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Minnesota's Marcus Foligno took a hit, delivered one of his own to Chicago's Jarred Tinordi, and the two big guys dropped the gloves. Outdoors in front of 82,000 people in the Meadowlands, it took even less for Matt Rempe and Matt Martin to spice up the Rangers-Islanders showdown with a fight. When Morgan Rielly cross-checked [...]
The NCAA last week lost another legal battle as a federal judge barred the organization from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation for recruits by granting a preliminary injunction demanded by the states of Tennessee and Virginia. It was another blow to the NCAA's ability to govern college sports and more than [...]
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Stephen Vogt likened Saturday's spring training opener to a new school year. "There's something so exciting about the first day," the new Cleveland Guardians manager said before his dugout debut against Cincinnati at Goodyear Ballpark. "It's like the first day of school, you have the new outfit you picked out, haircut, all [...]
DALLAS — Now that the yearslong process to finalize how the 12 teams for the expanded College Football Playoff will be selected for the next two seasons is complete, there are already discussions about maybe adding more teams for 2026 and beyond. The CFP management committee discussed the potential of a 14-team bracket last week, [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — There was a week in January unlike almost any other in NBA history. Joel Embiid scored 70 and Karl-Anthony Towns scored 62 one night, followed four days later by Luka Doncic scoring 73 and Devin Booker scoring 62. That's four 60-point games in five days — something the league hadn't seen since 1962. [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — LeBron James still wants to participate in the Paris Olympics this summer, sure sounds like extending his NBA career for at least a couple more seasons is an option and said he would like to see his playing days end as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Of course, not even he [...]
She's the player with the best three-point contest performance in NBA or WNBA history. He's made more three-pointers than anyone who's ever played at the highest level. Sabrina Ionescu. Stephen Curry. She's one of his favorites and led the WNBA in three-pointers made last season. He's one of her idols and is the NBA's all-time [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR launches its new season with rivals attempting to dethrone Team Penske after two years atop the Cup Series while an off-track battle over revenue sharing threatens to overshadow the competition. Teams report to Daytona International Speedway this week for Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500 without a new agreement that has been [...]
CLEVELAND — Other than a few years after they moved to Baltimore, the Cleveland Browns have always played their games on the shores of Lake Erie. That could change in the future. The team is reportedly nearing a deal to buy 176 acres in a suburb south of Cleveland, a site that could be used [...]
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he would be disappointed if the Oakland Athletics don't open their proposed Las Vegas ballpark at the start of the 2028 season, touching on that and other topics during a news conference last week following a Major League Baseball owners meeting. The A's announced an [...]