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PHILADELPHIA — Maybe it needed to end this way.

Now, there can be no misconceptions about who the Philadelphia 76ers are. Not after the Mother’s Day spanking the New York Knicks administered to them on Sunday ...Read more

CHICAGO — The team that scored 12 runs Friday night was limited to one run … again … Sunday.

And this time it couldn’t be blamed on facing a left-handed starting pitcher. Nope, they just faced a really good right-...Read more

A day after Byron Buxton supplied all the offense for the Minnesota Twins in a one-run victory over the Cleveland Guardians, the rest of the Twins’ lineup decided to pinch in.

The bottom three hitters in the Twins ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It was Game 41, the quarter pole of the season, and a time when front offices across baseball often begin to make judgments about the rosters they’ve built.

OK, so about the Phillies ...

“You know,�...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles’ luck wouldn’t seem to turn. Knotted in a 1-1 game with the Athletics, they kept barely missing the clutch hit they needed to take the lead.

Weston Wilson hit a liner down the right...Read more

BOSTON — Last month, Junior Caminero made a promise to his mother, Yeudy, that he’d hit a homer on her birthday, and he did, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox.

Sunday, wearing a pink belt, socks, ...Read more

TORONTO — That was the José Soriano the Los Angeles Angels got used to seeing in the first month of the season.

After Soriano had a pair of disappointing games, his performance in the Angels’ 6-1 victory over the ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Vegas Golden Knights will need to try and take a commanding series lead over the Anaheim Ducks without their captain.

Mark Stone will not play in Game 4 at the Honda Center on Sunday due to a lower...Read more

LOS ANGELES — They possessed a halftime lead with one of the most accomplished playoff players in NBA history.

They lost by 23.

They possessed the best scorer in NBA history at the controls of a sizzling offense in a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — I swear, if Luka Doncic was playing, this second-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder would be going differently.

The Los Angeles Lakers wouldn't be losing …

… second halves by so much.

But...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls just landed the first win of the Bryson Graham era without playing a single game.

The Bulls jumped five spots in the NBA draft lottery to land the No. 4 pick, a position that will give them a...Read more

Television viewers outside of Georgia didn’t have many reasons to care about the Atlanta Braves in the mid-1970s. The team was terrible and its games were largely unavailable to anyone whose “rabbit ears” antenna ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — We’ve officially reached the point in the NFL offseason where no one seems to know what’s going on with Aaron Rodgers.

On Thursday, it was reported that he would visit town over the weekend, potentially...Read more

Toni Toney knows her family role. It’s to have all the right answers. Maybe your mom had the same job with some of the same questions.

“Mom, why can’t I stay up later?”

“Mom, can I watch this show?”

“Mom, ...Read more

CHICAGO — DJ Harris’ welcome-to-the-NFL moment came on the final play of Chicago Bears rookie minicamp Friday morning.

Scotty Miller, an eight-year veteran with a Super Bowl ring from his time running routes for Tom ...Read more

DENVER — The problem with trading Aaron Gordon is Nikola Jokic trusts him.

How many other players can we say that about on the Nuggets’ roster? Four? Five? The list begins with Jamal Murray, includes Christian Braun, ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Bryce Eldridge’s first career home run, a towering solo shot that landed in McCovey Cove on a hop, was just about all that went right on Saturday night at Oracle Park as the San Francisco Giants were ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In the first half of the Lynx’s 91-90 season-opening loss to the Atlanta Dream on Saturday, it was the few familiar faces left from last year’s No. 1 seed roster lifting a retooled squad to a 15-point ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers are one playoff defeat from their season being over and from the conversation turning to LeBron James’ future.

They are in a hole no team has ever climbed out of in the history of ...Read more