LAS VEGAS — Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL is still committed to Arizona after Tempe voters rejected a referendum for a Coyotes arena. Bettman said the team is looking at other areas around Phoenix for a long-term home. "It's a good market, and if we can make it work, we'll make it work," Bettman [...]

Dirt flying as horses race around the track. Fans cheering as their favorite thunders down the stretch, hooves pounding toward the finish line. That sight and sound has disappeared from some North American racetracks that have replaced traditional dirt with a synthetic surface made of wax-coated sand, fibers and recycled rubber. It mutes hoofbeats and [...]

Jon Hamm is excited for this Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights. "Stoked, man," the actor and noted hockey fan said. "I live in L.A., so that's a half-hour flight away for me." The NHL is pumped, too. Even though the ratings will likely sag without big markets involved, the [...]

The spring transfer window lasts just 15 days and is not nearly as active as the 45-day period that comes after the college football season — unless you're Colorado. Coach Deion Sanders' team has added 20 transfers since the portal window opened April 15. Among the most notable additions were former Houston running back Alton [...]

HOUSTON — The Houston Texans aren't simply handing C.J. Stroud the starting job despite drafting the quarterback second overall in this year's draft. The Ohio State star worked with the second-team offense earlier this week while last year's starter Davis Mills ran with the starters. "This team has been very accepting of me, very honest [...]

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PHOENIX (AP) — Long before David Peralta was a veteran outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was an 18-year-old kid from Venezuela who didn’t speak much English playing minor league baseball in Johnson City, Tenn. To call it culture shock would be quite the understatement. “Even little things, like going to the grocery store, [...]

The NHL is staging a very nontraditional pair of conference finals. Every game will be played in the Sun Belt for the first time, with not an Original Six franchise in sight. “It’s the four best teams left. It doesn’t matter where they’re from, right?” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “There’s that old tradition, the [...]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As his NBA career approaches the dawn of its third decade, LeBron James plays almost exclusively alongside teammates who grew up watching him dominate their game. He has played against the sons of his basketball contemporaries, and he has played against one of his own 18-year-old son's former high school teammates. [...]