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PHILADELPHIA — Winning a golf tournament is stressful, and so Sepp Straka’s Sunday will come with pressure and queasiness. The Austrian built like a linebacker is tied for the lead with Shane Lowry at the Truist ...Read more

DENVER — That smile. That darned smile.

Every possible pearly white, from a star who traditionally lets his game do the talking, glinted from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s mouth as he strolled off the floor at Ball Arena ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Before the Chargers put diamonds in any Super Bowl rings, Jim Harbaugh is looking for diamonds on the practice field.

"Rare gems, they don't just hop out of the ground and into your pocket," the Chargers ...Read more

NEW YORK — After opening the Eastern Conference semifinals with a pair of embarrassing home losses, the Celtics returned to form Saturday at Madison Square Garden.

The defending NBA champions regained both their ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Less than 24 hours after benefiting from some manager Don Kelly magic, the Pirates returned to their losing ways Saturday afternoon at PNC Park, falling to the Atlanta Braves by a final score of 3-2 in 11 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An opportunistic offense that conjured four runs in the second inning followed by another starter’s wizardry proved plenty for the Cardinals to continue their hex on the Washington Nationals on Harry ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Derek Carr, who rewrote the Raiders’ record book during his nine seasons with the club, is retiring from football after suffering a serious shoulder injury last season with the Saints.

Carr, 34, spent the ...Read more

DETROIT — Casey Mize, off to the best start of his career, will have to hit pause.

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch announced before the game Saturday that Mize was placed on the 15-day injured list dating to Friday with...Read more

CHICAGO — The NBA draft combine takes place Sunday through May 18 at Wintrust Arena. The combine is vital for aspiring players to show their skills to scouts before the NBA draft on June 25-26.

The NBA draft lottery ...Read more

The Florida Panthers were facing more than sudden-death overtime Friday night. They were facing their season all but suddenly dying.

The overtime ended with the horn blasting happily, with rats on the ice, and with ...Read more

BOSTON — It seemed as though everyone had moved on.

Rafael Devers moving from third base to designated hitter was the story of spring training. The slugger made no attempt to hide his unhappiness and at one point even ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — They don’t make short par-3s like they used to. In fact, they pretty much don’t make them at all anymore, at least on the courses designed for current professional golfers.

But that doesn’t mean the...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Amari Cooper’s unwillingness to take a shot, Michael Gallup’s ACL, and the “presence” of Ryan Flournoy, Jalen Brooks and Jalen Tolbert forced the Cowboys to bring in a person who could ...Read more

MIAMI — Zeek Biggers’ calves are the size of tree trunks, and they’re needed to hold up his 6-foot-6, 320-pound frame, which based on my Lasik-assisted eyes might be a conservative weight listing.

Probably a weight ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The business of sports often is cloaked in secrecy. You can find out the salary of your favorite player, but how much money his team makes and how much money he makes off the field are the stuff of ...Read more

MIAMI — Pat Riley entered the room Friday afternoon in a blue sports jacket, salmon shirt and silver-fox hair that, as usual, provided stylish cover for the street fighter underneath.

“How many of you were born after...Read more

PITTSBURGH — A few times per month, sometimes without warning, Nate Mahon will look down at his phone and see Kaleb Johnson on the other end, the new Steelers running back eager to FaceTime with Mahon's three kids.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Just when the Angels’ hitters were starting show some signs of life, Tomoyuki Sugano showed up and shut them down.

After scoring 18 runs in the previous three games and providing some hope that their...Read more

DENVER — Nikola Jokic found his seat on the bench and bellowed at the rafters of his building, the one he has transformed into a temple that worships him.

The agony of his missed buzzer-beater opportunity was doubled by...Read more

PHOENIX — The roof was open. The air was hot. And in a stadium already known as a hitter’s paradise, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks teed off on each other in a Chase Field classic.

There were lead ...Read more