CHICAGO (AP) — Parents and players protested Saturday outside a state building in Chicago, pleading with Gov. J.B. Pritzker to lift his fall ban on some popular high school sports.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City youth sports teams will soon be able to get back on the field after being sidelined for months by the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio said...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The indoor National Lacrosse League is expanding into Texas for the first time with plans to put a franchise in Fort Worth next year.

Paul Rabil is on pins and needles as the Premier Lacrosse League gets set to decide its second champion amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“We’ve been pretty fortunate," Rabil said. “Guys are...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A new resident under quarantine at a Burlington nursing home has tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse men's lacrosse coach John Desko has been elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

A two-time national coach of the year, Desko has won five national...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A university in South Carolina announced that it is shutting down the men's varsity lacrosse team and the varsity baseball team in response to financial hardships caused by...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers is doing away with paper tickets to sports events in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state's flagship university announced Wednesday that mobile-only...

BEAR, Del. (AP) — This spring was supposed to be Jade Greene’s time to get noticed.

A shortstop leadoff hitter for Bishop McNamara High School since her freshman year, Greene has been...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois High School Association on Tuesday canceled state tournaments for all spring sports because of COVID-19.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Construction on a $3.5 million outdoor athletic complex at Mitchell College has started weeks earlier than expected as sporting events have been canceled and students have...

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Amherst College has placed its men's lacrosse team on probation and is firing the team's coach following complaints that players used a racial slur.

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts grand jury has decided not to issue indictments in the case of a 19-year-old college student who suffered fatal injuries in an assault after leaving a...

SAINT LEO. Fla. (AP) — A lacrosse player for Florida's Saint Leo University died in a single car accident, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Seals indoor lacrosse team will play the Vancouver Warriors on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on Feb. 22.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Paul Bissonnette will have a chance to back up his lacrosse boast.

Two days after tweeting that he could make a National Lacrosse League team without...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Mid-American Conference is adding women's lacrosse for the 2020-21 season.

The league said Wednesday this increases its sponsored championships to 24, which is tied for...

NEW YORK (AP) — A St. John's University men's lacrosse captain has been arrested and removed from the team after police say he stabbed and nearly disemboweled his roommate.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Two years after what Air Force Academy leaders call a hazing incident on the school's swimming team, three cadets are still fighting to become officers after...

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts college student who suffered a severe head injury in an off-campus altercation last weekend has died.

Emerson College President Lee Pelton in a statement to the...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — The 30th annual Lake Placid Summit Lacrosse Classic is at hand.

Summit Lacrosse Ventures says over 250 male and female teams will be competing this week at the North...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2018 Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals are among 11 new entrants into Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame.

The Capitals earned entry after bringing the National...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has chosen Penn assistant coach Melissa Lehman to take over the women's lacrosse program.

Athletic director Pat Hobbs announced the hiring Monday. Lehman...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Loyola of Maryland's high-scoring attackman Pat Spencer and Maryland goalie Megan Taylor have won the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top male and top female player...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland women's lacrosse team has set a high bar and continued to distance itself from the rest of the field this weekend en route to another title.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Brindi Griffin and Grace Griffin each scored three goals and Maryland won its 14th national championship in women's lacrosse with a 12-10 victory over Boston College on Sunday at...

May 19

1910 — Cy Young, the career leader in major league victories, wins No. 500 as the Cleveland Indians defeat Washington 5-4 in 11 innings.

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions have signed free agent wide receivers Tom Kennedy and Jordan Smallwood.

The Lions announced the moves Sunday. They also waived tight ends Nate Becker and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Junior attackman Grant Ament of Penn State and Boston College star Sam Apuzzo are among the men's and women's finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Puyallup woman is accused of raping an 11-year-old boy who was on her husband's lacrosse team.

News outlets report 44-year-old Su Hyon Dillon pleaded not guilty to...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A 22-year-old University of Georgia student has been hospitalized in critical but stable condition after being shot at a bus stop near campus. Police say they are searching for...

DETROIT (AP) — Drew Harm is still playing lacrosse at Albion College. Heck yes, he is.

He's going to keep playing until they pull him off the field and wheel him into an operating room and...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A Notre Dame University graduate and his wife have donated $20 million to the school for a men's residence hall.

The South Bend Tribune reports Wednesday the money...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Administrators at the University of Providence say several academic and athletic programs soon will be gone.

The Great Falls Tribune reports the university announced Wednesday that 19 programs (12 majors, six minors, and one graduate program) could be cut.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A public address announcer has lost his job over a remark about a Native American player during a lacrosse game that he and the Philadelphia team called "insensitive."

The Philadelphia Wings said announcer Shawny Hill had been "permanently removed" from his role with the team and suspended from assignments at the Wells Fargo Center.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A public address announcer has apologized for a remark about a Native American player during a lacrosse game that he and the team called "insensitive," with both team and league vowing disciplinary action.

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — The parents of a 19-year-old college freshman who died of head injuries in a fall suffered after a day of drinking are seeking to hold his roommate and other students liable.

Lafayette College lacrosse recruit McCrae Williams died on Sept. 11, 2017, two days after he fell in his dorm room and likely hit his head on the concrete.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The family of a slain University of Virginia student has refiled a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend, who was convicted of killing her.