Audi Crooks is sticking in the Big 12 for her final season. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAudi Crooks is sticking in the Big 12.The former Iowa State star, who was the second-leading scorer in the country last season, announced on social media on Sunday night that she has committed to transfer to Oklahoma State.View this post on InstagramCrooks has dominated at Iowa State during her first three seasons. She averaged 25.8 points per game last season while leading the Cyclones back to the NCAA tournament. Only Vanderbilts Mikayla Blakes averaged more points per contest in the country. Crooks also averaged 7.7 rebounds and shot nearly 65% from the field, which was the best in the Big 12. The Cyclones, however, struggled this past season and largely fell apart at the end of the year despite reaching as high as No. 10 in the national rankings. Crooks, an Iowa native, joined nine other Cyclones teammates in entering the transfer portal after they were knocked out of the NCAA tournament, too. Iowa State has made it out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament just once in the past six seasons. The Cyclones went 22-10 last year, the 31st under head coach Bill Fennelly. Oklahoma State went 24-10 last season, and fell in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Crooks will be the centerpiece of the team next fall as it tries to make it back to the tournament for a fourth time in five years under coach Jacie Hoyt. And, with one more run in college, Crooks has an opportunity to not only dominate the Big 12 once again, but solidify herself as a top pick in the 2027 WNBA draft.

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Matt Fitzpatrick was in a playoff at Harbour Town against an American favorite Sunday, facing a large and noisy gallery cheering and chanting for his opponent Scottie Scheffler this time, the No. 1 player in the world.It was practically a repeat from three years ago, right down to the shot into the 18th hole that Fitzpatrick said was out of this world.The 31-year-old from England quieted the crowd with a 4-iron from 204 yards, a little more left than he intended but no less magnificent. It covered the bunker, rolled past the pin and settled 13 feet away for a birdie to beat Scheffler and win the RBC Heritage for the second time.The playoff was almost a repeat from when Fitzpatrick defeated another American favorite, Jordan Spieth, in a playoff at the RBC Heritage three years ago. That time, he hit 9-iron with the wind at his back that rolled out to a few inches for the winning birdie.This time the closing hole was a brute, the toughest at Harbour Town on Sunday.It was quite funny that the playoff was just going to keep playing on 18. I was thinking it was going difficult in a way to separate ourselves because its such a difficult hole, Fitzpatrick said. To do it how I did was special.Scheffler, trailing by three shots with four holes to play, forced a playoff with a pair of late birdies for a 4-under 67 and some help from Fitzpatrick, who hit a poor chip from right of the green and missed a 20-foot par putt for his only bogey of the day and a 70.The gallery that was allowed to come onto the fairway short of the 18th green in regulation filled the Calibogue Sound with endless chants of U-S-A! U-S-A! They returned outside the ropes to see Fitzpatrick hit 4-iron into a stiff breeze to a pin just over the bunker.Scheffler followed with his worst swing of the day, a 6-iron he fanned so badly that it came up 37 yards short of the hole. He hit a superb pitch to 8 feet, but never had to putt when Fitzpatrick made the winning putt.A lot of grit, Fitzpatrick said of holding on for the win.His reaction was muted, lightly touching his finger to his right ear in a friendly response to the crowd. Fitzpatrick knew what he was up against, having gone through a similar atmosphere when Cameron Young beat him at The Players Championship.I didn't get out of line in terms of no one was shouting on backswings or anything like that, which was great," Fitzpatrick said. "I'm all for it. I love the people ... they're supporting Scottie. You want golf to have an atmosphere. I'm paid so much money to be out there in front of those crowds. Having them chanting at you every week, its great feeling.However, he said with a smile, there's no better feeling than coming out on top against that.It was the second straight runner-up finish for Scheffler, who came from 12 shots behind going into the weekend to finish one back of Rory McIlroy at the Masters. This time, he was seven behind Fitzpatrick through 36 holes and finished 64-67.In both weeks I put myself behind the 8-ball going into the weekend and had really nice Saturdays and Sundays in order to get myself into contention, Scheffler said. "On Sunday its a shot here or there that makes a difference. This was one of those weeks where anytime Fitzy needed something to happen, he made something happen. He definitely earned the win, and he just played great golf.It was great theater, but only at the end.Fitzpatrick started with a three-shot lead and birdied two of the opening three holes, never letting anyone closer than three shots all round until Si Woo Kim birdied the par-5 15th to get within two shots, and then Scheffler came on late with an up-and-down from a bunker for birdie on the 15th, and a bold drive and approach to 10 feet for birdie at the 16th.That cut the lead to one shot, and both players missed the 18th green well to the right. Scheffler capped off a perfect day of scrambling 8 for 8 with a chip that settled a foot from the hole. Fitzpatrick faced his first chip into the grain and came up well short.They finished at 18-under 268. Kim closed with a 68 to finish alone in third, his fourth top 10 of the year.Fitzpatrick won for the second time in the last month. After his runner-up finish at The Players, he won the Valspar Championship on the tough Innisbrook track. He has won nearly $8.3 million in his last four tournaments.The victory, his fourth on the PGA Tour and 13th worldwide, moves him to a career-high No. 3 in the world ranking.Fitzpatricks family used to take holidays to Hilton Head Head when he was a boy, for the golf and tennis and beaches. He came to the tournament and thought it would be cool to win it one day, and now he has done it twice.It means the world, he said. This is a tournament I wanted to win growing up more than any of the majors before I understood more about the game. To go toe-to-toe with Scottie and get it over the line is special.___AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander might be adding a couple more trophies to his collection. San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama has a shot at doing the same.And for the eighth consecutive year, the MVP will be an international one.Gilgeous-Alexander the reigning NBA MVP is one of the finalists for this year's top individual honor, along with Denver's Nikola Jokic and the Spurs' Wembanyama, who is also a finalist for defensive player of the year.The NBA's run of international MVPs started in 2019 and 2020 with Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is of Greek and Nigerian descent. Jokic, a Serbian, won in 2021, 2022 and 2024. Philadelphias Joel Embiid, who was born in Cameroon but since became a U.S. citizen, won the award in 2023, and Canada's Gilgeous-Alexander won last year.Gilgeous-Alexander is also a finalist for Clutch Player of the Year this season.The NBA announced the finalists for seven individual awards Sunday night and will start announcing winners on Monday. The Defensive Player award widely expected to be going to Wembanyama comes out then, followed by Clutch Player on Tuesday and Sixth Man on Wednesday.Meanwhile, the appeal that got the Los Angeles Lakers Luka Doncic onto the award ballots might earn him All-NBA, but did not lead to him getting his first MVP award. He was not among the top three in the balloting for MVP; voters cast their ballots last week after Doncic and Detroit's Cade Cunningham won appeals that got them on the ballot even though they didn't satisfy the terms of the NBA's 65-game rule for eligibility in most cases.Minnesotas Anthony Edwards lost his appeal but might get an award after all.Edwards is a finalist for Clutch Player of the Year. He wasnt on the ballot for MVP, All-NBA and other honors, but was on the Clutch ballot because those nominees were selected by the leagues coaches.The finalists MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City; Nikola Jokic, Denver; Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio. Defensive Player of the Year: Wembanyama; Chet Holmgren, Oklahoma City; Ausar Thompson, Detroit. Clutch Player: Anthony Edwards, Minnesota; Gilgeous-Alexander; Jamal Murray, Denver. Most Improved Player: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Atlanta; Deni Avdija, Portland; Jalen Duren, Detroit. Sixth Man: Tim Hardaway Jr., Denver; Jaime Jaquez Jr., Miami; Keldon Johnson, San Antonio. Coach of the Year: J.B. Bickerstaff, Detroit; Mitch Johnson, San Antonio; Joe Mazzulla, Boston. Rookie of the Year: VJ Edgecombe, Philadelphia; Cooper Flagg, Dallas; Kon Knueppel, Charlotte.MVPGilgeous-Alexander is trying to go back-to-back, Jokic who has been first or second in five straight seasons, entering this year is seeking his fourth MVP in six years and Wembanyama is a finalist for the first time.Coach of the YearBickerstaff won the award from the National Basketball Coaches Association, selected by his peers, and is the likely favorite for the official NBA honor. Johnson and Mazzulla both led teams that widely exceeded most preseason expectations.Rookie of the YearThis will likely be a two-person race in the end, with Flagg and Knueppel both former Duke players the presumed frontrunners. That would suggest Edgecombe likely finishes third.Defensive Player of the YearWembanyama was the likely frontrunner to win it last season, but wound up falling short of eligibility after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis at the All-Star break and missing the rest of the season.Minnesotas Rudy Goberts bid for a fifth DPOY award which would break a record will continue for at least one more year.Clutch PlayerGilgeous-Alexander led the league in clutch scoring per game, with Edwards second. Denver had two legitimate candidates with Murray and Nikola Jokic; voters clearly gave Murray the edge.Clutch scoring is defined as points that come in the final five minutes of a game where the point differential between teams is five or less.Sixth Man of the YearJaquez averaged 15.4 points in 74 appearances off the bench, Johnson averaged 13.2 points after playing in all 82 Spurs games as a reserve and Hardaway also averaged 13.2 points in the 74 games where he came off Denvers bench.The winner will be a first-time selection for the award.Most Improved PlayerAvdija averaged 24.2 points and led Portlands surge to the playoffs, while Alexander-Walker bidding to give Atlanta its second consecutive MIP winner after Dyson Daniels last season averaged 20.8 points, by far the most his career.Duren was a first-time All-Star selection and averaged 19.5 points, almost double what he averaged last season despite playing basically the same amount of minutes.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA

