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The Phillies have made progress, but still haven't signed a player out of Japan. Will that change soon?
PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-four hours after throwing 96 pitches to shove the World Series to a seventh game, the Dodgers’ ... Read More
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Sam McDowell: The Chiefs' offense is not in need of a scheme change. It needs a deep breath.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For all the Chiefs relinquished Sunday in Denver — a fourth-quarter lead, a chance to regain some control in the AFC West and perhaps even a decade-long run atop the division — they still put the ...Read more
Cris Collinsworth about to do his 500th NFL broadcast. Here's how he's had staying power.
LOS ANGELES — Mr. Preparation was unprepared for this.
Not until NBC informed him did Cris Collinsworth have any clue that Sunday night at SoFi Stadium would be his 500th NFL game as a color analyst. He wouldn't have ...Read more
No. 19 UCLA surpasses Mick Cronin's challenge in blowout win over Presbyterian
LOS ANGELES — You want effort?
Trent Perry followed one sneaky steal with another in a span of less than a minute.
You want defensive intensity?
Xavier Booker stepped in front of his man, rising to block a dunk.
You ...Read more
Morgan Geekie's two goals lift Bruins to 2-1 OT win over Kings
The Boston Bruins lost a late lead in Los Angeles on Friday, but this time they were determined not to be left empty-handed.
Morgan Geekie notched his second goal of the game — both of them sniper’s tallies — and ...Read more
Warriors instant analysis: Steph Curry's big night not enough to lift team past towering Blazers
SAN FRANCISCO – Steph Curry feinted right, he juked left, he spun one way, and then pivoted another. No matter what move — or series of moves — he made, Portland had no answer for the all-time great superstar on ...Read more
Timberwolves fall apart in final minute and lose to Suns, 114-113
The Timberwolves had the game seemingly wrapped up — ahead by eight with 50 seconds left to play.
But a comedy of errors and missed free throws caused them to lose to the Suns, 114-113.
Collin Gillespie hit the winning...Read more
Jaylen Brown's foul trouble dooms Celtics in home loss to Nets
BOSTON — It was a familiar situation for the Celtics: trailing in the fourth quarter against a Nets team that’s been one of the NBA’s worst this season.
Boston was able to climb out of that hole Tuesday night, ...Read more
Heat make big statement in 143-107 NBA Cup victory in Chicago
Challenges? This Miami Heat team seemingly can’t get enough.
Friday night, it was having to go without sidelined Tyler Herro, Andrew Wiggins and Nikola Jovic.
It also was having to win to stay alive in the NBA Cup in-...Read more
Kentucky bounces back from brutal loss with 42-point win over Loyola (Md.)
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Three nights after perhaps the lowest point of Mark Pope’s tenure as Kentucky’s head coach, his Wildcats came out like a team knowing it had something to prove.
The 12th-ranked Cats dominated Loyola...Read more
Duke rolls to 100-42 victory over Niagara
DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski made another walk to midcourt Friday at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The former Duke coach was back to welcome one of his former players, Greg Paulus, now in his seventh season as head coach at...Read more
Wild shut out Penguins, 5-0, get two goals from Matt Boldy
A loss to the Penguins last month was the Wild at their worst.
The rematch showed their best.
Backed by a three-goal first period, the Wild routed host Pittsburgh, 5-0, Friday night at PPG Paints Arena for their season-...Read more
Brandon Aiyuk's 49ers future dims while Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall march into Monday matchup
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Late November football is here, and so is Brock Purdy. So is Ricky Pearsall. So is almost all the 49ers’ offense, with one major exception.
Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk is still not in a 49ers ...Read more
John Paxson joining Bulls Ring of Honor after 4 decades with franchise: 'I'm proud of it. All of it.'
CHICAGO — Moments after offering John Paxson the job of a lifetime, Chicago Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf followed up with a warning.
He didn’t actually offer it to Paxson. Reinsdorf had come to Paxson’s home to ...Read more
Liberty hiring Chris DeMarco, a longtime Warriors assistant, as head coach
NEW YORK — The Liberty landed their next head coach — and he comes with serious championship pedigree.
Chris DeMarco, a longtime assistant for the Golden State Warriors, agreed to a deal to become the next leader of ...Read more
Rick Pitino recalls urging Knicks to draft Donovan Mitchell before they took Frank Ntilikina
NEW YORK — The Knicks probably should have listened to Rick Pitino.
Appearing on Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart’s “Roomates Show” podcast, the now-St. John’s head coach said he urged the Knicks in 2017 to draft ...Read more
Retire or continue a stellar career? What Travis Kelce's saying about his future.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Kelce is on pace for his first 1,000-yard receiving season since 2022. His catch percentage and yards per target are well above his career averages.
At 36 and in the final year of a two-year ...Read more
Two Dodgers executives to advise Lakers during ownership transition
LOS ANGELES — The sports executives whom Mark Walter and his Guggenheim Baseball Management trusted to turn around the Dodgers and make them World Series winners have now enlisted Farhan Zaidi and Andrew Friedman to take...Read more
Kansas freshman star Darryn Peterson won't be available for 3-game tourney: 'He's right there, close'
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson will not play in the upcoming Players Era men’s college basketball tournament in Las Vegas, Jayhawks coach Bill Self said Friday.
Peterson, the 6-foot-6 native of...Read more
Does LaMelo Ball want out of Charlotte? Hornets' star addresses trade rumors.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LaMelo Ball extinguished the flames on the latest rumor surrounding his future with the Charlotte Hornets.
Speaking after Friday’s practice in preparation for Saturday’s matinee against the LA ...Read more
Former Knicks forward Cleanthony Early very randomly gets featured on 'Jeopardy!'
NEW YORK — It doesn’t get more random than this.
Former Knicks forward Cleanthony Early was the subject of a category on Thursday’s episode of “Jeopardy!”
Seriously.
More specifically, five questions fell ...Read more
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