ArcaMax

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The initial practice week of the Chiefs’ 2025 season concluded Thursday, 85 players in helmets, jerseys and shorts, spread across two fields.

It’s notably good attendance for a workout that head ...Read more

DENVER — The smile crackles through Junior Adams’ retellings of the glory days in Eugene, Ore., of the quarterback who saw the game a move ahead of the headsets on his own Duck sideline.

Why is he checking this play? ...Read more

MIAMI — Salt meet wound.

Not only will the Oklahoma City Thunder be playing in this year’s NBA Finals, but so will a team holding a considerable stake of the Miami Heat’s draft future.

In this case, it’s one and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When I think about the 2024 Eagles, I will think about Bryce Huff.

I will think about sitting in an open-air press box in a city where I couldn’t order a cheeseburger without Google Translate. I will ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The system isn’t the problem. The Carolina Hurricanes didn’t exit the playoffs with another loss to the Florida Panthers because of the way they play. Full stop.

The difference between the teams, the...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — I’m not a fan of headhunting. I understand hitters are going to get hit by pitches.

But when your best player gets hit in the first inning of a three-game series and misses the rest of that game, at ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Dylan Cease was not horrible. Again.

While not horrible is far short of what the San Diego Padres need from Cease, what he is doing could be overcome if the Padres could score more frequently.

But on ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — It happened again. Another slow start to the second half. Another hole the New York Knicks had to dig themselves out of, this time with the game, the series, a chance at the franchise’s first NBA Finals ...Read more

SEATTLE — First big league game. First big league walk-off.

Welcome to the majors, Cole Young. Just remember to touch first base.

The 21-year-old in his first major league game did just enough to score Miles ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was a statement, a reminder and a warning all wrapped into one.

The Dodgers might not have been playing their best baseball entering this weekend’s World Series rematch against the New York Yankees.

...Read more

The Knicks kept it close for as long as they could.

Even as the Indiana Pacers controlled the tempo, put on a shooting clinic and forced turnover after turnover, the Knicks never trailed by more than six points in the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The contract status of three of the Timberwolves’ “starting eight” requires immediate attention as the offseason commences. Coach Chris Finch sounds like he’s already made up his mind about the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — So long as Sean McVay’s football obsession doesn’t burn him out, the Rams can outsmart most NFL teams.

McVay raised the Super Bowl trophy four-plus years ago. Then he considered taking a TV job before ...Read more

The last day of a miserable month of Boston baseball ended with a Red Sox first.

Every other Major League Baseball team had already been shut out this season, and on Saturday, it finally happened. The Atlanta Braves ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Here’s something you don’t see every fifth day — an opposing starting pitcher going toe-to-toe with Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.

But we saw it for seven innings Saturday at Kauffman Stadium before ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Where do you want to start with Scottie Scheffler?

That he has won 15 times in his past 69 PGA Tour starts, a 21.7 winning percentage?

That he has won three of his past 14 major appearances and finished in...Read more

DUBLIN, Ohio — It might have been 63 years ago when he took his first remarkable step into the world of major championships, but Jack Nicklaus still recalls one memorable moment from his U.S. Open victory at Oakmont ...Read more

After being held to three hits in a frustrating loss on Friday night, the Tampa Bay Rays got back to their recent offensive ways on Saturday, rapping a season-high 18 hits, including five homers, in a 16-3 blasting of the ...Read more

CHICAGO — May in Chicago this year will be remembered for a rare dust storm, a gloomy haze from Canadian wildfires and unseasonably chilly temperatures throughout.

But if the Chicago Cubs can get to October, they’ll ...Read more

CLEVELAND — The third out is the toughest one.

Ryan Zeferjahn got the first two outs of the seventh inning quickly, including retiring perennial MVP candidate José Ramirez.

After that, Zeferjahn couldn’t get another...Read more