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LOS ANGELES — After the Lakers' third straight loss Thursday, JJ Redick promised things would get "uncomfortable." The second-year coach, frustrated after the team delivered a lump of coal in a Christmas Day blowout by ...Read more

CHICAGO — There’s a gravitational force in the NFL that tends to pull the 32 teams toward the middle of the pack.

That’s why the idea of parity is constantly bandied about. The salary cap and a draft based on the ...Read more

The Patriots placed starting wide receiver Mack Hollins on injured reserve, knocking him out for at least four games.

That means, at minimum, Hollins, who’s dealing with an abdomen injury, will miss the Patriots’ ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Star defensive end Maxx Crosby’s season appeared likely over when the Raiders informed him he wouldn’t play in the team’s final two games on Friday.

The team made it official Saturday, placing Crosby ...Read more

SEATTLE — When the Mariners announced the signing of veteran hitter Rob Refsnyder to a one-year, $6.5 million contract, there was some consternation among the fan base (like always) about his fit or need on the Mariners'...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls dynasty ended 27 years ago, but like any good dynasty the stories live on for generations.

And several tales from those glory days are retold in the recent book “Masters of the Game: A ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Kelce drove into work this week, a couple of days shy of the Chiefs’ final home game of the season, and that’s when he says the question we’ve been asking him is the question that popped ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — I like the basic thinking behind utility Sung-Mun Song, 29, joining the Padres this week.

Song’s best position is third base. He bats left-handed, a nice touch.

Out of respect for the daunting jump from ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There were some signs that the Phillies and Matt Strahm weren’t long for this world. Small ones. The kind you see in a lot of relationships between headstrong people. Certainly nothing that suggested ...Read more

MIAMI — Bradly Chubb suggests every Miami Dolphins player struggling to find their motivation for the final two games, searching for their reason to not mail it in for the final two meaningless games of 2025 to look his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rams players enjoyed the day off they got for Christmas, perhaps no one more than Puka Nacua.

The previous week, the star receiver was fined $25,000 by the NFL after he made critical comments about ...Read more

The Celtics opened their longest road trip of the season with an emphatic victory Friday night in Indianapolis.

Championship holdovers Jaylen Brown, Payton Prichard, Derrick White and Sam Hauser combined for 103 points to...Read more

The Kansas City Chiefs raised eyebrows after their Christmas Day loss when a staffer turned cameras away from following Travis Kelce, after what may have been his last home game, in an awkward moment making the rounds on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Another ring, check. Another title, check. A sold-out signature shoe, check.

Las Vegas Aces superstar A’ja Wilson had a year most athletes never even come close to achieving.

She again reached individual ...Read more

If you squint just hard enough — past the steady stream of drama, past the gray in the beards, and past the fact that Gui Santos and Pat Spencer are X-factors — you might convince yourself that the Golden State ...Read more

ATLANTA — What do you get when a pair of teams enter at 2-8 in their previous 10? The desperation of Friday night at State Farm Arena.

Miami Heat vs. Atlanta Hawks wasn’t about making a statement.

It was about coming...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Before the Magic took to the Kia Center court against the Hornets on Friday night, coach Jamahl Mosley said Charlotte‘s 10-20 record wasn’t indicative of what the team was capable of accomplishing.

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LOS ANGELES — Lakers guard Austin Reaves will miss at least a month with a grade 2 strain in his left calf, the team announced Friday, one day after he left the game against the Houston Rockets at halftime.

Reaves, ...Read more

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The Lions' playoff hopes are over.

But a Lions fan's potential legal battle in the wake of an altercation with Pittsburgh Steelers receiver DK Metcalf last week at Ford Field might just be ...Read more