Ben Nuckols

Ben Nuckols, AP Sports Writer

  • Faizan Zaki on stage at the 2025 Scripps National Spelling BeeSuccess

    The 13-year-old who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee almost choked at the end because he got too cocky: ‘I think he cared too much about his aura’

    By Ben Nuckols and The Associated Press
  • A child in front of a microphone at the Scripps National Spelling BeeLifestyle

    How to watch the Scripps National Spelling Bee—and how much money is on the line

    By Ben Nuckols and The Associated Press
  • Charlie BakerSuccess

    NCAA head warns that 95% of student athletes face extinction if colleges actually have to pay them as employees

    By Ben Nuckols and The Associated Press
  • Jimmy DunnePolitics

    Top senator rips PGA Tour for allowing ‘authoritarian government to use its wealth to capture an American institution’

    By Ben Nuckols and The Associated Press
  • Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, Fla., competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)Lifestyle

    There’s a new spelling bee champ and he’s a 14 year old from Florida with an exercise routine to help sharpen his focus

    By Ben Nuckols and The Associated Press
  • NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND – MAY 30: Speller Tarini Nandakumar participates in a preliminary round of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee at Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center on May 30, 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. The 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee begins today through Thursday with 230 students competing for the spelling top honor. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    ‘Brutal’ changes to the National Spelling Bee have made things even more tense and generated major blowback

    By Ben Nuckols and The Associated Press
  • Congress is considering changes to the laws that govern whether or not college athletes can receive endorsement money. Here Cassius Winston of the Michigan State Spartans is being guarded by Nate Reuvers and D’Mitrik Trice of the Wisconsin Badgers.Politics

    NCAA and allies spent big to lobby congress on payments to student athletes

    By The Associated Press and Ben Nuckols