Latest by Jim Litke

Published on March 22, 2022 - Page 11
Mike Krzyzewski’s farewell tour was thisclose to over. Duke trailed Michigan State 70-65 with 5:10 left to play Sunday and there was next to nothing...
Published on January 27, 2022 - Page 14
AP Sports Columnist Whatever harm Barry Bonds did to baseball pales in comparison to the damage baseball inflicted on itself both at the time and...
Published on December 30, 2021 - Page 11
AP Sports Columnist Somehow, he made every game feel fresh. So it barely mattered whether you first ran across John Madden as the growling, grizzly...
Published on June 23, 2021 - Page 13
AP Sports Columnist All it took was an Instagram post. In a 59-second video Monday, Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active...
Published on May 12, 2020 - Page 9
AP Sports Columnist We come not to praise the loogie, but to bury it. Already banned on sidewalks, outlawed indoors and pooh-poohed by polite...
Published on December 26, 2018 - Page 11
Sports contributed plenty of the same old agita this year — bad bets, empty boasts, taunts, tiffs and scuffles, plus the occasional riot — but its...
Published on July 23, 2018 - Page 13
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Defending champion Jordan Spieth wasn’t the only one struggling to gain traction on the wind-swept final day at Carnoustie....
Published on April 5, 2018 - Page 19
AUGUSTA, Ga. — All three marveled at Tiger Woods as youngsters, then grew up and staked their own place in the game. Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and...
Published on January 1, 2018 - Page 11
If you liked the spectacle that was Mayweather-McGregor, you’re going to love 2018. The coming year in sports will be long on hype, short on fresh...
Published on July 27, 2017 - Page 19
CHICAGO — Restoring Penn State’s reputation and returning its star near the top of the college football galaxy once again should have earned James...