Erling Haaland found himself in hot water during a live Sky Sports interview this evening after letting slip some colourful language following Manchester City's thrilling 2-1 victory over Arsenal.The Norwegian striker was chatting alongside Bernardo Silva when he got a bit too carried away praising his teammate's defensive heroics."I remember that cross, I told him after when he headed it out, I told him you were like 'f***ing Cannavaro'," Haaland said, drawing an immediate response from interviewer Patrick Davison."Erling, language please," Davison reminded him.But Haaland wasn't exactly apologetic about his slip-up: "We are all swearing a little bit in our lives."The Portuguese midfielder picked up the man of the match award for his brilliant display off the bench, operating in an unfamiliar defensive role that clearly impressed everyone watching.One moment that stuck with Haaland was Silva winning a header against Viktor Gyokeres not exactly the sort of aerial duel you'd expect the diminutive playmaker to come out on top of."Today, Bernie, I am not going to make you emotional here but you were really good as usual," Haaland added, keeping his praise going despite the earlier telling-off.It's one of Silva's final appearances at the Etihad before he departs as a free agent this summer.When coverage returned to the studio, presenter Dave Jones offered an apology to viewers at home."Apologies for the language," he said. "I get the feeling they were trying to hold quite a lot back in that interview."The studio panel of Roy Keane, Patrick Vieira and Micah Richards were waiting to dissect the action after what turned out to be a pivotal result in the title race.Haaland's winning goal in the 65th minute, following earlier strikes from Rayan Cherki and Kai Havertz, means City now sit just three points behind Arsenal with a game in hand.Pep Guardiola's side can go top of the table if they beat Burnley on Wednesday.Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, Americans all over the country are preparing for the major kickoff this summer of a nationwide celebration that's been years in the making.One of the largest celebrations to take place on the East and Gulf Coasts will be Sail250, running May 28 through July 16. International fleets of tall ships and Navy vessels will dock inNew Orleans; Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; New York City and New Jersey; and Boston bringing parades, tours, fireworks and much more."A fleet of majestic tall ships from more than 20 nations, each a symbol of tradition, adventure and international goodwill, will fill the harbor in maritime celebration," notes one of the Sail250 websites. "The Port of New York and New Jersey will once again welcome the world."STEAK N SHAKES $2.50 STATUE OF LIBERTY MILKSHAKE GOES VIRAL: ROLLING THE DICE ON DAIRYIn Washington, D.C., the National Mall will transform into the biggest "state fair," featuring vendors from all 50 states across 16 days.The Great American State Fair will take place from June 25 to July 10."From Maine lobster rolls to Hawaiis shimmering hula stage, Texas-sized steaks to Alaskas towering ice carvings, all 50 states, territories, and federal agencies showcase their food, culture and pride to one unforgettable, coast-to-coast celebration," the Freedom250 website says."As our nation prepares to celebrate 250 years of freedom and opportunity, the National Mall will once again serve as the stage for telling our nations story," said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in a release. "Thanks to President Donald J. Trumps leadership, the Great American State Fair will bring all 50 states and six territories together in one place, showcasing the people, landscapes and traditions that define this country."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTEROn the eve of July 4th, Mount Rushmore will host a "spectacular Independence Day celebration in partnership with the State of South Dakota," according to theNational Parks Service(NPS) website.The evening will feature educational programs, patriotic tributes and musical entertainment to mark the occasion.An Interior Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "Under President Donald J. Trump, Americas 250th birthday will be marked by a once-in-a-lifetime celebration that encapsulates the American spirit including a spectacularfireworks displayatMount Rushmorethat honors our history at the monument that symbolizes those who built it."CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES"Unlike the prior administration," the spokesperson added, "theDepartment of the Interior is excited to be part of such an incredible event that, through careful planning and coordination, celebrates and honors thefounding of the United States."One of the major sporting events that will take place in D.C. this summer is the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.IndyCar drivers will goaround the National Mall with the U.S. Capitol as the backdrop for the event. The races will go down 3rd Street and turn down Pennsylvania Avenue to start.The drivers will zoom past the National Archives, the National Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum before going back onto 3rd Street.The event is set to take place from August 21 to August 23.Rosie Rios, chair of theAmerica250 commission, previously told Fox News Digital, "It's important for people to see themselves in this commemoration and important for them to feel inspired for our country's future."TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZCongress created The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission in 2016 to plan and orchestrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Rios is a former treasurer of the U.S.