MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrated his most famous 50-point performance by ordering 50 chicken nuggets at a Chick-fil-A drive-through the next day.
He already has an idea how to commemorate reaching that plateau for the third time in the last month.
Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 54 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 21-point deficit to beat the . . .
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-mast tall ship in the French port of Marseille.
Paris organizers announced the flame’s journey on Friday at City Hall in Marseille, a former Greek colony founded 2,600 years ago.
According to tradition, the flame will be lit by the sun’s rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia. Then it will be carried by the Olympic torch to . . .
Top men to watch at the Alpine skiing world championships, which open Monday in Courchevel and Meribel, France:
MARCO ODERMATT
Closing in on his second overall title, Marco Odermatt’s dominance on the World Cup circuit makes it hard to believe he has never won a world championship medal. What’s more, the Olympic super-G champion from Switzerland finished better than 10th only once in six starts at the worlds, placing fourth in the 2021 downhill. Odermatt has racked up eight World Cup wins this season, evenly divided between . . .
Top women to watch at the Alpine skiing world championships, which open Monday in Courchevel and Meribel, France:
MIKAELA SHIFFRIN
Competing in her first major event since failing to win a medal at last year’s Beijing Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin will again be a contender in every race she enters. She’ll likely compete in at least four events: combined, super-G, giant slalom and slalom. Shiffrin has a mind-boggling record of 11 medals in 13 career races at . . .
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 42 points and Monika Czinano had 28 as No. 6 Iowa defeated No. 8 Maryland 96-82 on Thursday night.
Clark, who entered second in the nation in scoring at 27.1 points per game, was 13 of 19 from the field, including 6 for 11 on 3-pointers. She also had seven rebounds and eight assists.
It was the sixth time in her career that Clark scored 40 or more points.
“A once-in-a-lifetime player,” Maryland coach . . .
ROME (AP) — Winger Ethan Dumortier will make his debut for defending champion France in its Six Nations opener against Italy in Rome on Sunday.
Dumortier, who won the under-20 world championship in 2019 with France, is the Top 14’s leading try-scorer with eight in 11 games for Lyon and has added three more in two Champions Cup games.
Gabin Villière, who scored three tries against Italy a year ago, was in contention to start after recovering from a shin fracture, but he . . .
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