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AP Sports SummaryBrief at 2:35 p.m. EST

Published on Monday, 16 February 2026 at 7:36 am

AP Sports SummaryBrief at 2:35 p.m. EST
Tyler Reddick captured NASCAR’s crown jewel, the Daytona 500, steering his 23XI Racing Toyota to victory after a last-lap duel ended with Chase Elliott’s crash. Reddick led only the final circuit, delivering team co-owner Michael Jordan his first triumph in the Great American Race and capping a week in which Jordan’s antitrust lawsuit against the sanctioning body was settled on the ninth day of trial.
Across the country at the Intuit Dome, Anthony Edwards seized his first All-Star MVP trophy by pouring in eight points in the championship round and guiding the Stars past the Stripes 47-21. The mini-tournament format produced drama earlier when De’Aaron Fox’s buzzer-beating triple gave the Stripes a narrow win, but Edwards’ hot hand closed the show.
On the Monterey Peninsula, Collin Morikawa ended a two-year victory drought by birdieing the par-5 18th at Pebble Beach to win the AT&T Pro-Am. Morikawa’s closing 67 held off Sepp Straka and Min Woo Lee by one shot and answered a scorching 63 from world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who still managed his 18th consecutive top-10 finish.
LeBron James, participating in his 23rd NBA season at age 41, reiterated after the All-Star festivities that he has not decided whether this will be his final campaign. James, who could enter free agency this summer, said he remains focused on the Lakers’ final 28 regular-season games.
In college basketball, Kansas State dismissed coach Jerome Tang four days after fans wore paper bags over their heads during a lopsided home loss. Athletic director Gene Taylor cited “recent public comments and conduct” and the program’s direction as reasons for the move. The Wildcats are 10-15 overall and 1-11 in Big 12 play.
At the Milan Cortina Olympics, Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo skied into history by anchoring the 4x7.5-kilometer relay to his record ninth Winter Games gold medal. American Mikaela Shiffrin, meanwhile, finished 11th in the giant slalom but drew encouragement from being only three-tenths of a second off the podium as she prepares for her specialty, the slalom.
In LIV Golf’s Adelaide stop, Anthony Kim completed a stunning comeback by firing a final-round 63 to win by three shots at 23 under. It is Kim’s first victory since the 2010 Houston Open and follows a 12-year hiatus from competitive golf.
The Seattle Seahawks are expected to hire San Francisco tight ends coach and run-game coordinator Brian Fleury as offensive coordinator, according to a league source. Fleury has been with the 49ers since 2019.
Arsenal cruised into the FA Cup fifth round with a 4-0 halftime rout of third-tier Wigan at Emirates Stadium. Premier League sides Fulham, Leeds, Sunderland and Wolverhampton also advanced, while third-tier Mansfield produced the weekend’s lone upset by eliminating Burnley.

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