the season at the Flaming Gorge Classic in Rock Springs, one blaring weakness stood out to boys basketball coach Aaron Abel. The Warriors weren't playing well defensively. They gave up 54 points in a win against Evanston and surrendered 63 and 66 in losses to Star Valley and Rock Springs, respectively. "In Rock Springs we were able to get a lot of experience and figure out that we are not doing things as well as we need to, especially on the defensive end,"...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — If the Kansas City Chiefs believe in karma or coincidence or some sort of cosmic alignment, then they should be confident their 22-year drought without a playoff victory will soon come to an end. Start with the fact they’re heading to Houston on Saturday to face the AFC South champion Texans. The last time the Chiefs won a playoff game? They beat the Oilers in Houston. Then consider their cross-parking lot neighbors, the Kansas City Royals, who snapped a 30-year stretch without a World Series title last season. Whe...
LARAMIE - Maybe some players are simply born to start. It's in their DNA. That certainly appears to be the case for University of Wyoming sophomore forward Natalie Baker. As a freshman, Baker played in 16 games off the bench for Wyoming before her season ended with a wrist injury. In those 16 games, Baker averaged 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds. This year Baker - again coming off the bench - averaged 2.6 points and 1.6 rebounds in the first eight games of the season. Then came the news that...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Carolina Panthers ended the regular season with only one loss. And the Panthers will begin their run to the Super Bowl with home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. And after a one-week absence, they’re back at No. 1 in the AP Pro 32 power rankings, too. The Panthers returned to the top spot on Tuesday in the final AP Pro32 of the 2015 season. They received all 12 first-place votes in balloting by media members who regularly cover the NFL. “This team has been dominant all season, outside of stubbing its toe in At...