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LAS VEGAS — The Final Four will feature four No. 1 seeds for the first time since 2008 and only the second time since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Duke is a consensus 4 1/2-point favorite over ...Read more

The Golden State Warriors got off to a torrid start Sunday, as they evened their road trip record at 2-2 and moved back into the No. 6 playoff position in the Western Conference.

After starting slowly in their first three...Read more

ATLANTA — More than a year ago, Tom Izzo vowed a resurrection. He’d take his Michigan State team deeper in the NCAA Tournament. A blueblood whose March pulse had cooled set course for a return to lofty expectations. ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Rookie forwards Ville Koivunen and Rutger McGroarty gave the Penguins a jolt and some quality minutes Sunday. Tristan Jarry had a bounce-back performance between the pipes. And Sidney Crosby scored the ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Baseball is back in Kansas City.

The Royals played host to the Cleveland Guardians for a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Both teams made the playoffs last ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — A clubhouse that bounded out of spring training convinced it knew more about its ability than any pundit, press clipping or public promotion of lower expectations did not keep the reasons for such enthusiasm ...Read more

NEW YORK — As reporters asked various Yankees hitters whether they were into the torpedo bats some members of the team have been using, Aaron Judge questioned why he would bother.

“Why try to change something if you�...Read more

SEATTLE — Wind?

Marine layer?

When you are capable of hitting the ball hard as Julio Rodriguez, those thing don’t really matter.

With his team trailing by a run, the offense looking ineffectual and another ...Read more

There are those who say the National Invitation Tournament, that venerable college basketball institution that dates to 1938 – one year before the NCAA Tournament was founded – is on its last legs.

Too much ...Read more

TORONTO — The Baltimore Orioles had their chances to come through with the big hit Sunday but stranded nine base runners and finished 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position in a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

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WASHINGTON — The 30 home runs Aaron Nola allowed in 2024 were the fifth-highest total in baseball.

He didn’t get off to the best start in limiting the long ball in his first appearance of 2025, giving up a pair of ...Read more

NEW YORK — The biggest question mark for St. John’s this offseason was the future of RJ Luis Jr.

If he returned for his senior season, the Johnnies would maintain a level of continuity superior to what they had going...Read more

NEW YORK — Some Yankees have been swinging unique lumber lately, but nothing illegal.

The Bombers’ bats drew attention on Saturday, as the team set a franchise record with nine home runs in a 20-9 win over the Brewers...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Eric Olen is a New Mexico Lobo.

The architect of UC San Diego’s magical men’s basketball season that came within a rimmed-out 3-pointer from taking mighty Michigan to overtime in the NCAA Tournament has ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — From John McDermott's fragile psyche to the sustained excellence of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — or Woods and Nicklaus; no spoiler here on who's No. 1 — this countdown of the top golfers is less a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Larry Merchant often described boxing as “the theater of the unexpected.” When he was center stage, working with Jim Lampley and George Foreman on HBO Sports’ World Championship Boxing, the three voices ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — So how exactly did we get here, the Miami Heat spending these final two weeks of the season not only having to accept the reality of a third consecutive trip to the play-in round, but for the first time ...Read more